53Uploads
6k+Views
2k+Downloads
All resources
EDEXCEL Politics Ideologies Topic Checklists
EDEXCEL Politics core ideologies topic checklists. Including topics, core values, glossaries/key words and key thinkers.
Battle of Stamford Bridge
KS3 lesson from Harold’s coronation to the Battle of Stamford bridge. Varied activities, discussion, timeline, video clips, well resourced.
Bundle
Edexcel Politics Topic 2 Parliament whole unit lesson bundle with assessment
Series of lessons to cover, plan and assess students on Topic 2 of Paper 2 - Parliament.
It covers:
Makeup of Parliament
Legislative Process
Back Benchers
Committees
Opposition
Recruiting and maintaining ministers
Comparative Powers of Commons and Lords
Assessment on Comparative Powers (with planning sheet).
Save 25% on buying lessons separate!
A Level Politics - The Role of Back Benchers
Fully resourced lesson on the role and power of Back Benchers. Including recent examples of how Back Benchers have outed two PMs.
Includes sheet to fill as an overview, sheet to annotate on how well they help parliament fulfill its roles, such as in legislation and scrutiny.
Can be used as part of my series of lessons for Edexcel Paper 2 Topic 2 Parliament.
A Level Politics - Role of the Opposition
Fully resourced lesson on the role of the Opposition in parliament.
Includes articles on Corbyn and Starmer as well as videos on PMQs to work towards a sheet on how well they help parliament fulfil their roles.
Can be used as part of my series of lessons on Edexcel Paper 2 Topic 2 Parliament.
A Level Politics - The Role of Parliament
Introductory lesson on the makeup and roles of the different branches of Parliament.
Can be used as part of my series of lessons on paper 2, component 2 lessons.
This covers the makeup of parliament, how it overlaps with the executive and then an overview of the different people within parliament and their roles. All which can be filled in with info from the slides. There are videos mixed in to break up teacher talk, plus an article on the people’s peers.
A Level Politics - Comparative Powers Commons and Lords
Lesson beginning to look at the comparative powers of Commons and Lords.
Will require discussion and prior knowledge or legislative process for students to begin to develop arguments regarding which house is more powerful.
Can be used as part of my series of lessons on Edexcel paper 2 topic 2 Parliament.
A Level Politics - Legislative Process
A complete lesson on how a bill becomes law. Covers the process from bill to royal assent.
Covers the different types of bills, the debate and scrutiny process this must go through and different pieces of legislation that have been introduced, such as Salisbury Conventions and English Votes for English Laws.
All info needed is on slides and there are videos to break it up.
Can be used as part of my series of lessons for Edexcel paper 2 topic 2 Parliament.
A Level Politics - Role of Select Committees
Complete lesson on the role of Select Committees and how well these help to fulfill the roles of Parliament.
Includes sheet to fill on what committees do and the powers they have. As well as spider diagram to annotate on how they help parliament to fulfill its main functions. Broken up with videos.
Can be used as part of my series of lessons on Edexcel Paper 2 Topic 2 Parliament.
A Level Politics - Recruiting Ministers
Resourced lesson on the importance of Parliament’s ability to recruit and maintain ministers.
Includes an activity to research the political careers of PMs to see how experienced they were before becoming PM and an article on the issue of Conservative MPs not standing for election.
Can be used as part of my series of lessons on Edexcel Paper 2 Topic 2 Parliament.
A Level Politics - Comparative Powers Essay Planning
A short PP and planning sheet WITH arguments on the comparative powers of the Commons and the Lords.
Can be used as an assessment in my series of lessons on Edexcel Paper 2 Topic 2 Parliament.
International Women's Day Assembly/form time activity
A resource for International Women’s Day that is designed as an assembly but can be used as a form time activity too.
It aims to unpick what we mean by feminism and address some of the misconceptions. It also includes a story of Kathleen Roberts a ‘Woman of Steel’ from WWII. Later slides cover problems facing women and what we can do to help.
GCSE History Weimar/Nazi Germany Question Bank (Edexcel)
A bank of questions for GCSE History Weimar and Nazi Germany topic for Edexcel exam board.
There are over 40 exemplar questions made up of past paper and teacher made questions, with sources and interpretations attached. There are example of each question (Q1, Q2, Q3A, B, C, D)
Can be used to make assessment/mock papers or given to students for revision.
These cover the whole period from early Weimar Problems, through Stresseman’s Golden Years, the growth of the Nazi Party, Hitler becoming Chancellor and then Hitler’s methods of control, oppression and opposition against him.
GCSE Medicine Through Time Western Front Question Bank Edexcel
A bank of questions for GCSE History Medicine Through Time Western Front topic for Edexcel exam board.
There are over 20 exemplar questions made up of past paper and teacher made questions, with sources and attached. There are example of each question (Q1, Q2A & Q2B)
Can be used to make assessment/mock papers or given to students for revision.
These cover a variety of topics, including battles, chain of evacuation, problems with treating soldiers in WWI and advancements in medicine on the Western Front.
Bundle
Edexcel Government UK - topic 1: Constitution lesson bundle
This includes 7 lessons, 2 of which prepare them for assessments (one essay & one source) which include a writing guide on each question and an exemplar answer.
Lessons cover:
Nature of UK Constitution
Sources of UK Constitution
Reforms 1997-2010
Reforms 2010-Present
Should we have a codified constitution?
Rule of Law
Parliamentary Sovereignty
Assessments covered are:
Essay Q - ‘Evaluate the view that Constitutional reform since 1997 has not gone far enough’.
Source Q - ‘Using the source, evaluate the view that the UK Constitution requires reform’
Saves 40% on buying lessons separate and writing guides can be used for any essay and source Q for paper 1 and 2.
Bundle
Edexcel Medicine Through Time Modern Medicine
Series of lessons, high quality, fully resources on Modern Medicine topic for GCSE. Covers:
Discovery of DNA
Diagnosing Disease
NHS
Penicillin
Lung Cancer
Summary Lesson and exam practice.
My colleague has Medieval, Renaissance, Industrial, Western Front lessons, as well as revision resources on her TES. Link below to bundle or can be bought separately:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/medicine-through-time-bundle-12782723
Bundle
GCSE Weimar Germany - The Stresemann Years
5 lesson bundle covering the economic, foreign policy, social and cultural chanes under Stresemann; working towards a summary/consolidation lesson with exam practice.
Resilience - assembly or form time activity
An assembly I put together on the importance of resilience. It is based around the film ‘The Swimmers’ on Netflix, which follows two sisters - Yusra and Sara - who fled Syria and still manged to compete at the Rio Olympics. I linked this to my schools values and the importance of never giving up! Helps if you have watched the film but you can easily find the story online too.
Edexcel Politics Writing Guides
‘How to’ guides for Paper 1 and Paper 2. Includes three writing guides for 30 marker source and none source essay questions, as well as 24 mark ideology questions.
Parliament Week
A series of resources designed for Parliament Week to be used in lesson or as part of form time activities. It includes a competition for KS3, a quiz about current political issues and a discussion activity on Just Stop Oil designed for KS4 and KS5.