an in-depth look at the different voting systems that existing the UK for GCSE Citizenship Students

lesson covering what the British constitution is for gcse students

lesson cover different ways to engage the electorate

a look at the recent referendums in the UK

a look at the role of the monarchy in modern britain

2 lessons in this pack to help students write extended answers.

A look at brexit

My students were very vocal about Trump and this lesson enabled us to look at the effect he has had and why people have voted for him.

A look at how the MP Expenses scandal affected UK politics & demonstrated the power of the people & the media in a democracy

I have used this with my Year 10 students as part of the new AQA GCSE Spec. I hope you find it useful. Feedback is welcomed :)

I have used this lesson with Year 8 & year 9 students. I use the easy read formats of all the political parties so they understand what a manifesto is and should look like. I have attached one as an example. You can usually find these easily when you google for them. The project booklets are completed by each student and allows for self, peer & teacher assessment. This would need changing for your schools own assessment system but you get the idea. This lesson usually takes about 3-4 lessons and I allow students access to computer rooms so they can research their policies and create things for their campaign. They then have to present their ideas to a panel (of teachers etc who vote) to see which party has been the most persuasive and won the class election. the best groups from across the year group then meet the local MP to discuss their ideas. Students LOVE this project and get a lot out of it. I hope you enjoy it and I welcome your feedback.

I have used this lesson with my Year 7 students as part of their Rights & Responsibilities Unit. They always seem to be engaged in the debates/discussions. I hope you find it useful and welcome your feedback :)

I use this lesson with my year 7 students as part of their rights & responsibilities SoW. Parts of it can be adapted easily for older students too.

I start my Year 7 Rights & responsibilities Sow with this lesson. I hope you find it useful.

I use this lesson as part of my Rights & responsibilities unit for year 8 where we start looking at WW2 and how it led to the creation of the UDHR.

I use this with my year 9 students the past paper questions are taken from the old OCR GCSE citizenship papers.

I use this with my year 9 students. parts of it I have also used in GCSE to recap crime & punishment

This PowerPoint has the lesson on it and there are slides that can easily be printed off for hand-outs/worksheets as well. I use this lesson with my Year 9 students but it can be adapted easily.

I use this lesson with my year 9 students as part of their community cohesion unit. Please note that the opinions to be discussed are controversial and have been picked on purpose to enable discussion about whether it's fair people hold those beliefs/stereotypes of the British.

I have used the exam board spec to create some PLCs. the word documents are ones I give my students to rag their knowledge ready for targeting the revision. check document size before printing though as 2 are A3 size as the units have a lot in them so I print A3-A4 in printer settings. the PowerPoint's are just the checklist in an editable format. I copy these into my revision PowerPoint's towards the exam period to make it clear for students with knowledge gaps. I hope this helps or is a starting point for you. please leave feedback.