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LinkRed HerringFirstSecondThird 1Liberalism thinkersThomas HobbesJeremy BenthamImmanuel KantJohn Stuart Mill 2Conservatism thinkersKarl MarxEdmund BurkeThomas HobbesFriedrich von Hayek 3Socialism thinkersJean-Jacques RousseauAntonio GramsciVladimir Ilich LeninLeon Trotsky 4Feminism thinkersAdam SmithGermaine GreerAndrea DworkinSimone de Beauvoir 5Fascism thinkersJames MadisonAdolf HitlerBenito MussoliniFriedrich Nietzsche 6“Endism” thinkersMary WollstonecraftFrancis FukuyamaSamuel HuntingdonAnthony GIddens 7Religious fundamentalistsFrancis FukuyamaAyatollah KhomeiniSayyid QutbOsama bin Laden 8Liberalism thinkersIrving KristolJohn LockeJohn RawlsThomas Jefferson 9Anarchism thinkersMichael OakeshottJosiah WarrenMax StirnerPierre-Joseph Proudhon 10Conservatism thinkersJames MadisonEdmund BurkeRobert NozickMichael Oakeshott Teacher’s Instructions: This is an activity used either at the end of a lesson to test learning or at the beginning of the next lesson to test recall. The resource shows four phrases, three of which are linked and the fourth is not (the red herring). Students must work out the link and which of the four phrases is the red herring. Background: This activity is specifically designed for students following the Ideologies option for A2 Government and Politics, and allows them to develop and practise the base knowledge of the names of different thinkers for the various “isms” required. Starting the Activity: Run the slideshow from slide 1. Allow students to see the purpose of the activity. Click on ‘Click to start’. Four fish will swim on to the screen showing four phrases. Teacher’s Instructions: This is an activity used either at the end of a lesson to test learning or at the beginning of the next lesson to test recall. The resource shows four phrases, three of which are linked and the fourth is not (the red herring). Students must work out the link and which of the four phrases is the red herring. Background: This activity is specifically designed for students following the Ideologies option for A2 Government and Politics, and allows them to develop and practise the base knowledge of the names of different thinkers for the various “isms” required. Starting the Activity: Run the slideshow from slide 1. Allow students to see the purpose of the activity. Click on ‘Click to start’. Four fish will swim on to the screen showing four phrases.

Start game Running the activity Allow your students time to read the four phrases. Lead a discussion about which is the ‘Red Herring’ and what are the links between the other phrases. Alternatively, run this as a game and ask students to write down the link and the Red Herring. Click on ‘Click for answer’ to reveal the Red Herring and the link. Click on ‘Click for next question’ to start next question. Repeat this process for all 10 questions. Extension / follow-up work Individual students or pairs of students could each be allocated one of the “isms”, and asked to research and write 5 brief biographies for key thinkers in each group, before then sharing their findings with the rest of the class. Running the activity Allow your students time to read the four phrases. Lead a discussion about which is the ‘Red Herring’ and what are the links between the other phrases. Alternatively, run this as a game and ask students to write down the link and the Red Herring. Click on ‘Click for answer’ to reveal the Red Herring and the link. Click on ‘Click for next question’ to start next question. Repeat this process for all 10 questions. Extension / follow-up work Individual students or pairs of students could each be allocated one of the “isms”, and asked to research and write 5 brief biographies for key thinkers in each group, before then sharing their findings with the rest of the class.