Lesson introducing the presidential system including the features of the presidential system and the provisions in the constitution and guiding principles of the US congressional system.
Learning Objectives
To understand what is meant by the term ‘the hidden economy’.
To begin to appreciate how this damages the UK economy, society and honest taxpayers.
Lesson examining significance and criticism of committees - prior knowledge of role and powers of the different committees would be essential as this lesson focuses on encouraging analysis, including essay map exercise for group planning of an exam answer.
Lesson examining the ways in which political parties seek to influence the public during election campaigns - hyperlinks on slides open clips from BBC Class Clips.
Resources useful in investigating the various electoral systems used in the UK - results from other countries using these systems provide pupils with an interesting perspective rather than a hypothetical.
Project asking students to compare the 113th and 114th Congress - a good way to put the emphasis on students remaining up to date with congressional elections