Getting started with US politics - What's My Party?
This week I'll be posting a mini-series of blog posts that focus on lesson ideas and resources you can use with returning Year 13s who are following the US politics options for their A2. This first...
Getting started on AS Politics - introducing constitutions
Every day this week I'll be posting a teaching resource or lesson idea for kickstarting your AS Politics teaching. The first resource is one of our favourites here at tutor2u, and has been a winner...
The EU referendum was 'dire' - the Electoral Reform Society
The Electoral Reform Society (which campaigns for greater democracy in the UK) has described the EU referendum as 'dire' in its report, released this week. The report claims that the impact of big...
There's No.9 and a No.12 Downing Street too!
Here's an interesting little article on what goes on where in Downing Street published by the Guardian. It may not be something that A Level Politics would need to know for an exam but fascinating...
Study finds that fracking benefits Republican candidates
Voters in US congressional districts that experience shale oil and gas booms are more likely to kick out Democrat politicians and replace them with less environmentally friendly Republicans. That's...
A Level Politics Continues to Grow in Popularity
The entry statistics by board and in total for AS and A2 Politics are summarised in the charts below.
It's 3am, the phone is ringing in Springfield
Back in 2008 during the primaries when Hillary Clinton went head to head with Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination, the Clinton campaign released the 3am attack ad all about a phone ringing...
Day Four at the Democratic National Convention
Day Four was the final day of the Democratic National Convention, and saw Hillary Clinton accept the Democratic Nomination for President. You can watch a one minute summary below and then watch the...
Day Two at the Democratic National Convention
Day Two of the Democratic National Convention made history with the official confirmation of the first female to be nominated to be a candidate for President of the United States. Whilst the result...
Day One at the Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Convention formally kicked off yesterday with speeches from Michelle Obama, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders. There were a few contentious moments along the way as...
Historic Moments from the Six O'Clock News
As the News is vital to studying politics, I really love this clip archive from BBC Radio 4 of historic moments from the Six O'Clock News. From the death of Margaret Thatcher to the Invasion of...
Looking ahead to the Democratic Convention
The Democratic National Convention kicks off on Monday 25th July and runs through until Thursday 28th July. The conventions follows the Republican Party's convention last week. So what can we...
Republican Presidential Nominee: Donald J Trump
Donald Trump has now delivered his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, declaring to be the Law and Order candidate. The speech itself is worth a watch but the key points have...
Day Three at the Republican National Convention
Our summaries continue from the Republican National Convention with Day Three. Days One and Two can be found on our blog too. Video is brought to you by The Young Turks.
May's First Prime Minister's Questions
Yesterday saw Prime Minister May take to the dispatch box in the House of Commons to complete her first instalment of Prime Minister's Questions. Theresa May proved her ability to handle a sombre...
Day Two at the Republican National Convention
Catch up with the action from Day Two at the Republican Convention, brought to you by the Young Turks. Incase you missed Day One, it can be found here
Day One at the Republican National Convention
The National Nominating Convention season is now upon us, if you think this is going to be like the Conservative or Labour party conferences, think again. These week long events are a key part of...
Prime Minister May's New Cabinet
Theresa May has appointed her first Cabinet. She has assembled a somewhat controversial team (particularly in relation to handling Brexit) as well as making a clear break from the Cameron / Osborne...
The Cameron Legacy - a quick quiz
So, David Cameron has gone and Theresa May is ushering in a very new and very different era of government. Cameron, in his final Prime Minister's Questions said that he thought that he had left the...
Politics Quiz of the Week
Here's a quick six question 'quiz of the week' for next Monday's Politics classes. The resource is a Powerpoint file with questions but also has all 6 questions on one slide if you preferred a...