The politics of the UK exam tips

Exam tips

• Democracy and participation Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to understand the meaning of the prescribed key concepts and terminology for democracy and participation..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Democracy and participation Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to develop awareness of how suffrage has changed from the Great Reform Act 1832 to the present, including debates about gender, class, ethnicity and age..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Democracy and participation Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to develop awareness of the significance of the Chartists, Suffragists and Suffragettes and of suffrage as a human right..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Democracy and participation Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to analyse and evaluate the nature of democracy..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Democracy and participation Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to analyse and evaluate direct democracy and representative government..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Democracy and participation Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to analyse and evaluate patterns and different forms of political participation..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Elections and referendums Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to understand the meaning of the prescribed key concepts and terminology for elections and referendums..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Elections and referendums Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to analyse and evaluate the characteristics, performance, advantages and disadvantages of systems used in parliamentary elections and elections to one devolved body in the UK..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Elections and referendums Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to analyse and evaluate the 1997 general election, one election before 1997 and one election since 1997 in their wider political contexts..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Elections and referendums Politics exam tip 1

  Use a precise political example to support each developed point. Apply this to analyse and evaluate patterns of voting behaviour and changes over time using relevant national data sources..

  This makes the advice actionable, preserves political concept boundaries and keeps AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.