To understand the concepts of democracy and voting
Starter
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Your first task
Complete the activities in the worksheet Voting on Issues. It asks you to choose an issue that you are interested in and to make a speech to persuade other people to vote for your issue also.
After you have made your speeches take a class vote on the most persuasive speech.
Political Parties
When you were listening to other people speaking you may have agreed with some of the things they were saying, and you might also have noticed that some of their important issues were linked to yours.
People who share ideas about the way our country should be ruled, and the issues which are most important, often work together. They form Political Parties.
