What it means
Example
🗣️ Phase 3 — Investigation 🎧 Audio / Visual ⏱ 7 minutes

Task 6 — Rights, Responsibilities & Civic Power

You have rights. You have responsibilities. And you have specific civic tools — built into how democracy works. You do not need to be 18 to use them.

Slides — tap underlined words to see definitions
Slide 1 of 2
📝Petition
🏛️Public meeting
📬Formal objection
🤝Contact rep
📣Campaign
📰Use media
Slide 1 of 2 — Civic Tools
What can a citizen do?
Citizens in a democracy have specific tools available: attending public meetings, submitting formal objections, signing petitions, contacting elected representatives, organising community responses, using the media.

These are not acts of defiance — they are built into how democracy works. They are the mechanisms that allow citizens to speak before decisions are finalised.

In the Youth Centre case: a community could submit formal objections, launch a petition, request a public consultation, or contact their local representative.
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Petition ✓
Council ✓
Under 18 ✓
Civic power has no minimum age
Slide 2 of 2 — Youth & Civic Power
Young people and civic power
You do not need to be 18 to participate civically. Young people have successfully:

✓ Changed school policies through petitions
✓ Blocked harmful community developments
✓ Started community campaigns
✓ Influenced local decisions through public meetings

Civic power is not an age-restricted skill. It requires information, organisation and the willingness to speak. All of which you already have.

The three examples below show this is not theory — it has happened. Tap any card to read the full story.
📌Class Civic Questions — from Task 3
📌 Teacher pinned
What alternatives to closure were considered?
Student 1
Were young people or families consulted before this decision?
Student 2
Could the money be saved in a different way instead?
Student 3
What will happen to the 200 young people after closure?

What happens in Task 6

Two narrated slides with tappable key terms. Slide 1 lists all civic tools available to citizens — with a visual icon grid and references to the Youth Centre case. Slide 2 establishes that civic power has no age limit — with 4 bullet points of youth civic successes. After Slide 2, three expandable real-world example cards reveal. Each card collapses to a caption + location + year; expanding shows a 3-sentence summary + civic tool used + source link. After reading examples, the reflection field unlocks. Saving the reflection completes the task.

🔑 Tappable key terms

civic — "Anything that relates to your life as a member of a community"
petition — "A formal written request, signed by many people, asking for a specific action"
representative — "A person chosen by citizens to speak and make decisions on their behalf"
objection — "A formal written statement saying you disagree with a proposed decision"
consultation — "A process where an authority asks citizens for their views before making a decision"
♿ SEN Adaptations
  • Audio narration button on both slides (🔊) reads full slide text aloud with play/pause/replay
  • Tappable key term tooltips include a read-aloud button — tap the speaker icon in the tooltip to hear the definition
  • Example cards available in sequential one-at-a-time mode — activated per student in teacher dashboard
  • Reflection field accepts voice-to-text via microphone button
  • No time pressure on any element — no auto-advance
  • Key terms card (civic/petition/representative/objection/consultation) available as a printed bilingual reference on request
🖨️ No-Tech Format
  • Printed key terms card distributed at start — one card per student with civic/petition/representative/objection/consultation
  • Teacher reads both slides aloud from printed script, referencing the key terms card
  • Three printed example cards distributed and read aloud one at a time
  • Reflection question on whiteboard — students write on printed worksheet
  • Optional: brief class discussion — "Which tool would you use for the Youth Centre? Why?"