a brief on education systems in the US and UK historically and the political systems and parties in both

1. US
EDUCATION
SYSTEM

2. HISTORY OF US
EDUCATION
SYSTEM

3. In the 17th century
• Education was not a requirement it was a dream for the
people.
• The main purpose for education at that time was to teach
children how to read the bible and how to align themselves with
puritan moral.
• Once the settlers population started to grow, each settlement
was required to have at least one school. created.

4. Harvarduniversitywas establishedby the vote of great andgeneral court for the
needfor training clergy for the newcommonwealth.

5. -After the economic depression
affected the formal education
and many schools was closed,
the US education system
retreated, and it bounced back
after the association of American
universities were created.

6. The 18th and
19th century
education system didn’t differ
from the 19th century, the
society for promoting Christian
knowledge founded many
charity schools for poor
students in the 7 to 11 age
group.

7. -The technology started
making its way into the
classroom with the
introduction of the
calculator and
computers in the 1970s.

8. MODERN
EDUCATION
SYSTEM
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9. History of
education in Uk
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10. MEDIEVAL
PERIOD
• The earliest known organized
school in England were
connected to the church and
they were concerned about the
study of religious texts.
• two universities were
established in affiliation with
the church:
• 1- the university of oxford
• 2- the university of Cambridge
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11. early modern
period
• (Elizabethan poor law) came to be used
as a way for providing the poor and
orphaned children of both sexes.

12. the 18 th and 19
th century
• The 18 th century education
system didn’t differ from the 19
th century
• The society for promoting
Christian knowledge founded
many charity schools for poor
students in the 7 to 11 age group.
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The
education
system in
UK from
the 20 the
century:
• -The compulsory school age in England starts at 5
and goes up to the age of 18
• 1. Primary education starts in preparatory school
and takes place from year 1 to year 6 (age 5 to 11),
preparatory school ends with SAT exams and is
followed by :
• 2. Senior school which ranges from 7 to year 11(age
11 to 16) , in year 9 pupils can decide which subjects
to study in years 10 and 11.
• These will be the subjects they take for their GCSE
exams at the end of year 11.
3. For further education pupils can decide between:
• - Academic qualifications, such as A-levels or IB in
order to go to university.
• -Vocational qualifications such as NVQs or BTEC.

14. • 4. Higher education in the UK, university
undergraduate courses usually take 3 years, some 4
or 5 years , under completing an undergraduate
course you can do a master’s degree (1-2 years) and
a PHD (3-5 years).
• 5. A typical school year starts in September /
October and ends in June / July , it consists of 3
terms:
• - Autumn term (September to December)
• - Spring term (January to April)
• - Summer term (April to July)
• 6. In the UK, parents are highly involved in the
school life of their children.
• 7. As many international students are not
accompanied by their parents when studying in the
UK, they are required to have an appointed
guardian , which UKG can help with .

15. POLITICAL
PARTIES
What are POLITICAL PARTIES?

16. Political parties have a long history:
• In the mid-20 century, America was divided into two political parties.
1. The democratic party has been the center-left and the liberal party.
2. The republican party has been the center-right and the conservative
party.
• The party update it’s platform every four years at the party’s national
convention
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17. They have many
functions:
1. Nominate candidates
2. Inform voters whether it’s through local,
grassroots involvement such as letter writing,
campaigns or party leaders speaking on tv.
3. Set the agenda.
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18. US congress
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19. The Us
congress has
three branches
•The executive
•The judiciary
•The legislature
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20. The congress is
made of two parts
•The house of
representatives
•The senate “ the voters in
every state elect only two
senators ”

21. What are the Us
congress functions
• 1- Make laws
• 2- Raise money, spend
money and borrow money
• 3- Represent constituents
• 4- Impeach and remove
president and it can
declare war
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22. Members of
congress meet in
the capital
building in
Washington Dc.

23. DEMOCRACY
What is DEMOCRACY?

24. A political system in which the
power lies in a body of citizens
who can elect people to
represent them

25. UNITED KINGDOM MODEL OF
DEMOCRACY
• Most nations that used to be ran by England tends to have a PARLIAMENTARY STYLE OF
GOVERNMENT.
• A country will be divided into CONSTITUENCISE that will elect a person to represent that area in
the government called a MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

26. PARLIAMET
• Place where laws are made, taxes are determined and decisions for the country’s issues are made.

27. PRIME MINISTER
• the leader of the party that wins the greatest
number of seats.
Boris
Johnson

28. OFFICIAL
OPPOSITION
• the leader of the party with the
second greatest number of
seats.
• All opposition MPs (members of
parliament) that won a seat in
parliament works to keep the
government honest.

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30. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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31. HOUSE OF COMMONS
Make laws
Changes taxes
Discuss country issues

33. HOUSE OF LORDS

34. HOUSE OF LORDS
Vote again on decisions made in HOUSE OF COMMONS to
make sure they are good ideas for the country.

35. POLITICAL
PARTIES
Groups in the government who represent the interests of
certain groups of people that are like-minded. The
political party with the greatest number of MPs will run
the country.

36. UK POLITICAL PARTIES
*Labor party
*Conservative
party
*Liberal
Democratic party
*Scottish
National party
*Democratic
unionist party
*Sinn Fein party