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Learning resources | Democracy

Use these resources to find out more about the development of democracy in Britain over the last 200 years.


What is protest?

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Use this comic to help explain what protest is to children, exploring the complexity of emotions that might be felt and how you can be an ally to someone who needs support.

Suitable for ages 5+

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Protest timeline

Grunwick Strike Committee, Defend the Right to Strike banner, 1976. Image courtesy of People's History Museum

As part of the museum’s 2019 exhibition Disrupt? Peterloo and Protest, visitors added protests they believed to be significant between 1819 and 2019 using postcards.  This timeline takes a closer look at some of the protests that were documented. 

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