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Inside Germany's Right-Wing Politics
The populist Alternative for Germany (AFD) party looks set to enter the Bundestag for the first time in Germany's national elections at the end of September 2017.
Introductory Tasks for Edexcel A Level Politics Components 1 and 2
Here are two editable introductory activities that can be used to get your teaching of Component 1 and Component 2 off to a flying start.
A Level Politics students are expected to know some of the basic facts about British politics so here's a fun activity that tests knowledge of how long modern PM's were in office.
The Future of Islamic State
A useful update here from BBC Newsnight on the future of Islamic State following the fall of Mosul to Iraqi forces and the shrinking geographical size of the IS caliphate.
Who Are the World's Nuclear Weapons Powers?
This would make an interesting lesson starter. Challenge your global politics students to list the nine countries that possess nuclear weapons.
How China's Growing Nationalism Changes Views of the West
As Xi Jinping moves China in new directions, national pride among 20 and 30-year-olds in China is growing and the perception of the West is changing.
Interactive resource - the impact of Terrorism
Here's a quick interactive resource that you can set for your students or undertake in class as a group activity.
US Pressure Groups Free Resources
I think students either love or hate the pressure group topic, in both UK and US politics - it's often very popular in exams, but also often not done very well. Up-to-date knowledge is essential,...
Global politics - library of resources
There is a good selection of resources on global politics available from the OUP in theirinteractive library of international relations, covering globalisation, theories/models of global politics...
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.
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...
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...
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...