Planning Your Citizenship Action - Research and Viewpoints
Before you can change anything, you have to plan. Learn how to research a citizenship issue, tell primary evidence from secondary, and weigh up competing points of view.
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Planning a citizenship action 📋
A **citizenship action** is when you take practical steps, usually as a **team**, to make a difference on an issue you care about. Getting it right starts with good **planning** and **research**. This module covers the first stages: identifying an issue, doing **research**, and weighing up different **points of view**.
Key terms 🔑
Four ideas run through the planning stages:
What is secondary research? 📚
What do we mean by secondary research?
- Information that has already been collected by other people
- A survey you carry out yourself
- Interviews you conduct in person
- Guessing the answer without any evidence
Match each term 🔗
- Secondary research
- Primary research
- Viewpoint
- Team
- Information already collected by other people
- Evidence you collect yourself, such as a survey
- A particular point of view on the issue
- Two or more people working together on the action
Primary or secondary? ⚖️
Both kinds of research help, but they are different.
Spot the primary research ✅
Select the TWO examples of primary research.
- Running a survey of local residents
- Interviewing people affected by the issue
- Reading a book written about the issue
- Looking up official government statistics
Weigh the viewpoints 🧭
A strong citizenship action does not just collect research; it **weighs** it. Look at **different points of view**, then judge which evidence is most **compelling**. Ask: is the source **reliable**? Is the sample **big enough**? Is it **up to date**? Is it **biased**? The best plans consider more than one viewpoint and explain which evidence they trust most, and why.
Complete the picture 🧱
A citizenship action is usually carried out by a _____ of two or more people. Evidence you collect yourself, such as a survey, is _____ research, while information already gathered by others is _____ research. A good plan looks at different points of _____ and weighs which _____ is most compelling.
The planning stages 🪜
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Tap the primary methods 🖍️
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Make the call 🔀
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Plan the research ✍️
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