This lesson explores John Stuart Mill’s beliefs and influence on liberalism. The lesson starts with a definition of utilitarianism, leading to a video with notes exploring Mill’s theories. Students then explore Mill’s background and beliefs and finally summarising Mill’s contribution to Liberalism in a spider diagram.

This lesson explores Wollstonecraft’s impact on liberalism. The lesson starts with an extract inference on Wollstonecraft’s views, leading into a video exploration of Wollstonecraft’s views and background. The students then use an information sheet to investigate Wollstonecraft. Students then use an article to explore Wollstonecraft’s legacy.

This lesson assesses the ‘founder’ of liberalism The lesson starts with a knowledge recall test, leading into a timeline of Locke’s background and early life. Students then use the information sheet to investigate Locke’s life, leading into a homework that explores Locke’s influence on Whig politics.

This lesson explores the similarities and differences between classic and modern liberalism. The lesson begins with a starter exploring the key arguments and debates within liberalism. A video then explores the differences, leading to a group presentation task exploring either classical or modern liberalism with a data capture table to complete. The lesson culminates in an extract practice, written up for homework.

This lesson explores the contrasting liberal ideas about the economy. The lesson starts with a key word definition, leading to a video introducing economic liberal theory. Students then assess the strengths and weaknesses of economic liberal theory, linking in knowledge of real life examples of economic liberalism in action. Finally, there is a plenary debate and judgement line on whether economic liberalism is benficial for society.

This lesson explores the view liberals have on society. The lesson starts with an extract from Rand, asking students to make inferences and apply knowledge to support and challenge. A video then introduces key ideas around society, leading to completion of a data capture table comparing the three views on society held by liberals. Students then apply their learning to a 9-mark response on how liberal thinkers define freedom, bringing in the learning of the state, human nature and society. A recall plenary allows retrieval practice of key content.

This lesson explores how liberals view the state. The lesson begins with a knowledge recall quiz, leading to an introductory video on liberal views on the state. Students then use the table to summarise the liberal approach to limited government. The main tasks focuses on exploring what liberal thinkers agree and disagree on re. the nature of the state, leading to an extract practice. The judgement asks students to debate if ‘liberal democracy is a contradication in terms’ - leading to a judgement line plenary.

This lesson explores the views held by Liberals on human nature/the individual. The lesson begins with a quote from John Locke regarding his views which students make inferences from. Students then use a video to explore liberal views and then complete a data capture carousel exploring the theories around human nature (e.g. rational, egotistical etc). Students then apply their understanding to a 9-mark explain question explaining and analysing three ways in which liberal thinkers have viewed human nature.

This lesson explores how Liberalism became a political theory. The lesson starts with defining Liberalism, leading to a guided reading activity to uncover what we can learn about Liberalism as a theory. Three short videos introduce how Liberalism has been applied, leading to an exploration of the main principles of liberalism, making notes on the key areas. Finally, students list how we may see liberalism in the modern day.

An introductory lesson the the AQA Politics Paper 3 - Political ideas scheme. The lesson begins with students defining a policy, political idea and ideology, then applying this to three case studies to show the differences in action. Students then get an overview of the paper and explore the 5 key themes explored and annotate around how and why they would be important to a political thinker. Using the brief definitions of the four ideologies students assess what each ideology (e.g. socialism) would approach society etc. As a plenary students explain to each other the key differences between a policy, idea and an ideology