3C and 4C Government and Politics 2016

For Unit 3:
- Minor parties is extremely unlikely to come up as it came up last year, as did campaign finance reform (thank god we won't get this Q), US favourable environment for pressure groups and divisions between the parties over race and ethnic issues.
- 45 markers will likely be pressure groups/elections/race
- 15 markers likely to be 2 questions on parties - likely to be one on the Democratic party

For Unit 4:
- President or supreme court 2 15 mark questions
- Constitution and Congress definitely as 45 markers

I think they might ask something about the president's power of commander in chief , executive orders, or influence on the legislative process as 15 markers. Do you think they would ever ask about Executive agreements?

President's power of commander in chief would be such a blessed question

Imagine!! it hasn't come up since 2011 so i'm literally praying for it

Anyone else think unit 4 is miles better than unit 3?

what points would you make for this question?

Below are some Essay plans I've done (still doing the 45 mark plans for unit 3 so not finished the document), not all of them are amazing because some questions are disgusting.

I also put together a document of examples, it's not all the examples you need to know but a lot of those ones are recent.

I only have Unit 3 stuff right now, I'm still working on my unit 4 ones, but seeing as unit 3 is sooner I've done a lot more.

I'll post some unit 4 stuff when I've done a bit more of it

Those are great points, but won't they only translate to 2 paragraphs?

The question was 'Assess the constraints on the President's role of Commander in Chief'

So you would talk about Congress' check on the presiden't power (eg - Congress has power to declare was) but how president can overcome this (gone to wars without Congress such as Iraq)

Then you could say about Congress' power of the purse and president needs funding for wars and talk about the war powers act etc...

sorry i'm a little confused because i have heard different things but did Congress agree to the Iraq war??

The question was 'Assess the constraints on the President's role of Commander in Chief'

So you would talk about Congress' check on the presiden't power (eg - Congress has power to declare was) but how president can overcome this (gone to wars without Congress such as Iraq)

Then you could say about Congress' power of the purse and president needs funding for wars and talk about the war powers act etc...[/QUOTE


Those are great points, but won't they only translate to 2 paragraphs?

I've been homeschooling myself on politics a2 and omg im so overwhelmed!! Theres toooo much information its insane!! The textbook is so poorly written its confusing, nothing is explained clearly and theres a lot of jumping to diff points!
I've gone through the whole textbook, the annual update, the 2 student unit guides and rather than feeling ready i feel more overwhelmed and like im about to burst, nothing gets into my head and there are literally hundreds of procedure, names, dates, events, laws, figures, cases etc we need to know to answer the bloomin questions!

Does anybody else feel like this or am i just going OTT and trying to remember too much? Can anybody give me like specific things that I should deffo remember?? This thread has been so helpful thank god for all of you and your predictions and essay plans, but with 3 days left is there anything specific any of you could say i need to know and ill memorise them??
Also, any tips on remembering all the info or the cases and figures etc??
Thank you for all your help!!

I'm so worried, got a B in unit 1 last year. Did my unit 2 retake today &think I managed to get a good grade. But I feel like I know nothing for unit 4c and 3c😓I want to do Politics at uni and I really dont want these units to drag me down