US Money and Politics timeline
If you've not yet discovered the Open Secrets website (from the Center for Responsive Politics) then you're about to find an amazing treasure trove of election facts and stats.
Politics Quiz of the Week
By popular request, here is this week's super starter In the News Politics Quiz, courtesy of Clive Owen of Minster School, Southwell.
Latest thoughts on the new proposed Politics specifications
Yesterday I attended the free exam board launch events / CPD in London - certainly lots of debate and discussion about how much weighting should be placed on ideologies for the full A level,...
Guide to the New Proposed A Level Politics Specifications
I've been taking a very close look at the proposed new A level Politics specifications this week. OCR, as many of us know, have decided to discontinue their Politics A level, which leaves just AQA...
Classroom Posters for A Level Politics: Human Rights
Human Rights is the topic focus for this new set of six full-colour posters for the A Level Politics classroom.
Classroom Posters for A Level Politics: Devolution
This new set of six full-colour classroom posters for A Level Politics explores the topic of Devolution.
Classroom Posters for A Level Politics: Nature of the UK Constitution
This new set of six a3-sized classroom posters helps illustrate the Nature of the UK Constitution.
Classroom Posters for A Level Politics: Sources of the UK Constitution
We've just received the first copies of a brand new classroom poster set for A Level Politics - this one is on the Sources of the UK Constitution.
Identify the politician by the biscuit
Here's a fun little lesson starter for UK politics students - can you identify the favourite biscuit of a range of UK politicians? I got a fairly terrible score of 3 out of 7 - can your students...
All the Way - a movie and worksheet about President Johnson
All the Way chronicles Lyndon Johnson’s first year in office from the assassination of JFK in November 1963 to his election as President in November 1964. LBJ and his wife, Ladybird, were in Texas...
Your fantasy Cabinet
Here's a fun lesson idea to teach students about Cabinet at the same time as building some knowledge about former politicians, based on the BBC's Fantasy Cabinet concept.
The barriers facing third party presidential candidates
The vast majority of the US Presidential focus is on Hillary Clinton (D) and Donald Trump (R), but dig a little deeper and you'll discover the third party candidates too, including Libertarian...
Judicial Review - Justice for Health and Junior Doctors' Contract
It's not that often that a really high profile Judical Review case hits the headlines, but there's one today! Justice for Health - a pressure group acting on behalf of the UK's junior doctors - has...
Free course from Parliament about...Parliament!
Here's a cracking opportunity to register for a free FutureLearn course from Parliament, all about Parliament! Brilliant for new politics teachers, and for AS/Year 12 politics students who want to...
BBC Manifesto Tracker
The manifesto tracker from the BBC takes a look at how well the government is keeping its manifesto pledges from the 2015 general election - a great tool for assessing the continued relevance of...
The challenges for Diane James
When considering the differences between pressure groups and political parties, UKIP help to exemplify how an organisation can be both. Their electoral success in terms of vote share in 2015and in...
Politics Quiz of the Week
A huge hat tip to Clive Owen from Minster School in Southwell for sending through his Politics News Quiz. A simple idea but executed well - a screenshot of the BBC News Politics page, followed by...
The many faces of multiculturalism
Looking through the proposed new specs for Politics A level made me think again about my understanding of multiculturalism as an ideology, and reminded me of a great BBC News article from several...
What does the UN do?
I love this series of mini clips from the United Nations outlining real-life examples of their work and intervention. Each clip is between about 2 minutes and 4 minutes in length.
A fun look at political systems
I stumbled across this quirky YouTube video outlining the differences between different ideological / political systems using two cows - a fun little lesson starter.