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A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
Taster Session
Welcome to A level Politics
Matt Phillips & Helen Marks
A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
Welcomefrom Team G&P
Icebreaker: Pair up and discuss…
A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
What is politics?
What was your motivation to choose to study A Level Politics?
A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
Government & Politics @ Burnley College
UNIT 1: People & Politics (January exam)
UNIT 2: Governing the UK (May / June exam)
UNIT 3: Ideologies (January exam)
UNIT 4: Political issues: ideologies in action (May / June exam)
AS
A2
A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
How will you learn?
Lots of discussion Debate
New technologiesActive learning zone
Handouts Facebook / Moodle
Trips
Diversity
External speakers
How will you learn?
A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
Let’s take a look at a taster topic…
A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
UNIT ONE: People & Participation
Taster Session
Political Participation
A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
Democracy
What is ‘democracy’?
A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
Democracy
DEMOS (people) + KRATIA (rule of) =
DEMOCRACY (rule of the people)
A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
DIRECT DEMOCRACY INDIRECT DEMOCRACY
Two types of democracy
What’s the difference?
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What other ways can people participate in politics?
There is more to democracy than voting!
In competition with the other tables, work together as a group to make a giant list on the flip chart paper of
ways to get involved in politics.
A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
IN FOCUS: Pressure groups
A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
Activity: REAL OR FAKE?
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Welsh Language Society
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Championing Cheerleading group
A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
OutRage!
A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
NO2ID
A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
Strong and Humorous Women
A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
Surfers Against Sewage
A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
Why do people join pressure
groups?
A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
Who do you think is more likely to join a pressure
group?
A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
GROUP CHALLENGE
A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
Thanks for your fantastic
contributions
Enjoy the rest of your day at Burnley College
See you on results day……
Team G&P
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