USA Politics Edexcel

Edexcel ALevel Politics
Component 3 USA
Topic 1 Constitution
Includes all lessons in topic 1 (they are all doubles including homework) as well as two intro lessons to US Politics
All updated to Biden Presidency and 117th Congress
Total cost for resources sold individually would be £37
Lesson 1 American Politics Intro
Lesson 2 USA History and Context includes foundation and War of Independence, Liberal ideals and the Constitution as well as the challenges and major landmarks since e.g. Depression and New Deal, WWII, 9-11 and issues USA are divided over as well as context of Geography/ religious and racial divides in USA.
Lesson 3: Intro to and Origins of the Constitution
Lesson 4: US Constitution Features and Principles
Lesson 5: Amending the Constitution- process and strengths and weaknesses
Lesson 6: Federalism and challenges to it- also models of Federalism and analysis/ debate on Federalism- Layer cake or Marble cake?
Lesson 7: Evaluation of the Constitition looks at strengths and weaknesses of features according to FOunding Father’s intentions
Lesson 8 US vs UK Constitution Comparison including Comparative Theories.

Note: Each lesson is 2 hours of teaching time plus hwk.