Key Elections and Votes

90+ mins
lesson pack include: lesson plan, student worksheet, Coalition game sheets.
focus: elections of the 21st-century, focus on coalition government. skills focus - negotiation and speaking skills.

Learning Objectives
Practical Understanding: Students gain hands-on experience with the negotiation and compromise required in coalition governments.
Critical Thinking: The activity encourages critical thinking about political strategy and policy-making.
Communication Skills: Students develop their negotiation and public speaking skills.
Teamwork: The simulation fosters teamwork and collaboration, mirroring real-world political processes.

Activities
There are several activities on the worksheet. Depending on time and resources, you may wish the whole class to work on the same activity, or you may allow students to pick and choose based on their interests and which activity interests them.
Activities that can be done in the classroom (may need internet access for research):
Create a poster
Essay on the impact of key issues in significant elections
Speculative Fiction - creative writing
Campaign Speech Writing
Game of Who Am I? or Guess the Year
Activities that may include homework
case study
short answers - examine the terms “Thatcherism”, “Majorism” and “Third Way”.