Lesson examining the role of the federal bureaucracy in supporting the president in his roles.

Lesson examining how accurate Clinton's claim that the era of big government is over was, looking at federalism in the US since 1992. Accompanying handouts give pupils a basic understanding/overview of the phases of federalism, which is essential before progressing through the lesson.

Lesson examining the ways in which the power of the president is constrained. Introduces the key question of how powerful the president is based on the theories of the imperial and imperilled presidency, to be examined in future lessons.

Lesson examining the role of the US cabinet, and introducing the cabinet members of the Obama administration - correct at time of lesson delivered, although will need to be adjusted/updated in future. Includes practice exam question.

Mock exam questions, learning objectives for a peer assessment/feedback lesson, including marking feedback form and indicative content for exam questions.

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.

Y8 SOW - Unit 2; How are Human Rights prtoected? Lesson 4 - Forced Marriage Learning Objectives To understand what a forced marriage is and what it is not. To understand the cultural context of forced marriages. To understand the possible long-term impact of forced marriage on girls and women, particularly the consequences for their education

Resources developed for New A-level OCR Unit 1; Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII 1445-1509 Unit 3; How did Edward IV deal with conflict? Lesson 1; How did Edward deal with the challenges he faced? Learning Objectives To understand the challenges of Edward’s new kingship To explain how Edward dealt with; The Lancastrian problem Good government Foreign policy

Resources developed for New A-level OCR Unit 1; Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII 1445-1509 Unit 4; How successful was Edward in restoring the power of the monarchy? Lesson 3; How did Edward improve royal finances? Learning Objectives To assess how successful Edward IV was at improving the royal finances in his second reign To describe how Edward IV created splendour at court in his second reign

Resources developed for New A-level OCR Unit 1; Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII 1445-1509 Unit 3; How did Edward IV deal with conflict? Lesson 3; What was the role of Warwick in the development of monarchical instability? Learning Objective To examine the causes and consequences of Warwick’s rebellion To explain the treachery of Clarence

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

Lessons examining how Supreme Court Justices are appointed and confirmed, including asking pupils to prepare case studies of the most high profile nominees.

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 prime ministerial styles and how these apply to recent Prime Ministers

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

Lesson examining the legislative process in the UK

Lesson examining the Bill of Rights and supplementary lesson exploring Bill of Rights issues.

Learning Objectives To describe the effects of the Cornish rebellion (1497) To explain the impact of later Yorkist threats, including Suffolk’s challenge. To evaluate the extent of these challenges to Henry’s power