EU Referendum and democracy

photo: @guardian_clark  (picture by Tom Clark)

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/23/referendum-day-queues-polling-stations

The photo shows people in Hackney queuing to vote in the EU referendum on 23rd June. Long queues were reported across the UK with some standing in torrential rain to have their say. The turnout was huge.

What's happening in the picture?

Explain the image

- what was the election about?

- what did the people in the UK decide?

- What is democracy?

- The weather was terrible during the day; why do all these people want to stand in the rain, just to vote?

- How do people vote? What do they have to do?

- Who is allowed to vote in a democratic election?

- What do you notice about the people in the picture? Are they all the same gender, same age, ethnicity? Do you think they all follow the same faith? We can't know by looking, but do you think there may be people who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender in that queue or people with a disability? What does this photo tell us about living in the UK today?

- How is democracy similar to what we say about No Outsiders? 

No outsiders in our school: Teaching the Equality Act in primary School by Andrew Moffat

www.equalitiesprimary.com