Starter quiz
- The UK is a representative ...
- 'democracy' ✓
- Article 21 of the ______ protects the right for citizens to participate in politics.
- UNCRC
- UDHR ✓
- UNESCO
- UNICEF
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- What is the definition of lobbying?
- influencing those in power ✓
- having your say in elections
- signing to give your view
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- Match the start of the sentence with its ending.
- Successful campaign methods include⇔a clear campaign message. ✓
- Campaigns need public support, but also⇔help from people in power. ✓
- A determination to succeed⇔will help make a campaign action effective. ✓
- In 2024, the UK Government launched the ...
- Traditional Media Unit
- Old Media Unit
- New Media Unit ✓
- Modern Media Unit
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- Which of the following is not crucial for effective action, but helps?
- financial backing ✓
- clear message
- public support
- determination to succeed
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Exit quiz
- Pressure groups, protest groups and social movements can create lasting ______ by influencing decisions in society.
- 'change' ✓
- Which of these groups try to influence government as their main campaign method?
- pressure groups ✓
- social clubs
- sports groups
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- Social movements unite large numbers of people to fight for broad social, ______ or cultural change.
- 'political' ✓
- Match the type of group with its example.
- pressure group⇔Liberty ✓
- protest group⇔the People's Assembly ✓
- social movement⇔the Fair Trade movement ✓
- What methods do successful groups use?
- media appearances ✓
- petitions ✓
- marches ✓
- everyone working alone
- avoiding debates
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- Match the pressure group with its purpose.
- Greenpeace⇔protects the environment ✓
- RSPCA⇔protects animals ✓
- NFU⇔protects farmers ✓
- the Badger Trust⇔protects badgers ✓
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Key learning points
- Pressure groups, protest groups and social movements can create change by influencing decisions in society.
- Pressure groups focus on specific issues, using methods like lobbying and protest groups protest for change.
- Social movements unite large numbers of people to fight for broad social, political or cultural change.
- Successful groups use various methods like petitions, media appearances, advertising campaigns, petitions and marches.
- Greenpeace and the RSPCA show how pressure groups can protect the environment and animals and can create lasting change.
Common misconception
Pressure groups are usually violent.
Pressure groups can lobby MPs and protest for change but usually in a peaceful way. There is a wide range of different pressure groups in the UK using peaceful methods to perform effective action and bring lasting change.
Keywords
Society - people living together in an ordered community
Pressure groups - groups that put pressure on the Government, or those in power, to do something or change something; they do not wish to have power themselves, they simply wish to achieve a goal
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