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Engage in a school project where you lead a pressure group campaign with 6 different groups to persuade your teacher (playing the role of an MP) to vote for green energy policies. From lobbying MPs to media stunts, work on various strategies to make an impact in just a week. Encourage fair trade, discourage animal testing, combat knife crime, and tackle cyber bullying. Ensure your finances, events, and materials are ready for the final vote day. Lead with inspiration from Margaret Mead's quote on impactful change.
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UNDER PRESSURE: HOW PRESSURE GROUPS OPERATE
Green energy? No to Page 3? Animal testing? WHAT IS YOUR CAMPAIGN? Fair trade? Knife crime? Cyber bullying?
THERE ARE 6 GROUPS: PRESS LOBBYING MPs STALLS AND PETITIONS DESIGN AND PLACARDS MARCHES AND RALLIES MEDIA STUNTS
COUNTDOWN TO THE VOTE! • Your teacher is the MP • You have a “week” to make your campaign • Convince your teacher how to vote!
INTRODUCE EACH GROUP The Chair The Vice-Chair
FEEDBACK LOBBYING MPs • Share your postcard
FEEDBACK STALLS AND PETITIONS • Share your petition
FEEDBACK PRESS DESK • Share your press release and/or tweets
FEEDBACK PLACARDS AND DESIGN • Share your placard and/or poster
FEEDBACK MARCHES AND RALLIES • Share your march plans and rally speech
FEEDBACK MEDIA STUNTS • Share or act out your stunt
OVER TO THE PRESS DESK MP, how will you vote?
Inspiring Words “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed peoplecan change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead Anthropologist