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!
This lesson is part of my unit of work on Liberalism so you may wish to buy the whole set rather than individual lessons.
This lesson focuses on the Core Values and philosophy behind them- includes Kant, Locke, Stuart-Mill , wollstonecraft and Rawls
Resources for a full 2 hour lesson plus homework
Complete lesson investigating the status of Democratic provision in the UK and evaluating the degree to which reform is needed to improve Democracy in the UK.
Includes powerpoint and all worksheets
For Edexcel spec but can be used for AQA also.
Component 1: Topic 1 Democracy.
Part of my whole topic on Democracy priced £8 you may wish to buy whole topic instead :)
Hate teaching Electoral Systems?
I used to as well- no matter how I taught them- students could never remember the differences and strengths and weaknesses.
Edexcel Politics ALevel can be used for any spec- (Note may now be slightly out of date as the Mayoral elections have changed system) and list no longer used
This resource was created after 10 years of frustration! It is designed to let students explore the different systems for themselves- engaging with the ballot forms and trying to work out how they work and the strengths and weaknesses for themselves. When I used this for the first time last year the students remembered the systems so much better than ever before and were able to evaluate them really well.
Accompanying powerpoint and worksheets to go with the interactive ballot activity and card sort.
This resource covers 5-6 hours of teaching on electoral systems including a detailed evaluation of FPTP and a comparison to other electoral systems as a legacy of the Jenkins commission.
It covers most of the Elections topic just nothing on Referendums.
All videos except one are embedded for your convenience- the other was too large!
If you have any questions about the resource- email me but I have tried to make the powerpoint guidance as clear as possible.
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.
This bundle pack includes model answers for the following essays:
Source QuestionsFrom past papers
Voting behaviour Q with the graph source- argument that age/media have replaced region/ social class
2.Democracy in crisis
Minor parties have little impact
Non-Source
There should be more proportional representation introduced in UK
Minor parties have little impact (non source one)
How united are Conservatives under one nation ideals?
Impact of Think Tanks, Pressure Groups and Lobbyists
Democratic Deficit
All essays are top of level 5 and have included examples which are pretty up to date (all within past 3 years).
Edexcel Politics Alevel revision for Component 3
Can be used for AQA also
This powerpoint mega pack has revision pyramid quizzes on all 5 topics
USA Topic 1: Constitution
USA Topic 2: Congress
USA Topic 3: President
USA Topic 4: SCOTUS and Civil Rights
USA Topic 5: Democracy and Elections
Includes: content revision quizzes and answers
Planning for essay questions; what could we use?
Revision quilts of relevant arguments and examples
Examiner tips from the examiner reports.
Key Words for Topic 1 and 2.
Essays covered:
To what extent does the US Constitution allow effective government?
To what extent does Congress vote on party lines/ constituents wishes/effectively represent voters?
To what extent does Congress perform role of oversight effectively?
To what extent is the President the most powerful branch?
To what extent does the USA have an imperial judiciary?
To what extent do US elections need reform?
NOTE: Although this does include a lot of content; it still requires the knowledge of teacher to explain it and do live plans from the content with students.
Ignore the PNG files, they are for illustration only, the main file is a huge powerpoint which is fully editable
Lessons for the Edexcel 2017 specification- Covers the whole Pressure Groups part of the Democracy topic.
Includes case studies and examples as well as many activities, videos and tasks. Worksheets also included.
There are 3 full lessons in here as well as resources for homework, independent reading and up to date examples of pressure Groups.
Updated examples for 2022-- includes the impact of think tanks on Trussonomics, COVID19 lobbying etc.
Also includes a model answer for the past paper question.
This is a grid for supporting your revision- it has some questions planned out in full for each topic and space for you to do your own using the models to help you.
I’ve also included some full exemplar Level 5 essays for several topics.
Updated as of May 2024
Topic 1 Democracy Case Studies for key debates: Representative vs Direct Democracy, How far is there a participation crisis? Should there be further attempts to expand franchise? How far is UK Elitist/ Pluralist? Prisoner Voting Rights Debate, How well have rights been protected?
Topic 2 Political Parties Case Studies for key debates: How far do political parties support democracy in UK? Should political parties be state funded? How far has the Conservative Party identified with One Nation Principles? How far has Labour remained true to traditional principles? How significant are minor/ small parties in UK?
Hope they are useful!
There is also a template to set students hwk examples.
Ignore the PNG files they are for illustration only- files included are powerpoints and word documents- fully editable.
Edexcel Politics Alevel
Lessons on Ideologies as a whole and Liberalism as a topic for the Edexcel 2017 spec.
I teach Liberalism first because it makes MUCH more sense since it was developed first as an Ideology and Conservatism was a response to it.
This bundle includes the first 7 lessons (2 hours each) intro and activities, Core Values with independent research (uses hand outs from Pearson and Haywood book) and Explanation of the Core Values but you could use some of the slides if you don’t have the textbook.
Lesson 5 ends up developing a plan for the essay:
To what extent do Liberals agree on the State? (24 marks)
I taught these lessons to my Year 13 class and they worked really well for discussion. Also includes some embedded videos and worksheets.
EDIT: I have now amended this resource and added some additional files.
If you have already paid for it- you should be able to redownload the bundle.
Edexcel Politics ALevel Lessons
These lessons are about the Labour Party- development and election history from 1997 in depth.
Includes: origins
Labour Pre 1997 including the gang of 4 and Michael Foot
The Blair revolution and changes to Claus IV- the Third Way and New Labour
Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband -surface detail
Includes a timeline of the Labour Party since 1979 and major changes to leadership I’ve added this as a PDF as well as an editable word doc as sometimes the formatting gets messed up on word.
The Corbyn Revolution 2017 to 2019- what changed?
I will be updating with the Starmer years soon!
Edexcel ALevel Politics lessons
Covering the Conservative Party up to around 2020
Set of lessons on the Conservative party from traditional values through Thatcherism and beyond. Includes the Wilderness years, the Cameron revolution, May and Johnson.
New added info:
Conservative Party Factions 2022 and post conference 2023 articles from the Guardian and Sky News
Timeline of party leaders
Colour code of how far party is united around One Nation Values
Updated to 2024 (January) including new developments on Conservative Party Factions.
This is for Paper 1 Component 1 UK Politics only
A bumper pack of revision resources:
Knowledge organisers for all topics which are very detailed
Topic check lists for all topics
List of potential exam questions for all topics on a planning grid with an example
Revision quiz on Democracy
Example answers for a number of questions and source questions
A Democracy revision quilt powerpoint for each key question with key words and case studies
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 Spec 2017- updated to 2020 with recent and relevant political examples and 2019 election.
Entire Democracy topic including topic check list and detailed knowledge organiser. Note does not include rights as I teach these with Judiciary however some Pressure groups examples relate to rights :)
This is a unit of work with over 20 hours of lessons.
All resources for each lesson included - powerpoint, worksheets, extra reading
Also includes a powerpoint for Sixth formers on Independent learning for ALevel.
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
Component 3 USA
Topic 1 Constitution
Includes all lessons in topic 1 (they are all doubles including homework) as well as two intro lessons to US Politics
All updated to Biden Presidency and 117th Congress
Total cost for resources sold individually would be £37
Lesson 1 American Politics Intro
Lesson 2 USA History and Context includes foundation and War of Independence, Liberal ideals and the Constitution as well as the challenges and major landmarks since e.g. Depression and New Deal, WWII, 9-11 and issues USA are divided over as well as context of Geography/ religious and racial divides in USA.
Lesson 3: Intro to and Origins of the Constitution
Lesson 4: US Constitution Features and Principles
Lesson 5: Amending the Constitution- process and strengths and weaknesses
Lesson 6: Federalism and challenges to it- also models of Federalism and analysis/ debate on Federalism- Layer cake or Marble cake?
Lesson 7: Evaluation of the Constitition looks at strengths and weaknesses of features according to FOunding Father’s intentions
Lesson 8 US vs UK Constitution Comparison including Comparative Theories.
Note: Each lesson is 2 hours of teaching time plus hwk.
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!