Demystifying Brexit in your classroom
Resources to help you to support your pupils following the EU referendum
As we continue to wade through a sea of political uncertainty, students up and down the country are starting to ask questions about their own futures, as well as those of their friends and their teachers.
At a time when the adults in their lives can’t know the answers, it can be confusing and worrying for young people. It's times like these when it is important to maintain a sense of stability by offering opportunities to talk frankly about the events as they unfold.
To lend a helping hand, we have picked out a selection of top resources to support you to talk about Brexit and the UK's political system more generally.
Democracy and the UK
Democracies and Dictatorships
An evaluation of the UK’s democracy
Referendum in more depth
Citizenship: British Values: Democracy
PowerPoint presentation and work book that covers:
Learning outcomes
• Define different types of government
• Match key words with definitions
• Find and state examples of representative democracy
• Know that the UK is a constitutional monarchy and a representative democracy
Democracy - Citizenship
2x Lessons - Evolution of Democracy Over Time and the Different Types
NEW GCSE Citizenship (9-1)
This resource contains:
1 x PowerPoint for double lesson 120 min - Evolution of Democracy
1 x PDF hand-out worksheet
2 x Differentiated exam practice assessments on government accountability
These PowerPoint and PDF resources can be used to cover the GCSE Citizenship topic Evolution of Democracy.
This lesson material is designed to be used for between two and three teaching periods and includes; activities, challenging and thoughtful questions, student hand-out (for use during lesson or as a homework), embedded URL links (where appropriate), differentiated tasks and, all relevant information to help students learn about issues relating to the topic.
AQA Specification covered is: Theme 3 Politics and Participation
Edexcel Specification covered is: Theme B Democracy at Work in the UK
OCR Specification covered is: Section 2 Democracy and Government
Level: NEW GCSE Citizenship (9-1) OCR / EDEXCEL / AQA
You may also want to check out our very popular GCSE Citizenship 9-1 Lessons, Assessments, Revision Guides, Trackers and Work Booklets.
Here are some of our other popular political resources:
British Values Quiz
Comparing electoral systems
Voting systems and electoral reform
GCSE CItizenship UNIT
What is Identity
Types of Governments
GCSE Citizenship Revision Quiz
British Identity Depth study
Why not pick up something educational and fun for the End of Term …
End of Term Quiz
The Big News Quiz
The Big summer Quiz
Citizenship Christmas Quiz
PSHE Christmas Quiz
Brexit
Brexit Tutor Time
Citizenship resource - Brexit lesson. Citizenship / PSHE resources: 2 x 30 minute form time session. This pack includes:
1 x KS3/4 Powerpoint, resources, differentiated tasks, starter and 1 x 30 minute reading comprehension and literacy task.
These can be used for either form time, Citizenship or English
Suitable for KS3/4, designed to meet Ofsted Good-Outstanding criteria, differentiated to three levels of challenge, tasks for either group or individual work. Created by a PSHE, Citizenship and RSE teacher.
Find hundreds more free and inexpensive Tutor Time, Citizenship, Citizenship GCSE 9-1 RE and PSHE resources at my store.
Speaking and writing frame for pupils to discuss the BREXIT referendum results
There is a printout for pupils with a word cloud containing relevant vocabulary. Also included are sentence openers for giving your opinion and developing your arguments. This could be used with any topics and will help to improve spontaneity.
EU Referendum Maths
Citizenship: European Union: Brexit - What Now? (Bundle 2)
European Union: Brexit: What Now?
Brexited; What Now?
1. PowerPoint presentation about the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.
It looks at what might happen to the UK economy; the United Kingdom itself and immigration, as well as the ways in which the country could leave the European Union.
2. European Union: Brexit: What Now? Work Book
Five tasks to reflect on the Brexit decision.
3. PowerPoint presentation about the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.
It looks at the reaction to the decision from:
• Newspapers
• EU Leaders
• Remain voters
• Brexiteers
• Celebrities
• The financial community
4. PowerPoint presentation looking back at the last referendum in 1975 and comparing it with the 2016 campaign.
Brexit Negotiations and Transition Period x2 lessons
2x Lessons - How to negotiate Brexit and the transition period - European Union and Brexit. Product Code: CIT/C8/LS/20
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Secure: To identify why Brexit happened and explore the 12 point Conservative Brexit Plan
- Extended: To understand how Brexit will impact different sectors of the UK economy and beyond
- Advanced: To Participate in a referendum, explore the provisional Brexit timeline and understand key Brexit terminology
This resource contains:
1 x PowerPoint for double lesson 120 min - Negotiating a Brexit Deal
1 x Hand-out work sheet
1 x Set of Ballot papers
These PowerPoint resources can be used to cover the Citizenship topic The European Union and Brexit
This lesson material is designed to be used for between one and two teaching periods and includes; activities, challenging and thoughtful questions, student hand-out (for use during lesson or as a homework), embedded URL links (where appropriate), differentiated tasks and, all relevant information to help students learn about issues relating to the topic.
Product Code: CIT/C8/LS/20
You may also want to check out our very popular Citizenship Lessons, Assessments, Revision Guides, Trackers and Work Booklets.
Here are some of our other popular political resources:
British Values Quiz
GCSE CItizenship UNIT
GCSE Citizenship Revision Quiz
British Identity Depth study
Brexit Britain
One hour, fully resourced lesson (PowerPoint, worksheets, clip tasks, activities, all differentiated three ways) all about the Britain’s future after Brexit.
The lesson is adaptable, easy to follow and fully differentiated. It could be used in Citizenship, PSHCE, Politics or Tutor Time. It is suitable for KS3 or KS4.
This resource pack includes an hour long PowerPoint with accompanying worksheets, templates, well differentiated activities, literacy focus tasks, clip tasks with three-way differentiated questions and information sheets.
The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. As with all our lessons, you don’t need any prior knowledge as all the information is included - you can just pick up and teach it.
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