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This lesson focuses on the 25-mark extract response. The lesson begins exploring the marking criteria, askign students to collate ‘what makes a good response’. Students then make inferences from the extracts on socialist views of capitalism, leading to a paired planning session on the extract question. Students then can write it in class/at home, with a WAGOLL provided for students to analyse and highlight where they see meaning, knowledge, contrast and provenance.

This lesson explores the views of the state within conservatism. The lesson begins with a starter creating an hypothesis for what conservative views of the state would be using key terminology, moving on to an exploration of views using the information state. Students then contrast similarities and differences of the New Right perspective, leading to a 9-mark exam practice on how conservative thinkers view authority.

This lesson explores the economic theories within conservatism. The lesson begins with a key terminology recap, leading to a video (with notes) exploring conservative thinkers views on economic changes/progress. Students then explore the strengths and weaknesses of conservative views on the economy, allowing students to bring synoptic links of economic conservatism in action in the UK/US. Finally, students debate how far conservatism is compatible with capitalism.

This lesson explores the views held by Liberals on human nature/the individual. The lesson begins with a quote from John Locke regarding his views which students make inferences from. Students then use a video to explore liberal views and then complete a data capture carousel exploring the theories around human nature (e.g. rational, egotistical etc). Students then apply their understanding to a 9-mark explain question explaining and analysing three ways in which liberal thinkers have viewed human nature.

This lesson explores the contrasting liberal ideas about the economy. The lesson starts with a key word definition, leading to a video introducing economic liberal theory. Students then assess the strengths and weaknesses of economic liberal theory, linking in knowledge of real life examples of economic liberalism in action. Finally, there is a plenary debate and judgement line on whether economic liberalism is benficial for society.

This lesson explores the role of John Rawls in liberal thought. The lesson begins with a recap of Thomas Hill Green (previous homework), leading to a video of John Rawls’ background and contribution to liberal thought. A guided reading explores Rawls’ background, leading to exploration of Rawls’ ideas in the Lib Dem 2024 manifesto/Biden’s Health reforms (2021). Finally, students explore the similarities and differences of Rawls’ theories to socialism.

This lesson explores socialist views on society beginning with a contrasting perspectives (revolutionary v. evolutionary) starter, moving on to assessing the strengths and weaknesses of socialist views on society. Students then compare liberal and socialist views of society, listing similarities and differences, finally applying their learning to a 9-mark explain and analyse response, leading to self or peer assessment.

This lesson explores how conservatism emerged as a political philosophy. The lesson begins with an extract exploration on why conservatism is a ‘controversial’ ideology, leading to a video note taking exercise, introducing the key principles of conservatism. Students then explore the views of Hobbes and Burke, leading to a contrast of similarities and differences of conservative thinkers. Finallly, students explore similarities and differences between liberalism, socialism and conservatism.

This lesson focuses on the changing nature of conservatism with the New Right perspective. The lesson starts with a video that introduces the origins of New Right conservatism, leading to an extract analysis of what New Right conservatism looks like today. Students then explore the key reasons why New Right conservatism emerged, ranking them in order, moving on to using the textbook to create a spider diagram on the key features of New Right conservatism (Political Ideas, 2nd edition Hodder, pp. 114-117). Finally students compare and contrast two extracts exploring the differences between traditional and New Right conservatism in the plenary.

This lesson explores the five key conservative thinkers, and their views on the state, human nature, society and the economy. The lesson begins with a recap of Thomas Hobbes’ using a key quote, moving on to exploration of his work through a video and note taking. Students then complete a guided reading task to learn more about Hobbes’ theories. Students are then assigned one of the other key thinkers (Burke, Oakeshott, Rand and Nozick) and create a presentation on them, leading to the completion of the summary A3 table (alongside a handout for each student). Students then explore the similarities and differences of the theorists, leading to an extract plenary.

This lesson focuses on the 25-mark extract response. The lesson begins exploring the marking criteria, asking students to collate ‘what makes a good response’. Students then make inferences from the extracts on conservative views of the role of the state, leading to a paired planning session on the extract question. Students then can write it in class/at home, with a WAGOLL provided for students to analyse and highlight where they see meaning, knowledge, contrast and provenance.

This lesson allows students to plan an exemplar 25-mark essay for Section C, Paper 3. The lesson begins with a recap of the key learning in a group, retrieval activity, leading to scrutiny of the assessment criteria for the essays and listing what a strong Level 4 answer needs. Students then debate the essay topic: ‘The aim of feminism is to promote women’s rights, not to eliminate gender difference.’ Analyse and evaluate this statement with reference to the feminist thinkers that you have studied, leading to planning an answer and cross-referencing with the indicative content. This can then be written up in timed conditions or at home.

Revision materials and full revision lessons reviewing the liberalism strand of AQA 7152/3 Political Ideas. The lesson begins with a retrieval of key knowledge on liberalism, leading to a categorisation task of the differences of classical and modern liberalism. Students then explain how neo-liberalism differs, moving into a recap of the beliefs of the 6 key thinkers in a timeline task. Students then complete short form 9-mark plans, finishing with a 25-mark extract plan (optional assessment could be completed in class).

Revision materials and full revision lessons reviewing the socialism strand of AQA 7152/3 Political Ideas. The lesson begins with a retrieval of key knowledge on socialism, leading to a categorisation task of the differences of revolutionary and evolutionary socialism. Students then review the key socialist thinkers in a timeline. Exploration is then made of a WAGOLL 9-mark response, leading to improvement of WABOLL 9-mark responses and planning and writing a perfect paragraph for one answer. The revision lesson finished with a 25-mark extract plan (optional assessment could be completed in class).

Double revision lesson focused on feminism for AQA 7152/3. The lesson begins with a retrieval of the key content, followed by a review (definitions) of the different branches of feminism, leading to a categorisation task asking students to link up the beliefs to the branches. Students then recap the key thinkers and cross-reference to the PPT. Pupils then explore how far feminism is a single doctrine, considering their learning and the information on the PPT. Students then complete four 5-minute essay plans for the 25-mark response, leading to a perfect paragraph write up and peer-assessment to one of these essays.

An introductory lesson the the AQA Politics Paper 3 - Political ideas scheme. The lesson begins with students defining a policy, political idea and ideology, then applying this to three case studies to show the differences in action. Students then get an overview of the paper and explore the 5 key themes explored and annotate around how and why they would be important to a political thinker. Using the brief definitions of the four ideologies students assess what each ideology (e.g. socialism) would approach society etc. As a plenary students explain to each other the key differences between a policy, idea and an ideology

This lesson explores how Liberalism became a political theory. The lesson starts with defining Liberalism, leading to a guided reading activity to uncover what we can learn about Liberalism as a theory. Three short videos introduce how Liberalism has been applied, leading to an exploration of the main principles of liberalism, making notes on the key areas. Finally, students list how we may see liberalism in the modern day.