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

Revision for parties, elections etc

End of topic test for Parliament topic

Revision sheets for US Supreme Court

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.

This lesson examines the methods parliament uses to hold the government to account - focus on executive scrutiny.

Information sheets examining how many candidates and votes ratio on presidential ballot paper in 2008 with a focus on third party candidates and their relative success/failure.

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.

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.

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

Lesson examining the roles of Congress, with a pass the parcel note taking activity

Brief history/snapshot of the USA in preparation for the US Constitution topic - statistics can be used as a source - what can pupils learn about US society from these statistics.

A lesson introducing the idea of codified and uncodified constitutions.

This lesson examines the committee system in the UK parliament and the extent to which it holds the government to account in addition to the other roles of the committee system.

A lesson recapping constitutional reform 1997-2010 Includes Blair's reforms, Brown's reforms and coalition plans for constitutional reform.