A brilliant selection of law (and some RE) resources to help support A-Level and BTEC syllabus.
Everything is bright, colourful and completely OTT. Just like it should be.
A brilliant selection of law (and some RE) resources to help support A-Level and BTEC syllabus.
Everything is bright, colourful and completely OTT. Just like it should be.
Topic: Youth Sentencing
Unit: English Legal Systems
Paper: Paper 1
Marks: 10 Marks
This is a 10 mark Eduqas style question based on youth sentencing. This would also suit OCR style questions.
Included is the essay question, model plan and model answer. The plan and answer can be used to support marking or DIRT.
Students should be given 20 minutes to answer in class.
Topic: Sentencing
Unit: English Legal Systems
Paper: Paper 1
Exam Board: Eduqas
This case list is a great supplement to student learning. It can be given to students to be filed away and help with revision or it can be used as a revision activity or resource. Also helpful for teachers when prepping lessons.
Contains a variety of key cases on sentencing, suitable for English Legal Systems and Criminal essays.
It is based around the Eduqas specification but would also suit other exam boards.
Includes:
Illustration
Case Name
Legal Principle
Topic: Adult Sentencing
Unit: English Legal Systems
Paper: Paper 1
Marks: 10 Marks
This is a 10 mark Eduqas style question based on adult sentencing. This would also suit OCR style questions.
Included is the essay question, model plan and model answer. The plan and answer can be used to support marking or DIRT.
Students should be given 20 minutes to answer in class.
Topic: Bail
Unit: English Legal Systems
Paper: Paper 1
Exam Board: Eduqas
This case list is a great supplement to student learning. It can be given to students to be filed away and help with revision or it can be used as a revision activity or resource. Also helpful for teachers when prepping lessons.
Contains a variety of key cases on bail, suitable for English Legal Systems and Criminal essays.
It is based around the Eduqas specification but would also suit other exam boards.
Includes:
Illustration
Case Name
Legal Principle
Topic: Criminal Justice System
Unit: English Legal Systems
Marks: 10
Paper: Paper 1
Exam Board: Eduqas
This is a 10 mark practice question on the criminal justice system. This is designed for Eduqas Paper 1 and is one of the 10 mark AO1 style questions. This would also suit an OCR 8 mark question.
Included is a model plan and model answer that can be used to help support students with planning or DIRT or to support you with marking.
Students should be given 15 minutes to answer if doing the question under timed conditions.
Note about Magistrates: this is up to date as of 2023 with the new reduced back to 6 months sentencing powers
Topic: Bail
Unit: English Legal Systems
Paper: Paper 1
Marks: 10
Exam Board: Eduqas
This is a 10 mark (AO1) question on bail designed to suit the Eduqas exam board. This would also work as an 8 marker from OCR. The question asks students to describe how bail works.
There is also a model plan and a model answer included to help with marking/DIRT work.
Students should be given about 15 minutes to answer if doing the question under timed conditions.
Topic: Bail
Unit: English Legal Systems
Paper: Paper 1
Question Style: Evaluation
Marks: 12
This is a 12 mark evaluation style question based on OCR Paper 1. The question asks students to evaluate the operation of bail.
Included is a model plan which can be used to help with marking or help students with their own planning.
There is also a model answer which can help with DIRT work.
Topic: European Convention on Human Rights, Key Provisions
Unit: Human Rights
Exam Board: Eduqas
Paper: Paper 2 & Paper 3
This crib sheet is designed to help support students with their note making whilst studying key provisions of the ECHR. There is a simple table with space to fill in details about each right as well as some key case examples.
Students can be given these to complete during class, as a homework task or as a revision activity.
Cute and colourful to help with knowledge retention.
Exam Board: Eduqas
Topic: ECHR Main Provisions
Papers: Paper 2 & Paper 3
Unit: Unit 4: Human Rights
This lesson goes through the main provisions in the ECHR that students will need to know for A-Level law. It is designed for the Eduqas specification but could be easily adapted to other specifications.
It is designed to be taught over one week and can easily be split into 3/4 lessons to suit.
The lesson covers Art 5, 6, 8, 10 & 11. There are activities throughout as well as evaluation and scenario practice.
The lesson includes:
Homework activities for the week
Starter activities x6
Main Activities x6
Knowledge Checks x4
Plenaries x6
Challenge/Evaluation Tasks x7
Exam Question Practice x1
Topic: Crown Prosecution Service
Paper: Paper 1
Exam Board: Eduqas
This case list contains all the cases students need to know for the Crown Prosecution Service topic as part of English Legal Systems.
This is designed for Eduqas Paper 1 but would suit other exam boards as well.
Teaching Note
Encourage students to highlight cases into Tier 1, Tier 2 & Tier 3 depending upon their importance. This helps them to focus their revision.
Topic: Criminal Justice System (inc. appeals)
Paper: Paper 1
Exam Board: Eduqas
This case list contains all the cases students need to know for the Criminal Justice System topic as part of English Legal Systems.
This is designed for Eduqas Paper 1 but would suit other exam boards as well.
Designed so that two copies can be printed on each page as there aren’t that many cases!
Teaching Note
Encourage students to highlight cases into Tier 1, Tier 2 & Tier 3 depending upon their importance. This helps them to focus their revision.
Topic: Crown Prosecution Service
Marks: 10 Marks
Exam Board: Eduqas
Paper: Paper 1
This is a 10 mark question that asks students to describe the reforms of the Crown Prosecution Service. Students should be given 15 minutes to answer the question.
Included is a model answer and a model plan which can help with DIRT/marking.
This is designed for Eduqas Paper 1 but could easily be modified to suit OCR Paper 1 8 mark questions.
Topic: Criminal Appeals
Paper: Paper 1
Marks: 8 Marks
Exam Board: OCR
This is a practice exam question based on the 8 mark style knowledge questions from Paper 1. This is designed for the OCR exam board.
Included is a model answer and a model plan that can be used to help with marking/DIRT work.
The essay is designed to be given to students a week in advance to then sit in class. I give students 10 minutes to complete this answer (15 can be used if it is their first essay but in the real exam they should spend no more than 12 minutes on an 8 mark answer).
Lesson Topic: Duty of Care & Standard of Care
Unit: Tort Law
Exam Board: OCR
Paper: Paper 2
This is a lesson on duty of care and standard of care as part of the negligence element of tort law. This lesson is designed for the OCR syllabus but could be modified to suit other exam boards.
This lesson is designed to be taught over one week and split into multiple lessons.
Included is both the teacher version (to be displayed) & student version (to be printed & handed to students). The student version has answers removed!
The lesson covers the basics of duty of care (Robinson principle) and standard of care (including modified standard of care). It also gives an overview of the paper 2 examination and gives an opportunity for both scenario and evaluation practice.
Homework activities for the week are also included
Lesson Activities
Starters: 3
Main Activities: 7
Challenge Questions: 7
Knowledge Checks: 3
Scenario Practice: 1
Plenaries: 4
Topic: Introduction to Human Rights
Unit: Human Rights
Exam Board: Eduqas
This crib sheet is designed to help support students when they are studying an introduction to human rights. It covers the basics of what human rights are as well as some key sections from the Human Rights Act 1998.
It can be given to students to help them structure their notes in lessons or as a homework or revision activity.
How I Use This Resource
I give these sheets to students for every topic. They are expected to fill them in every week and keep them neatly filed. These are a great support for students who aren’t brilliant at taking their own notes and also provide a useful check on learning.
Exam Board: Eduqas
Topic: Introduction to Human Rights
Papers: Paper 2 & Paper 3
Unit: Unit 4: Human Rights
This lesson is designed to be the first lesson students study as part of the human rights section of their course. It is designed for the Eduqas specification but could be easily adapted to other specifications.
It is designed to be taught over one week and can easily be split into 3/4 lessons to suit.
The lesson covers the basics of what the Council of Europe & ECHR are as well as giving an overview of the Human Rights Act and key sections.
The lesson includes:
Homework activities for the week
Starter activities x4
Main Activities x11
Knowledge Checks x6
Plenaries x4
Challenge/Evaluation Tasks x6
Exam Question Practice x1
Worksheets and card sort needed are also included. Please check the notes sections on each slide for more details where relevant!
This bundle contains a selection of scenario and problem questions for Eduqas A-Level Law. These are the 25 mark questions from Paper 2 (Substantive Law in Practice).
They would also suit other exam boards such as AQA 30 mark questions with a small amount of modification.
There is a broad variety of scenarios, including at least one on each topic as well as some more mixed scenarios.
No essay plans or model answers are included.
The essay topics included are:
Mixed Question
Formation
Implied Terms
Economic Duress
Offer & Acceptance
Intention to Create Legal Relations
Consideration
Privity & Discharge
Remedies & Formation
Misrepresentation
Express Terms
Exclusion Clauses
This induction lesson is designed to be delivered to Year 11 students who will be studying A-Level Law in Year 12.
It is designed for the Eduqas syllabus with contract law option but can easily be modified to suit other exam boards and human rights
The activities will work for any exam board, but you will need to alter the information about the exam and content!
Slide 1: Introduction to the course (please edit to change the teacher name)!
Slide 2: Topics to be covered
Slide 3: Requirements for lessons
Slide 4: What to expect
Slide 5: The exams
Slide 6: Bridging work overview
Main Activities
Students are given the definition of murder and theft. They are then shown five small scenarios. Students have to discuss whether they think that the person has committed murder/theft.
The scenarios pick up on key controversial topics within that area such as double transfer of malice, or theft of money.
The PowerPoint is ridiculously cute and Kawaii, enjoy :)
Paper: Paper 3
Exam Board: Eduqas
Units: Tort Law, Criminal Law, Contract Law
Question Type: Evaluation Questions
This lesson is designed to be taught to students just before Paper 3 for Eduqas A-Level Law.
It contains a selection of activities that students can complete to help teachers prepare students for their exam.
This is designed for the Eduqas exam board but could be modified to suit evaluation question revision for other exam boards.
This is the contract law option but can easily be modified for human rights by making your own resources.
Activity One
This is a game of jeopardy. A link to the jeopardy game is provided (this is an online game).
Students are given five categories and different points (like real jeopardy). Each square shows an advantage or disadvantage. Students pick their square and then state what topic the advantage/disadvantage relates to. If correct the points can be allocated.
This works well for different numbers of teams or as individuals for small classes.
Activity Two
This is an overview of the paper going through what each part contains. It also advises students to spend 45 minutes on each question.
I recommend giving your students a past paper at this point to ensure they are fully familiar with what they are going to see.
Students are also given some top tips for the evaluation paper and also some generic evaluation points - NEWLY ADDED
Activity Three - NEWLY ADDED
I’ve amended the lesson to add in an advantages and disadvantages table for each topic. These can be given to students to help guide revision.
These are especially good for weaker students who might struggle to come up with evaluation points. I usually print these slides out and hand them to students to be used for last minute revision.
Activity Four
For this activity students will pick one topic to revise.
On a blank piece of paper they write down everything they know about the topic.
They then take one of the mind map sheets provided and add advantages and disadvantages around the outside.
Next they will fit everything they know into the relevant paragraphs.
This activity helps students to recognise that what they already know is enough as well as creating mini essay plans they can revise from
I have included a model one to help
There is a challenge activity that asks them to plan a past paper question
Activity Five
The final activity is a Padlet. You will need to set up your own Padlet and then students can ask any questions they have anonymously. Great for those students who are quiet or feel embarrassed about asking questions.
Topic: Defences and Remedies
Unit: Tort Law
Exam Board: Eduqas
Papers: Paper 2 & Paper 3
This case table is a great revision resource for A-Level law students. It contains gaps to fill in the facts and legal principle for the key cases for defences and remedies under tort law.
These cases are the ‘tier 1’ cases and sections. These are cases that will appear in every problem question answer for defences and remedies.
Cases included:
Jones v Livox Quarries (1952)
Morris v Murray (1991)
Stapley v Gypsum Mines Ltd (1953)
Pilkington v Wood (1953)
Legislation Included:
Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945, s 1(1)
How I Use This Resource
I give the sheet to students and give them five minutes to complete as much as they can by themselves without notes.
I then give them a further five minutes to work as a group.
They can then complete the table with notes if there are still gaps.
I usually have the table on the board and fill it in throughout if students as me for clarity or shout out any answers! By the end of about 15 minutes every students should have a completed sheet.