Revision booklet for elections, voting and parties in the USA

Scheme of work for Parliament topic taught at AS for Edexcel Unit 2; Governing the UK

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 introducing the structure of Congress and constitutional requirements to be a senator or representative in addition to asking pupils to think about extra-constitutional requirements that may be expected by the public.

Scheme of Work for Congress Topic taught at A2 - Edexcel Unit 4C: Governing the USA

A scheme of work to accompany lessons and resources exploring the US Constitution.

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.\nQuiz 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 idea of federalism and its effects on the USA (accompanied by a 'rough guide' handout that can be used as homework before or after the lesson to prepare/consolidate).

Lesson examining the relationship between the federal government and state governments, accompanied by a handout pupils can make more detailed notes using)

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

Lesson introducing the presidential system including the features of the presidential system and the provisions in the constitution and guiding principles of the US congressional system.

Lesson examining significance and criticism of committees - prior knowledge of role and powers of the different committees would be essential as this lesson focuses on encouraging analysis, including essay map exercise for group planning of an exam answer.

Project asking students to compare the 113th and 114th Congress - a good way to put the emphasis on students remaining up to date with congressional elections

Independent Student booklet/activity that can be accessed and completed online (and submitted) via Google Drive.

Lesson examining the differences between codified and uncodified constitutions (this should be a recap from similar content at AS)

Lesson examining the US presidential system of government - good for helping students to identify key differences from UK system

Lesson examining constraints on prime ministerial power in the UK political system

Lesson examining different theories of executive power. Collaborative Essay can be used via Google Drive to allow students to collaborate in producing an essay in response to an exam-style question.