This project was developed from a speaking-and-listening-task and tackles some interesting current issues such as immigration, law and order, community cohesion. It therefore works as both an English project – over a couple of weeks – or a PSHCE topic. My original intention was that students could discuss fundamental issues of survival and human relations in an open and honest way around a structured project so it is important to make clear from the beginning that everyone’s views should be respected and that clear discussion is vital before coming to a democratic decision. Obviously, this is a very topical issue so the project could be extended further to cover the impact of social media/the press on the quality of public debate and its effect on modern life. Students work in groups – I had thirty in my class so I split them into six groups of five. It is easier to keep the same groups for each lesson so that they stay in the same jobs, but task four requires one person to act as a negotiator who moves around the other groups, trying to get the group to accept their products. The decision is made after all the groups have been visited by a negotiator (give about a minute for each negotiation and then blow a whistle or set a timer). At task six, the class splits into two – visitors and islanders. It is up to you how you set up your classroom, but I had two lines of chairs facing each other. It is important that students are only allowed to speak when they are holding an object like a board rubber or a flag, otherwise it’s very difficult to control. The teacher can act as a kind of chairperson, or a competent student could be asked to do it. There is software available to allow instant voting such as https://www.mentimeter.com/ which is very useful in the classroom. The final written piece is based on a reading task that helps students to analyse features of persuasive texts before using them, themselves.