Note making

Take notes on the programme in a table like the one below.

Activity 2

Making sense of the information

Think about how people protest when they disagree with the actions of government. Listed below are some of the things which Annie and others did in the 1970s. How effective do you think each kind of action is in changing the government’s position?

• Marching on Downing Street with a lot of people.
• Giving a petition signed by thousands of people to the Prime Minister.
• Carrying candles through the streets with a large group of people.
• Setting fire, in public, to a picture of someone with whom you strongly disagree.
• Publishing a magazine which included ideas that you know will shock and anger other people.

Compare your responses to those of other people in the class.

Can you think of issues today about which you feel strongly and would be willing to protest in public? How would you choose to protest? Which ways do you think are most likely to get the government to change its mind quickly?

Activity 3

Research

Using the web link below, try to find out more about Britain in the 1970s.

http://wkweb5.cableinet.co.uk/veidor/index.html

Write about some of the things you have found out and share them with your teacher and the rest of the class.

Activity 4

Life stories

Talk to an older relative or friend about protest marches. (It doesn’t matter how old they are, but it is important that you find out in which year they were born.)

Did they ever go on a protest march? Did they ever see protest marches on television? What do they remember people protesting about? What did they think about the protests?