This lesson is the first lesson in the A Level Comparative Politics unit - it outlines the unit requirements, and introduces students to the origins of the US constitution (it can also be used for A Level History).
It considers the historical setting of the constitution with a focus on key terms, and contains activities and discussions to extend student thinking. It also includes an individual research task on the founding fathers.
This lesson would take an hour to teach, however the task may need to be completed as home study. It is fully resourced and no text book is required, however is based on the Pearson Edexcel A Level text book.
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A LEVEL US GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS. THE US CONSTITUTION - WHOLE SECTION
This bundle contains all of the lessons required to teach the US Constitution for paper 3 A Level US Government and Politics. The lessons are fully resourced, will each take an hour to teach (however, significant home learning will be required to complete all activities), and involve extensive examination skills as well as content. There are 10 lessons, and they also include approaches to comparing the US and UK Constitutions.
A Level US Government and Politics. The Nature of the US Constitution
This bundle contains the first 5 lessons on the US Constitution to cover the requirements for the A Level US Government and Politics specification. They include a background lesson on the creation of the Constitution (also suitable forA Level History) and 4 lessons investigating the nature of the US Constitution including structure; entrenchment; amendment etc. The block of lesson is completed with introducing students to a section A exam question which is modeled. This is fully resourced, but access to Pearson Edexcel A Level US Government and Politics text book would be useful. The lessons are based on a one hour lesson, but students will have to complete significant independent study to complete the set tasks.
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