A lesson and set of resources introducing constitutional and areas of constitutional reform in the UK - can be divided among pupils to study and feedback to class or compiled as a revision resource or used as flashcards.

Lesson introducing the constitutional amendments with examples of amendments approved by Congress and not approved by Congress - could be used in conjunction with articles on a wedge issue e.g. flag burning

Lesson examining areas of the judiciary that have been reformed and the establishment of the UK Supreme Court

Lesson examining the roles and functions of Congress, and how well Congress fulfils them - encouraging analysis of the efficacy of the US legislative brance

Lesson examining the powers of the president, range of notes/articles can be used to support a more in depth understanding of the powers of the president.\nHunt for example activity has been completed in this version, however can not show pupils and have them construct their own example bank from independent research.

Lesson examining the roles, functions and significance of the US cabinet and Executive Office of the President. *May need to be updated to keep up to date with cabinet changes!*

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

Lesson examining the power of judicial review and how the US SC has used this in landmark cases.

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 examining the history and role of the judiciary in the UK

Lesson examining the functions of parliament in the UK political system

Pupil-led project examining the make up of Congress

Lesson examining the leadership roles in both houses of Congress

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.

Lesson introducing the system of checks and balances with contextual examples that students can use in exam answers to support their analysis.

A lesson constructing a model answer to an exam question assessing how effective parliament is, building on previous learning of the methods parliament uses to scrutinise the government and the legislative process.

Last lesson of the constitution topic recovering content and exam skills through student assessment of a sample exam question; discussion of assigned marks and how the exam answer can be improved.

A lesson introducing parliament in the UK.

A lesson examining the 6 sources of the UK constitution, including 10 point extended response question to apply the knowledge in order to describe the sources of the UK constitution.

Lesson examining the use of the filibuster and to what extent the legislative process is difficult - using past exam question and a Virtual Learning Environment Task - but this can easily be adapted for paper within the lesson simply by printing copies of