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.
This resource is designed to be provided to Year 11 students who are taking Law at A-Level.
It is designed for the Eduqas syllabus but is pretty universal! It can easily be adapted to suit any course you want :) The introduction says it is for Eduqas and you will be studying contract, but easily edited (you definitely have my permission to do this)
Tasks:
(1) Sort the key terms into criminal and civil
(2) Write a definition of the key terms from task one
(3) Research a recent English or Welsh law case and make a note of: facts; importance; what was decided; why you chose the case
(4) Research arguments for and against the death penalty ready to write an essay about it in week 1 (this can be used as a baseline assessment of student writing style/ability)
Document is bright, colourful and fun. It is meant to be appealing to students. It is designed to start to give them a foundation in terminology but is also helpful as a teacher to diagnose ability levels early on.
This is a 66 page booklet that contains six tasks for students to complete over the Summer Holidays between Year 12 and Year 13.
It is designed for Eduqas A-Level Law (you could remove the evaluation question and swap it for a different style question if you wanted it for another exam board).
This is a modified version with a tort law problem question instead of criminal law
Tasks:
Case Sheets
Goals for next year
Glossaries
Find the Connections
Problem Question (25 marker)
Evaluation Question (25 marker)
More information about the tasks is below
Case Sheets
Contains a list of cases from English Legal Systems, Tort and Criminal. These have been selected as the most important cases (the ‘know it or die’) cases from Year 12.
Students have to fill in the facts and legal principle for each case. There are five case boxes per page.
Goals
Students should set five smart goals to help them in Year 13
Glossaries
Split into ELS, Tort and Criminal. Students have to write a definition for each key term they are given. There are 11 terms per page.
Connections
Students are given 20 terms. They have to sort these terms into four groups of five. There is one connections page for ELS, Tort and Criminal. It contains key terms, legislation, cases etc.
Problem Question
The problem question is a 25 marker based on negligence, nuisance and remedies from tort law.
Students have space to answer within the booklet
Evaluation Question
The evaluation question is a 25 marker on murder.
Students have space to answer within the booklet
This target skill document is designed to help students who are struggling with A01/Knowledge in their timed essays. It contains 10 exercises that students can work through to help improve their retention of knowledge.
Exam board: Eduqas
Unit Three Option: Contract Law
This document could be adapted for other exam boards but there are several practice questions and activities that would only suit Eduqas style questions.
All topics are covered so some activities may not be accessible until Year 13 but there is enough variety that students can use the document throughout their course.
This includes contract law questions.
Included activities:
Organising content
Case Lists
Legislation Lists
Glossary
Flash Cards
Five Mark Questions
Essay Plans
10 Mark Practice Questions
Evaluation Practice Questions (15 & 25 mark)
Application Practice Questions (15 & 25 mark)
Unit: Contract Law
Exam Board: Eduqas
Paper: Paper 2
This card sort is a quick fire starter for revision sessions at Year 13
Students are given a set of cards for a particular topic and then have to sort them into the correct structure for the problem (scenario) question.
How I Use These Cards
I put students in pairs/small groups and give them each one topic. Once they have correctly sorted it they can do the next topic. The group with the most complete topics at the end of 3 minutes gets a prize.
Printing Notes
Set your printer to: Print Along Short Edge
This will mean the cards are printed flipped so that the back matches the front! If you do long edge then this won’t work. I recommend doing a test print of pages 1 & 2 first to ensure your formatting is working!
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
Essay Topic: Bail
Specification: Eduqas
Marks: 15
This is a 15 mark evaluation style essay on bail. This is designed for the Eduqas A-Level Law specification, English Legal Systems paper.
Included is a model answer that can be handed to students as well as a model plan that is very useful for marking.
Essay Topic: Manslaughter
Specification: Eduqas
Marks: 25
This is a 25 mark evaluation style essay on manslaughter. This is designed for the Eduqas A-Level Law specification, Substantive Law in Practice paper.
Included is a model answer that can be handed to students as well as a model plan that is very useful for marking.
This could also easily be turned into a 30 mark question for AQA A-Level Law, Criminal Law Paper
Lesson Topic: Paganism and Philosophy
L.O: To analyse the relationship between Pagan beliefs and Ancient Greek philosophy
Activities List
Who is this?
Do you think religion and morality are connected?
Five questions
Create a card game
Plenary light bulb
Essay Topic: Juries
Specification: Eduqas
Marks: 15
This is a 15 mark evaluation style essay on juries. This is designed for the Eduqas A-Level Law specification, English Legal Systems paper.
Included is a model answer that can be handed to students as well as a model plan that is very useful for marking.
Essay Topic: Statutory Interpretation
Specification: Eduqas
Marks: 15
This is a 15 mark sources of law style essay on statutory interpretation. This is designed for the Eduqas A-Level Law specification, English Legal Systems paper.
This question is one of the application style A02 questions as found on the Eduqas papers.
Included is a model answer that can be handed to students as well as a model plan that is very useful for marking.
This question bundle contains a selection of five and ten mark questions.
They are designed for the Eduqas specification, Paper 1: English Legal Systems
The 10 mark questions are of the style of Part B (ELS)
The 5 mark questions are of the style of Part A (Sources of Law)
There is at least one question on each topic.
These are just the questions - no plans or models are included in this bundle.
This is great for revision, mock exams or as timed essays to be done in class.
10 Mark Question topics:
Criminal Justice System
Criminal Appeals
Civil Appeals
Theories of Sentencing
Crown Prosecution Service
Bail
Adult Sentencing
Youth Sentencing
Juries
Magistrates
Civil Process
Legal Professionals
Judiciary
ADR
Tribunals
Legal Funding
5 Mark Question Topics:
Law Making
Law Reform
Law Reform
Precedent
Statutory Interpretation
Delegated Legislation
Exam Board: AQA
Unit: Nature of Law
Topic: Law and Society (Contract Law)
Marks: 15
This is a nature of law style 15 mark question for the AQA A-Level Exam in law.
This question focuses on contract law with reference to the law and society unit.
Included is the question to be given to students as well as a model plan and model answer to assist with marking/DIRT.
Lesson Topic: Atheism
Unit: Alternative Religions/Beliefs
Target Age: KS3
Lesson Length: Up to 1 Hour
This lesson on atheism is suitable for key stage three religious education. It helps students to distinguish between atheism and agnostism and the Dawkins scale
Starter: Write a definition of atheism
Main Activities: Comparison Table; Dawkins Scale Diagram; Make a Leaflet
Plenary: Mind-Map
It includes a choice homework activity with three different options. Students can pick which one they would like to do or you can choose one.
Homework activities:
Poem/Song/Rap
400 Character Text Message
Storyboard
A storyboard template is also included if needed for homework.
This mock exam is designed to replicate a mixture of Paper 2 and Paper 3 questions for the Eduqas syllabus. It covers tort law content only and is designed to be given to Year 12 students.
Paper: Paper 2 & Paper 3
Exam Board: Eduqas
Paper Length: 2 Hours 15 Minutes
Unit: Tort Law
Students should be given 2 hours 15 minutes to complete this paper. They will also need lined paper/answer booklets to write their answers in.
This is a complete paper, students will need to have studied all of the Tort Law unit in order to complete this paper.
Suitable for June mock exams for Year 12 students.
Students answer three questions, picking one from Part A, Part B & Part C. This means they will answer one scenario, one evaluation and then their choice of either a scenario or evaluation for Part C.
Questions
Question 1 (25 Marks): Mixed Scenario
Question 2 (25 Marks): Negligence Scenario
Question 3 (25 Marks): Nuisance Evaluation
Question 4 (25 Marks): Vicarious Liability Evaluation
Question 5 (25 Marks): OLA Scenario
Question 6 (25 Marks): Res Ipsa Loquitur Evaluation
Students have to answer:
3x 25 Mark Questions
This mock exam is designed to replicate Paper 1 for the Eduqas A-Level Law syllabus. It is suitable for Year 12 or Year 13 mock exams.
Paper: Paper 1
Exam Board: Eduqas
Paper Length: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Unit: English Legal Systems
Students should be given 1 hour 30 minutes to complete this paper. They will also need lined paper/answer booklets to write their answers in.
This is a complete paper, students will need to have studied all of the English Legal Systems (including Sources of Law) unit in order to complete this paper.
Suitable for both January & June mock exams in Year 12 and January mocks in Year 13.
Questions
Question 1 (5 marks): Parliamentary Sovereignty
Question 2 (5 marks): Precedent
Question 3 (15 marks): Statutory Interpretation
Question 4 (15 marks): Delegated Legislation
Question 5:
(a - 10 marks): Legal Funding
(b - 15 marks): ADR
Question 6:
(a - 10 marks): Magistrates
(b - 15 marks): Lay Personnel
Students have to answer:
2x 5 marks
1x 15 mark (sources of law)
1x 10/15 mark combination
Lesson Topic: Criminal Justice System
Specification: Eduqas
Unit: English Legal Systems
Place in Unit: Lesson #1
This is a lesson on the criminal justice system from the English Legal Systems unit of the Eduqas A-Level law exam.
This is designed to be the first lesson after students have studied an introductory lesson.
Students are expected to have done summer work on key words from ELS. They will need to have some basic understanding of definitions (see Summer work document sold separately).
Homework slide included.
Lesson Activities:
Find your partner
Complete the chart
Quick fire questions
Videos x 2
LASPO research task
Five words
Thought questions:
Why do we need a criminal justice system?
Why would a defendant choose to have a trial by jury rather than Magistrate?
Practice essay:
Describe the criminal trial process (10 marks)
Exam Board: Eduqas
Papers Covered: Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
Topics Covered: English Legal Systems, Tort Law, Criminal Law, Contract Law (Formation & Privity only)
This booklet is designed to help support students in preparing for their January mocks.
It is designed for Eduqas A-Level law with the contract law option.
Students are expected to have covered all of English Legal Systems, Tort and Criminal Law. They should have studied formation and privity from contract law.
The booklet contains guidance on answering questions, revision, question structures and practice questions for every topic as well as past paper questions.
The practice questions are a combination of past paper questions and newly written questions. I do not recommend using this booklet if you plan to use a past paper for your mock exams!
A full list of what is included is below
Paper 1: English Legal Systems
Structure of paper
Topic List
5 Mark Question Structure
5 Mark Approaching Revision
17x 5 Mark Practice Questions
15 Mark (SOL) Question Structure (diagrams of essay plan for each style of question)
15 Mark (SOL) Approaching Revision
14x 15 Mark (SOL) Practice Questions
Question Structure 10 Markers
Question Structure 15 Markers (eval)
10/15 Combo Approaching Revision
24x 10 & 15 Combination Practice Questions
Substantive Law
Topic List Contract
Topic List Tort
Topic List Criminal
Paper 2: Substantive Law in Practice
Structure of paper
Question Structure
Approaching Revision
Contract Law
Answer Structure (formation & privity only)
Approaching Revision
4x Practice Questions
Tort Law
Answer Structure Diagrams
Approaching Revision
16x Practice Questions
Criminal Law
Answer Structure Diagrams
Approaching Revision
20x Practice Questions
Paper 3: Perspectives on Substantive Law
Structure of Paper
Question Structure
Approaching Revision.
8x Contract Law practice questions
24x Tort Law Practice Questions
24x Criminal Law Practice Questions
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 PowerPoint is a great general resource for all A-Level subjects that are essay based.
It was originally designed for A-Level Law but I have also used it for A-Level Religious Studies. You may want to edit it slightly for your own subject but it is vague enough in its terminology that it can be used for almost anything without editing!
The short PowerPoint goes through the ten steps necessary to prep for an in class essay, breaking each step down. This is great for Year 12 students who do not yet have the skills to prepare for essays effectively.
Steps included are:
Compile Information
Create a Rough Plan
Create Your Final Plan
First Timed Practice
Revise Plan
Write Without Notes & Mark
Revise Plan
Timed Practice Without Notes & Mark
Revise
Final Essay
I recommend adding some modeling into the lesson which focuses on your specific subject.
Topic: Divine Command Theory
Unit: Ethics
Exam Board: Eduqas
Marks: 20 Marks
This is a 20 mark exam question based on Divine Command Theory. It is designed for the Eduqas A-Level Religious Studies examination. It is for the ethics unit.
Included is the question, model plan and model answer. These can be used to help support marking and DIRT work.
Students should be given 25 minutes to complete this under timed conditions. Alternatively they can do this as a homework task.