Year 12 Paper 1 UK Politics Checklist PDF

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+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **[Paper 1 UK | | | | Politics | | | | Checklist]{.underline | | | | }** | | | | | | | | Please ensure that | | | | you have revised all | | | | content from this | | | | checklist. | | | | | | | | For the column 'essay | | | | plan created' please | | | | ensure that you have | | | | created an essay plan | | | | -- with arguments, | | | | scholars and 'juicy | | | | details' relating to | | | | the specification | | | | question. | | | +=======================+=======================+=======================+ | **Democracy and | **Revised** | **Essay Plan | | Participation** | | Created** | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understand the | | | | meaning of democracy | | | | and the types | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understand the ways | | | | and trends in which | | | | UK people participate | | | | in Politics | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understand the | | | | historical | | | | development of UK | | | | democracy | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Ability to identify | | | | the nature and | | | | importance of | | | | E-Democracy | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understand the | | | | development of the | | | | franchise in the UK | | | | and current issues | | | | concerning the future | | | | of suffrage and | | | | voting | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understand the means | | | | by which we can | | | | assess how democratic | | | | the UK political | | | | system is | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Ability to identify | | | | and understand what | | | | pressure groups are | | | | and how they work in | | | | a changing democracy | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Ability to identify | | | | the forms of | | | | political influence | | | | that exist other than | | | | parties and pressure | | | | groups | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understand the nature | | | | and context of rights | | | | in the UK and their | | | | relationship to | | | | obligations | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Ability to identify | | | | and discuss the | | | | issues concerning | | | | rights in the UK, | | | | including how | | | | effectively they are | | | | protected | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Ability to identify | | | | the claims of | | | | collective rights | | | | versus individual | | | | rights | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | To identify and | | | | review organisations | | | | concerned with rights | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understand the major | | | | milestones in the | | | | development of | | | | rights, including the | | | | significance of Magna | | | | Carta and more recent | | | | developments, | | | | including the Human | | | | Rights Act 1998 and | | | | Equality Act 2010 | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Debates on the | | | | extent, limits and | | | | tensions within the | | | | UK's rights-based | | | | culture, including | | | | consideration of how | | | | individual and | | | | collective right may | | | | conflict, the | | | | contributions from | | | | civil liberty | | | | pressure groups -- | | | | including the work of | | | | two contemporary | | | | civil liberty | | | | pressure groups. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Evaluate the extent | | | | to which individual | | | | and collective rights | | | | conflict. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Evaluate the role of | | | | pressure groups | | | | within UK society and | | | | the extent to which | | | | they influence | | | | democracy. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Evaluate the extent | | | | to which there is a | | | | democratic deficit | | | | within UK politics. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Evaluate the extent | | | | to which there is a | | | | crisis in political | | | | participation within | | | | UK society. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **Electoral systems** | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understand how the UK | | | | electoral system | | | | works | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understanding the | | | | principal impacts of | | | | FPTP, its | | | | controversies and the | | | | case for reform | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Ability to identify | | | | and discuss other | | | | electoral systems | | | | used across the UK | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Ability to compare | | | | FPTP and other | | | | electoral systems | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understand the ways | | | | in which referendums | | | | work, how and why | | | | they are called, and | | | | the main impacts of | | | | those held in the UK | | | | since 1975 | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Ability to identify | | | | and discuss the | | | | arguments for and | | | | against the use of | | | | referendums | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | To understand the | | | | general importance of | | | | elections in a | | | | democracy | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understanding the | | | | relationship between | | | | electoral systems and | | | | party systems | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understanding the | | | | relationship between | | | | electoral outcomes | | | | and government | | | | formation | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understanding the | | | | effects of electoral | | | | systems on voters | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Debates on why | | | | different electoral | | | | systems are used in | | | | the UK. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Evaluate how | | | | referendums have been | | | | used in the UK and | | | | their impact on UK | | | | political life since | | | | 1997. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Evaluate the case for | | | | and against | | | | referendums in a | | | | representative | | | | democracy | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Evaluate the case for | | | | changing the | | | | electoral system from | | | | FPTP to proportional | | | | representation. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **Political Parties** | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understand the | | | | functions and | | | | features of political | | | | parties in the UK's | | | | | | | | representative | | | | democracy. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understand how | | | | parties are currently | | | | funded and debates on | | | | the consequences of | | | | the current funding | | | | system. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understand the | | | | origins and | | | | historical | | | | development of the | | | | Conservative Party, | | | | the Labour Party and | | | | Liberal Democrat | | | | Party. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understand the | | | | importance of other | | | | parties in the UK. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understand the ideas | | | | and policies of two | | | | other minor parties. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understand the | | | | development of a | | | | multi-party system | | | | and evaluate its | | | | implications for | | | | government. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Evaluate the factors | | | | which affect party | | | | success, explanations | | | | of why political | | | | parties have | | | | succeeded or failed. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Evaluate the extent | | | | to which the media | | | | influences the | | | | success or failure of | | | | a political party. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Evaluate how the | | | | origins and | | | | historical | | | | development of the | | | | Conservative Party, | | | | the Labour Party and | | | | the Liberal Democrat | | | | Party shape their | | | | ideas and current | | | | policies on the | | | | economy, law and | | | | order, welfare and | | | | foreign affairs. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **Voting Behaviour | | | | and the Media** | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understand case | | | | studies of three | | | | elections (one from | | | | the period 1945-- | | | | | | | | 92, the 1997 | | | | election, and one | | | | since 1997), the | | | | results | | | | | | | | and their impact on | | | | parties and | | | | government. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Evaluate the impact | | | | of your case studies' | | | | results on parties | | | | and government. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understand the | | | | factors that explain | | | | the outcomes of these | | | | elections, including: | | | | the reasons for and | | | | impact of party | | | | policies and | | | | manifestos, | | | | techniques used in | | | | their electoral | | | | campaigns and the | | | | wider political | | | | context of the | | | | elections. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understand the | | | | factors that explain | | | | the outcomes of these | | | | elections, including: | | | | class-based voting | | | | and other factors | | | | influencing voting | | | | patterns, such as | | | | partisanship and | | | | voting attachment. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Understand the | | | | factors that explain | | | | the outcomes of these | | | | elections, including: | | | | gender, age, | | | | ethnicity and region | | | | as factors | | | | influencing voting | | | | behaviour, turnout | | | | and trends. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Have the ability to | | | | analyse the national | | | | voting behaviour | | | | patterns for these | | | | elections, revealed | | | | by national data | | | | sources and how and | | | | why they vary. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Evaluate the role and | | | | impact of the media | | | | on politics, both | | | | during and between | | | | key general | | | | elections, including | | | | the importance and | | | | relevance of opinion | | | | polls, media bias and | | | | persuasion. | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+