A lesson examining the principles of the UK constitution including parliamentary sovereignty, rule of law, parliamentary government, the constitutional monarchy and EU membership and the impact of these on the UK constitution.

Lesson introducing the role of the PM in the UK political system

Lesson examining the role of parliament in the UK political system

Lesson introducing voting behaviour related to the two political parties - basic introducation

Introductory lesson on the executive branch and government in the UK political system

Revision aid for pupils for parliament topic examining the roles of parliament covering; 1. The two-House system 2. Checking the work of government 3. Legislation 4. Debate 5. Rules and customs 6. Traditions of parliament 7. Parliament and government 8. Parliament and crown 9. Devolved Parliaments and assemblies 10. Europe 11. Evolution of Parliament

Lesson focusing on the reforms made to the constitution

Lesson examining the ways in which Congress can check the power of the president.

Lesson recapping the checks and balances, specifically focusing on those on the judiciary (with examples)

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

Summary of the role of the monarch in the UK political system

A revision aid - a dummies' guide to legislation in the UK covering why laws are needed, draft bills, bills, the passage of a bill, acts, delegated legislation and the parliament acts with 2011 examples.

Lesson introducing the separation of powers - building on the knowledge of checks and balances to investigate whether 'separate' institutions is a more fitting description than 'separate' powers.

A lesson examining reform of the House of Commons.

Revision booklet for elections, voting and parties in the USA

Lesson examining how congress scrutinises the executive, including recent contextual examples that can be used in exam answers as evidence.

Independent Research Task for pupils to research key landmark cases and rulings and then present to class. Handout gives brief summary of each case. Quiz can be used as a plenary/independent homework task.

Lesson examining how difficult the legislative process in the US political system is

Lesson introducing the concept of judicial review and then progressing to a more in depth examination of how it has been used, and if it was the intention of the framers of the constitution to include judicial review. Includes group activity for pupils to interpret supreme court rulings.

Lesson introducing the members of the Supreme Court and their ideological leanings (introduces judicial activism and judicial restraint) with a exam style question asking whether the Roberts' court is balanced.