Active Citizenship
Aims of the Learning Activity
This activity explores the nature of political action. While carrying it out you will:
- Explore briefly the history of political action
- Identify a range of different types of political action, and consider their justifiability in different contexts
- Look at the issues surrounding planning and organising political action successfully
- Consider the personal and social obstacles to successful political action, and how these can be overcome
Learning Outcomes
Having completed the activity you should be able to
- Identify some key moments in the history of political action
- Describe a range of different kinds of political action
- Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of various campaigning techniques
- Appreciate how some of the obstacles to effective political action can be overcome
- Explain your view of the acceptable limits to political action