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Living in a Democracy
• This section focuses on the following concepts:
1. Participation2. Representation3. Rights and Responsibilities
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Living in a Democracy
• It can be divided into three main sections:
1. Politics2. Pressure Groups3. Trade Unions
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Living in a Democracy
• It can be divided into three main sections:
1. Politics2. Pressure Groups3. Trade Unions
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Politics
• Complete the following paragraph using the word bank below
• The UK is a democracy and people have the right to choose their __________ through regular elections with a choice of political ______ and free media. However, people also have a __________to act within the law and to exercise their rights by ___________ in the political process.
• Responsibility Representatives Parties Participating
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Politics – What you will learn:
1. Rights and Responsibilities in a democracy
2. Right to vote3. Representation4. Electing an MP – First Past the Post
system5. Advantages and Disadvantages of
the First Past the Post system
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Politics – What you will learn:
6. Electing an MP – Additional Member System
7. Advantages and Disadvantages of the Additional Member System
8. Under-representation of women and ethnic minorities
9. How representatives help their constituents – MPs, MSPs and councillors
10.Ways in which people can participate in politics
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Introduction - What is a democracy?
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What is a democracy?
• This is a way of running a country where people have the right to choose who represents them.
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What is a democracy?
• This is a way of running a country where people have the right to choose who represents them.
• This happens though regular elections, a choice of political parties and free media.
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Different kinds of democracy
• In a democracy, everyone has a say in the running of the country.
• In direct democracies, all people in an area vote on every issue.
• Can you think why this would be difficult in Scotland?
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Different kinds of democracy
• Can you think why this would be difficult in Scotland?
• Too many people would be voting all the time!
• It’s hard enough getting people to vote once every 4 years!
• What do we do instead?
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Different kinds of democracy
• What do we do instead?
Representative democracy
• This is where people in a country elect people to speak on their behalf.
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Rights and Responsibilities in a Democracy
• People have rights in a democracy
• However, people have the responsibility to act within the law and exercise their rights by taking part in the political process.
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Questions…
1. What does “freedom of speech” mean?2. Who decides who rules a country in a
democracy?3. Should people be allowed to criticise
their government? Explain your answer.4. Are there any people in society that are
not allowed to vote? Do agree with this? Explain your answer.
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Task…
RIGHT RESPONSIBILITY
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The Right to Vote
• British citizens (except the insane and long-term prisoners) have the right to vote if they are:
1. Over 182. On the electoral
register (list of voters)
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Responsibilities of voters
• Voters have the responsibility to:
1. Use their vote wisely2. Accept the outcome of an election
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Right to Stand as a Candidate
• RIGHT - All British citizens over 21 have the right to stand as a candidate
• RESPONSIBILITY – campaign within the rules, act honestly and legally
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Right to Protest
• RIGHT – to form pressure groups and take part in meetings, demonstrations and other forms of campaigning
• RESPONSIBILITY – respect other people’s opinions, protest peacefully
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Right to a Fair Trial
• RIGHT – To be charged within 24 hours and brought to trial within a certain amount of time. Right to be defended by a lawyer.
• RESPONSIBILITY – obey the law, serve on a jury if called, tell the truth to police or in court
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Freedom of Speech
• RIGHT – To criticise the government if they disagree with policies or actions
• RESPONSIBILITY – not to slander (lie about) other people or to incite religious or racial hatred
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Freedom of the Media
• RIGHT – Newspapers, TV and radio have right to criticise government. Under the Freedom of Information Act the media have access to more information about the work of the government
• RESPONSIBILITY – to report facts accurately and fairly and not to libel (tell lies about) people or to incite hatred
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Rights and Responsibilities
• The table lists rights people have. Fill in the responsibilities that go along with these rights.
Right Responsibility
Right to vote
Right to stand as a candidate
Right to protest
Right to a fair trial
Freedom of speech
Freedom of the media
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HW - Past Paper Question
• Describe the rights and responsibilities that voters in Britain have.
8 marksUse the PEE method:
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