1. Welcome to AS Politics!
5 mins

2. Unit 1 GOVP1 People, Politics and Participation
The structure of the course and unit
How will you learn?
This unit is split into 4 topics:
Participation and voting behaviour
Elections
Political parties
Pressure groups
10 mins going through structure of exams, give out course literature 5 mins- how does this differ from Anne’s module

3. Group challenge! Who came after who?
Put the Prime Ministers in chronological order, from Clement Attlee to David Cameron

4. Clement Attlee Winston Churchill Antony Eden Harold Macmillan
Alec Douglas-Home
Harold Wilson
Edward Heath
James Callaghan
Margret Thatcher
John Major
Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
David Cameron

5. Participation and Voting Behaviour
Topic 1

6. What is politics?
Aims:
To be able to explain and debate what politics is
To define core political terms
To be able to understand what political participation is

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11. What is politics?
10 mins indovually, 10 min feedback

12. B BLOCK
What is politics?
10 mins indovually, 10 min feedback

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14. Definition
Turnout
Electorate
Political apathy
Pluralism
Democracy
This is the traditional way to participate in the political system. This has gradually fallen since 1945 which breaks into question legitimacy and mandate. Turnout to vote.
People in a particular area or country who are entitled to vote in an election.
People showing little or no interest in politics, usually by failing to vote. This could be for a number of reasons such as lack of knowledge, ‘it won’t affect me’ attitude or laziness.
This is where the government allows for free and fair competition between competing interests. There are numerous access points and no single group is excluded.
10 mins
This originates from a Greek word meaning both people and power. It is a governing system which is split into two types: representative and direct.

15. How do we participate in politics?

16. How do we participate in politics?

17. Is politics changing? 5

18. Participation Who can participate? How do you participate?
What is the main form of participation? 5

19. Key terms
Legitimacy
Mandate

20. Electoral participation
This is the main form of participation, it is basically participation at the ballot box
This is the most traditional form of participation
Who can vote?
Key term: Franchise

21. Can you match the franchise statements with their correct years?
1918
1928
1948
1969
2006
Women's voting rights are now equal with men, with voting possible at 21 with no property restrictions
Voting changed from 21 to 18
ALL men, and women over the age of 30 with property restriction were allowed to vote could now vote.
Age to stand as candidate reduced from 21 to 18
Plural voting was abolished
Any surprises?

22. Homework
Read, highlight and annotate the first three and a half pages of the topic booklet.
Write down one question that you would like to ask next lesson
Fill in 6 terms for next lesson

23. Political participation: Elections
Aims:
To be able to explain and evaluate trends with turnout
To evaluate and analyse problems associated with elections

24. These men both won ‘big’ victories as PM, but were the results as impressive as they look?
His 2nd election to be PM in Only 59% of the country voted!
His 2nd election to be PM in 2015 only 66% of the country voted!

25. How do we solve this problem? We need to turnout to elections
Turnout is our next key term.
With your partner, discuss your initial thoughts around this term
Analyse the turnout grid, what trends do you see?
Annotate any anomalies or similarities in the data
Higher level (A/B)- Can you work out why any of these results have occurred?

26. Why is turnout so low? Political apathy Parties moving to the centre
Other forms of participation

27. Why is turnout so low? Political apathy Parties moving to the centre
Other forms of participation

28. Voting behaviour case study: Age
Which group has the lowest turnout? Why?
Which group has the highest turnout? Why?
Is the party significant?
Does this mean that the 18-24’s are not participating in politics?

29. Voting behaviour case study: Age
Which group has the lowest turnout? Why?
Which group has the highest turnout? Why?
Is the party significant?
Does this mean that the 18-24’s are not participating in politics?

31. How do we improve turnout?
Debate 1: Raise the voting age to 16

32. How do we improve turnout?
Debate 2: Make voting compulsory Read the article and create and fill in this table: What’s your opinion? Would either of these help to improve turnout? Make a judgement. If not is there another way? Is it not possible to improve turnout?

33. Define the term turnout in its British political context
5 marks

34. How to answer a 5 mark question
Provide a secure definition with evidence and examples
Be concise and do not waffle
For higher marks, try to place the term in a current context
All 5 marks are for A01 (knowledge) so make good use of political terminology and concepts.
Where appropriate try to use political data

35. Group challenge- What’s the connection?
Lynne Featherstone LD, Vince Cable, Danny Lab, Doug LD 5

36. Is there a participation crisis in the UK?
Aims:
To be able to explain the differences between conventional and non-conventional forms of participation
To analyse if the levels of participation matters
To evaluate whether there is a participation crisis
To plan an essay question
To prepare essay skills for formal assessment

37. #Milifandom #Cleggmania #JezWeCan
Here do brief intro to pressue groups/single interest groups and brainstorm different ones- why are they more popular? 5

38. Conventional political participation
Non-conventional political participation
B BLOCK 10

39. Points and examples are a match made in heaven Which point can you already add an example to explain rise and decline?
Elections- turnout
Party membership Conservatives had 2.8 million members in the mid- 1950’s but only 200,000 by 2013
Union membership averagely falls by 165,000 members each year
Protest movement- Anti-Brexit March in London a few weeks ago, attendees
Membership of pressure groups are currently increasing rapidly, the RSPB has more members than all three parties combined
E-petitions: Michael Gove, then the Education Secretary, met with FGM campaigner Fahma Mohamed after her popular e-petition, homosexuality pardon almost 600,000 5

40. Is there a participation crisis in the UK?
Shape up: Note taking
Is there a participation crisis in the UK?
Note taking does not always have to be in the form of writing bullet point notes, it can also be in the from of annotations.
If that is the overall question at the top, what two themes/aspects could you be answering whilst reading this article?
The two key aspects that you need to consider are:
Reasons for low electoral participation
Why and how is participation changing
Choose two different colours or highlighters to show your annotations for these two questions. Remember you do not need to regurgitate what is in the article, try to add additional points 15

41. ‘There is a participation crisis in the UK’ Discuss
Essay planning skills
‘There is a participation crisis in the UK’ Discuss
Task 1
If you are on the right side of the pair, think and then write down any ideas/arguments that you would use to agree with the statement
If you are on the left side of the pair, think and then write down any ideas/arguments that you would use to disagree with the statement
Task 2
Share you ideas with your neighbour, make sure that you write down points for the opposing view point
Task 3
With highlighters, link any points/examples together that link together/are arguing similar things from the same side. – This would be a factor and would form one paragraph
You need to identify two paragraphs from each side.
Task 1: 5, task 2: 5 task 3: 5

42. Agree
Disagree 10

43. ‘There is a participation crisis in the UK’ Discuss
Essay planning skills
‘There is a participation crisis in the UK’ Discuss
Task 4
Is there any additional evidence from your classwork, own research or the articles that you would think would be important to include in the essay? Everyone must put one piece of evidence in here, but if you are aiming for an A/B you must use three
Task 5
Look back at both sides, which side do you agree with? From that side, pick your strongest point and star it, that will be your first paragraph.
Use that point as your main focus for your judgement. Make sure that you explain if you agree or disagree with the question
Task 4:5 task 5: 5

44. Participation crisis Write your name on the post it note, and show where your judgement lies on the line
Extensive crisis
No crisis at all

45. Formal Assessment preparation
You will be doing a formal assessment in class on participation
This will be a 10 mark answer
Look over the mark scheme
What do you think a 10 mark answer might look like?
Look over an example of a 10 mark answer
What makes a good answer?

46. What do you need to include?
AO1: Knowledge – decline in turnout, use examples, link to the question
AO2: Analyse- Use the factors in the extract and other your own-rise of protest movements, social media, ‘e-democracy’, apathy with voting, disenchanted, voices heard in different ways
For high levels of AO1 and AO2- two distinct factors must be analysed and supported with examples
A03: Answer communicated well with correct vocabulary such as turnout, single-issue groups, disenchantment, apathy,

47. 10 mark question: Using your own knowledge as well as the extract, identify and explain two factors that might help to account for the decline in traditional forms of participation

48. Formal Assessment 1
You question paper is on your desk- do not start until I tell you to Make sure that you put your name on This is the end of part 1 of your first topic Use your 10 mark checklist from last lesson- it should be on a post-it note. Do not use any other notes You have 10 minutes Start: 8.54 End: 9.04

49. Homework
Get a list of Prime Ministers and their parties from the internet and stick it on the inside cover of your folder
Finish classwork on how we can increase turnout. Make notes on the first two current debates that I introduced you to and research any other ways.
Read the turnout section of the revision booklet and make notes
Answer a 5 mark essay question on turnout. Ideally your answer should be no more than ¾ of a page of A4 in normal hand writing.
‘Explain the term turnout in relation to UK politics’
You have to provide a secure definition and use examples.

50. Electoral participation
“Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.” Abraham Lincoln
How important is the right to vote?
Key term: Franchise 5

51. Rise and decline Turnout- decline
Party membership-decline- Conservatives had 2.8 million members in the mid-1950’s but only 200,000 by 2013
Union membership averagely falls by 165,000 members each year
Membership of pressure groups are currently increasing rapidly, the RSPB has more members than all three parties combined
E-petitions: Michael Gove, then the Education Secretary, met with FGM campaigner Fahma Mohamed after her popular e-petition, homosexuality pardon almost 600,000 5