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How to write Politics essays
30mk ESSAY Qs
30mk SOURCE Qs
24mk Political Ideas Qs
12mk COMPARATIVE Qs
EXEMPLARS
30mk ESSAY
30mk SOURCE
24mk IDEAS
12mk COMPARATIVE
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Quiz of the Week 2020-21
Quiz of the week 2021-22
Quiz of the week ANSWERS 2022-23
Revision resources
Content checklists Paper 1
Content Checklists paper 2
Content checklists paper 3
(There are no) Stupid Questions LIST
(There are no) stupid questions
(There are no) Stupid Questions Component 1
(There are no) Stupid Qs Component 2
(There are no) Stupid Questions Component 3
Friday Revision 19
SOURCE Q practice resources
Revision lessons 19
Political Ideas Revision
Revision Quizlets
Exam focus
Specimen and past papers
Student guide to the specification
Content checklists
Exemplars
Content Checklists
Edexcel Paper 1
Edexcel paper 2
Edexcel Paper 3
Exam past papers
Black History Month 2022
POLITICS TEXTBOOKS
Component 1 textbooks
Component 2 textbooks
Component 3 textbooks
Political Ideas textbooks
Students
The Question
Component 1
Democracy and participation
How can democracy be improved? Lessons
Introduction
L1 What are the different types of democracy? Direct
L2 What are the different types of democracy? - Representative
L3 How healthy is UK democracy?
L4 How can we improve democracy in the UK?
L5 Is there a 'participation crisis' in the UK?
L6 Assessment - Improving democracy
L7 Should we introduce compulsory voting?
L8 Who can vote? When did it change?
L9 Should we have votes at 16?
L10 Improving democracy: Assessment
How can democracy be improved? EXTRA
Rights and liberties
Pressure Groups
Political parties
1 What are parties for?
2 How are parties funded?
3 What does the Conservative Party stand for?
4 Assessment/Skills: SOURCE Qs
5 Why is the Conservative Party so successful?
6 What does Labour stand for?
7 Why does Labour fail?
8 What is the point of the Lib Dems?
9 Assessment
10 What impact do minor parties have?
11 Parties Round up
11 Assessment
12 What kind of party system does the UK have?
Voting Behaviour
Voting Behaviour Lessons
VB 1 Introduction
VB 2 Does CLASS determine voting?
VB 3 Do other SOCIAL FACTORS determine voting?
VB 4 Do 'SHORT TERM' factors decide elections?
VB 5 Skills/Assessment
VB 6 Does the MEDIA decide elections?
VB 7 Case study: 1979
VB 8: Case study: 1997
VB 9 Case study: 2019
VB 10: Do OPINION POLLS affect elections?
VB 11: ASSESSMENT: 30mk Q practice
VB 12: Turnout
VB Case study 2024
Elections and Referendums
Elections and Referendums EXTRA
Electoral systems
Referendums
Core Political Ideas
Liberalism
Liberalism: Core beliefs
Liberalism: Key thinker No1. Locke
Liberalism: Classical
Liberalism: Key thinker No.2 Wollstonecraft
Liberalism: Key thinker No.3 Mill
Liberalism: Modern Liberalism
Liberalism: Key thinker No.4 John Rawls
Liberalism: Key thinker No.5 Betty Friedan
Liberalism: Tensions. Classical v Modern
Liberalism: Assessment 24 mk Q
Liberalism: Revision material
Conservatism
Conservatism Lessons
1 Human nature and Hobbes
2 State Economy Society
3 Traditional Conservatism + BURKE
3 + One Nation and Oakeshott
4 New Right
5 Rand and Nozick
6 Comparing Traditional and New Right Conservatism
7 24mk ESSAY Skills
8 Planning a 24mk Assessment
9 Debates in Conservatism
What is Conservatism?: Core beliefs
Conservatism: Key thinkers
Conservatism: Tensions
Conservatism: Extra
Socialism
Socialism EXTRA
Socialism NEWS
Socialism lesson 1 Human nature
Socialism Lesson 2 Society and Class
Socialism lesson 3 Economy
Socialism Lesson 4 The State
Socialism lesson 5 Revolutionary SocialistKey thinkers No1. Marx and Engels
Socialism lesson 6 Rev Socialists + Key Thinker No.2 Rosa Luxemburg
Socialism lesson 7 Assessment/Skills
Socialism lesson 8 Democratic Socialism + Key thinker No.3 Webb
Socialism Lesson 9 Revisionist Socialism part 1 +Key Thinker No.4 Crosland
Socialism lesson 10 Revisionism: '3rd way' + Key thinker No.5 Giddens
Socialism lesson 11: Assessment planning
Socialism lesson 12: Assessment + Consolidation
Component 2
Constitution
UK Constitution EXTRA
PM and Executive Contents
1. PM and Exec Intro
2. PM Strong or weak
3. Do we have Cabinet government?
4. Collective and Individual Ministerial Responsibility
5. Recent PMs Institutional and Personal resources
6. PM Case studies
7. Prime Ministerial or Presidential Government
8. PM Assessment
9. PM and Exec Revision and Recap
Parliament
Parliament extra help
Parliament 1 Principles
Parliament 2 Legislation
Parliament 3 Legislation pt2
Parliament 4 Scrutiny
Parliament 5 GIL: Scrutiny
Parliament 6 Representation
Parliament 7 Other functions
Parliament 8 Lords
Parliament 9 Commons vs Lords
Parliament 10 Abolish Lords
Parliament 11 Parl v Exec
Relations between different institutions
Relations 1
Relations 2
Relations 3
Relations 4
Relations 5
Relations 6
Relations 7
Relations 8
Relations 9
Relations 10
Non-core ideas - Feminism
Feminism EXTRA
Feminism NEWS
Feminism L1 Sex and Gender
Feminism L2 Patriarchy
Feminism L2+ KT No.1 Simone de Beauvoir
Feminism L3 Intersectionality + KT No. 2 bell hooks
Feminism L4 The Economy + Liberal Feminism
Feminism L5 Assessment
Feminism L6 Radical Feminism
Feminism L7 Socialist Feminism
Feminism L8 Debates in feminism
Feminism L9 Other types of feminism
Feminism L10 Assessment
Component 3
US Democracy and Participation
Presidential elections
Presidential elections EXTRA
Campaign student presentations 2018
2020 Election build-up
Voting Behaviour (OLD SPEC)
Election 2020
US Interest Groups
US Interest Groups EXTRA
US Political Parties
Parties EXTRA
US Supreme Court
SCOTUS EXTRA
SCOTUS NEWS
Landmark Cases
US Constitution
US Constitution EXTRA
Constitution EXTRA
US Congress
US Presidency
Presidency EXTRA
Presidency NEWS
Component 3 Exam Focus
SYNOPTICITY
QE Politics
Home
How to write Politics essays
30mk ESSAY Qs
30mk SOURCE Qs
24mk Political Ideas Qs
12mk COMPARATIVE Qs
EXEMPLARS
30mk ESSAY
30mk SOURCE
24mk IDEAS
12mk COMPARATIVE
Know more
Read this
Watch this
UK Watch this
US Watch this
Political Ideas Watch this
Listen to this
Quiz of the Week 2020-21
Quiz of the week 2021-22
Quiz of the week ANSWERS 2022-23
Revision resources
Content checklists Paper 1
Content Checklists paper 2
Content checklists paper 3
(There are no) Stupid Questions LIST
(There are no) stupid questions
(There are no) Stupid Questions Component 1
(There are no) Stupid Qs Component 2
(There are no) Stupid Questions Component 3
Friday Revision 19
SOURCE Q practice resources
Revision lessons 19
Political Ideas Revision
Revision Quizlets
Exam focus
Specimen and past papers
Student guide to the specification
Content checklists
Exemplars
Content Checklists
Edexcel Paper 1
Edexcel paper 2
Edexcel Paper 3
Exam past papers
Black History Month 2022
POLITICS TEXTBOOKS
Component 1 textbooks
Component 2 textbooks
Component 3 textbooks
Political Ideas textbooks
Students
The Question
Component 1
Democracy and participation
How can democracy be improved? Lessons
Introduction
L1 What are the different types of democracy? Direct
L2 What are the different types of democracy? - Representative
L3 How healthy is UK democracy?
L4 How can we improve democracy in the UK?
L5 Is there a 'participation crisis' in the UK?
L6 Assessment - Improving democracy
L7 Should we introduce compulsory voting?
L8 Who can vote? When did it change?
L9 Should we have votes at 16?
L10 Improving democracy: Assessment
How can democracy be improved? EXTRA
Rights and liberties
Pressure Groups
Political parties
1 What are parties for?
2 How are parties funded?
3 What does the Conservative Party stand for?
4 Assessment/Skills: SOURCE Qs
5 Why is the Conservative Party so successful?
6 What does Labour stand for?
7 Why does Labour fail?
8 What is the point of the Lib Dems?
9 Assessment
10 What impact do minor parties have?
11 Parties Round up
11 Assessment
12 What kind of party system does the UK have?
Voting Behaviour
Voting Behaviour Lessons
VB 1 Introduction
VB 2 Does CLASS determine voting?
VB 3 Do other SOCIAL FACTORS determine voting?
VB 4 Do 'SHORT TERM' factors decide elections?
VB 5 Skills/Assessment
VB 6 Does the MEDIA decide elections?
VB 7 Case study: 1979
VB 8: Case study: 1997
VB 9 Case study: 2019
VB 10: Do OPINION POLLS affect elections?
VB 11: ASSESSMENT: 30mk Q practice
VB 12: Turnout
VB Case study 2024
Elections and Referendums
Elections and Referendums EXTRA
Electoral systems
Referendums
Core Political Ideas
Liberalism
Liberalism: Core beliefs
Liberalism: Key thinker No1. Locke
Liberalism: Classical
Liberalism: Key thinker No.2 Wollstonecraft
Liberalism: Key thinker No.3 Mill
Liberalism: Modern Liberalism
Liberalism: Key thinker No.4 John Rawls
Liberalism: Key thinker No.5 Betty Friedan
Liberalism: Tensions. Classical v Modern
Liberalism: Assessment 24 mk Q
Liberalism: Revision material
Conservatism
Conservatism Lessons
1 Human nature and Hobbes
2 State Economy Society
3 Traditional Conservatism + BURKE
3 + One Nation and Oakeshott
4 New Right
5 Rand and Nozick
6 Comparing Traditional and New Right Conservatism
7 24mk ESSAY Skills
8 Planning a 24mk Assessment
9 Debates in Conservatism
What is Conservatism?: Core beliefs
Conservatism: Key thinkers
Conservatism: Tensions
Conservatism: Extra
Socialism
Socialism EXTRA
Socialism NEWS
Socialism lesson 1 Human nature
Socialism Lesson 2 Society and Class
Socialism lesson 3 Economy
Socialism Lesson 4 The State
Socialism lesson 5 Revolutionary SocialistKey thinkers No1. Marx and Engels
Socialism lesson 6 Rev Socialists + Key Thinker No.2 Rosa Luxemburg
Socialism lesson 7 Assessment/Skills
Socialism lesson 8 Democratic Socialism + Key thinker No.3 Webb
Socialism Lesson 9 Revisionist Socialism part 1 +Key Thinker No.4 Crosland
Socialism lesson 10 Revisionism: '3rd way' + Key thinker No.5 Giddens
Socialism lesson 11: Assessment planning
Socialism lesson 12: Assessment + Consolidation
Component 2
Constitution
UK Constitution EXTRA
PM and Executive Contents
1. PM and Exec Intro
2. PM Strong or weak
3. Do we have Cabinet government?
4. Collective and Individual Ministerial Responsibility
5. Recent PMs Institutional and Personal resources
6. PM Case studies
7. Prime Ministerial or Presidential Government
8. PM Assessment
9. PM and Exec Revision and Recap
Parliament
Parliament extra help
Parliament 1 Principles
Parliament 2 Legislation
Parliament 3 Legislation pt2
Parliament 4 Scrutiny
Parliament 5 GIL: Scrutiny
Parliament 6 Representation
Parliament 7 Other functions
Parliament 8 Lords
Parliament 9 Commons vs Lords
Parliament 10 Abolish Lords
Parliament 11 Parl v Exec
Relations between different institutions
Relations 1
Relations 2
Relations 3
Relations 4
Relations 5
Relations 6
Relations 7
Relations 8
Relations 9
Relations 10
Non-core ideas - Feminism
Feminism EXTRA
Feminism NEWS
Feminism L1 Sex and Gender
Feminism L2 Patriarchy
Feminism L2+ KT No.1 Simone de Beauvoir
Feminism L3 Intersectionality + KT No. 2 bell hooks
Feminism L4 The Economy + Liberal Feminism
Feminism L5 Assessment
Feminism L6 Radical Feminism
Feminism L7 Socialist Feminism
Feminism L8 Debates in feminism
Feminism L9 Other types of feminism
Feminism L10 Assessment
Component 3
US Democracy and Participation
Presidential elections
Presidential elections EXTRA
Campaign student presentations 2018
2020 Election build-up
Voting Behaviour (OLD SPEC)
Election 2020
US Interest Groups
US Interest Groups EXTRA
US Political Parties
Parties EXTRA
US Supreme Court
SCOTUS EXTRA
SCOTUS NEWS
Landmark Cases
US Constitution
US Constitution EXTRA
Constitution EXTRA
US Congress
US Presidency
Presidency EXTRA
Presidency NEWS
Component 3 Exam Focus
SYNOPTICITY
More
Home
How to write Politics essays
30mk ESSAY Qs
30mk SOURCE Qs
24mk Political Ideas Qs
12mk COMPARATIVE Qs
EXEMPLARS
30mk ESSAY
30mk SOURCE
24mk IDEAS
12mk COMPARATIVE
Know more
Read this
Watch this
UK Watch this
US Watch this
Political Ideas Watch this
Listen to this
Quiz of the Week 2020-21
Quiz of the week 2021-22
Quiz of the week ANSWERS 2022-23
Revision resources
Content checklists Paper 1
Content Checklists paper 2
Content checklists paper 3
(There are no) Stupid Questions LIST
(There are no) stupid questions
(There are no) Stupid Questions Component 1
(There are no) Stupid Qs Component 2
(There are no) Stupid Questions Component 3
Friday Revision 19
SOURCE Q practice resources
Revision lessons 19
Political Ideas Revision
Revision Quizlets
Exam focus
Specimen and past papers
Student guide to the specification
Content checklists
Exemplars
Content Checklists
Edexcel Paper 1
Edexcel paper 2
Edexcel Paper 3
Exam past papers
Black History Month 2022
POLITICS TEXTBOOKS
Component 1 textbooks
Component 2 textbooks
Component 3 textbooks
Political Ideas textbooks
Students
The Question
Component 1
Democracy and participation
How can democracy be improved? Lessons
Introduction
L1 What are the different types of democracy? Direct
L2 What are the different types of democracy? - Representative
L3 How healthy is UK democracy?
L4 How can we improve democracy in the UK?
L5 Is there a 'participation crisis' in the UK?
L6 Assessment - Improving democracy
L7 Should we introduce compulsory voting?
L8 Who can vote? When did it change?
L9 Should we have votes at 16?
L10 Improving democracy: Assessment
How can democracy be improved? EXTRA
Rights and liberties
Pressure Groups
Political parties
1 What are parties for?
2 How are parties funded?
3 What does the Conservative Party stand for?
4 Assessment/Skills: SOURCE Qs
5 Why is the Conservative Party so successful?
6 What does Labour stand for?
7 Why does Labour fail?
8 What is the point of the Lib Dems?
9 Assessment
10 What impact do minor parties have?
11 Parties Round up
11 Assessment
12 What kind of party system does the UK have?
Voting Behaviour
Voting Behaviour Lessons
VB 1 Introduction
VB 2 Does CLASS determine voting?
VB 3 Do other SOCIAL FACTORS determine voting?
VB 4 Do 'SHORT TERM' factors decide elections?
VB 5 Skills/Assessment
VB 6 Does the MEDIA decide elections?
VB 7 Case study: 1979
VB 8: Case study: 1997
VB 9 Case study: 2019
VB 10: Do OPINION POLLS affect elections?
VB 11: ASSESSMENT: 30mk Q practice
VB 12: Turnout
VB Case study 2024
Elections and Referendums
Elections and Referendums EXTRA
Electoral systems
Referendums
Core Political Ideas
Liberalism
Liberalism: Core beliefs
Liberalism: Key thinker No1. Locke
Liberalism: Classical
Liberalism: Key thinker No.2 Wollstonecraft
Liberalism: Key thinker No.3 Mill
Liberalism: Modern Liberalism
Liberalism: Key thinker No.4 John Rawls
Liberalism: Key thinker No.5 Betty Friedan
Liberalism: Tensions. Classical v Modern
Liberalism: Assessment 24 mk Q
Liberalism: Revision material
Conservatism
Conservatism Lessons
1 Human nature and Hobbes
2 State Economy Society
3 Traditional Conservatism + BURKE
3 + One Nation and Oakeshott
4 New Right
5 Rand and Nozick
6 Comparing Traditional and New Right Conservatism
7 24mk ESSAY Skills
8 Planning a 24mk Assessment
9 Debates in Conservatism
What is Conservatism?: Core beliefs
Conservatism: Key thinkers
Conservatism: Tensions
Conservatism: Extra
Socialism
Socialism EXTRA
Socialism NEWS
Socialism lesson 1 Human nature
Socialism Lesson 2 Society and Class
Socialism lesson 3 Economy
Socialism Lesson 4 The State
Socialism lesson 5 Revolutionary SocialistKey thinkers No1. Marx and Engels
Socialism lesson 6 Rev Socialists + Key Thinker No.2 Rosa Luxemburg
Socialism lesson 7 Assessment/Skills
Socialism lesson 8 Democratic Socialism + Key thinker No.3 Webb
Socialism Lesson 9 Revisionist Socialism part 1 +Key Thinker No.4 Crosland
Socialism lesson 10 Revisionism: '3rd way' + Key thinker No.5 Giddens
Socialism lesson 11: Assessment planning
Socialism lesson 12: Assessment + Consolidation
Component 2
Constitution
UK Constitution EXTRA
PM and Executive Contents
1. PM and Exec Intro
2. PM Strong or weak
3. Do we have Cabinet government?
4. Collective and Individual Ministerial Responsibility
5. Recent PMs Institutional and Personal resources
6. PM Case studies
7. Prime Ministerial or Presidential Government
8. PM Assessment
9. PM and Exec Revision and Recap
Parliament
Parliament extra help
Parliament 1 Principles
Parliament 2 Legislation
Parliament 3 Legislation pt2
Parliament 4 Scrutiny
Parliament 5 GIL: Scrutiny
Parliament 6 Representation
Parliament 7 Other functions
Parliament 8 Lords
Parliament 9 Commons vs Lords
Parliament 10 Abolish Lords
Parliament 11 Parl v Exec
Relations between different institutions
Relations 1
Relations 2
Relations 3
Relations 4
Relations 5
Relations 6
Relations 7
Relations 8
Relations 9
Relations 10
Non-core ideas - Feminism
Feminism EXTRA
Feminism NEWS
Feminism L1 Sex and Gender
Feminism L2 Patriarchy
Feminism L2+ KT No.1 Simone de Beauvoir
Feminism L3 Intersectionality + KT No. 2 bell hooks
Feminism L4 The Economy + Liberal Feminism
Feminism L5 Assessment
Feminism L6 Radical Feminism
Feminism L7 Socialist Feminism
Feminism L8 Debates in feminism
Feminism L9 Other types of feminism
Feminism L10 Assessment
Component 3
US Democracy and Participation
Presidential elections
Presidential elections EXTRA
Campaign student presentations 2018
2020 Election build-up
Voting Behaviour (OLD SPEC)
Election 2020
US Interest Groups
US Interest Groups EXTRA
US Political Parties
Parties EXTRA
US Supreme Court
SCOTUS EXTRA
SCOTUS NEWS
Landmark Cases
US Constitution
US Constitution EXTRA
Constitution EXTRA
US Congress
US Presidency
Presidency EXTRA
Presidency NEWS
Component 3 Exam Focus
SYNOPTICITY
VB Case study 2024
VB 10 Case study 2024
VB 10 Case Study 2024 WS
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