Getting to grips with the general election

Lessons and presentations to help you talk about the 2024 general election with your students

Tes Resources Team

Election, General Election, Voting, Polling, Electoral Systems, Political Parties

Hand-picked lesson ideas to help you shed some light on the upcoming election with your students

Following the announcement that the next general election will take place on Thursday 4 July 2024, students will be asking more questions than ever. To help support discussions about what the general election is and how the UK voting system works, we've gathered together a collection of lessons and activities for primary and secondary students.

Primary resources

Voting Primary Resource
UKParliament

Voting Primary Resource

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The Find out about Parliament series, is an introduction to the work of Parliament through activities, stories and imagery, for pupils aged 5-8. The resources have practical and accessible ideas to get pupils thinking about how they make decisions in a group. Younger pupils will enjoy listeni...
What does representing mean? Primary resource
UKParliament

What does representing mean? Primary resource

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The Find out about Parliament series, is an introduction to the work of Parliament through activities, stories and imagery, for pupils aged 5-8. The resources have practical and accessible ideas to get pupils thinking about what it means to represent other people. Younger pupils will enjoy l...
General Elections Primary Assembly
UKParliament

General Elections Primary Assembly

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Use this short presentation to learn about general elections with primary pupils. Explore what happens before, during and after a general election using this short presentation, ideal to use as a class or in a school assembly. Pupils will learn about: What happens before a general election What ha...
UK General Elections
Krazikas

UK General Elections

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This resource contains a fully editable and informative, simple text, 40-slide PowerPoint presentation on UK general elections. The PowerPoint focuses on: How the UK Election Process works What happens in the election process The major UK political parties The formation of the government The...

Secondary resources

General Elections Secondary Assembly
UKParliament

General Elections Secondary Assembly

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Use this presentation to teach your secondary pupils about general elections. Explore what happens before, during and after a general using this short presentation, ideal to use as a school or year assembly. Students will learn about: What happens before and after a general election What happens on...
What is the House of Commons?
UKParliament

What is the House of Commons?

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Use this short animation to introduce your students to the House of Commons, or recap prior knowledge. It explores the history, role, work and membership of the Commons and how it holds the government to account.
General Elections Political Parties
EC Resources

General Elections Political Parties

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A one hour resource all about the main UK political parties, why people vote for them, the trends over the last two general elections, voting trends amongst different sections of society and the possible outlook for the next election. The resource includes a 1 hour PowerPoint, worksheets, clips, is ...
General election 2024 Tutorial / Assembly
Youcantknoweverything

General election 2024 Tutorial / Assembly

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Citizenship / politics form time tutorial / assembly resource on the 2024 general election. The resource looks at how the general election works and why voting in it is important, giving reference to fundamental British values. We also offer this resource in a full lesson version which you can fin...
Voting in the UK - PSHCE
KatherineBibby

Voting in the UK - PSHCE

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A lesson on the voting system in the UK. Includes: - how to vote and opportunities to vote - links to videos on what happens in a polling station and how general elections work in the UK - matching activity on questions and answers about general elections with worksheet - activities to discuss t...
Voting and Elections + General Election 2024
Cre8tive_PSHE

Voting and Elections + General Election 2024

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Voting and elections in the UK. PSHE / Citizenship Lesson Pack. Great lesson to use in the run up to the general election in 2024 **Learning Outcomes:** I can explain how the Government is formed I understand the different types of elections held within the UK I can explain several reasons why vot...