Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility
Back

Learning resources | Democracy

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


Democracy past

Vital Voters project at People's History Museum, Match Girls' Strike, 1888 photo © People's History Museum

 

 

 

 

 

Voting is vital.  Want to know why?  PHM’s Vital Voters young vloggers have explored 200 years of democracy in Britain to discover why we all need the right to have our say.

Suitable for ages 10 to 17

Learn more

Democracy present

Vital Voters project at People's History Museum, photo by Heidi Fin on Unsplash

 

 

 

 

 

Want to know how voting works and what parliament does?  UK Parliament has come up with a series of short, snappy animations to explain everything.

Suitable for ages 10 to 17

Learn more

What is protest?

What is 'protest'? image

 

 

 

 

 

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+

Read comic

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. 

View the timeline

3D tour of the main galleries

3D tour of People's History Museum's galleries

 

 

 

 

 

Take a 3D tour of PHM’s galleries and meet the revolutionaries, reformers, workers, voters, and citizens who believed in and continue to inspire ideas worth fighting for such as equality, social justice, co-operation, and a fair world for all.

Take a tour
newsletter icon

Sign up to PHM's Learning e-newsletter

Keep up to date with ideas worth learning about, with e-newsletters sent out approximately once every three months


Contact Email  *
First Name 
Last Name 
Early Years
Primary
Secondary
College and further education
Higher Education
Adult learning
Youth
Community
Social outings
*Required Fields
You can unsubscribe at any point. We will not sell, pass on or use your details for any other purpose.
We use cookies on our website to provide you with a better experience. See our privacy policy for further information. OK