Politics Preparation
Politics A level
More information about the course can be obtained by listening to the following podcasts:
The A level Politics show by Nick De'Souza
https://open.spotify.com/show/0pdAY6egNBq0tFOLFjMk7O
It would be good to familiarise yourself with the following website which provides lots of information about our Parliament which includes the House of Commons, the House of Lords and Select Committees.
The following video gives you information about people who try to influence politicians through joining a pressure group.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rBRJ1vlH4Y
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Different Types of Pressure Groups - A-Level Politics Revision Video - Study Rocket Understanding and contrasting the different types of pressure groups. Access the full set of videos and our interactive A-level Politics revision course - https://studyrocket.co.uk. Making study time quality. #politics #alevel #edexcel #aqa #studyrocket www.youtube.com |
The next video shows how our complicated the UK's political constitution is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwLgjUPQCMY
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The UK's Constitution Explained - TLDR Explains Support TLDR on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/tldrnews The Cabinet Manual - https://tinyurl.com/y6sjhry7 Constitutions are foundational documents which set out how most countries are run. They are held as sacred and individual sentences studied for their true meaning. However, the UK and a handful of other countries avoid all of that by ... www.youtube.com |
A third of the politics course is about US politics. This video shows their voting system to elect the President.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9H3gvnN468
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Does your vote count? The Electoral College explained - Christina Greer View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/does-your-v... You vote, but then what? Discover how your individual vote contributes to the popular vote and your state's electoral vote in different ways--and see how votes are counted on both state and national levels. Lesson by Christina Greer, animation by Marked Animation. www.youtube.com |
Crash course do a whole series of videos on US Politics. This video looks at the different US Political parties
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEmOUHxessE
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Political Parties: Crash Course Government and Politics #40 Today, Craig is going to talk about political parties and their role in American politics. So, when most people think about political parties they associate them with the common ideologies of the voters and representatives within that party, but the goal of a party is NOT to influence policies. The role of political parties is much simpler: to ... www.youtube.com |
There is also a series of podcasts on the current US election on the bbc sounds website called 'Americast'
