What is democracy?
In this lesson, we will define the concept of democracy and explore the features that ensure there is a strong democracy in society.
6 lessons
In this lesson, we will define the concept of democracy and explore the features that ensure there is a strong democracy in society.
In this lesson we will be learning about the difference between direct and representative democracy and discussing the advantages and disadvantages of both systems.
In this lesson, we will explore the importance of elections to democracy. We will go on to investigate two different types of voting systems: First Past the Post and Proportional Representation.
In this lesson we will define what a free media is in all its forms. We will go on to examine the importance a free media plays in a democratic country and the roles the media plays. We will focus on the role the media has on holding those in power to account.
In this lesson we will explore the different ways in which democracy could be improved within the UK. We will analyse the debate around allowing 16 year olds to vote.
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 answering our overarching question for this unit, does democracy in the UK work well?
Units in Citizenship
Units in Politics, parliament and government