Please click here for details of the various 'Learning Skills' and 'Learning Styles' we use.
EO/Diversity Issues: UK11a and UK 12a.
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Unit Two - Governing Modern Britain ...
Prior to the delivery of this section students should read and precis Chapter 7 of 'Essentials of UK Politics' by Andrew Heywood and/or Chapter 6 of AS 'UK Government & Politics by Lynch & Fairclough (2010) .
Take your notes to class so they can be checked at the start of the lesson/lecture.
UK8a - Parliament and Legislation - [PowerPoint] or [Pdf Print File]
UK8b - Delegated Legislation - [PowerPoint] or [Pdf Print File]
UK8c - Reproduce in your own style and words: The Passage of legislation - See 'AS & A Level Government & Politics through diagrams' by Paul Fairclough. See also a Christian view of Law Making.
UK8d - Reforming the House of Lords - What is the coalition's position? Read, precis and discuss.
UK8e - Abolition of Parliament Bill? + 'Brown says No to English only votes'
UK8f - A Major Debate ... Parliament is Supreme - or is it?
UK8g - 'An assessment of Parliament' - produce a chart showing strengths & weaknesses of the functions of Parliament.
UK8h - Use iMindmap to produce a list (in priority order) of 'Examples of Parliament being independent and effective'.
UK8i - The price of a vote in parliament - Can the government buy an MP's vote? what about the expenses? £500 million cost of Parliament.
UK8j - We will watch extracts from Parliament - Is the government being held effectively to account?
UK8k - Any Questions Simulation (Parliament and Legislation - to be undertaken in the classroom).
UK8l -As of March 2009: Make up of the House of Lords.
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PM9 - Your Laws teacher will break you into pairs (with a different partner for each question) to produce a detailed plan for each of the extended questions on page 223 on 'Essentials of UK politics' by Heywood.
PM9a - Mini-Mock Examination (to be undertaken in exam conditions - 30 mins) - your Laws Teacher will select two of the extended questions and you will have a choice of question from those two.
Learning skills/styles used: R&P, E&R, CT, CP, CIT, LD and some LA.
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Prior to the delivery of this section students should read and precis Chapter 8 of 'Essentials of UK Politics' by Andrew Heywood, and/or Chapter 8 of AS 'UK Government & Politics by Lynch & Fairclough (2010) .
Take your notes to class so they can be checked at the start of the lesson/lecture.
UK9a - Prime Minister and Cabinet: [PowerPoint] or [Pdf Print File]
UK9b - A role play exercise: "The Cabinet Meeting"
UK9c - 'Is cabinet government dead?' - article by Magee & Garnett - Show read & precis notes. What do you think the impact of the coalition is on cabinet govt?
UK9d - Plan an answer to the following question: 'Cabinet government is a myth' Discuss.
UK9e - Mini-Mock Exam - In examination conditions produce an answer to the following question: 'Neither 'prime-ministerial', nor 'cabinet' government describes the distribution of power in the UK's executive.'
Virtual Revision: 3.5.2 (Session 2) Features of a Representative Democracy.
Learning skills/styles used: R&P, E&R, CT, CP, LD and some LA.
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UK10a - Ministers and the Civil Service [PowerPoint] or [Pdf Print File]
UK10b - 'Civil Service Reform' - Re-produce in a different format
UK10c - Watch "Yes Minister" (Big Brother - Series One) - answer these questions.
UK10d - Use iMindmap to plan an answer to the following question: 'It is civil servants rather than ministers who control the decision-making process in government.' Discuss.
UK10e - Burying bad news - can civil servants become politicised?
UK10f - Mini-Mock Exam - In examination conditions produce an answer to the following question: 'Neutral, anonymous and neutral'. To what extent is this an accurate description of Britain's Civil Service?
Learning skills/styles used: R&P, E&R, CT, CP, LD and some basic LA.
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Prior to the delivery of this section students should read and precis Chapter 6 of 'Essentials of UK Politics' by Andrew Heywood, and/or Chapter 6 of 'UK Government & Politics' written by Lynch and Fairclough. (2010 edition)
Take your notes to class so they can be checked at the start of the lesson/lecture.
UK11a - UK's Constitution- [PowerPoint] or [Pdf Print File]
UK11b - New Labour's Constitutional Reforms - Read, precis, and discuss.
UK11c - Reproduce in your own style a diagram representing the relationship between Judges and politics, taken from Heywood (Pages 266-272).
UK11d - Group task: Devise a Constitution for England. What would be its main features?
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PM10 - Your Laws teacher will break you into pairs (with a different partner for each question) to produce a detailed plan for each of the extended questions on page 191 of 'Essentials of UK politics'
PM10a - Mini-Mock Examination (to be undertaken in exam conditions - 30 mins) - your Laws Teacher will select two of the extended questions and you will have a choice of question from those two.
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Prior to the delivery of this section students should read and precis Chapter 9 of 'Essentials of UK Politics' by Andrew Heywood, and/or Chapter 10 of 'UK Government & Politics' written by Lynch & Fairclough (2010 edition)
UK12a - Read and precis: 'The Human Rights Act explained' - written by Dr Peter Jepson
UK12b - Judges and Civil Liberties - [PowerPoint] or [Pdf Print File]
UK12c - First plan the following questions using iMindmap. The following questions to be discussed in class. Are Human Rights simply an extension of civil rights? Are our Human rights 'Western-centric' and imperial? What are the implications of allowing significant judicial review?
UK12d - Using the iMindmap software plan an answer to the following question: 'Why, and to what extent have judges come into conflict with politicans in recent years?'
UK12e - Now answer question UK12c under exam conditions
UK12f - Judges 
Podcast
Virtual Revision: 3.6.1 (Session 1) Tackling Examination Questions.
Virtual Revision: 3.6.2 (Session 2) Tackling Examination Questions
Learning skills/styles used: R&P, E&R, CT, CP, CIT, LD and some LA.
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Prior to the delivery of this section students should read and precis Chapter 10 of 'Essentials of UK Politics' by Andrew Heywood and/or Chapter11 of AS 'UK Government & Politics by Lynch & Fairclough .
Take your notes to class so they can be checked at the start of the lesson/lecture.
Students should note that Laws staff are not going into much detail for topics UK12 and UK13. If students feel like they wish to complete these topics in the exam they are encouraged to complete the additional reading in the strech and challenge articles and complete the supplimentary activities in their own time.
UK12a - Three cheers for the EU - The making of EU Law [PowerPoint] or [PDF Print file]
UK12b - Reforming the EU
UK12c - At home produce a PowerPoint presentation which reflects the arguments for: (1) "Staying in" and "Pulling out" of Europe. (2) Arguments "for" and "against" adopting the 'Treaty of Lisbon'. To be shown to Mr. Scott
UK12d - 'British politics and Europe' article by Philip Lynch - Show read & precis notes.
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UK13a - Devolution and Multi-Level Governance [PowerPoint] or [Pdf Print File]
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PM11 - Your Laws teacher will break you into pairs (with a different partner for each question) to produce a detailed plan for each of the extended questions on page 316 on 'Essentials of UK politics' by Heywood.
PM11a - Mini-Mock Examination - your Laws Teacher will select two of the extended questions and you will have a choice of question from those two.
PM11b - Mini- Mock Examination Answer the following question: 'With the introduction of devolved assemblies we have accepted federalism.' Assess this claim with reference to a federal European Union.
Learning skills/styles used: R&P, E&R, CT, CP, CIT, LD and some LA.
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Revision ...
During the first week of revision there will be Key Skills opportunities ...
* The Key Skills exercises are optional since students can undertake these exercises in other subject or tutorial lessons. Please advise your teacher - before the lesson starts - if you wish to do a key skills exercise (see your Personal Tutor for a Key Skills form). *
PPPR1 - * Key Skills 3.1b * (Make a presentation about a complex subject (using at least one image to illustrate complex points). Your presentation could be about: The advantages and disadvantages of Parties/Pressure groups etc. It could explain voting behaviour and/or different electoral systems. You need a key skills form and you need to agree the presentation topic with your Laws Teacher before delivery.
PPPR2 - Read and precis two related articles from either Politics Review or the Advanced Topic Masters, handing your notes to the Tutor * Key Skills 3.2 *(Read and synthesis information from two extended documents about a complex subject. One of the documents should include at least one image to illustrate complex points.)
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Revision will include planning, discussing, and answering past examination papers.
For copies of past AQA Government & Politics examination papers/mark schemes see - http://www.aqa.org.uk/qual/gceasa/gov_assess.php
For details of the AQA specifications see: http://www.aqa.org.uk/qual/gceasa/gov.php
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