Electoral Voting Systems

2x Lessons - Comparing Electoral Voting Systems - FPTP Versus PR Systems
NEW GCSE Citizenship (9-1) Product Code: CIT/C8/LS/15

Lesson Objectives:
Secure: To describe how FPTP and PR electoral systems work
Extended: To explain how changing the voting system can alter the outcome of an election
Advanced: To evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each electoral system (FPTP and PR)

This resource contains:
1 x PowerPoint for double lesson 120 min - Comparing Electoral Voting Systems - FPTP Versus PR Systems
1 x Hand-out worksheet
2 x Differentiated exam practice assessments on separation of powers in a constitution

This lesson material is designed to be used for between two and three teaching periods and includes; activities, challenging and thoughtful questions, student hand-out (for use during lesson or as a homework), embedded URL links (where appropriate), differentiated tasks and, all relevant information to help students learn about issues relating to the topic.

AQA Specification covered is: Theme 3 Politics and Participation
Edexcel Specification covered is: Theme B Democracy at Work in the UK
OCR Specification covered is: Section 2 Democracy and Government
Product Code: CIT/C8/LS/15

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