Kenilworth School and Sixth Form

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.
 
 
The next video shows how our complicated the UK's political constitution is:
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwLgjUPQCMY

 
A third of the politics course is about US politics. This video shows their voting system to elect the President.
 
 
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
 

There is also a series of podcasts on the current US election on the bbc sounds website called 'Americast'