PEARSON (PEARSON) • Government and Politics

3 essay plans that answer past-year questions. Includes both holistic and specific questions. Shows detailed examples and applications of thinkers. Will be part of Paper 2 Politics.

Basic mindmap on the beliefs of each strand of conservatism. Simple mindmap.

Individual small mindmaps for each main conservative thinker: Hobbes, Burke, Rand, Nozick, Oakeshott. Summarises their beliefs, concepts and the part of conservatism they represent. Easy to understand and remember the thinkers and related concepts/beliefs.

4 large tables which have detailed notes on each ideology (Conservatism, Socialism, Liberalism and Anarchism), broken down into strands (e.g. One Nation Conservatism, Classical-Marxists etc.). Detailed explanation of each concept in the ideology and easy to compare in table format of the different strands of each ideology. Complete detailed notes for ideologies for A-Level politics for Paper 1 and 2.

A basic mindmap on liberalism as an ideology. Contains some notes on thinkers and the beliefs of liberalism. Not a detailed mindmap, just providing basics.

Question: To what extent is Conservatism a philosophy of imperfection Handwritten essay done under timed conditions. Marked by a teacher with feedback on how to make it better. Good essay to take inspiration from. As it is a holistic question, the essay itself covers large parts of conservatism.

A document containing 13 essay plans for paper 2 questions. Questions are from past year papers since 2017. For the source question, the source itself is included. Detailed plans showing modern evidence, analysis, evaluations and knowledge. Essays cover the majority of the specifications for the UK Government.

A mindmap that shows the detailed functions of the UK Executive branch. Relatively detailed. Includes notes about the Cabinet, functions of government departments and the civil service.

Question: Using the source, evaluate the view that the voters have little to choose from in most UK elections. (30) Source itself is included in the document. It includes some comments from the teacher on how to further improve the essay. Done under test conditions.

A document containing 6 essay plans of questions from past-year papers. They are detailed containing evaluation, modern evidence and analysis. Shows the way to answer the conventional essay-style question as well as how to use the source and incorporate it into your answer. Answers cover most of the topics in Democracy and Participation UK.