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Citizenship at key stage 3    (Year 7-9)

Unit 06: Government, elections and voting

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Links with other subjects

PSHE: 3k in the non-statutory guidelines

History: 13 in the programme of study; unit 16 'The franchise: why did it take so much longer for British women to get the vote?' in the scheme of work


Sections in this unit

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1. When and how do we vote?
2. What is an election?
3. How are election campaigns organised?
4. Participating in elections
5. How does Parliament work? What other forms of parliament are there?
6. How does government spend its money?