Lesson that starts to examine the relationship between the presidency and congress...preparing pupils to ultimately examine how powerful the president is later in the topic.

Lesson preparing pupils for a 45 mark Q in timed conditions - with mark scheme, how to get an A tips etc.

Lesson examining the role and powers of the Supreme court and its jurisdiction. Activity encourages pupils to construct their own indicative content for the practice exam question (pupils need to be familiar with what an indicative content is and how it is used by examiners to mark their answers)

Lesson examining the fluctuating power of the president

Lesson and supporting materials examining the role and powers of the US president

Lesson examining the appointment and confirmation process for the Supreme Court, encouraging students to then apply knowledge to case study of Justice Ginsberg, then research recent high profile nominations

A lesson introducing democracy and soveriegnty in relation to the British Constitution examining which forms of democracy and sovereignty are most evident in the UK political system.

Lesson recapping the checks and balances, specifically focusing on those on the judiciary (with examples)

Card sort (definition matching) of key vocabulary in the US Congress topic

End of topic fact test for pupils to sit after studying Unit 4C Supreme Court.

Lesson organising arguments for and against codified and uncodified constitutions, with a design-a-constitution activity

Lesson introducing the parliamentary system and features of the UK constitution

End of topic test for Parliament topic

Topic Revision booklet used to aid pupils' revision of key content for the democracy and participation topic taught at AS for Edexcel Unit 1; People Politics and Participation

Scheme of work for Parliament topic taught at AS for Edexcel Unit 2; Governing the UK

Scheme of work for Constitution topic taught at AS for Edexcel Unit 2; Governing the UK

Revision aid articles for US Parties, can be combined to produce a revision booklet or used inivdiually to supplement lesson materials.

Fact test used at the end of the US constitution topic

A lesson examining the effectiveness parliament - stepped approach to answering 'How effective is parliament?' exam question, asking pupils to find their own contemporary examples to use in a model answer.

Lesson examining the powers of Congress, and how to plan out an essay answer to an exam question comparing the prestige of the House and Senate