BxA Modern Studies

Modern Studies Department at Banff Academy.

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Mr Lindsay, Mr Bappoo and Miss Bowie were lucky enough to visit the amazing @XPEastSchool in Doncaster this week! Thank you for having us!😄 @Excelerate_TWF @BanffAcademyBXA @TWF_Scotland

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In elections, a leader's job is to attract voters who wouldn't usually choose their party. A leader with a v low net approval rating is unlikely to do that. This graph shows that Johnson's in trouble esp as the North has the 'red wall' & the Midlands are full of marginal seats.

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S2 PBL slice has begun! Guiding question: how could we tackle
poverty in the UK? So far, we've had research online & a panel featuring local charities & two of our Higher pupils, facilitated by @Excelerate_TWF. Over the next few months, it'll be a whole Year Group experience.

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One day to go..Higher Modern Studies prelim tomorrow. I have total confidence in every pupil.

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Higher Mods (World Power). The symbolic beginning of the end of 'one country, two systems' in Hong Kong? BBC News - Pillar of Shame: Hong Kong's Tiananmen Square statue removed
https://t.co/dNEZcNyKic

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Higher politics were working together today to consolidate their knowledge on the Sociological model of voting behaviour and some peer marking.

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Life in the UK: automation could dramatically affect the future of work. There are approx 457,000 bar staff in the UK but AI could do the job 3x faster without wasting a drop.
BBC News - The robots behind the bar that want to pull your next pint
https://t.co/j2bKSLqstn

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The life of a Modern Studies teacher! Today's budget means that the Higher (Inequalities) resources need amendment: Universal Credit tapering is now 55p/£ rather than 63p/£. This should leave workers better off as their wages increase.

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Cutting Air Passenger Duty for domestic flights will likely draw criticism from Greens & could raise questions about whether High Speed Rail (which could be seen as an alternative to domestic flights but is v costly to build) will ever get to Scotland, N England or SW England.

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Higher Mods (Inequalities): the decrease in duty on sparkling wine and draught beer, announced in the Budget, shouldn't impact on Scot Gov efforts to tackle health inequalities because the Minimum Unit Price applies regardless of the rate of duty.

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S3 Modern Studies (Life in the UK): two examples of British Overseas Territories, one of which, St Helena, is where half of Mr Lindsay's family come from!
BBC News - The remote British island hoping to see more visitors
https://t.co/gerI1UNqCg

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Simply written but a lot of thought went into it & it led to a lot of discussion. There are the advantages and disadvantages of China's policy of limiting family size, as identified by S2 Modern Studies.

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Higher Mods (Democracy: Voting Behaviour). This pic shows the voters in Indyref 2014 split by age. In 2021, polls show that 3/4 of voters aged under 35 support independence.

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They've been all over the news. They've beaten a well-armed, well-trained army 4x their size in a few days & taken over Afghanistan (a land of 38 million people), stunning the West, shocking the world & undermining a US President but who are the Taliban?
https://t.co/7wguQ4aIqF

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N4/5 Mods (USA). Map embedded in this article's really good for showing diversity but also segregation in American cities. E.g. Dallas/Forth Worth (in Texas) show white/black/Hispanic segregation very well.

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The United States is more diverse and has more people than ever before, with much of the growth occurring in and around metropolitan areas, according to the 2020 census.

This map shows America's changing landscape. https://t.co/kCvgP4oISy

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It was the first time independence had fallen below 20%.
Here's the link.
https://t.co/FWOvJRwhwm

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H Mods (Voting Behaviour). According to Savanta ComRes for the Scotsman, these were the most important issues to voters in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election:
Economy 50%
Health 45%
Employment & Welfare 35%
Education 31%
Brexit 25%
Independence 19%
Environment 17%
Housing 16%

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Oh no! I missed out employment and welfare on 35%!

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Here's the link. https://t.co/FWOvJRwhwm

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H Mods (Voting Behaviour). To voters, some issues are more important than others. To win, a party needs voters to agree with their policies/record on the more important issues. E.g. this is why SNP's management of the pandemic is more important than controversies about exams.