1. Welcome to A Level Politics
Sahr Sumana
Office: R20

2. Question 1 Who is this woman? What is her role within the UK?
What is her role within the UK?
Who is more powerful her or the Prime Minister?

3. Question 2 Label the countries on the map.
Which are part of the United Kingdom?
Is everyone happy with being in the UK? If not, who?

4. Why Politics?
I don’t do politics, it’s got nothing to do with me
Who are you sitting next to (name & what are they studying)?
Why do people make this statement. Are they justified?
Construct an argument to convince them to care about politics.

5. Round 1: Who’s who and what do they do?2 3 4 5

6. Round 2: What is this and what is its function?1 2 3 4 5

7. Round 3: What is ‘politics’?
In your groups you need to decide on:
A definition of ‘politics’
Identify 10 different issues / topics that politicians are interested in.
Identify 3 other distinct groups who are or should be interested in politics and why?

8. Course Details Year One focuses on UK politics
Essential resources
vle.westking.ac.uk/

9. What will you study this year?
UK Politics September to December
Democracy & Participation
Electoral Systems
Voting Behaviour & the Media
Political Parties
Formal Assessments and Presentations

10. What will you study this year?
UK Government January to March
The Constitution
Parliament
Relations between Institutions
PM, Cabinet & Executive
Formal Assessments and Presentations

11. What will you study this year?
Political Ideologies April to September
Liberalism
Socialism
Conservatism
Feminism

12. How will you study Politics?
Be curious
Be aware

13. How will you study Politics?
The Weekly News Review – every Friday

14. How will you study Politics?
Possible Trips and Workshops
Visiting Supreme Court
Workshop
Visit Parliament

15. What is politics? Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.
Politics is a contested term but fundamentally it is:
The activity through which people make, uphold and revise the general rules under which they live.
Discuss with your partner: Why are we ruled by others? Why did humans come up with that idea?
Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.
~ Ralph Nader

16. What is politics?
The limited view is that it is ‘managing the affairs of the state’
The modern view is that it is several aspects of public life:
A struggle for power and influence
It is the clash of ideas
The clash of interests

17. Using examples to develop our understanding
A struggle for power and influence
It is the clash of interests
It is the clash of ideas

18. What situations cause conflicts?
Scarcity of resources
Ideological
differences
What situations cause conflicts?
Conflict of Interests
Conflict of Values
The four situations can be grouped into conflicts of interest and conflict of values.
Differences in approach
Division of labour and power