Politics in Simple Terms Teaching Edition

Left vs Right: Understanding Politics is a teaching and independent study pack combining a reading book, a printable companion workbook and editable PowerPoint slides. Across 16 chapters, students explore political ideas, power, participation and contemporary issues through questions, research, scenarios and discussion.
Suitable for sixth form transition, introductory A level Politics, political literacy and selected activities alongside AQA and Edexcel teaching.

WHAT IS INCLUDED
• The original reading book, Left vs Right: Understanding Politics in Simple Terms.
• A revised 146 page companion workbook containing 16 chapters and 144 activities.
• 80 knowledge check questions, with answers and explanations in a separate teacher section.
• 53 editable PowerPoint slides covering all 16 chapters.
• Speaker notes containing learning outcomes, fuller activity prompts and workbook references.
• A short guide to using the pack.

PRINT INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS FOR HOMEWORK
Each workbook chapter starts on a fresh page. The contents provides exact page ranges, making it easy to print a selected chapter for homework, independent study or classroom use.
The slides identify the relevant workbook chapter, task and page. Each chapter includes an introduction, a discussion or activity, and a suggested homework task with a review question.

ACTIVITIES INCLUDE
Definitions in students’ own words, political scenarios, research tasks, policy comparisons, group discussions, ideology maps, short written explanations, manifestos and reflective questions.
Students consider different perspectives, explain the values behind political choices and support their judgements with reasons and evidence.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
The activities give students opportunities to:
• Explain political vocabulary using relevant examples.
• Compare political perspectives and policy priorities.
• Identify relationships between ideas, institutions and participation.
• Assess claims using evidence and recognise oversimplification.
• Consider alternative interpretations.
• Reach and explain a reasoned judgement.
These skills support the development of knowledge and understanding, analysis and evaluation associated with AO1, AO2 and AO3.

SCOPE
This is an introductory companion resource with selected curriculum connections. It does not provide complete specification coverage, prescribed thinker coverage or a set of exam board practice papers.
The workbook’s Edexcel references identify Issue 4, for teaching from September 2026 and first A level assessment in June 2028. Centres teaching earlier examination cohorts should use their applicable specification.
An independent InclusiveEd resource, without endorsement from AQA or Pearson Edexcel.

FORMAT
One ZIP download containing two PDF books, an editable PowerPoint presentation and a Start Here guide. Extract the ZIP before opening the files. The reading book and workbook remain separate so teachers can select and print the material they need.