Affordable Outstanding History and Politics Lessons
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15 yrs experience in outstanding schools and 5 years exam marking. I have a range of affordable resources for all Key Stages in History and ALevel (KS5) Government and Politics. I do the hard work so you don't have to! Track record of outstanding teaching and results over 15 year career so far. SPI +1.10 and a residual of +0.48 in 2023.
Please review my resources as this helps me to improve and produce what teachers want. Any issues feel free to email me- moss_emma@hotmail.com and ill help!
15 yrs experience in outstanding schools and 5 years exam marking. I have a range of affordable resources for all Key Stages in History and ALevel (KS5) Government and Politics. I do the hard work so you don't have to! Track record of outstanding teaching and results over 15 year career so far. SPI +1.10 and a residual of +0.48 in 2023.
Please review my resources as this helps me to improve and produce what teachers want. Any issues feel free to email me- moss_emma@hotmail.com and ill help!
Edexcel ALevel Politics
USA Politics
Includes retrieval task to sort formal and informal powers of Presidency and a detailed breakdown of US Informal and formal powers of the POTUS.
Examines the role of the US Vice President and US Cabinet (updated as of 2024) includes examination of Trump and Biden CAbinet and covers the nature and powers of the Cabinet as well as other basics e.g. frequency of meetings etc.
Includes a picture sheet of the Biden Cabinet and two brief video tasks (youtube links included on slides).
I have also included some similarities and differences to UK Cabinet for analysis as we go but have a comparative lesson at the end of the topic.
Edexcel Politics UK
Topic 1.4 Democracy- rights in context
This builds on work we have done on Pressure Groups in the UK and the previous lesson which examined the rights legislation development in UK (students made a timeline from the textbook of the major legislation passed and court cases.
This lesson includes:
A colour code summary sheet examining how rights have been challenged and upheld by: Pressure Groups, think tanks, Parliament and the Judiciary.
A report by Amnesty International into the state of rights in the UK in 2022
Essay planning sheet for 30 mark exam question with model paragraph as an I do, we do, you do example
Potential arguments to complete the essay plan.
Article on the Rwanda issue and Sunak
Case studies on Shumila Begum and Abu Qatada
Updated as of November 2023.
This lesson examines the Amendment process in the US constitution and the pros and cons of it for a debate.
Updated with modern examples e.g. a detailed case study showing the evolution of abortion rights issue in USA which can be used to address and discuss the flaws with the blend of vague and specific language.
Also includes a colour code of key debates and a detailed case study on the issue of abortion rights and how it has changed since Roe v Wade to illustrate some of the challenges of having a “living” constitution vs Originalism and the blend of specificity and vagueness.
Edexcel ALevel Politics- can be adapted to AQA.
This lesson (3 hours worth of work) uses the newest Bennett chapters (although almost all key notes are on slides).
Examines similarities/ differences between UK and US Constitutions in terms of the three branches of government, nature/ origins, Federalism/ Devolution and also the Comparative theories.
Lesson looking at minor political parties in the UK and their role
Includes simple essay plan to “Evaluate the view that minor parties play no significant role in UK politics”
Also includes snapshots of minor parties such as SNP, Greens and Reform UK.
Includes all recent election performances and a model essay for Edexcel Politics Alevel spec.
This lesson was designed as an introduction to US Politics but can also be used as a Historical overview for studying the History of the USA in depth- can be used as a first lesson to build a big picture narrative of the USA and why it remains so divided today.
Designed to last a full 2 hour lesson.
Edexcel Component 1 Lesson 2 Representative vs Direct Democracy
Lesson on the features and benefits and drawbacks of Representative and Direct Democracy looking at the UK and referendums but also includes comparative analysis of Switzerland.
Includes powerpoint and all worksheets needed for teaching an outstanding lesson.
Edexcel exam board but can be used for AQA also.
Alevel Politics Lesson for Edexcel (can also be used for AQA or Sociology, Civics, Philosophy etc)
-Ideologies Socialism lesson 1-
Looks at origins of Socialism and the context of the Industrial Revolution as well as earlier examples. Robert Owen, Marx and Engels, Revolutionary Socialism and Evolutionary Socialism/ Social Democracy
For a 2 hour lesson plus homework to research thinkers.
Introductory lesson for USA Government and Politics- this is a US history lesson to give context to some of the issues in the USA such as gun control, abortion rights, party politics, Trumpism/ Populism etc.
Designed for Edexcel Alevel Politics but will work as an intro overview for USA History or any American politics module.
Edexcel Politics ALevel but can be used for AQA
This is a double (2 hour) lesson on the Principles and Features of the Constitution. Includes all up to date case studies and examples from the updated Bennett book (2021).
Very comprehensive, suitable for new teacher with no knowledge- all informationn and examples included in worksheets and slides.
Students to work independently learning about the principles then do some class discussion and evaluation before completing their own “report cards” for the Principles to grade them and justify the grades they have given.
Edexcel Government and Politics ALevel lesson 1 Intro and Democracy
First lesson in the Democracy topic for the Edexcel board but could be used for AQA and OCR too. Includes powerpoint, work sheets and other resources needed for outstanding teaching. Lesson is approx 2 hours plus homework.
Lesson 1: Introduction to Government and Politics- what is Politics?
Includes a detailed introduction to the UK system of Democracy
(NOTE: I also have a whole topic available for bargain price of £15 if you wanted to get the series of lessons on Democracy).
Updated for 2022 with new Cabinet/ Liz Truss info.
This lesson is for the Component 1 teaching of Democracy. It examines the development of suffrage in the UK and milestones which led to this and examines more recent debates about the growth of suffrage e.g. Votes for 16 and the voting rights for prisoners.
If you can get hold of a copy of Blackadder III Dish and Dishonesty it is well worth it- so funny for the state of Democracy in the 19th Century but it is not essential for this lesson. Obviously I cannot share this for copyright reasons.
All other resources are included.
Part of my whole topic on DEmocracy priced £8 you may wish to buy the whole topic instead :)
Edexcel Politics ALevel
Component 3 USA Comparative Politics
This is lesson 2 in my Unit on the Supreme Court and examines the nature of the nomination process, factors which influence the President and strengths and weaknesses of the process. Examines how independent the SCOTUS is and arguments for and against.
Includes case studies on nominations of Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson for students to research, key examples from the past 75 years, video links to explainers/ examples and an essay plan on the question:
Evaluate the view that the nomination process for the Supreme Court is fit for purpose. The essay plan is part completed for students, they have to use their knowledge from the past few lessons to complete it.
Note the PNG files are for illustrative purposes only; the files contain fully editable powerpoint and word documents.
Full lesson on USA Politics for Edexcel Spec but can be used with other specifications for ALevel Politics.
Examines USA Congress and role of Legislation- includes steps in Legislative process and how Congress can both help and hinder the Legislative process.
Includes debate sheet and detailed examples of legislation passed.
Edexcel ALevel Politics
Lesson to compare Congress and Parliament (actually about 2 hours work plus hwk). Does not require textbooks or any additional resources but secure knowledge is important however if you have used my lessons preceding this one, you will have all the knowledge you need!
Includes all of the info- but knowledge/ understanding will be important in case of student questions.
Includes discussion task, comparative highlighting tasks and analysis tasks,
This is my lesson 5 on Congress (Edexcel) and examines the changing role and powers of Congress over time in the USA.
Starter quiz and debate colour coding sheet on the debate on whether Congress is more of a WATCHDOG or LAPDOG in oversight of executive branch.
Examines changing role/ powers with such context as the era of the 13th Amendment, 1980s Party Polarisation and Trump with the deep factional divides within the GOP.
Also examines the “TRump effect” on Congressional elections since 2016.
Includes article updates on:
Can Congress pass legislation with a divided government?
and
The state of Partisanship in congress in 2023. Includes recent attempts to CEnsure Rashida Tlaib, Impeach Biden etc.
Edexcel Politics ALevel : USA Politics
Can also be used for AQA or for US civics lessons.
Complete lesson; fully resourced on Oversight of the Executive Branch and how effectively Congress performs this function.
Lesson 4 in my Congress topic and Lesson 3 of the functions of Congress run of lessons (previously covered Legislation and Representation).
All resources included- no need for textbooks or anything else, all examples included up to and including President Biden within the slides/ documents.
Edexcel ALevel Politics (Can be used for AQA too)
This two hour lesson examines the Electoral College system in the USA.
It includes- how it works, explanation of strengths and weaknesses and colour code/ evaluation of argument exercise
Case study of the 2020 Presidential election including the controversy links here to the Supreme Court topic- Ginni Thomas/ Clarence Thomas scandal.
Includes data/ case study on participation and voting behaviour in this election.
Also examines why Biden won.
Edexcel ALevel Politics Component 3 USA Politics Comparative
Topic 4 Supreme Court and Civil Rights
This is my Introduction lesson to the Court and key terms e.g. Stare Decisis, Loose/ Strict Constructivism and Originalism.
Includes a key profile of the current court for a research homework and how they ruled on key cases e.g. Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Board of Health and New York state rifle assoc. v Bruen which cover key aspects of the divisive issues in the USA today e.g. abortion rights, gun control, voting rights, immigration and campaign finance.
All the SCOTUS cases I cover are useful case studies for other topics due to the synoptic nature of the ALevel course, this helps students to join the dots.
I have also made a key words/ case studies sheet for student files which can be found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/usa-politics-check-lists-and-case-studies-all-topics-12857384
These case studies cover every topic but there is a whole page devoted to the most important SCOTUS cases and rulings by the court.
Note: PNG files are for illustrative purposes only, files include word documents and powerpoints which are fully editable.
Edexcel Politics Component 3 but can be used for AQA also.
This mega 2 hour lesson plus hwk examines how powerful the POTUS in the USA is for the key debate to end Topic 3
Includes retrieval of past knowledge re: President, note taking and discussion about unilateral actions of POTUS and limitations of these. Discussion/ ranking task of factors which can hinder/ help a POTUS achieve aims and a debate/ table of arguments about how imperial a President is alongside the discussion of whether a President may be described as Bifurcated.
Also includes a colour code sheet for homework and a comparative task to prepare them for thinking about comparison to Prime Minister.
Please note PNG images are for illustration only. Files include fully editable Powerpoint and Word document.