This lesson gives students the opportunity to find out about the political system in the UK and to discuss the attitude of many young people towards politics.
Topic: Politics
Age: Teenage/adult
Level: Pre-Intermediate and above
Timing: 60-90 mins
Aims:
- To develop reading and speaking skills
- To revise language of politics
Plan components
Lesson plan: guide for teacher on procedure including worksheet tasks and answers to tasks.
Download lesson plan 114k pdf
Worksheets: exercises which can be printed out for use in class. The worksheet contains:
- Six tasks based around politics in the UK
Download worksheets 70k pdf
For more information about this topic you can visit these sites:
- http://www.parliament.uk/education/
- http://www.scottishyouthparliament.org.uk
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4586995.stm
Jo Budden, Teacher, Materials writer, British Council, Spain
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Comments
I think there is something great to be said for schools wanting to teach the truth about politics and discovering the thoughts of students about politics. It is really important that our children know how politics work.