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| Democracy (20/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Democracy and justice | Systems of government | | Challenging circle-time memory activity in which students are asked to recite a list of all countries in world according to their level of democracy! | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| General election 2010 (12/05/2010) | |
| | | Related resources: Democracy and justice | Systems of government | | Which student's flyer will lead to a win at the ballot box? Thanks to clear PowerPoint instructions throughout, this ICT lesson will run itself for your Year 10s. Prepare to be blown away by their political campaigns! This topical lesson is available for members only on a special preview basis. | | Y10 |
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| Has devolution been good or bad for the UK? (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Diversity and communities | Systems of government | | Identify component flags of Union Jack. Matching activity containing opinions which are both pro- and anti- devolution in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| How do political parties work for you? (15/05/2008) | | 
| | | Related resources: Democracy and justice | Systems of government | | Ask students to identify the leaders and key policies of the mainstream political parties in the UK. By doing this, they will learn about the political party system.
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| How does the UK compare? (15/05/2008) | |
| | | Related resources: Democracy and justice | Systems of government | | Looking at how different countries around the world are governed, allowing students to make comparisons between UK democracy and political systems in other parts of the world. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Key features of local and national government (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Democracy and justice | Systems of government | | Students draw their own cartoons to illustrate twelve key points about local democracy. The best cartoonist wins a nifty certificate! | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Should we have a queen? (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Democracy and justice | Systems of government | | A card-sort activity helps students clarify their own attitude towards the monarchy. They learn more about the main arguments that support monarchy and that support a republic. | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| The good, the bad and the ugly (Lesson 1 of 5) (27/01/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Democracy and justice | Systems of government | | Part of a series of five lessons based on democracy. Students consider what the terms ‘democracy’ and ‘election’ mean and will go on to demonstrate in practical ways some of the problems associated with implementing democracy via a class election.
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| The good, the bad and the ugly (Lesson 2 of 5) (27/01/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Democracy and justice | Systems of government | | The second in a series of five lessons based on democracy, this lesson shows students how difficult it is to establish a democracy and makes them think of the major issues involved in running an election.
| | Y9 |
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| The good, the bad and the ugly (Lesson 3 of 5) (27/01/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Democracy and justice | Systems of government | | The third in a series of five based on democracy, this lesson establishes the organisational aspects that enable the election to take place in the next lesson. The rules will be clarified and the different roles of the students will be established.
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| The good, the bad and the ugly (Lesson 4 of 5) (27/01/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Democracy and justice | Systems of government | | Fourth in a series of five based on democracy, this lesson is when the election takes place.
| | Y9 |
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| The good, the bad and the ugly (Lesson 5 of 5) (27/01/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Democracy and justice | Systems of government | | The last in a series of five based on democracy, this lesson gives the result of the election and provides time for reflection on the issue of democracy.
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| What influences us? (15/05/2008) | | | | | Related resources: Democracy and justice | Systems of government | | Students look at who or what influences (e.g. the media, peer group, parents, etc) their decisions in various aspects of their lives. Get them thinking! | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| What is the role of an MP? (15/05/2008) | |
| | | Related resources: Democracy and justice | Systems of government | | Enjoyable picture-matching and word-scrambling activities give students an overview of what an MP is and what they do. They are also asked to write an MP's job description! | | Y7 | Y8 |
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| Youth Parliament (01/06/2010) | | | | | Related resources: Democracy and justice | Systems of government | | Do your students associate politicians with grey beards? Explode the myth by promoting Youth Parliament. The challenging code-breaker will leave all of your class feeling that politics is relevant to teenagers.
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