CitizenshipThe
Long Journey: 100 years of democracy in Britain
Anthony Cutler and Matthew Lyddon
35-page A4
photocopiable resource - download only - £7.00
Suitable for school years
9-12 (UK 5th form and above) and adults. See
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 'One
person, one vote' democracy in Britain is less than 100 years old, and required
a series of political, and sometimes literal, battles before it was realised.
But young people today are often lukewarm, to say the least, about voting in national
and local elections.
Participants in this role-play can experience what it
was like to be part of approximately 66% of people denied a vote in one of the
most crucial elections in the UK's history.
They explore the background to
the election of 1905, read competing manifestos, mark their ballot papers and
prepare to vote.
Discussions follow on how they felt to be denied a vote and
what they might have done to secure a vote in future. This is then compared with
how the suffragettes and others campaigned for women's and universal adult suffrage.
Will this role-play revise negative attitudes to voting? You can take a vote on
it at the end and find out.
Attitudes may not change, but the experimental
role-plays carried out in secondary schools, church groups and adult classes in
the UK stimulated considerable debate and clearly raised awareness.
"Just
reading the manifestos is a history lesson in itself." The
Long Journey comes up to date with an examination, through further role-plays
and group work, of local democracy. Individuals explore how they can exert an
influence in large or small ways in their local areas. Author
and political theorist Matthew Lyddon maintains a keen interest in empowering
current and future citizens who wish to gain meaningful access to political debate
and activity in the UK. Co-author
and EFL / ESL teacher Anthony Cutler lived abroad for twenty years and knows how
it feels to be without a vote.
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