Independent Study Work

Year 12

Standing Prep

  1. Find an old essay, and using the ‘keep it, build it, bin it’ technique, rewrite either the introduction, conclusion or a paragraph and improve it by at least one level.

  1. Find a recent example from the LGS Politics Twitter feed and create a case study which includes the AO1 details of the example and show how many different topics that you have studied it can be linked to (AO2).

  1. Using the Edexcel Politics Specification (2017), trying writing your own exam question and create a plan for how you would answer it.

  1. Using Twitter or your own knowledge, find a recent example, write a piece for the LGS Blog that shows how that example could be used in a Politics essay

  1. Review and organise your notes, creating a contents page for the front of your folder and identifying any notes that you might be missing

Year 13

Standing Prep

  1. Find an old essay, and using the ‘keep it, build it, bin it’ technique, rewrite either the introduction, conclusion or a paragraph and improve it by at least one level.

  1. Find a recent example from the LGS Politics Twitter feed and create a case study which includes the AO1 details of the example and show how many different topics that you have studied it can be linked to (AO2).

  1. Using the Edexcel Politics Specification (2017), trying writing your own exam question and create a plan for how you would answer it.

  1. Using Twitter or your own knowledge, find a recent example, write a piece for the LGS Blog that shows how that example could be used in a Politics essay

  1. Review and organise your notes, creating a contents page for the front of your folder and identifying any notes that you might be missing