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Preparing for Borlase
Preparing for Borlase
It is important that all students are confident that they can make an effective, purposeful start to their A level courses in September 2025. All departments have been asked to outline preparatory work that students should complete over the summer.
Preparatory work
Preparatory work
This period is an exciting opportunity to start developing/furthering your political interest and knowledge. Any queries, please email: fpryor@swbgs.com
Task one:
Task one:
Create a news journal of UK and US news. Make at least one entry per week from a range of news sources; keep a note of the source. Journal to last until exam 2027!
Start to select some X accounts (a vital source of immediate news) to follow eg.
@ Keir Starmer
@POTUS (the president of the USA)
Follow political journalists such as Laura Kuenssberg
@bbclaurak
Further resources:
Magazines/periodicals:
The Economist
The Week
Prospect
The Spectator
Task Two:
Task Two:
Who’s Who in Politics
Create a collage of political figures seen regularly on the news.
Task Three:
Task Three:
What is Politics?
Write a 200 word definition
Task Four:
Task Four:
Produce an A3 British Political History timeline including at least 15 features such as dates major political parties (Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats) founded, signing of the Magna Carta, opening of the House of Commons.
Task Five:
Task Five:
Read Chapters 1 and 5 from the core textbook in preparation for the first topics to be covered in class.
Final task:
Final task:
Use the summer time to watch from/listen to the following:
Podcasts:
The Rest is Politics
The News Agents
AmeriCast
Series:
The Battle for Power (BBC2): The lives of politicians during tumultuous times.
State of Chaos (BBC2) Brexit and Boris
Blair and Brown:The New Labour Revolution
The Rise and Fall of Tony Blair (YouTube) and also The Rise and Fall of Boris Johnson
Thatcher:A Very British Revolution
The Cameron Years
The Secret World of Whitehall(YouTube)
The West Wing
Inside Obama’s White House
Films:
Brexit:The Uncivil War
The Iron Lady (Thatcher)
The Queen
Eye in the Sky
Official Secret
Malcolm X
BlackKKlansmen
Vice
Useful resources
Useful resources
Politics Review - quarterly publication published by Hodder Education-school subscription from September
Pre-Chewed Politics - an excellent online learning resource with multiple short videos; access:
email:fpryor@swbgs.com
Password:governmentandpolitics2021
Core textbook:Edexcel A Level Politics: 2nd Edition by Andrew Colclough ISBN -13 978-1292749839
Recommended (optional) books:
The Politics Book-Big Ideas Simply Explained
ISBN:9780241209363, 0241209366
How to Think Politically-G.Garrard & JG Murphy
ISBN:978-1-4729-6178-5
How Britain Really Works-Understanding the Ideas and Institutions of a Nation-Stig Abell
ISBN 978-1-473-65842-4
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