making something different; altering or modifying something

someone who wants to change the world and, by gathering knowledge, skills and resources brings about change through their deliberate actions

the process of learning how to take part in democracy and use Citizenship knowledge, skills and understanding to work together and try to make a positive difference in the world

What are changemakers?

Citizenship

What are rights and where do they come from?

What is the right to protest within a democracy with the rule of law?

What change has protest achieved?

Should protesters ever break the law?

What are pressure groups?

Pupils explore how rights have developed in the UK and how they are protected. They look at what changes in society have occurred due to protest.

Why do we need the right to protest in a democracy?

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

References to gangs, knife crime, Child criminal exploitation, county lines.

people who bring about change through their deliberate actions

learning how to take part in democracy to try to make a difference

Match the word to the correct definition.

Which Act did the women of Dagenham Ford Factory help secure through their campaign?

Which of the following is a quality of a changemaker who is likely to be successful in their attempt to make a positive change?

She secured free period products for all schools.

She educates young people about knife crime. 

She campaigned to extend free school meals to the school holidays. 

She stopped housing development on a woodland.

What campaign tool did Amika George use in addition to a petition?

a wealthy, well-connected person with many resources.

someone who can inspire others and build a cause people believe in.

a government official with the power to make laws.

a person who has access to large amounts of funding.

Which of the following statements are true? A changemaker must be ...

a public demonstration or action expressing disapproval or objection 

Match the word to its correct definition.

Which of the following was signed in 1998?

Which freedom allows people to gather to take part in protests?

When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights agreed by the United Nations?

Protests always result in immediate change.

Protests can lead to change, but it often takes time and persistence.

Protests only lead to change when they are violent.

Protests never lead to any long-term change.

Which of the following statements is true about the impact of protests?

What are changemakers?

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