Politics Year 12 expectations 2020-2022

A Level Politics teachers Mrs Ridley (Subject Leader)tridley@qe.dorset.sch.uk

Mr Oldfield (Head of Tudor)moldfield@qe.dorset.sch.uk

What do they learn?Politics• Paper 1 – UK • Paper 2 – USA Comparative• Paper 3 – Ideologies

Paper 1 – UK Government & PoliticsGoverNment of the uk• Development of the Constitution• Devolution• Parliament• The Prime Minister & The Cabinet • Select Committees • Creation of legislation • The Judiciary• The EU

Politics of the UK• Representative Democracy• Direct Democracy• Participation• Voting behaviour & Elections• Political Parties• Pressure Groups

Paper 2 – USA Government & PoliticsGovernment of the USA• The Constitution• Federal Government • State Government• The Judiciary• The Legislative• The Executive

POLITICS OF THE USA• Elections: Presidential & Mid-term• Recalls, Propositions & Initiatives• Voting behaviour• Political Parties• Pressure Groups & Civil Rights • COMPARATIVE THEORIES

Paper 3 - IdeologiesIdeologies• Liberalism• Conservatism• Socialism• Choice: Nationalism

• Origins• Human Nature• Society• The State• The Economy• Differences within the

ideology• 5/6 Key Thinkers

Politics: Assessment Objectives • AO1: Demonstrate knowledge & understanding of political

institutions, processes, concepts, theories and issues. • AO2: Analyse aspects of politics & political information

including parallels, connections, similarities & differences. • AO3: Evaluate aspects of politics & political information,

construct arguments & make substantiated judgements and draw conclusions.

Politics: How they are assessed

All three papers are the same format and same weighting

• Section A : 3x 9 mark questions (40 minutes)

• Section B : 25 mark extract question (40 minutes)

• Section C : 25 mark essay (choice of 2) (40 minutes)

Politics Admin• Notes, handouts, assessments need to be organised into folders : USE PLCS • Folders will be checked to monitor that work is being well organised• It is recommended that students have separate folders for units

• POLITICS: UK, USA, Ideologies• Students should have a textbook from the LRC or buy their own

• Politics: UK, US & IDEAs are seperate books

• Folders & books need to be brought to every lesson• Homework will be set regularly. This could be to consolidate work started in the

lesson, research for the next lesson or could be something more substantial such as an essay with a longer deadline

• Homework will be added to Google Classroom so that it can be monitored

How is progress measured?● Students progress is measured by

regular assessment ● There are assessment weeks

scheduled per half term● In addition to this essays and

skills based questions are set as homework

● WE USE the AQA mark schemes● Students are encouraged to reflect

upon and their work and make improvements where necessary

PLC – Personalised Learning ChecklistsStudents are given PLC’s for each topic that they study. This allows them to reflect on content and things they need to know for a specific unit.

By colour coding or ticking the PLC to rate how confident they feel allows them to set themselves targets for revision and additional reading.

POLITICSRevision Guides

POLITICS ONLINE Revision

Seneca Learning:https://senecalearning.com/en-GB/

AQA POLITICS YOUtUBE Channel:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXtShDmDvfwzt2XFMquIsg0SwDrJRybjV

POLITICS REVIEW 4 magazines per year£15 subscription

How can you support your Politician? • Talk to your child about current events –

issues in the news? What is going on locally, nationally and globally?

• Come to parents evening It is really important to have a dialogue about your child's progress and their learning.

• Stay in touch: If you have concerns or questions we are only ever an email or phone call away.

• Look over the specification: We don’t expect you to read the whole document but perhaps be familiar with the topics your child will study. Ask your child what they are studying currently.

https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/governm

ent-and-politics/as-and-a-level/politics-7152

Question Time BBC 1 Thursday @10.40Newsnight BBC 2 weeknights @ 10.30The Andrew Marr show BBC 1 Sundays@9amPeston Wednesdays after the ITV newsSophy Ridge on Sunday Sky News Sunday @ 10amBBC Parliament own channel broadcasts 24 hours

The Mash Report BBC2 Tuesday @10pm Mock the Week BBC 2 Friday @10pmHave I got News for You BBC 1 Friday @ 9pm

RADIO 4 Today weekdays @ 6.30am PM weekdays @ 5pm Any Questions Fridays @ 8pm The Week in Westminster Saturday @ 11amDeadringers, The Now Show or New Quiz Friday @ 6.30pmRADIO 5Pienaar’s Politics Sunday @ 10amBrexitcast Sunday @ midnight

Podcasts:Political Thinking with Nick RobinsonRadio 4’s Westminster HourFT PoliticsGuardian UK Politics WeeklyAll out Politics – Sky NewsHuff Post’s Commons People Remaniacs Chopper’s Brexit with Christopher HopeTalking Politics with David Runciman Birkbeck PoliticsReasons to be Cheerful with Ed Milliband & Geoff Lloyd The Political Party with Matt FordeUnfiltered with James O’Brien LBC

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