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S1 Exploring the Scottish Parliament.
How the Scottish Parliament works
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Answer the below questions in your jotter.
1. What is a Parliament?
2. What can Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) do?
3. In your jotter create a timeline that shows the creation of the Scottish Parliament. Make sure to include the following years.
4. What were the Scottish people asked in 1997?
5. What was their answer?
6. What are devolved matters? Can you give examples.
7. What are reserved matters? Can you give examples.
8. How many MSPs are there?
If you finish these questions explore the debating chamber in the Scottish Parliament:
Can you find out the following:
1. The names of the political parties within the Parliament.
2. The leaders of each party and how many MSPs they have.
3. The job of the Presiding Officer.
Download these instructions here: How the Scottish Parliament works
Violent Crime in the UK
UN Authorizes first Intervention Brigade for Congo
Background detail for the new Intervention Brigade authorized by the UN to add to their MONUSCO mission on below link:
UN Authorizes first Intervention Brigade for Congo
This could be a good extra example to show in an essay on how the UN is adapting to deal with threats to peace and security more effectively. This is the first time a peacekeeping force has been given an offensive mandate in order to try and bring the ongoing conflict in Eastern Congo to an end.
Protected: Unit 2 Revision Notes: Trench Warfare
Modern Studies e-Portfolio instructions.
We would like you to update your e-portfolios with more detailed information and evidence of your learning in Modern Studies.
To do this you should think about writing a post for each unit we have studied so far which includes:
1. A ‘learner statement’ paragraph that details what you have learnt. Please do not only write the learning intentions for the unit, you should write a couple of sentences for each that explains what you have learnt. You may need to refer to jotters to help you do this.
2. Include evidence and information that you found out as part of your research tasks, you could also update your completed powerpoints as evidence of your learning.
3. Research tasks – you have done a research task for each unit, you should also evaluate how well you think you did this. Were you able to find information, what websites did you find the most useful, could you improve your research techniques?
4. Skills –
We have been learning to write a report within the Poverty unit, how well are you following the structure, what would you like to improve on?
We have been learning how to review and select information and evidence from written and statistical sources. How well did you do this? What did you learn about how to do this?
You should be able to do the above for each of the two units studied so far. More detail on the learning intentions for these units is below:
International Issues
Learning Intentions for the unit:
- To explore what ideology is.
- To investigate the differences between Communism and Capitalism.
- To learn about the One Child Policy and explore the advantages and disadvantages of this policy.
- I can research a chosen issue within China and present my findings in an appropriate manner.
Social Issues: Poverty in the UK
Learning Intentions
- To investigate the causes and consequences of poverty.
- To explore the role of Government in reducing poverty and inequality.
- To develop decision-making skills and report writing skills.
Once you have completed updating your portfolio please let your teacher know so that we can add our own comments.
S4 History Homework
Download the homework sheet through the below link:
Protected: Revision Notes Unit 2
Protected: Homework S4: Population and Farming
2013 State of the Union Address
Watch Obama’s State of the Union Address to Congress, and hear his views on his main priorities this year.
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