A Level Politics

Yes!! I get A's in politics and am planning to take it at uni, I am also yr 13 so I think I can help!! I reccomend reading the news headlines every day, whilst your brushing your teeth, making breakfast etc, if reading isn't your thing, put the news on in the background. I reccomend reading two different news sources to balance out the political spectrum so I read the telegraph and the guardian but the bbc is pretty good too. REVISE KEY WORDS!!!! they will really help in your exams, especially when the question has phrases you may not be aware of. I tend to reccomend making an essay plan every day (doesn't need to take ages, try get it done in 20 min) this means you can switch around on different areas of the course. I do Edexcel so if you are doing that then pick 2 ideologies to study and study them HARD im doing socialism and conservatism, (and feminism) I have read extracts from the works of the key thinkers books etc read into people you like about their political allignment. apart from that, general religion and wider reading of specific sections work quite well, if you have questions please don't hesitate to reach out, hope this helps <3333

Thank you for your suggestions! I try to read The Guardian and then The Daily Mail articles on key topics but probably should make more of a habit of it. I also do edexcel and definitely studied liberalism and conservatism in more detail compared to socialism before yr 12 mocks! The revising key words for exam questions is a great idea that I'll definitely try. The thing I struggle with is consistent short revision for politics because it feels so dense sometimes - I'm guilty of long winded revision and less so of short recaps. Any tips regarding that??

Yes!! I get A's in politics and am planning to take it at uni, I am also yr 13 so I think I can help!! I reccomend reading the news headlines every day, whilst your brushing your teeth, making breakfast etc, if reading isn't your thing, put the news on in the background. I reccomend reading two different news sources to balance out the political spectrum so I read the telegraph and the guardian but the bbc is pretty good too. REVISE KEY WORDS!!!! they will really help in your exams, especially when the question has phrases you may not be aware of. I tend to reccomend making an essay plan every day (doesn't need to take ages, try get it done in 20 min) this means you can switch around on different areas of the course. I do Edexcel so if you are doing that then pick 2 ideologies to study and study them HARD im doing socialism and conservatism, (and feminism) I have read extracts from the works of the key thinkers books etc read into people you like about their political allignment. apart from that, general religion and wider reading of specific sections work quite well, if you have questions please don't hesitate to reach out, hope this helps <3333

Yes!! I get A's in politics and am planning to take it at uni, I am also yr 13 so I think I can help!! I reccomend reading the news headlines every day, whilst your brushing your teeth, making breakfast etc, if reading isn't your thing, put the news on in the background. I reccomend reading two different news sources to balance out the political spectrum so I read the telegraph and the guardian but the bbc is pretty good too. REVISE KEY WORDS!!!! they will really help in your exams, especially when the question has phrases you may not be aware of. I tend to reccomend making an essay plan every day (doesn't need to take ages, try get it done in 20 min) this means you can switch around on different areas of the course. I do Edexcel so if you are doing that then pick 2 ideologies to study and study them HARD im doing socialism and conservatism, (and feminism) I have read extracts from the works of the key thinkers books etc read into people you like about their political allignment. apart from that, general religion and wider reading of specific sections work quite well, if you have questions please don't hesitate to reach out, hope this helps <3333

Hi, I got an A* in politics. Reading the news as much as possible is really a given, examiners prioritise (subconsciously) the most up to date and relevant A01 so try to stay on top of it. Anorher thing that is really helpful is the Nick D'Souza a level politics podcast, if you haven't heard of it you should have a look it at its definitely worth the money. It is a very dense subject that I found that there are lots and lots of questions that are synoptic across topics, if you break down content into the core parts, difficult exam questions will become easier as you can draw from different parts of the course. Try to write as many essays as you can, in timed conditions with an unseen question and ask your teacher to mark them. Take the feedback and write another, and keep going. I mainly revised through making essay plans for possible questions, sometimes abstract and really difficult but this helped me prepare.

Hi, I saw your comment and I am also doing Edexcel politics. I am a year 12 student currently predicted B for politics and going to sit my mocks in June hoping to attain an A. Although with all the workload from all my other subjects I haven't started revising properly for Politics. I wanted to ask what do you thinks as an A grade student yourself is best way to revise to achieve this grade in June. Would mind maps for every topic work even though may take long and also how do I better my writing technique in essays as I believe that is my weak point in this subject. Thank you.

Does anyone have any advice about how to revise/ stay on top of the workload for politics? I'm about to start yr 13 and definitely found it my hardest subject in yr 12. Are there any techniques/ things to revise throughout the year apart from past papers/ staying up to date with the news and government???