Democracy and Participation Key Word Glossary

Electoral Systems Key Word Glossary

Voting Behaviour Key Word Glossary

Political Parties Key Word Glossary

Pressure Groups Key Word Glossary

The Constitution Key Word Glossary

The Judiciary Key Word Glossary

Parliament Key Word Glossary

The Executive Key Word Glossary

Devolution and Local Government Key Word Glossary

1 - ECSC Quiz Student Handout

1 - ECSC Quiz Teacher Version

2 - EEC Quiz Student Handout

2 - EEC Quiz Teacher Version

3 - Accession Quiz Student Handout

3 - Accession Quiz Teacher Version

4 - SEA and Maastrict Quiz Student handout

4 - SEA and Maastrict Quiz Teacher Version

5 Amsterdam Nice and Lisbon Quiz Student

5 Amsterdam Nice and Lisbon Quiz Teacher Answers

6 - Key institutions of the EU Quiz Student

6 - Key institutions of the EU Quiz Teacher

7 - Has the EU achieved its goals part 1 Student

7 - Has the EU achieved its goals part 1 Teacher version

8 - Has the EU achieved its goals part 2 Student Handout

8 - Has the EU achieved its goals part 2 Teacher version

9 - Where does sovereignty lie post-Brexit? Part 1 - Retained EU Law Assimilated Law Student Handout

9 - Where does sovereignty lie post-Brexit? Part 1 - Retained EU Law Assimilated Law Teacher

10 - Withdrawal Agreement Quiz Student Handout

10 - Withdrawal Agreement Quiz Teacher

11 - Trade and cooperation agreement quiz student handout

11_- Trade and cooperation agreement quiz teacher version

12 - Common fisheries policy quiz student

12 - Common fisheries policy quiz teacher

13 - Working Time Directive Quiz student handout

13 - Working Time Directive quiz teacher version

Lesson 1 (to accompany video 1): How do war powers vary across different constitutions?

Lesson 2 (to accompany video 2): Why doesn’t the UK have a codified constitution?

Lesson 3 (to accompany videos 3, 4, and 5): What are the main sources of the UK Constitution?

Lesson 4 (to accompany video 6): What are the main principles of the UK Constitution?

Lesson 5 (to accompany video 7): Constitutional Reform 1997-2010

​Lesson 6 (to accompany video 8): Was the Coalition’s programme of constitutional reform a success?

Lesson 7 (to accompany videos 11 & 12): Is Parliament still sovereign? - Evans v. Attorney General (2015)

Lesson 8 (to accompany videos 13 & 14): ​Does the UK need a codified, legal constitution?

Lesson 1: What is democracy?

Lesson 2: How does democracy work in the UK? - Referendum mandate card sort

Lesson 3: Can you get your referendum question approved by the Electoral Commission?

Lesson 4: What are the strongest arguments for and against the greater use of referendums in the UK?

Lesson 5: Would you be a delegate, trustee or party representative?

Lesson 6: Is there a participation crisis in the UK?

Lesson 7: Is the UK a liberal democracy?

Lesson 8: What reform would most improve democracy and participation in the UK?

Subject knowledge test

Lesson 1: Can you match the voter to the key term?

Lesson 2: Based on the 2015 exit polls, which party would these fictional people have voted for?

Lesson 3: Are these voters ‘positional’ or ‘valence’ voters?

Lesson 4: How much influence does the media really have?

Lesson 5: How different is voting behaviour in by-elections?

Final lesson: Which model of voting behaviour best explains the 2015 General Election?

Subject knowledge test

Lesson 1: FPTP whole class activity

Lesson 1: The gerrymander challenge

Lesson 2: Counting Ballots activity – The Alternative Vote

Lesson 2: Counting ballots activity- First Past the Post

Lesson 3: Counting ballots activity - Closed Party List

Lesson 3: Counting ballots activity- STV

Lesson 4: Can you identify an electoral system by its ballot paper?

Lesson 5: What are the strongest arguments for and against the use of FPTP for UK general elections?

Subject knowledge test

Lesson 1: What is liberalism?

Lesson 2: What is socialism?

Lesson 3 & 4: What is conservatism?

Lesson 1: What’s the difference between pressure groups, political parties and social movements?

Lesson 2: Is it more useful to categorise pressure groups by their aims or their status?

Lesson 3 & 4: What methods should these pressure groups use?

Lesson 5: Pressure Group Case Study

Lesson 6 & 7 - Are pressure groups good or bad for democracy?

Lesson 8: Have pressure groups become more important?

Subject knowledge test

How diverse is the UK Supreme Court?

What are the powers of the UK Supreme Court?

Case study – Select Committee Scrutiny