Introduction to Politics at BHASVIC

What are we doing today? Discussing Election 2017 in relation to Parliament Looking at the course and discussing the choices you will make Explaining the holiday homework

Election 2017 Starter: What words do you associate with ‘Election 2017’? On a piece of paper write down all the words that you heard or associate with Election 2017

Election 2017 Constituency - An area whose voters elect a representative to a legislative body. There are 650 constituencies in the United Kingdom, each electing a single Member of Parliament to the House of Commons ordinarily every five years.

Local Constituency Results Brighton Pavilion - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000598 Hove - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000755 Worthing East - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000682

Overall Picture http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2017/results http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2015/results

House of Commons http://www.parliament.uk/visiting/online-tours/virtualtours/commons-tour/

But… Parliament is more than just the House of Commons. We’ll be starting with Parliament when you return in September and your holiday homework will be related to it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlPSAOa4vR4&t=2s

Holiday work Aim: to find out about the structure and functions of Parliament by watching short videos on the Parliament website and answering set questions. See handout

Politics Exam Board = Edexcel Component 1 – UK Politics - Political Participation – democracy and participation, political parties, electoral systems, voting behaviour and the media - Core Political Ideas – conservatism, liberalism and socialism

Component 2 – UK Government - UK Government – the constitution, Parliament, Prime Minister and executive, and relationships between the branches. - Non-core Political Ideas – Nationalism

Component 3 – Comparative Politics Students study either the USA or Global politics. You will need to choose. See handout