Affordable Outstanding History and Politics Lessons
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15 yrs experience in outstanding schools and 5 years exam marking. I have a range of affordable resources for all Key Stages in History and ALevel (KS5) Government and Politics. I do the hard work so you don't have to! Track record of outstanding teaching and results over 15 year career so far. SPI +1.10 and a residual of +0.48 in 2023.
Please review my resources as this helps me to improve and produce what teachers want. Any issues feel free to email me- moss_emma@hotmail.com and ill help!
15 yrs experience in outstanding schools and 5 years exam marking. I have a range of affordable resources for all Key Stages in History and ALevel (KS5) Government and Politics. I do the hard work so you don't have to! Track record of outstanding teaching and results over 15 year career so far. SPI +1.10 and a residual of +0.48 in 2023.
Please review my resources as this helps me to improve and produce what teachers want. Any issues feel free to email me- moss_emma@hotmail.com and ill help!
Edexcel ALevel Politics (new spec from 2017)
This is a bundle of all my resources on Congress.
This is a 12-16 hour teaching bundle which covers the entire topic and comparative politics.
1.Structure, Role and powers of Congress
2. Representation in Congress
3. Legislative process in Congress
4. Oversight of the Executive Branch
5. How has role and powers of Congress changed- especially in a post Trump era?
6. Comparative Govt Comparing Congress and Parliament.
Total price to buy separately would be: £28.50
Edexcel ALevel Politics (Can be used for AQA too)
This two hour lesson examines the Electoral College system in the USA.
It includes- how it works, explanation of strengths and weaknesses and colour code/ evaluation of argument exercise
Case study of the 2020 Presidential election including the controversy links here to the Supreme Court topic- Ginni Thomas/ Clarence Thomas scandal.
Includes data/ case study on participation and voting behaviour in this election.
Also examines why Biden won.
Edexcel Politics ALevel Lessons
These lessons are about the Labour Party- development and election history from 1997 in depth.
Includes: origins
Labour Pre 1997 including the gang of 4 and Michael Foot
The Blair revolution and changes to Claus IV- the Third Way and New Labour
Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband -surface detail
Includes a timeline of the Labour Party since 1979 and major changes to leadership I’ve added this as a PDF as well as an editable word doc as sometimes the formatting gets messed up on word.
The Corbyn Revolution 2017 to 2019- what changed?
I will be updating with the Starmer years soon!
Edexcel ALevel Politics
Component 3 USA
Topic 1 Constitution
Includes all lessons in topic 1 (they are all doubles including homework) as well as two intro lessons to US Politics
All updated to Biden Presidency and 117th Congress
Total cost for resources sold individually would be £37
Lesson 1 American Politics Intro
Lesson 2 USA History and Context includes foundation and War of Independence, Liberal ideals and the Constitution as well as the challenges and major landmarks since e.g. Depression and New Deal, WWII, 9-11 and issues USA are divided over as well as context of Geography/ religious and racial divides in USA.
Lesson 3: Intro to and Origins of the Constitution
Lesson 4: US Constitution Features and Principles
Lesson 5: Amending the Constitution- process and strengths and weaknesses
Lesson 6: Federalism and challenges to it- also models of Federalism and analysis/ debate on Federalism- Layer cake or Marble cake?
Lesson 7: Evaluation of the Constitition looks at strengths and weaknesses of features according to FOunding Father’s intentions
Lesson 8 US vs UK Constitution Comparison including Comparative Theories.
Note: Each lesson is 2 hours of teaching time plus hwk.
Edexcel Spec 2017- updated to 2020 with recent and relevant political examples and 2019 election.
Entire Democracy topic including topic check list and detailed knowledge organiser. Note does not include rights as I teach these with Judiciary however some Pressure groups examples relate to rights :)
This is a unit of work with over 20 hours of lessons.
All resources for each lesson included - powerpoint, worksheets, extra reading
Also includes a powerpoint for Sixth formers on Independent learning for ALevel.
Alevel Politics Lesson for Edexcel (can also be used for AQA or Sociology, Civics, Philosophy etc)
-Ideologies Socialism lesson 1-
Looks at origins of Socialism and the context of the Industrial Revolution as well as earlier examples. Robert Owen, Marx and Engels, Revolutionary Socialism and Evolutionary Socialism/ Social Democracy
For a 2 hour lesson plus homework to research thinkers.
Edexcel Government and Politics Component 1 Topic 2 Parties
This is my second knowledge organiser for Edexcel Govt and Politics Component 1 Topic 2 Political Parties.
Hope its useful- watch this space for more.
This bundle pack includes model answers for the following essays:
Source QuestionsFrom past papers
Voting behaviour Q with the graph source- argument that age/media have replaced region/ social class
2.Democracy in crisis
Minor parties have little impact
Non-Source
There should be more proportional representation introduced in UK
Minor parties have little impact (non source one)
How united are Conservatives under one nation ideals?
Impact of Think Tanks, Pressure Groups and Lobbyists
Democratic Deficit
All essays are top of level 5 and have included examples which are pretty up to date (all within past 3 years).
Edexcel ALevel Politics- can be adapted to AQA.
This lesson (3 hours worth of work) uses the newest Bennett chapters (although almost all key notes are on slides).
Examines similarities/ differences between UK and US Constitutions in terms of the three branches of government, nature/ origins, Federalism/ Devolution and also the Comparative theories.
Edexcel ALevel Politics lessons
Covering the Conservative Party up to around 2020
Set of lessons on the Conservative party from traditional values through Thatcherism and beyond. Includes the Wilderness years, the Cameron revolution, May and Johnson.
New added info:
Conservative Party Factions 2022 and post conference 2023 articles from the Guardian and Sky News
Timeline of party leaders
Colour code of how far party is united around One Nation Values
Updated to 2024 (January) including new developments on Conservative Party Factions.
This is my third knowledge organiser for Edexcel Gov and Pol- this one is for topic 3 Elections and Referendums. I sell these as individual files or as a bundle of 3 which is cheaper.
They took me a very long time otherwise I would give away for free!
Edexcel ALevel Politics
USA Politics
Includes retrieval task to sort formal and informal powers of Presidency and a detailed breakdown of US Informal and formal powers of the POTUS.
Examines the role of the US Vice President and US Cabinet (updated as of 2024) includes examination of Trump and Biden CAbinet and covers the nature and powers of the Cabinet as well as other basics e.g. frequency of meetings etc.
Includes a picture sheet of the Biden Cabinet and two brief video tasks (youtube links included on slides).
I have also included some similarities and differences to UK Cabinet for analysis as we go but have a comparative lesson at the end of the topic.
Full lesson on USA Politics for Edexcel Spec but can be used with other specifications for ALevel Politics.
Examines USA Congress and role of Legislation- includes steps in Legislative process and how Congress can both help and hinder the Legislative process.
Includes debate sheet and detailed examples of legislation passed.
You can use this to edit as a template for your knowledge organisers or just print off and give to your students as they are.
Cover major aspects of Topic 1 Democracy.
If you feel I have missed anything important feel free to contact me:
moss_emma@hotmail.com
This is a grid for supporting your revision- it has some questions planned out in full for each topic and space for you to do your own using the models to help you.
I’ve also included some full exemplar Level 5 essays for several topics.
Edexcel ALevel Core Values of Socialism for Politics
This lesson examines the core values underpinning Socialism as an ideology with some links to key thinkers and examples. Lesson 2 of my Socialism unit for Alevel.
This lesson includes a range of resources including video clips to demonstrate the key ideas.
This lessons should take 2-4 hours depending if you get students to do the Core Values independently and then go over it all to explain it after wards.
I use both the Heywood and Pearson book for doing Core Values to give students for reading but if you have neither- a detailed summary of all ideas is contained on these slides.
Improved lesson on Federalism and the debates around it looking at Presidents since 2000.
For the Edexcel Politics Alevel spec Topic 1 Constitution- addresses the debates around Federalism and the US Constitution
Includes essay planning sheet and all resources as well as all up to date examples including President Biden and Dobbs v Women’s Board of Health.
Includes a full and comprehensive essay plan on final slide regarding how far Federalism is in decline.
Please note: PNG files are for illustrative purposes only. File includes fully editable powerpoint and word documents.
Edexcel Politics ALevel : USA Politics
Can also be used for AQA or for US civics lessons.
Complete lesson; fully resourced on Oversight of the Executive Branch and how effectively Congress performs this function.
Lesson 4 in my Congress topic and Lesson 3 of the functions of Congress run of lessons (previously covered Legislation and Representation).
All resources included- no need for textbooks or anything else, all examples included up to and including President Biden within the slides/ documents.
Edexcel ALevel Politics
Lesson to compare Congress and Parliament (actually about 2 hours work plus hwk). Does not require textbooks or any additional resources but secure knowledge is important however if you have used my lessons preceding this one, you will have all the knowledge you need!
Includes all of the info- but knowledge/ understanding will be important in case of student questions.
Includes discussion task, comparative highlighting tasks and analysis tasks,
Learning Journey for student folders/ books with the Gov and Pol outline- we split between teachers which is why there are two lines but you can amend for your programme of study.
