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The government of the UK common mistakes

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The government of the UK

AqaA LevelPoliticsPaper 1 Government and politics of the UK

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  • The nature and sources of the British Constitution Politics mistake 1

    Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Understand the meaning of the prescribed key concepts and terminology for the nature and sources of the British Constitution..

    Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

  • The nature and sources of the British Constitution Politics mistake 1

    Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Develop awareness of the significance of Magna Carta 1215, the Bill of Rights 1689, the Act of Settlement 1701 and the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 to the development of rights in the UK..

    Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

  • The nature and sources of the British Constitution Politics mistake 1

    Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Analyse and evaluate the nature and sources of the British constitution..

    Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

  • The nature and sources of the British Constitution Politics mistake 1

    Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Analyse and evaluate contemporary legislation and current issues regarding rights..

    Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

  • The nature and sources of the British Constitution Politics mistake 1

    Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Analyse and evaluate issues and debates around recent constitutional changes..

    Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

  • The nature and sources of the British Constitution Politics mistake 1

    Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Analyse and evaluate debates about the extent of rights in the UK..

    Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

  • The nature and sources of the British Constitution Politics mistake 1

    Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Analyse and evaluate two examples of constitutional changes since 1997..

    Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

  • The nature and sources of the British Constitution Politics mistake 1

    Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Analyse and evaluate areas where individual and collective rights agree and where they conflict..

    Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

  • The structure and role of Parliament Politics mistake 1

    Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Understand the meaning of the prescribed key concepts and terminology for the structure and role of Parliament..

    Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

  • The structure and role of Parliament Politics mistake 1

    Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Analyse and evaluate scrutiny of the executive and how effective that scrutiny is in practice..

    Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.