This is a resource I created to support a-level students with their revision for Edexcel Government and Politics Unit 1. (People and Politics). AS

This is part of a sow that I have written that also includes resources I have recycled from TES. Thank-you to those of you that have shared your resources on TES! Please leave feedback if you download!

This was a really effective way of getting students to record key policies and ideas of each party! All feedback welcome.

This is a student guide that i created and laminated to support students when attempting 15 mark questions. Please let me know how this could be improved. It is quite text heavy on second side!

For the first task, you need to give students the dice diagram. They should cut two out and write the questions on one and the answers on another. The main task involves students taking on the role of a key thinker and interviewing each other.

Students were asked to complete a mind map of the core values over half-term. The aim of this lesson is to consolidate their learning by recalling as much as they can, creating a learning grid and identifying links with other ideologies. Core value slides are deliberately text heavy as some of my groups will use this information for space learning tasks instead of completing A3 questions on the core values.

Introductory lesson to democracy and the importance of political participation.

Lesson that focuses on the difference between neo-liberalism and neo-conservatism. Students then explore why a paradox exists.

This is a year 13 lesson that I put together. The information for the group task is from the Neil Mcnaughton book and a selection of other books that we use in class. I also gave my students the Philip Allan handouts on ideologies (Alan Dobson). Hope you find this useful! Please review my resource and let me know how it could be improved.

This follows on from the previous lesson on Enlightenment, Capitalism and Liberty. Students recap on previous learning and explore the various core values of liberalism through a carousel activity. You may want to split the values across two lessons or ask pupils to present the core values along with a handout as this is a text heavy lesson! You could also change the images for the different core values. I have added an A3 sheet for students to complete.

This was a revision lesson with my year 11 students/Edexcel Unit 8. I have added to and adapted a PP from TES. The challenge grid worked well with students as did the debate activity.

Students finish a group task from the previous lesson and then complete a series of questions (you could make a worksheet) as the main activity. Finally, students have to explain the ways in which political participation could be improved by looking at objects!

In this lesson students have to explore the different types of Liberalism. First of all they have to recap on everything that they have learnt so far using the A3 images of the Core Values. Students then have to research the different types of Liberalism and then deliver a mini lesson to the rest of the class. Students then peer assess each lesson using the proforma which I will also attach.

I asked students to fill this in at the end of the unit as a summary of what they had learnt. Please feel free to adapt and to use, all feedback welcome!

Introduction to Representative Democracy in the UK. Students analyse the key features of representative democracy and consider a timeline of key events along with the 3 main stages in the development of representation.

Following on from the lesson on key liberal thinkers, students are required to recap on previous learning in the first two activities. The learning grid is a fantastic way to encourage students to make links between the different aspects of Liberalism. The main task is for students to think about the main issues within the relationship between democracy and liberalism. I would recommend asking students to use the learning grid to enable them to mind map the issues and then feedback to the rest of the class. The key question is based around an exam question.

Several lessons relating to the Civil Rights period in America. A couple of things I have borrowed from another member of TES such as the Rosa Parks investigation (thank you for sharing). All feedback welcome. The textbook is the IGCSE course companion book as well as the Edexcel GCSE Divided Union Book (Steve Waugh).

At the end of the topic you could give students this learning grid. Students need to explain/analyse the links and connections between the difference images. e.g. the battery would represent positive/negative liberty. They may roll the dice again and then land on freedom. They would then have to explain the link between both squares. Instructions: 1. Hand out the learning grids. You will also need dice and some counters. students roll the dice twice so that they move along the top and then move down to find a square. 2. Repeat step 1 again. 3. Analyse!

This is a resource I created to help students structure and plan their essays. Please feel free to use and adapt. All feedback welcome!

This activity is based on Solo Taxonomy. Students consider the main key thinkers of liberalism and organize them into roles based on how effective students consider them to be. They then compare and contrast between them and finally consider how effective they are in defending liberalism. I wanted a more interesting way of teaching key thinkers! :)

This is a summary worksheet I created to consolidate student understanding of abortion at the end of the topic. Please feel free to use and adapt!