Hello Y12



In today's lesson we've tried to finish up with politics. Your homework is to complete this. You need to make sure you have a secure understanding of the politics unit. this includes:

• Voter turnout
• The use and value of opinion polls
• The use of referenda
• The origins of the EU (why was it formed?)
• The role of pressure groups
• The European Union (including the five main institutions/pillars)
• The Euro
• Political Issues surrounding the EU

This learning is your responsibility. I will go over it, briefly, at the beginning of the next lesson to make sure you're all on track, but this is to cement your understanding; you learn more by yourself (remember our learning retention pyramid?).

Having looked at your essays, it is evident that many of you still don't know about alternative voting systems. Follow this link, or the link in the last post, for a very informative, easy to understand site; it has useful downloads and links to other voting systems too. Enjoy!

We will look at Human Behaviour over the next few lessons, considering the influences on peoples' lives. This be useful for those of you that are doing Sociology and Psychology, as well as just being really interesting!

Any problems, let me know...

Ms Caldwell