I will post revision checklists on this post but you should access the glow site to find class powerpoints and handouts as well as more detailed revision notes (as I write them!)

The link to the glow site is: Higher Modern Studies Glow Site

View the Higher Modern Studies Magazine.

Find out more about the seats that could decide the next election at the BBC Interactive Tracker.

[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25726270#interactive]

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Research the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and take notes on:

* Background Info – Member countries, Key events

* How they work – a political and military alliance, collective defence, the transatlantic link, 2010 Strategic concept.

* Recent and current missions

* Working Structure

* 2013 – A Year in Review – identify key events/activities that they have been involved in.

Use the below links:

Interactive guide to NATO

NATO\’s year in review

Access the prezi used in class here:

Global Security Prezi

If you have missed lessons than you should use this to fill in gaps in your notes.  Follow the ‘path’ through the prezi by clicking the arrow at the bottom of the screen.

I have also added some extra videos about the General Assembly, Security Council and the work of the Secretary General for you to watch for extra background knowledge.

Follow up to and including the information on ‘peacemaking’.

Miss B

For the higher class: as promised in class here are the links and activities for you to do for your homework.  If you have any queries or get stuck than add a comment to the bottom of this post.

Access the presentation from this LINK.

Watch the highlights from the Leaders debates in 2010:

Debate 1

Debate 2

Debate 3

Task:

Click through the presentation by clicking on the arrow button at the bottom.

Note the first few slides show general information relating to the 2010 election, read through this, but you don’t need to take notes (unless you want to!) on this.

Image

 Make notes using the statistics for the graph on the following:

• which party leader had the best image?
• Is there a link between the image of a leader and their vote share?
• What was Gordon Brown’s advantage?
• Were the Debates a ‘game changer’

Rational Choice and Issues

• Follow the instructions on the Prezi to help you take notes on Rational Choice

Activity for next Friday:

(we will discuss the plan for this a bit on Tuesday)

 * prepare an answer to the essay question shown at the end of the prezi:

 ‘Assess the influence of social class on voter behaviour.’

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As discussed in class, you should be doing extra personal study this weekend on social and economic inequalities in the US.  Listen to /watch the below programmes and take notes to help expand your understanding of these issues and how they affect people’s lives.

Listen to  the radio programme on Harper High School using the below link to help you research more the impact of crime on young people in Chicago.

This is American Life: Harper High School

Research life on Skid Row by following the Good Magazine’s mini series on the area:

Life on Skid Row: Part One