Citizenzhip research coursework. I am aiming to find out in what ways Trocaire helps poverty stricken countries and by doing this I will raise awareness of the vital work of the organisation to the people around me.

CCEA GCSE Learning for Life and Work

Sub Task 1: Introducing the Controlled Assessment Task

CAT Title

To investigate the

What do I mean by the key words aware, active, NGOs and pressure groups, volunteering?

Aware - To have knowledge of something going on and have information on something e.g. “I was aware of the classmate stealing my pencil.”

Active- You are involved in something

NGO- A non-governmental organisation which can be any organisation not connected with the government.

Pressure groups - A group which encourages a person or another group into doing something and persists until they change.

1.2 Research of the meaning of

Oxford dictionary seventh edition Aware - having knowledge of something

Mobile phone Collins dictionary Active- someone who does a lot of activities

Local and Global Citizenship CEA text book NGO - A “non-governmental organisation.” Also known as interest groups or pressure groups.

Mobile phone Collins dictionary Pressure group- Is an organized group of people who are trying to persuade a government or other to do something for example change the a law.

1.3 My definition and understanding of

Aware- for aware my first definition was very accurate but I think I over explained the word as the Oxford dictionary had a very simple meaning.

Active- My first definition was not very accurate even though I knew what it meant I didn’t know how to explain it properly.

NGO- My first definition was not very accurate and in and in my head I had a completely wrong idea of what it was as though it could be any group not involved with the government.

1.4 General examples relating to ways in which the individual can become more aware and active in local, national and global issues, for example through pressure groups and volunteering.

To start off my CAT I searched lots of different NGO’s trying to find information on how me and other members of the public can get more involved in NGO’s and so I drew out a spider diagram which I have shown below.