Level - Pre -Intermediate and above

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.

Plan components

Lesson Plan: - guide for teacher on procedure including worksheet tasks and answers to tasks.

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Worksheets: - exercises which can be printed out for use in class. The worksheet contains:

• Six tasks based around politics in the UK

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For more information about this topic you can visit these BBC and British Council sites:-

• http://www.explore.parliament.uk/
• http://www.scottishyouthparliament.org.uk
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4586995.stm

Jo Budden, Teacher, Materials writer, British Council, Spain

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