Khrushchev’s fll from office. Student notes, questions and answers )Inc exam advice)

Khrushchev and his reforms. Student notes. Questions and answers

Detailed student notes. Questions and answers (Inc Exam Answers)

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119th US Congress - Key Demographics and Trends. How representative is Congress? 30+ slide powerpoint covering the above. Includes a starter test and answers on related content. Source exercise - How representative does Congress look Theories of Representation - Resemblance Model and Mandate Model What is the 119th Congress The 119th Congress political party overview The 119th Congress and Gender x6 slides. Current and trends. Also look at LQBTQ+ representation The 119th Congress (and trends) and Race x6 slides The 119th Congress (and trends) and Religion x3 slides The 119th Congress (and trends) and age x4 The 119th Congress (and trends) and Education x2 slides The 119th Congress (and trends) and Occupation Is the US Congress Representative of the people? x3 slides Gerrymandering Conclusion source exercise

US Congress Structure as of 2025. Student Notes, with questions and answer sheet

Congress and Finance. Power of the Purse. Student Notes with examples. Questions and answers.

US Congress - Functions - Student Notes - Questions and Answer Sheet - linked to assessment objectives

The Bill of Rights. Student handout with summary. Considers significance, limitations and gives recent examples as evidence. Speciman essay response for self assessment.

Direct Democracy in USA - Initiatives / Referendums / Recall Elections. Inc. Qb - Source Analysis Question, Question Advice and Self Assessment Sheet. What is Direct Democracy? States in the USA that use Direct Democracy? Initiatives - What are they and how do they work Example Initiatives in california Initiatives – Good for Democracy - Points for and Against and Overall Conclusion Initiatives – Most recent examples from 2024 Election Referendums as Direct Democracy in the USA Referendums examples from 2024 election Differences between initiatives and referendums Recall Votes as Direct Democracy in the USA - What are they - How do they Work - Examples Question Analysis of 2024 AQA Paper 2 Section B Question on Initiatives. This includes advise on how to answer and a self assessment exercise of a full response.

Checks and Balances in the USA. Exam Question with response and assessment tool.

Originalism V Living Constitution - Notes, Essay Plan and a few questions

US Federalism. Overview Notes of each phase. Exam Questions and answers - Self Assessment Exercise Summary Sheet: Key Phases of Federalism in the USA Key Supreme Court Cases for each phase of Federalism and there significance Exam Questions Answers Self Assessment

US Constitution A Level Exam Questions with Mark Scheme - Self Assessment Activity. Also, set of notes and summary table looking at how effective the US Constitution is.

A 20 slide powerpoint looking at the US Presidential election process. Picks up with deciding on the VP and moves on to look at the role of th National Conventions. Based around the 2020 election. Aldo includes a starter test and answers. Plenty of activities. Visual recap of early stages of election campaign. Picking the VP - process Factors affecting the choice of VP The perfect VP - task Outline of the National Conventions and what they set out to achieve Selecting the candidate for President at the National Convention Delegates and voting in the 2020 National Conventions x2 Deciding the Party Platform - inc task Informal functions of the National Conventions Debate - arguments for and against National Conventions being important

Full PP lesson looking at debates surrounding the US Constitution in relation to the Founding Fathers. What did the Founding Fathers want to achieve from the Constitution? Has the US Constitution stood the test of time – Arguments AGAINST Has the US Constitution stood the test of time – Arguments FOR To what extent has the US Constitution been transformed beyond recognition of the wishes of the Founding Fathers? Arguments FOR and AGAINST

20 slide powerpoint presentation looking at the functions and powers of Congress. Also includes a starter test (and answers) as well as an illustration of how laws are passed. Powers of Congress - Cartoon analysis Overview of Congress - Functions and Powers x2 Represent - info slide Legislate - Info slide Oversight - x2 - Info slides The Constitution and Powers of Congress - info Exclusive and concurrent powers of the two chambers Powers of Congress - activity Elastic clause - info and activity Explanation of the significance of some of the powers of Congress More detail on concurrent powers - info slide Power of the purse How Congress checks the executive How Congress checks the Judicial branch Powers of Congress - cartoon - task.

Full PowerPoint lesson looking at US Election Campaign Finance - Speculative 2024, main data from 2022. Also includes a starter test (and answers) on related content Overview Factors affecting the outcomes of elections in the USA Importance of Campaign Finance - Source task What is Campaign Finance? Difference between hard and soft money Total spending on recent US Elections (speculative on 2024) x2 Spending on mid term elections - graph Democratic V Republican Spending over last 10 years Which political party spent most on campaigns in 2022 elections Average cost of a Senate seat Top 5 most expensive Senate seats - 2022 Average cost of a House seat Top 5 most expensive House seats - 2022 Spending trends in 2022 Spending on 2020 Presidential Election Source activity on the effects of money on campaigning WHY IS MONEY IMPORTANT IN ELECTION CASMPAIGNS – Overview of Campaign Finance legislation Source activity on restructions to Campaign Finance Public Funding - argumets for and against x4 What is private funding? Biggest priovate funders in 2022 Private Funding - PACs Private Funding - Super PACs Top 10 contributing PACs to Campaign funds in 2022 Elections Pacs and money and campaigning source activity x2 Arguments in Favor of Unlimited Campaign Spending Arguments AgainstUnlimited Campaign Spending What was money spent on during 2022 election campaign

A 27 slide powerpoint looking at the development of Federalism in the USA. Included is a starter test (and answers). Defending Federalism - The Federalist papers - Info slide Dual federalism - Info slide Why did the role of the Federal Government increase in the USA. - Info slide Cooperative Federalism - Info slide Picketfence Federalism - Info slide The increasing use of Federal Grants - info slide New Federalism - inc. videoh examples - info slide Federalism under Bush - with link to video - Info slide Federa;osm under Obama - Info slide Cartoon analysis of Federalism x2 - Task Federalism under Trump Arguments for and Against Federalism - Info slide

Ideological division within US Parties - Republican and Democratic factions A History of Factions? Factions of Republicans Factions in Democratic Party Intraparty Factions - Overview Social Conservative Republicans and the Christian Right Social Conservative Republicans and the House Freedom Caucus Fiscal Conservative Republicans The origin of Fiscal Conservative Republicans and the TEA PARTY Moderate / Social Liberal Republicans Progressive / Liberal Democrats Progressive / Liberal Democrats – The Congressional Progressive Caucus Centrist Democrats Conservative Democrats and the Blue Dog Coalition EXAM QUESTION EXAM QUESTION – INDICATIVE CONTENT

Learning Intention: To understand what the two main parties stand for via their contemporary policies. To judge the degree of ideological polarisation of the two main political parties What is a Political Party Could the Democrats and Republicans be thought of as ideologically based in the 1950’s/60’s? x2 Are Democrats Liberals and are Republicans Conservatives? Umbrella Parties? x2 Range of Republicans Range of Democrats Consensus to Conflict? Southern Strategy as a factor in bringing about Polarisation x3 Ideological Parties? Increasing Political Polarisation Causes of Political Polarisation x2 Ideological American Politics - source activity x2 Ideological Polarisation - info and source activities Evidence of Political Polarisation. Red America and Blue America Ideological Parties in the Modern Era? Ideological Parties – Overview of Republican Beliefs Ideological Parties – Overview of Democratic Party Beliefs Polarisation of America - Typical voter profile Evidence of Political Polarisation x5 - source activities Exam Question Self Assessment Indicative Content