ENTIRE SOCIAL POLICIES LESSONS WITH HANDOUTS. Lesson includes handouts and activities for students to complete Teacher notes/instructions in the ‘notes’ of the PPT Lesson covers all of Social Policies Short video on how parliament works Focus on Right and Left wing Examples of policies

Notes provided from Tutor2u but made shorter and easier to access. All topics within the AQA specification included and images to aid in jogging memory.

AQA A LEVEL SOCIOLOGY UNIT: FAMILIES & HOUSEHOLDS TOPIC: CHILDHOOD SUMMARY HANDOUT - IS CHILDHOOD IMPROVING?

AQA A LEVEL SOCIOLOGY UNIT: FAMILIES & HOUSEHOLDS TOPIC: DOMESTIC DIVISION OF LABOUR SUMMARY HANDOUT

Complete lesson on Gender - Subject Choice following the AQA exam board. Handouts included - recap on key terms Discussion questions and images on board Handout on subject choice with information from Ken Browne book and concept check questions for students to complete Key thinkers handout - page numbers on there from the orange Webb book

AQA Theories and Methods lesson on Social Policies. Including multiple choice questions as do now. Breakdown of perspectives on social policies. Concept check questions with answers. 10 mark exam question with support. Please leave a review if you try out this lesson! :)

Complete lesson following AQA A Level Sociology specification on External Factors on gender. Do now - recap on key thinkers on class and ethnicity Starter - statistics on the gender gap Main - students work in pairs to explain the different external factors and explain how they lead to achievement differences between boys and girls Main 2 - students go through the factors with teacher and add to their handout Main 3 - students complete consolidation handout - using information from Ken Browne textbook Plenary - 10 mark exam question with support sheet. Kahoot quiz available https://create.kahoot.it/share/gender-external-factors/5b0f6fb7-505a-4e6e-9ee2-a4ea760c85c7 Please contact if kahoot doesn’t work or need any support. Please kindly leave a review if you can :)

Two complete lessons following the AQA specification. Lesson 1 covers the external factors which contribute to class differences in educational achievement. Lesson includes handouts, peer task, video and discussion questions for an introduction into education. Lesson 2 covers in the internal factors such as labelling, streaming and subcultures. Handouts included. Lesson includes short exam question with mark scheme. Please leave a review if you trial this lesson!

Following the AQA Specification and guidance from the Webb, Westergaard, Trobe and Townend book (P217-222), a booklet exploring the different feminist perspectives. The booklet allows students to explore the perspectives, answer questions, identify examples and discuss strengths and limitations. 10 mark exam question on the final page of booklet.

AQA specification - first lesson on class and achievement covering external factors such as material and cultural deprivation. Lesson structure: Do now on defining working class and middle class outline of A level Sociology course discussion questions on topics within education statement for students to discuss on class and achievement statistics on outcomes brainstorm activity pair task to discuss cultural deprivation factors (language, parent’s education, subcultures, use of income and discipline) for both working class and middle class images and key thinkers included, video to explain concepts for students. cultural deprivationists AO3 discussion on material deprivation through images and list of key thinkers. followed by handout on Bourdieu for his three types of capital along with concept check questions. AFL - MWB what key thinker argued what? cultural or material factors? exit ticket for students to complete.

A2 AQA A Level Sociology Beliefs in Society Lesson on Definitions of Religion. Do now - Key term match up Starter - Defining religion in own words Teacherled - Discussing and explaining different definitions. AFL - Concept check on definitions Studentled - Read over handout on different religions with questions to answer Video - Political systems AFL - Exam question (10 mark) HWK - Consolidation and research task All handouts included!

Please leave a review if you try out this resource! A handout recapping on topics in Education, Methods in Contact, Families & Households, Theories & Methods and Crime & Deviance.

Please leave a review if you use this lesson! This lesson covers the following, following the AQA A Level Sociology Theories and Methods specification. Recap on structualist theories, social action theories, ethnomethodology and phenomenology MWB activity Application of perspectives on social issue.

Support sheets for MiC exam questions

Please leave a review if you try out this lesson! A first part into family diversity following the 2022 AQA exam board guidance. All handouts included.

Please leave a review if you try out this resource! *Lesson follows new AQA guidance on AS and A Level Sociology 2022 * Just a quick lesson recapping on globalisation and education. Do now: recapping on education, MiC, families and any random topic of the AS course (following AQA specification) Starter: odd one out. Students need to identify the concept which is the odd one out and justify it with a link between the remaining 3 concepts Think pair share: Students try to recap on globalisation and make links to social policies. Handout: Class reading through the handout. Aspects highlighted in bold and purple - key bits for students to focus on and use for their homework! Planning: Students then plan how they would answer a 10 mark question on their MWB AO’s: Reminder to students and discussion on how they can identify the AO’s in a piece of work Example paragraph: Students are presented with an example paragraph and need to highlight the AO’s and annotate WWW and EBI which would help them to improve/write the second paragraph Homework: Students are to create revision material based on the handout they’ve read over previously and answer a 20 mark exam question for homework.

This is a complete lesson which covers the Theories & Methods unit on the AQA A Level Sociology Specification. Note - lesson comes with additional recap handouts Lesson covers the following: -Do now: AO3 on social action theories Quick Recap: AFL on MWB Combining approaches: Information slide on combining structure and social action Giddens: definition of structuration and handout available for students to read over AO3 explained Concept Check: Students to complete summary questions on Giddens and answer 8 questions of social action theories covered so far Self assessment: Students use green pen to check their answers All handouts for this lesson are available

Attached is a completed research method lesson focussing on PET and exam questions in the education portion of Paper 1. Lesson based on the Sociology book by David Brown, Hodder Education - AQA approved. The lesson is as following: Starts with a Do Now whereby students recap on qualitative data, quantitative data, primary data and secondary data MWB activity - recap on some key terms within research method Second MWB activity - primary or secondary research method? Images will be presented whereby students have to identify whether they are primary or secondary sources or data PET analysis - quick recap on what it stands for and example. Applying PET - example study for students to identify the practical, ethical and theoretical issues (example study is made up just to illustrate the point that all factors must be considered by the researcher) Applying PET - handout with strengths and limitations of questionnaires, interviews and observations. Students need to identify the PET strengths and limitations by highlighting them in coordination. Answer RM exam questions on both 2019 and 2020 education portion. Handout has a ‘how to answer’ under each question to support students AFL recap as plenary HWK sheet - recap on sampling

Here are two lessons on the interactionist approach on Crime & Deviance following the AQA specification for Yr 13 Sociology students. Please leave a review if you try out these two lessons! The first lesson will cover the interactionist/labelling explanation and the second lesson covers the effects of labelling. Lesson 1: Do now, recapping on key terms used in the interactionist/Social Action approach to studying society. This encourages students to actively recall concepts and prepare them for topics in this lesson. Title + LO’s and fun word of the day. Introduction to labelling, a few short questions to encourage students to discuss labelling and how we treat individuals who have been labelled. Slide displaying Banksy’s work. Opens the discussion on whether or not Banksy is a criminal or does he even get this label? Slide showing a number of crimes, allowing students to discuss who they think is a criminal or not. Looking at the social construction of crime. Introduction on Becker, handout with short questions available. Quick activity on Pillivan and Briar, discussing the judgements used by police officers when making arrests. Introduction to Cicourel, looking at two case studies and discussing the ‘negotiation of justice’ followed by a handout. Social construction of crime statistics, fill in the gap activity for students Quick AFL to end the lesson on MWB Lesson 2: Do now, recapping on last lesson. Quick 4 questions for students to answer in their books. For this part of the lesson, I did photocopy a section from the ‘sociology in pictures’ book but I don’t have an online copy Title + LO’s and fun word of the day Quick recap on MWB Based on reading from the Sociology book, students are to discuss moral entrepreneurs and answer the questions on the board. Moving on to the effects of labelling, discussing primary and secondary deviance (handout available) Applying their understanding to the study carried out by Young on the Notting Hill Hippies Explores the Mods and Rockers by Stanley Cohen Explores the Deviancy Amplifcation Spiral Two types of shaming proposed by Braithwaite Final section on labelling and the criminal justice system. Additional handout on a contemporary study available All handouts are available with BOTH lessons

A complete lesson on victimology for Yr 13 Sociology students studying Crime and Deviance on the AQA specification. Layout of the lesson: Do now, quick recap questions on previous topic of punishment Handout recapping on situational, environmental and social and community crime prevention strategy to encourage recall and AfL The lesson then moves on to a MWB activity (recall) Getting started, exploring what a victim is and why it’s important to study them as well as their portrayal in the media. Definition of victim Discussion around the social construction of the ‘ideal victim’ Patterns of victimisation, handout available for students to explore patterns, answer concept questions and using this information, answer a 4 mark exam question. 4 mark exam question has a mark scheme to allow self-assessment Exploring the impact of victimisation, secondary victimisation and the fear of victimisation. Exploring victimology, both positivist victimology and critical victimology. Handout available for students to read over and answer 9 questions to check their knowledge and understanding. Plenary, 6 mark question on the reasons why victims may not report crimes with mark scheme available for self-assessment. If you do try out this lesson, please leave a review and share your thoughts on the lesson!