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 Politics Alevel but can be used for AQA. This knowledge organiser has useful and up to date information for Topic 1 Constitution and Federalism including debates on whether the amendment process is fit for purpose and whether the constitution needs reform.
Includes key words, case studies and models of federalism as well as different examples under every president since 2000.
Document is a 2 slide powerpoint and covers Edexcel Topic 1 Constitution and Federalism.
Template sheets for student research into key referendums and their impact.
This is for Edexcel ALevel Politics Topic 3 Elections and Referendums Paper 1
Includes:
N. Ireland the Good Friday agreement / devolved power 1998
Scottish Independence 2014
European membership 2016
I have not included AV 2011 but this would also be a good one to look at as it gave govt a mandate to reject electoral reform but 2015 brought fresh demands to reform after most disproportionate election results.
Editable word documents.
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.
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 Comparative Politics- can be used for AQA also with small adaptations
Includes all my lessons on the Presidency- updated as of Jan 2024 to include Biden’s successes and failures. All lessons are at least 2 hours plus hwk. Some take longer
Lesson 1 and 2 Intro to President- Role and Powers
Lesson 3-4 Cabinet and Vice President
Lesson 5-6 Power of Persuasion
Lesson 7-8 Student Presentations Presidential Case Studies Aims successes and failures including foreign and domestic policy (including completed notes sheet in case any are absent or don’t include enough detail)
Lesson 9-10 Presidential Power- What factors can help the President? Is the President Imperial or Imperilled?
Lesson 11-12 Comparative Politics comparing the President and the Prime Minister in the UK
Total cost to buy separately: £28.00
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.
Introduction lesson to Voting Behaviour and the Media
This lesson introduces students to the concept of studying voting behaviour and examines factors which may affect voting behaviour.
The idea is that students are then given case studies to produce and present on an individual election.
Includes powerpoint on intro lesson which covers 1979 and 1997 key case studies as an overview of what happened in each election. Debate on the question “1979/1997 elections were lost by the government rather than won by the opposition” examination of Valence Voting and brief introduction of other theories.
Detailed statistic booklet on General Elections since 1979
Template sheet for students to make notes on each election during Presentations with example for 1945 Election.
PNG images for illustration only, files include fully editable powerpoint and word documents.
Edexcel Politicsc ALevel Paper 1 Feedback
Note: This mock exam feedback and modelling is for the 2023 Paper but for Questions 1a/b and 2a/b only as I don’t teach Ideologies.
This feedback powerpoint has common mistakes and key content for the exam questions 1a/b and 2a/b including a full modelled paragraph using the PEELE structure with clear evaluation and mini judgments.
Also includes a purple pen response sheet with the modelled paragraphs to highlight and then space to write their own / example conclusions.
Very detailed!
This cheat sheet has Case studies for all of the key Presidents needed for ALevel Politics Edexcel specification Topic 3 Presidency.
Includes Clinton, W. Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden (updated to Christmas 2024) includes their aims, use of their powers and unilateral actions and successes and failures against their key aims and legacies.
Includes both a blank one for students if you wanted to set independent work and a completed one for aabsent students/ to check their work afterwards.
Will need blowing up to A3 as used a tiny font to get all the info onto 2 sides to make it more user friendly as a reference sheet.
Have included fully editable word docs and exported pdfs in case the alignment messes up.
PNGs are for illustrative purposes only.
Edexcel ALevel Politics spec but can be used for AQA as very similar.
Lesson examining and analysing compartive Politics looking at various aspects of USA President and UK Prime Ministers including:
-Role and Powers
-Cabinets
-Accountability to Legislatures/ Checks and balances
-Styles of Government
-RElationships between branches
Also includes updated examples as of January 2024 including James Cleverly controversies and attempts to impeach Biden in US House due to increasing partisanship
Includes little video clips to demonstrate examples or show comparisons and a full breakdown of the comparative theories for this topic.
Includes a colour code to help students get used to understanding the different theories and how to apply them.
Very detailed and no need for any additional resources although can be set as independent work with textbook but all info is contained within resources so no need to own the Bennett book- if you don’t have it ignore page references in the teacher notes.
This lesson has a lot of resources, more than enough for 2 hours of lessons (probably 3 hours if you include video tasks) plus homework and there is a 12 mark exam question for Edexcel included.
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.
Two case studies on Rights in UK for UK Politics Edexcel topic 1: Democracy 1.4 rights in context.
Also includes a colour coded debate for which does more to protect and uphold rights in UK: Parliament? Pressure Groups/ Think Tanks etc or the Judiciary
Edexcel ALevel Politics (new spec from 2017)
This is a bundle of all my resources on Congress.
This is a 12-16 hour teaching bundle which covers the entire topic and comparative politics.
1.Structure, Role and powers of Congress
2. Representation in Congress
3. Legislative process in Congress
4. Oversight of the Executive Branch
5. How has role and powers of Congress changed- especially in a post Trump era?
6. Comparative Govt Comparing Congress and Parliament.
Total price to buy separately would be: £28.50
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.
ALevel Politics Big Fat Revision and Exam Bundle
Includes loads of resources for ALevel Politics including:
Knowledge organisers Topic 1, 2 and 3 Component 1
Quiz on Democracy which has several key sections
Essay task booklets
Model answers bundle
Revision pack- case studies and thinking quilts
Exam Questions guide
Source guide teaching how to approach sources
All topic check lists and key terms for Component 1
Total Price would be £62 this is a bargain!
Lesson examining Political Participation in the UK and the changes to rates of voting in elections, referendums and membership of parties and pressure groups.
Includes full powerpoint resource, evidence sheet with stats up to date as of 2022/ 2023.
Examples of corruption / MPs breaking rules since 2019
Word document with evidence to support/ oppose the argument that there is a participation crisis
Article on How UK has become one of most corrupt nations in the world
Debate sheet colour code
Attached are the standardised grade boundaries I use within my department.
They are based on 2019 but with a 1% cushion built in where I think appropriate in case of increases in 2024.
They are for the following options/ exam boards:
GCSE- Edexcel 9-1 Combination Medicine, Saxons/ Normans, Superpower RElations and Weimar/ Nazi Germany (note other combinations may differ)
ALevel History OCR- Combination which fits MOST options:
Wars of the Roses
Russia 1894-1941
Tudor Rebellions
ALevel Politics Edexcel including Option 3A USA Comparative.
This powerpoint was designed around Examiner Reports for Edexcel. It uses the extracts from the Examiner comments with tips and guidance on how to approach the different exam questions for Edexcel Paper 3A in Politics ALevel- USA Comparative.
Includes tips/ structure for 12 mark Comparative Government
12 mark Comparative Theory
30 mark essays.
Also includes a table of all past paper questions and a 30 mark essay planning grid.
PNG files for illustrative purposes only- includes a fully editable powerpoint and word docs.