Deliberative Debate: What are the strengths and weaknesses of democracy in the UK?
Deliberative Debate: What are the strengths and weaknesses of democracy in the UK?
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- In this lesson, we will recall all that we have learnt over the last few weeks on the topic of democracy. We will then prepare a speech which aims to answer answer the overarching question of this unit: does democracy in the UK work well?
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5 Questions
Q1.
What are the different ways of improving democracy?
Introduce limits on voting.
Only increase the use of referendums
Q2.
Which out of the four nations have not lowered the voting age?
England and Scotland
Wales and Scotland
Q3.
Which statement supports lowering the voting age?
16-17 year olds are not mature enough to vote.
Young voters are less likely to vote and this will result in a decline in turnout.
Q4.
Which statement suggests the voting age should NOT be lowered?
Voting at 16 would match other aspects of citizenship available at that age e.g joining the army.
Young people may well have a better knowledge of issues than some older people.
Q5.
Why might lowering the voting age help improve democracy?
It will lower the age at which you can become an MP
It will protect human rights.
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Q1.
Democracy is a system of government in which power is vested in people and can mean 'rule by the people’.
False
Q2.
One feature of a healthy democracy is:
A president who remains in power for 20 years without an election
Single party government with limited elections
Q3.
Why is media freedom important?
Because the media tells people what to think.
Q4.
Some argue one way of improving democracy is to:
Continue using first past the post voting system.
Only have elections when the Prime Minister decides we can.
Q5.
Proportional representation is:
A way of dividing up public resources
How much media each citizen is allowed to read.