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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
This is a detailed planning grid for answering 12 mark COMPARATIVE THEORY questions. The questions are all either past paper questions or constructed from the spec.
Some are filled in fully, some partly and some blank for students to plan. Includes many potential/ past questions to prepare students for a range of elements from the spec. There are 7 pages of questions here and it took a long time to make so hopefully it is useful!
Note: The images are for illustration only- the file includes a fully editable word document also which can be adapted/ further edited and enlarged/ adapted etc.
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 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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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,
Edexcel ALevel Politics spec but can be used for AQA as very similar.
Lesson examining and analysing compartive Politics looking at various aspects of USA President and UK Prime Ministers including:
-Role and Powers
-Cabinets
-Accountability to Legislatures/ Checks and balances
-Styles of Government
-RElationships between branches
Also includes updated examples as of January 2024 including James Cleverly controversies and attempts to impeach Biden in US House due to increasing partisanship
Includes little video clips to demonstrate examples or show comparisons and a full breakdown of the comparative theories for this topic.
Includes a colour code to help students get used to understanding the different theories and how to apply them.
Very detailed and no need for any additional resources although can be set as independent work with textbook but all info is contained within resources so no need to own the Bennett book- if you don’t have it ignore page references in the teacher notes.
This lesson has a lot of resources, more than enough for 2 hours of lessons (probably 3 hours if you include video tasks) plus homework and there is a 12 mark exam question for Edexcel included.
Edexcel ALevel Politics Component 3 USA Politics Comparative
Topic 4 Supreme Court and Civil Rights
This is my Introduction lesson to the Court and key terms e.g. Stare Decisis, Loose/ Strict Constructivism and Originalism.
Includes a key profile of the current court for a research homework and how they ruled on key cases e.g. Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Board of Health and New York state rifle assoc. v Bruen which cover key aspects of the divisive issues in the USA today e.g. abortion rights, gun control, voting rights, immigration and campaign finance.
All the SCOTUS cases I cover are useful case studies for other topics due to the synoptic nature of the ALevel course, this helps students to join the dots.
I have also made a key words/ case studies sheet for student files which can be found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/usa-politics-check-lists-and-case-studies-all-topics-12857384
These case studies cover every topic but there is a whole page devoted to the most important SCOTUS cases and rulings by the court.
Note: PNG files are for illustrative purposes only, files include word documents and powerpoints which are fully editable.
Updated as of May 2024
Topic 1 Democracy Case Studies for key debates: Representative vs Direct Democracy, How far is there a participation crisis? Should there be further attempts to expand franchise? How far is UK Elitist/ Pluralist? Prisoner Voting Rights Debate, How well have rights been protected?
Topic 2 Political Parties Case Studies for key debates: How far do political parties support democracy in UK? Should political parties be state funded? How far has the Conservative Party identified with One Nation Principles? How far has Labour remained true to traditional principles? How significant are minor/ small parties in UK?
Hope they are useful!
There is also a template to set students hwk examples.
Ignore the PNG files they are for illustration only- files included are powerpoints and word documents- fully editable.
Edexcel Politics ALevel but can be used for AQA or US Civics lessons
Lesson 1 Intro to Constitution- the Articles nature and Features of it.
This is a very detailed 2 hour-3 lesson with a range of resources:
Includes: 40 slide powerpoint with built in activities
Glossary for students of all key words for the topic
Worksheet to fill in US constitutional framework
Separation of Powers and Federalism diagrams and examples
Amending the Constitution
Homework on issues around second amendment with news articles as a case study
Hours worth of work here will give students an excellent start to their US Politics/ Social Studies lesson.
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.
Christmas Quiz for Year 12 Politics
A little bit cheeky so if easily offended maybe not for you.
Round 1 Have I got news for you headlines
Round 2 What are the cabinet up to picture round
Round 3 Jordan Klepper on Trump rallies observation round
Works well on zoom or in person- all answers included.
This lesson was designed as an introduction to US Politics but can also be used as a Historical overview for studying the History of the USA in depth- can be used as a first lesson to build a big picture narrative of the USA and why it remains so divided today.
Designed to last a full 2 hour lesson.
Edexcel Component 1 Lesson 2 Representative vs Direct Democracy
Lesson on the features and benefits and drawbacks of Representative and Direct Democracy looking at the UK and referendums but also includes comparative analysis of Switzerland.
Includes powerpoint and all worksheets needed for teaching an outstanding lesson.
Edexcel exam board but can be used for AQA also.
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.
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.