This was made for a taster session I was running for Year 11 students. I wanted to make an accessible 1 hour long lesson with as much interaction as possible. This lesson along with the activities are aimed at comparing a PM and a President as well as giving the students a sense of the complete difference between the US and UK political systems. The session went really well. I put a few UK and US flags out to get them in the spirit of things too. There are some slides that are specific to my school but you will be able to remove them easily. Links on ppt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_Eutci7ack&t=191s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1s3QlskaEM&disable_polymer=true https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rQmquHLSaQ&disable_polymer=true

This is a script made for an assembly I am doing with my sixth formers next week. It can be adapted to suit your needs. It gives an overview of the US and gives general reasons what the two candidates believe in, their background and why they are unpopular/popular. It is a four page script. Should take about 10 - 15 minutes including the video (link attached on document - BBC clip).

This is a taster lesson for A level politics. It is slightly personalised to me/my department but you can change names and pictures. The main focus of this resource is on 2016 and what an unpredictable year it was. I started with a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mIBhjNha54 The I told the students that over the years I have had many students ask me to predict what would happen in each major political event from 2010-2016. The main point is that I got the earlier events right but the events later I got wrong. The students then have the task to predict two events of the year 2020 How well will Theresa May do in the 2020 General Election? For this task you the students need to predict each outcome and the final score they are left with determines the overall result of the election. Then how well will Donald Trump do against Kanye West? For this one you need the website http://www.270towin.com/ Give each student a coin (or a chocolate coin in my case) and then give each student a state. Kanye West was Heads and Trump was Tails. Whichever person wins then they win the state. You then change the state on the board on the website above. Both are simple interactive activities where little knowledge is needed. Then I talked through a few details about the course and then had a Q and A session. It went down really well!!!!!!!!

This is an assembly reviewing the key events of 2016. It truly has been an interesting year of events. I have made a script for you and a presentation. The events are a mixture of political, international, national, cultural and sporting events. I am proud of this assembly and will be using it myself in my school! Please leave a review!!! All images in the presentation are labelled for reuse.

I have uploaded a variety of resources above that I have made over the last two years for my PSHE/Citizenship lessons for Year 10 and 11. 1. Election expert - Follow the presentation and answer the questions on the worksheet 2. What is a Citizen. Short lesson focusing on what the term means and what makes an ideal citizen. 3. How does politics in the UK work? - Linking it to the structure of a school. Adapt to fit your particular school. 4. Stand up Sit down - Democracy lesson. Need to give 40% of students a post it notes as they walk in. In the final slides restrict them from standing or sitting (voicing opinion). This 40% represents the number of young people who did not vote in the 2015 General election. 5. Ideology - Simple ideology lesson that can be adapted. comes with a worksheet that decides whether their ideas fit into left win or right wing. Idea is that most students will have opinions that fit either side. Hence the reason why parties try and gain as many votes a possible rather than follow one ideology blindly.

This is an assembly aimed at Key Stage 2 and 3 years really. It needs two people to take part. One person will be the interviewer and the other will be 'the UK'. The main of the focus of the assembly is the diversity of the UK and key features such as politics, geography, history, economy and society. I have simplified it to a Key stage 2 and 3 level. This is a ready made assembly. Script provided and presentation provided. All at a super reasonable price!

A selection of sources which assesses whether James I deserved the nickname the wisest fool in Christendom.

A series of slides on a power point that could be used for an open night or generally for display purposes. It poses a series of questions related to British and American Politics. It does include the school logo but these can be deleted.

It does what is says on the tin! Presentation on bow the union developed.

Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler are having a tweet battle. They are both blaming each other for starting the Second World War. Who will you back in the end? A good way to review the 5 main factors to blame for the start of the Second World War. Pupils are summarising the main facts in bullets and then writing their own 'tweet' explaining what they think was to blame.

An assembly made by me and my form about the USA and about the coming election.

A worksheet on the cabinet system. Includes information as well as spaces to fill in details.

Some resources to help with a cross school mock election between Romney and Obama. Helps with the idea of voting and politics of the USA. Gets older pupils to discuss the differences between the two main contenders.