Citizenship Action — OCR GCSE Citizenship Studies

Your focus

1. 1. Working as a team, identify, research (using primary and secondary sources) and evaluate a citizenship issue and show how this issue links to the citizenship specification. As part of this, candidates should consider: a) the rights and responsibilities that apply to the agreed issue b) the different ways in which citizens can participate in the UK and the role different forms of media can play in publicising action c) how the law and the legal system can protect (and punish if appropriate) citizens undertaking an action d) how their action could impact/link with British values, identities and the diverse nature of the UK.