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Politics A level Edexcel for Year 13

Easter Revision Course Dates

• Week 1: 30 March – 3 April
• Week 2: 6 April – 10 April
• Week 3: 13 April – 17 April

(Good Friday is 3 April; Easter Monday is 6 April)

Boards

Edexcel 9PL0

Length of Course

5 full-day sessions

This course is board-specific for the Edexcel A level Politics specification (9PL0) and is for A Level Year 13 students only.

For Component 2 the course will not cover the optional ‘non-core political ideas’ where students choose from Anarchism, Ecologism, Feminism, Multiculturalism or Nationalism.

For Component 3 there are two options: Global Politics and US Politics. This course is only suitable for students studying the US Politics route. Global Politics will not be covered.

The following topics will be covered:

Component 1: UK Politics

• Democracy and participation
• Political parties
• Electoral systems
• Voting behaviour and the media
• Core political ideas: Liberalism, Conservatism, Socialism

Component 2: UK Government

• The constitution
• Parliament
• Prime Minister and Executive
• Relationships between the branches

Component 3: Government and Politics of the USA

• The US Constitution and federalism
• US Congress
• US Presidency
• US Supreme Court and US civil rights
• US democracy and participation
• Comparative theories