Concentrating on Edexcel new curriculum on the following topics:
(i) Henry VIII and his ministers
(ii) Medicine in Britain, 1250 - Present
(iii) The British Sector of the Western Front
(iv) Superpower relations and the Cold War
(v) Weimar and Nazi Germany
(vi) British America, 1713-1783: Empire and Revolution
Edexcel Politics:
(i) UK Politics
(ii) Core Ideologies and nationalism
(iii) UK Government
(iv) Global Politics
Concentrating on Edexcel new curriculum on the following topics:
(i) Henry VIII and his ministers
(ii) Medicine in Britain, 1250 - Present
(iii) The British Sector of the Western Front
(iv) Superpower relations and the Cold War
(v) Weimar and Nazi Germany
(vi) British America, 1713-1783: Empire and Revolution
Edexcel Politics:
(i) UK Politics
(ii) Core Ideologies and nationalism
(iii) UK Government
(iv) Global Politics
Comprehensive examination of attempts at environmental global governance.
This is the second in a series of three lessons from The Knowledge House that links to Chapter 6 of the new Edexcel specification on Global Politics - Global governance - environmental.
This lesson examines the role of climate change.
Students will look into the role of man-made CO2 emissions and the steps that can be taken by various actors to reduce their impact on the environment.
There is also an examination of the two main schools of ecological thought:
Shallow green ecology
Deep green ecology.
There are also detailed resources that look at the role played by developing and developed countries to meet the problems of climate change.
This is done in an engaging and student-friendly manner, with interactive worksheets and an accompanying PPT that guides both teacher and student through the content.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries about these resources.
Comprehensive and complete series of lessons that introduces students to Chapter 4 of the new Edexcel specification - Global governance - economic.
The lessons are planned in the following order, and should be taught in this order:
What is economic global governance
International trade
Reducing poverty in a global world
There are numerous component part to each lesson that develops analytical and evaluative skills in students. Topics include the role of the WTO, limitations on the World Bank and IMF, limits to the G7 and different ideological approaches to global economic governance.
These lessons are planned to meet the exacting standards of the new specification and include over 20 worksheets and PPTs.
Each lesson comprises a series of student-friendly interactive worksheets that are differentiated to ensure they are accessible to all students yet include extension activities for high achievers.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries
Comprehensive examination of attempts at environmental global governance.
This is the first in a series of three lessons from The Knowledge House that links to Chapter 6 of the new Edexcel specification on Global Politics - Global governance - environmental.
This lesson examines the role of the global commons, the tragedy of the commons and the realist and liberal approaches to environmental protection.
There is also a comprehensive key-term sheet that introduces students to all new terminology.
This is done in an engaging and student-friendly manner, with interactive worksheets and an accompanying PPT that guides both teacher and student through the content.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries about these resources.
Comprehensive examination of attempts at economic global governance in the post-war period.
This is the second in a series of three lessons from The Knowledge House that links to Chapter 4 of the new Edexcel specification on Global Politics - Global governance - economic.
This lesson examines the role of the World Trade Organisation and how it has facilitated global trade since the inception of the GATT.
There will be an in-depth examination of the G7/8 and G20.
This is done in an engaging and student-friendly manner, with interactive worksheets and an accompanying PPT that guides both teacher and student through the content.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries about these resources.
Comprehensive examination of attempts at economic global governance in the post-war period.
This is the third and final in a series of lessons from The Knowledge House that links to Chapter 4 of the new Edexcel specification on Global Politics - Global governance - economic.
This lesson examines the role of IGOs and nation-states in reducing poverty in a globalised world.
This is a thorough lesson that investigates
Absolute and relative poverty
Different types of poverty
Ideological approaches
Economic growth and different measures of poverty and development
Causes of poverty
Washington Consensus
There is also an introductory video to dependency theory and world systems theory
This lesson equips students to be able to answer essay-style questions on this topic for the A-level global politics examination.
This is done in an engaging and student-friendly manner, with interactive worksheets and an accompanying PPT that guides both teacher and student through the content.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries about these resources.
Comprehensive examination of attempts at economic global governance in the post-war period.
This is the first in a series of lessons from The Knowledge House that links to Chapter 4 of the new Edexcel specification on Global Politics - Global governance - economic.
This lesson examines the role of the Bretton Woods Conference in establishing a new financial order based on the principles of free-trade.
There will be an in-depth examination of the IMF and World Bank.
There is also a comprehensive key word sheet covering new terms that will arise in this chapter.
This is done in an engaging and student-friendly manner, with interactive worksheets and an accompanying PPT that guides both teacher and student through the content.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries about these resources.
Comprehensive and complete series of lessons that introduces students to Chapter 3 of the new Edexcel specification - Global governance - political.
The lessons are planned in the following order, and should be taught in this order:
Introduction
Key UN institutions
Effectiveness of the UN
International treaties
There are numerous component part to each lesson that develops analytical and evaluative skills in students. Topics include the role of NATO, limitations on the UNSC, limits to nuclear proliferation and different ideological approaches to global governance.
These lessons are planned to meet the exacting standards of the new specification and include over 40 worksheets and PPTs.
Each lesson comprises a series of student-friendly interactive worksheets that are differentiated to ensure they are accessible to all students yet include extension activities for high achievers.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries
Comprehensive examination of attempts at political global governance in the post-war period.
This is the fourth and final in a series of lessons from The Knowledge House that links to Chapter 3 of the new Edexcel specification on Global Politics - Global governance - political.
This lesson examines the effectiveness of international treaties, with a focus on:
NATO
nuclear weapons
This is done in an engaging and student-friendly manner, with interactive worksheets and an accompanying PPT that guides both teacher and student through the content.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries about these resources.
Comprehensive examination of attempts at political global governance in the post-war period.
This is the third in a series of lessons from The Knowledge House that links to Chapter 3 of the new Edexcel specification on Global Politics - Global governance - political.
This lesson examines the effectiveness of the UN, taking the following factors into account:
the nature of global polarity
state sovereignty
UN Security Council
various peacekeeping operations.
This is done in an engaging and student-friendly manner, with interactive worksheets and an accompanying PPT that guides both teacher and student through the content.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries about these resources.
Comprehensive examination of attempts at political global governance in the post-war period.
This is the second in a series of lessons from The Knowledge House that links to Chapter 3 of the new Edexcel specification on Global Politics - Global governance - political.
This lesson examines the structure of the UN and five key UN institutions:
Secretariat and secretary-general
UN General Assembly
International Court of Justice
Economic and Social Council
UN Security Council
There will be an in-depth examination of the main UN institution - The UN Security Council - advantages, disadvantages and calls for reform.
This is done in an engaging and student-friendly manner, with interactive worksheets and an accompanying PPT that guides both teacher and student through the content.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries about these resources.
Comprehensive examination of attempts at political global governance in the post-war period.
This is the first in a series of lessons from The Knowledge House that links to Chapter 3 of the new Edexcel specification on Global Politics - Global governance - political.
This lesson examines the issue of IGOs and the foundation of the United Nations.
There is also a comprehensive key word sheet covering new terms that will arise in this chapter.
This is done in an engaging and student-friendly manner, with interactive worksheets and an accompanying PPT that guides both teacher and student through the content.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries about these resources.
Comprehensive and complete series of lessons that introduces students to Chapter 5 of the new Edexcel specification - Global governance - human rights.
The lessons are planned in the following order, and should be taught in this order:
Human rights introduction and international law
Human rights and state sovereignty
Humanitarian intervention in the 20th century
Western hypocrisy and humanitarian intervention
At the core of this lesson is the aims of global governance to impose universal human rights through intergovernmental and regional organisations. This is examined by looking at the role of :
The ICJ
The ICC
UN Special Tribunals (for war crimes)
ECtHR
And, attempts to resolve global issues of a humanitarian nature by military intervention.
There are numerous global conflicts examined to determine the success or otherwise of these endeavors, including:
Gulf WAR I and II
Somalia
Bosnia
Kosovo
Sierra Leone
Sudan
Rwanda
Afghanistan
These lessons are planned to meet the exacting standards of the new specification and include over 40 worksheets and PPTs.
Each lesson comprises a series of student-friendly interactive worksheets that are differentiated to ensure they are accessible to all students yet include extension activities for high achievers.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries
Comprehensive Complete series of lessons that introduces students to Chapter 2 of the new Edexcel specification - The state and globalisation.
The lessons are planned in the following order, and should be taught in this order:
The state and globalisation
Does globalisation resolve contemporary issues
Americanization and liberal/realist views
These lessons are planned to meet the exacting standards of the new specification and include over 20 worksheets and PPTs.
Each lesson comprises a series of student-friendly interactive worksheets that are differentiated to ensure they are accessible to all students yet include extension activities for high achievers.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries
Comprehensive and complete series of lessons that introduces students to Chapter 1 of the new Edexcel specification - Theories of global politics.
The lessons are planned in the following order, and should be taught in this order:
Introduction to global politics
Realism in global politics
Liberalism in global politics
End of History/Clash of Civilizations debate
These lessons are planned to meet the exacting standards of the new specification and include over 30 worksheets and PPTs.
Each lesson comprises a series of student-friendly interactive worksheets that are differentiated to ensure they are accessible to all students yet include extension activities for high achievers.
For example, the fourth lesson in this bundle comes with academic literature from Francis Fukuyama and Samuel Huntington that may only be suitable for those aiming for an A*.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries
Comprehensive examination of the increasingly complex and interdependent world in which we are living.
This is the third (and final) in a series of lessons from The Knowledge House that links to Chapter 2 of the new Edexcel specification on Global Politics - The state and globalisation.
This lesson examines the issue of Americanization, and how globalisation has led to the homogenisation of the world’s culture.
This lesson also examines the different schools of thought on the process of globalsiation:
Hyper-globalisers
Globalisation sceptics
Transformationalists
There is a summary sheet on globalisation that summarises everything students have done up to this point on the topic of globalisation.
This is an extremely important lesson within the Global Politics specification, as it raises the question as to whether the nation-state or the international community is best placed to meet the demands of an increasingly globalised world, highlighting the realist v liberal debate.
This is done in an engaging and student-friendly manner, with interactive worksheets and an accompanying PPT that guides both teacher and student through the content.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries about these resources.
Comprehensive examination of the increasingly complex and interdependent world in which we are living.
This is the second in a series of lessons from The Knowledge House that links to Chapter 2 of the new Edexcel specification on Global Politics - The state and globalisation.
This lesson examines the issues raised by globalisation and the extent to which the international community meets these needs. The lesson focuses on:
poverty
human rights
conflict
environmentalism.
This is an extremely important lesson within the Global Politics specification, as it raises the question as to whether the nation-state or the international community is best placed to meet the demands of an increasingly globalised world, highlighting the realist v liberal debate.
This is done in an engaging and student-friendly manner, with interactive worksheets and an accompanying PPT that guides both teacher and student through the content.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries about these resources.
Comprehensive examination of the increasingly complex and interdependent world in which we are living.
This is the first of a series of lessons from The Knowledge House that links to Chapter 2 of the new Edexcel specification on Global Politics - The state and globalisation.
This introductory lesson to globalisation introduces students to key terms, developments and factors in the development of the nation-state and in the processes of globalisation.
This is done in an engaging and student-friendly manner, with interactive worksheets and an accompanying PPT that guides both teacher and student through the content.
There are two examination questions that come with this lesson.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries about these resources.
Final lesson on Chapter 1, Component 3 of the new Edexcel A-level politics specification on Global Politics.
This lesson gives students an in-depth look at the arguments underpinning Francis Fukuyama’s End of History article and Samuel Huntington’s Cash of Civilisations.
Original PDF’s are included along with high quality student-led resources that give students a comprehensive understanding of this topic.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries.
Complete set of resources that link to Component 2 of the new Edexcel specification for A-level Politics.
These lessons link exactly to the content on UK Government and uses content form all three textbooks, two from Hodder and one from Pearson.
The content is distilled into a series of over 80 interactive student-led resources that encourage independent learning and give a comprehensive overview of the demanding content from the new specification.
Each lesson comes with an accompanying PPT that guides the teacher and students through the worksheets.
Students are encouraged to file the sheets using dividers with headings that match the PPT titles that will give teachers neat and comprehensive revision notes that can be accessed in the lead up to exams.
Nationalism has been included free of charge as we realise that not all teachers will be choosing nationalism as an optional ideology.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries.
Detailed series of lessons that examines the role of the PM and the executive in the UK Government.
Lessons are planned to meet the exacting criteria of the new Edexcel specification.
There are a series of crib sheets linked to the BBC documentary on the 2010 coalition.
This bundle includes over 15 student-led worksheets and accompanying PPTs to guide students and teachers through those sheets that encourage independent learning and ensures that all students can access the material while including extension tasks to stretch those students who are aiming for an A*.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries.
