Edexcel GCSE Citizenship Studies

What is included

What this course covers

• Living together in the UK (Paper 1 Section A)

  • Topic 1 — How have communities developed in the UK?
  • Topic 2 — What is identity?
  • Topic 3 — What are democratic values and where do they come from?
  • Topic 4 — How does local democracy work?

• Democracy at work in the UK (Paper 1 Section B)

  • Topic 5 — Who runs the country?
  • Topic 6 — How does Parliament work?
  • Topic 7 — How is power shared between Westminster and the devolved administrations?
  • Topic 8 — How does government manage public money?

• Law and justice (Paper 1 Section C)

  • Topic 9 — What is the law for and how does it affect us?
  • Topic 10 — How does the justice system work?
  • Topic 11 — Is crime increasing in society?

• Power and influence (Paper 2 Sections B and C)

  • Topic 12 — What power and influence can citizens have?
  • Topic 13 — What role and influence should the media have?
  • Topic 14 — Does the UK have power and influence in the wider world?

• Taking citizenship action (Paper 2 Section A)

  • Topic 15 — Taking citizenship action: its definition and the course requirements
  • Topic 16 — Stages of the citizenship action

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