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Friday 19 June 2020

Protest writing



What is a Protest


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A protest is when different people gather together to protest. People usually start
A march and other people join together To fight for other people or for teachers
like strikes. What do you do to protest? Do you march, strike. Because people what to
change the world and make everything fair.Also a strike means when all people from different
countries take a day off and protest for their rights. 


What causes a protest?


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So what causes a protest? People usually protest about . their rights or something they want to change. For example Kate Sheppard got lots of people to sign a petition for womens right to vote. Women wanted to be treated more fairly.

Do protests actually work?


Some protests do work. For them to work, lots of people need to agree with the protest. Particularly the government. For example, in Parihaka, the Maori protested peacefully, but the settlers sent in the soldiers.


In conclusion, people protest to get rights and get attention to something important. They can work if most people agree with the protest.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Maddison. I love all the words you used in this writing. I also love the length of your paragraphs. It is very interesting it hooked me in when I saw the question " What is a protest?" Keep up the great work.

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