taster session 2012
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A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
Taster Session
Welcome to A level Politics
Matt Phillips & Helen Marks
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Welcomefrom Team G&P
Icebreaker: Pair up and discuss…
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A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
What is politics?
What was your motivation to choose to study A Level Politics?
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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
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How will you learn?
Lots of discussion Debate
New technologiesActive learning zone
Handouts Facebook / Moodle
Trips
Diversity
External speakers
How will you learn?
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Let’s take a look at a taster topic…
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A level Government & Politics: Taster Day
UNIT ONE: People & Participation
Taster Session
Political Participation
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Democracy
What is ‘democracy’?
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Democracy
DEMOS (people) + KRATIA (rule of) =
DEMOCRACY (rule of the people)
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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.
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IN FOCUS: Pressure groups
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Activity: REAL OR FAKE?
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Welsh Language Society
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Championing Cheerleading group
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OutRage!
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NO2ID
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Strong and Humorous Women
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Surfers Against Sewage
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Why do people join pressure
groups?
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Who do you think is more likely to join a pressure
group?
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GROUP CHALLENGE
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Thanks for your fantastic
contributions
Enjoy the rest of your day at Burnley College
See you on results day……
Team G&P