Passport to Democracy

Lesson 10

So far we’ve:

Identified the three principles that

underpin Democracy

Looked at the 3 levels of government

Researched our chosen issues &

examined ideas for action

Explored who is a ‘citizen’

Learning Intentions

Apply the ‘actions’ we’ve seen to our

issue

Determine what we want to change

about our issue

We have completed our action plan

(pg 25)

Finished our Group Pitch

We know we can do this when:

What were our results for the quiz?

Get going on your plan!

Text or tweet

Write a text message or tweet (aim for no more than 150 characters!!) that summarises your issue, your viewpoint and the action plan.

E.g: Local Creek filthy. Polluted & rubbish filled. Not gd enuf! Lobby council 4 working b. Email guy @ council ASAP.

Swap messages with another member of your group. If they don’t understand it, then write it again.

Developing the group pitch. You now need to develop a pitch which will

convince your classmates that your action plan is the best!

The class will vote on it next lesson

Refer to research and sources

No more than five minutes long

Aim to involve everyone in your group

Success Criteria Quality of research

- Where did you get your information? Did you look at more than one source? Prove it!

- What evidence did you collect? Statistics? Graphs? Interviews? Survey? Questionnaires?

- Was your research relevant? Did you find out causes of the problem? Did you look at a range of opinions?

Success Criteria Quality of information

Have you shown you understand this issue?

Can you explain your research in your own words? Can you talk about the issue in a way that your classmates will understand?

If you use Power point – no more than 25 words per slide.

Success Criteria Effectiveness of action plan

Is it :Specific - it says exactly what you’re going to do, it’s not too

broad

Measurable - there is a way of counting the outcome

Achievable - you can actually do it

Relevant – it helps you achieve your aims and suits the people it’s aimed at

Time- limited – you have a date when it will end

Success Criteria: Delivery and persuasiveness of presentation

- Are you keeping people interested?

- Does it have a clear beginning, middle and end where everyone knows their part?

- Have you used persuasive techniques?(appealing to emotions, giving examples, involving

the audience, rhetorical questions, repetition, gesture, voice...)

Homework:

Complete Group Pitch (you should

divide up the tasks needed to

complete this amongst your group)