Powerpoint and supporting materials for lesson differentiating betwen codified and uncodified constitutions

Powerpoint and supporting documents for introductory lesson

PM & Cabinet Unit - Fact Test (Governing the UK)

Parliament Unit - Fact Test (Governing the UK)

Constitution Unit - Fact Test (Governing the UK)

Congress Topic - Fact Test (Governing the USA) *Will need to be updated*

Constitution Topic - Fact Test (Governing the USA)

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

Lesson introducing pupils to the idea that the Supreme Court is important because it protects rights and liberties.

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 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.

Lessons examining how Supreme Court Justices are appointed and confirmed, including asking pupils to prepare case studies of the most high profile nominees.

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.

Lesson examining the role and powers of the Supreme court and its jurisdiction. Activity encourages pupils to construct their own indicative content for the practice exam question (pupils need to be familiar with what an indicative content is and how it is used by examiners to mark their answers)

End of topic fact test for pupils to sit after studying Unit 4C Supreme Court.

An end of topic fact test covering Unit 4C The US Presidency

Resources for pupils to write a 45 mark essay examining Obama's presidency drawing on all aspects of the topic they have covered including powers, relationship with Congress, popularity, limitations on powers etc.

Lesson examining the ways in which the power of the president is constrained. Introduces the key question of how powerful the president is based on the theories of the imperial and imperilled presidency, to be examined in future lessons.

Mock exam questions, learning objectives for a peer assessment/feedback lesson, including marking feedback form and indicative content for exam questions.

Lesson that starts to examine the relationship between the presidency and congress...preparing pupils to ultimately examine how powerful the president is later in the topic.