Active Citizenship (AQA GCSE Citizenship Studies): Exam Questions

Discuss which part of the whole investigation process you consider was the most successful and why.

Summarise the evidence you gathered at the research stage.

Evaluate its usefulness in relation to your issue /question.

Analyse the ways in which your investigation was a good example of taking citizenship action.

Give reasons for your answer.

Your answer should refer to:

• why you chose the issue to investigate

• how it improved your understanding of the issue

• how you were able to use and develop practical citizenship skills

• the outcome you achieved.

Your Active Citizenship Investigation

State what your investigation is about.

Explain how you used secondary research to decide on your active citizenship topic.

Discuss how you carried out your initial research.

Summarise the impact of your citizenship action.

Evaluate how effective your action was.

Analyse how effective your plan was for your citizenship action.

Your answer should refer to:

• how you planned your citizenship action

• the steps you took to review and evaluate your citizenship action

• how you used your plan to help you evaluate your action’s success.

Your Active Citizenship Investigation

State what your investigation is about.

Explain one reason why the issue you chose was important.

Discuss how successful your citizenship action was in relation to your initial aims.

Summarise the results and conclusions of your research.

Evaluate the extent to which these results and conclusions helped you to plan your citizenship action.

Analyse how well you considered other viewpoints in your citizenship investigation.

Your answer should refer to:

• how you presented your own viewpoint

• how you represented the views of others

• how these different viewpoints contributed to your citizenship action.

Your Active Citizenship Investigation

State what your investigation is about.

Explain one reason why you would consider changing the topic of your investigation.

Discuss which part of the investigation process you found most difficult and why.

Evaluate the usefulness of the secondary research you used for your investigation.

Analyse the ways in which your citizenship action was useful to you and others.

Your answer should refer to:

• how your action enabled you to use and develop your citizenship skills

• ways in which your action was useful to others

• whether there were any limitations which affected its usefulness.

Your Active Citizenship Investigation

State what your investigation is about:

Explain whether your chosen issue was mainly a local issue, a national issue or a global issue.

Discuss why you decided upon the type of action you carried out.

Summarise the evidence you gathered at the research stage.

Evaluate its usefulness in relation to your issue/question.

Analyse whether your citizenship action was successful.

Your answer should refer to:

• overall goal(s)/aim(s) of your citizenship action

• the outcome achieved

• the successful and unsuccessful elements of your citizenship action

• what you would improve and why.

Your Active Citizenship Investigation

State the topic of your investigation.

Explain one reason why it was important to have sources of information which you could trust.

Discuss which part of your citizenship action was the least successful and why.

Analyse your choice of sources in the planning stage of your citizenship action.

Analyse the ways your active citizenship investigation achieved what you intended.

Your answer should refer to:

• what you wanted to achieve

• your findings – you may include any statistics you used if you wish

• ways you communicated your findings to your audience

• ways you used your findings to identify and deliver key messages.