Revision aid for pupils for parliament topic examining the roles of parliament covering;
1. The two-House system
2. Checking the work of government
3. Legislation
4. Debate
5. Rules and customs
6. Traditions of parliament
7. Parliament and government
8. Parliament and crown
9. Devolved Parliaments and assemblies
10. Europe
11. Evolution of Parliament
Lesson introducing the structure of Congress and constitutional requirements to be a senator or representative in addition to asking pupils to think about extra-constitutional requirements that may be expected by the public.
Project asking students to compare the 113th and 114th Congress - a good way to put the emphasis on students remaining up to date with congressional elections
A lesson examining the principles of the UK constitution including parliamentary sovereignty, rule of law, parliamentary government, the constitutional monarchy and EU membership and the impact of these on the UK constitution.
Lesson examining the consequences of federalism in the USA.
Also includes practice essay for homework (including bullet pointed guidance) and practice exam question which can be discussed in class.
Topic Revision booklet used to aid pupils' revision of key content for the democracy and participation topic taught at AS for Edexcel Unit 1; People Politics and Participation
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH
Aims:
• You need to investigate the composition of BOTH chambers in the 116th Congress.
• You need to;
find and analyse statistics
assess if Congress is representative
examine whether Congress
should be a microcosm of society
• You can work individually or collaboratively.
• You should present your findings in a visually appealing manner on a single document (see example on reverse for 115th Congress).
Categories:
• Socio-economic background
• Age
• Race and ethnicity
• Religion
• Sexual orientation
• Disabilities
• Gender
A revision aid - a dummies' guide to legislation in the UK covering why laws are needed, draft bills, bills, the passage of a bill, acts, delegated legislation and the parliament acts with 2011 examples.