Politics How people decide things together: elections and voting, who can vote, parties, presidents and prime ministers, parliaments and how a law is made, kings, courts and constitutions, taxes and councils, the English-speaking democracies, the news, debates, adverts and polls.
The politics course of Mova's primary school: 42 lessons, 748 sentences, each sentence with its syntax tree and pragmatics. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (Mova corpus 0.4).
1 What politics is: deciding things together 17 sentences · Picture lunchtime with one football and two games that both want it: the children shout, then vote, and the… 2 Elections and voting: ballots, counting and winning 15 sentences · An election is how a whole country, town or school chooses who will be in charge: everyone allowed to vote g… 3 Who can vote, and why children cannot 16 sentences · Not everyone can vote: in most countries you must be 18, and usually a citizen, and your name must be on the… 4 Parties: teams with ideas 18 sentences · A political party is like a team built around ideas: people who think alike join together, choose candidates… 5 President and Prime Minister, White House and Downing Street 15 sentences · The USA has a president, chosen by voters in a separate election, who is both head of the country and head o… 6 Congress and Parliament: how a law is made 18 sentences · A law starts as a bill, a plan for a law, and it must pass a series of tests before everyone has to obey it:… 7 The King, the courts and the rules above the rules 15 sentences · In the UK the King signs every law Parliament passes, and opens Parliament by reading a speech from a golden… 8 Taxes and local councils: bins, roads and schools 16 sentences · Taxes are the money people and businesses must pay to the government, and they pay for the shared things eve… 9 Around the English-speaking world: Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand 17 sentences · Canada, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand all borrowed ideas from the British way of running a country, the… 10 The news: who makes it and how 17 sentences · The news is made by people: reporters find out what happened by going to the place and talking to people, an… 11 Debates and rows on chat shows 20 sentences · Picture a TV debate as a game of tennis with words: two players, a referee called the moderator, and a clock. 12 Adverts, slogans and polls 16 sentences · Before an election, candidates try to get noticed the way a new cereal does: adverts, catchy slogans, poster… 13 Memes, clips and jokes about politicians 20 sentences · A meme is like a joke passed round the playground at top speed: a picture, a few words, and in an hour every… 14 Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics 19 sentences · Politics can feel like a football match to grown-ups, because the decisions touch their jobs, their bills an… 15 Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: staying friends 20 sentences · Big family dinners are where politics often explodes: everyone is at one table, everyone has views, and the… 16 US elections and the president, as reported 21 sentences · Each state is a match worth a number of "electors", bigger states are worth more, and in almost every state… 17 UK elections and the prime minister, as reported 22 sentences · In the UK you do not vote for the prime minister directly. 18 Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more 17 sentences · Last year your sweets cost 50p; now they cost 65p. 19 Immigration and borders 21 sentences · Think of the new kid who joins your class in the middle of the year. 20 Healthcare: who pays when you are ill 24 sentences · You break your arm at football. 21 Climate: hot summers and hot arguments 19 sentences · Weather is what the sky does today; climate is the usual weather of a place over thirty years or more. 22 Guns, school safety and arguments about schools 17 sentences · A lockdown drill is like a fire drill: everyone practises staying quiet behind a locked door so they would k… 23 Why wars happen and why they are hard to stop; the UN and NATO 20 sentences · A war is armed fighting between countries or large armed groups, often lasting years. 24 Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine 16 sentences · On 24 February 2022 Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, sending soldiers, tanks and planes acr… 25 Ukraine: refugees, aid, sanctions and children's lives 17 sentences · When war comes to your town, staying can be deadly, so millions of Ukrainians fled abroad after the full-sca… 26 Israel and Gaza: what happened, as widely reported 23 sentences · Two peoples, Israeli Jews and Palestinians, see the same small land between the Jordan River and the Mediter… 27 Israel and Gaza at school and online 18 sentences · A war far away can arrive in your classroom: some classmates have family in Israel, some in Gaza, and many f… 28 The wars the news shows less: Sudan and others 17 sentences · Some wars fill the news every night and others get ten seconds. 29 Taiwan, China and the word «tensions» 19 sentences · «Tensions» means a situation is tight and worried, like a rubber band pulled hard but not snapped. 30 Refugees, aid and sanctions: how the world helps and pushes 20 sentences · A refugee had to flee war or danger to their life; a migrant moves to another country, often for work or a b… 31 Propaganda and fake news 18 sentences · Propaganda is a message made to push lots of people to think or act one way: it shows only the facts that he… 32 Bots, troll farms and deepfakes in elections 16 sentences · A bot is a computer program that posts by itself while pretending to be a person, and a troll farm is an off… 33 Cherry-picked clips and clickbait headlines 17 sentences · A short clip can be made of real words and still tell a false story, because what was cut out can flip the m… 34 Algorithms, bubbles and false balance 17 sentences · An app's feed is chosen by an algorithm, a set of rules a computer follows: it notices what you watch and fo… 35 How to check: who, how, who else 16 sentences · Most claims can be checked with three questions: who says so, how do they know, and who else reports it? 36 Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet 16 sentences · Every claim goes in one of three piles: TRUE (checked and shown real), FALSE (checked and shown wrong) and N… 37 School councils and class reps 15 sentences · A class rep is a pupil chosen by the class to speak for it at the school council, a small parliament of pupi… 38 Protests, petitions and young activists 16 sentences · There are many peaceful ways to ask for change: a protest, where people gather in public with signs, songs a… 39 Arguing politely and never calling names 16 sentences · An argument means giving reasons for your view, not a fight: you can disagree with an idea and still be frie… 40 Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim 17 sentences · This last lesson puts the whole course together in three habits: know who decides, check the claim, and expl… 41 Olympiad: fair votes, close counts and who decides ★★★ 17 sentences · This olympiad lesson turns the course into puzzles: count the votes, check the rule, follow the chain of who… 42 Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★ 17 sentences · In this olympiad lesson every puzzle hides a trick: a number that sounds huge, a clip cut short, a crowd cro… ← previous Physicsnext → Reflection↑ back to the school This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/