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What does the law have do to with campaigning?
I can explain how legislation can both support and limit campaigning and also how campaigns can influence legislation.
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- Year 11
What does the law have do to with campaigning?
I can explain how legislation can both support and limit campaigning and also how campaigns can influence legislation.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Campaigning has a strong influence on changing or creating laws in the UK.
- Laws like the Human Rights Act protect the right to campaign and protest.
- Some see the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act as limiting protest rights.
- The women's suffrage movement helped lead to laws giving women equal voting rights.
- Stonewall’s campaigns have helped change laws to protect LGBTQ+ rights and equality.
Keywords
Campaigning - actions or events organised by an individual or a group of people to achieve an aim
Legislation - a law or a set of laws that have been passed by Parliament; the word is also used to describe the act of making a new law
Rights - something we are entitled to by law
Common misconception
Campaigning doesn't really make a difference to the law.
Campaigning has played a key role in major legal changes, like women's right to vote and LGBTQ+ equality laws.
Research the Suffragettes' methods in more detail and consider which would be legal or illegal under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
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Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
- Depiction or discussion of serious crime
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2025), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What are actions or events organised by an individual or a group of people to achieve an aim are known collectively as?
What are actions or events organised by an individual or a group of people to achieve an aim are known collectively as?
Q2.A law or a set of laws is called ...
A law or a set of laws is called ...
legislature
legerdemain
legateships
Q3.Who makes the law in the UK?
Who makes the law in the UK?
the monarch
the Mayor of London
the President
Q4.Which statement is the most accurate about campaigning in the UK?
Which statement is the most accurate about campaigning in the UK?
It is a human right and therefore there are no limitations.
It is not a human right but there are still no limitations.
It is not a human right and therefore there are limitations.
Q5.Once a law has been made, it cannot be amended. Which is correct about this statement?
Once a law has been made, it cannot be amended. Which is correct about this statement?
It's true, because of parliametory sovereignity laws cannot be changed.
It's true, because of the rule of law, laws cannot be changed.
It's false, because any person can ammend the law.
Q6.What is the name for a popular campaigning method which involves collecting as many signatures as possible in support or agreement about an issue?
What is the name for a popular campaigning method which involves collecting as many signatures as possible in support or agreement about an issue?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which two articles within the Human Rights Act are specifically linked to campaigning?
Which two articles within the Human Rights Act are specifically linked to campaigning?
Articles 1 and 2
Articles 4 and 5
None of the Articles are linked to campaigning.
Q2.Complete the sentence: The Police, Crime, and Courts Act brought in significant changes to what can and cannot legally happen during a protest.
Complete the sentence: The Police, Crime, and Courts Act brought in significant changes to what can and cannot legally happen during a protest.
Q3.Which is a campaign tactic that the Conservative Government sought to put a stop to under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act (2022)?
Which is a campaign tactic that the Conservative Government sought to put a stop to under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act (2022)?
asking people to sign petitions
writing to MPs
taking part in elections
Q4.Match the word to its definition.
Match the word to its definition.
Q5.Match the words to their definitions.
Match the words to their definitions.
Q6.Stonewall formed a year after which discriminatory piece of legislation was created?
Stonewall formed a year after which discriminatory piece of legislation was created?
Representation of the People Act 1918
The Human Rights Act
Protest 22
