This is a GCSE sociology lesson (WJEC/ EDUQAS) based on the Marxist perspective of the family. The lesson is designed to fill 90 minutes and it consists of 11 power point slides with two worksheets. Included: -starter activity whereby students need to unscramble key concepts. -recap of the Functionalist view of the family. -explanation of Marxism as a conflict theory. -explanation of how families serve the interests of capitalism. -Zaretsky ‘the cult of private life’. This includes a fill in the blanks activity for students to complete. -explanation of Zaretsky’s view that the family benefits capitalism. -evaluation of the Marxist perspective. -worksheet whereby students are encouraged to compare the Functionalist and Marxist perspective. -poster activity, students consolidate their knowledge about Marxism. They may need to use the GCSE wjec textbook to support them with this task. -plenary- questioning activity. Questions based on different difficulty levels, students to choose which ones they can level.

This is a A-Level sociology (AQA) lesson based on explaining class differences in education with a particular focus on labelling theory (internal factors). This is a power point lesson which includes a total of 10 slides. The lesson is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson. Included: -starter activity- unscramble the key concepts. (answers included) -explanation of labelling, referring to Interactionism and Becker. -labelling in secondary schools (Dunne & Gazeley 2008) -labelling in primary schools (Rist’s 1970) -student activity- encouraging them to think about how teacher’s label students, where they get these ideas from. - Answer’s/ ideas included on the power point. -explanation of the self-fulfilling prophecy. -teacher expectations reading activity. Students will need access to the AQA book 1, textbook. Pages, 28-29. This activity will allow students to understand and explain Rosenthal & Jacobson 1968. Question worksheet included. -questions to assess students understanding from this lesson. 5 questions, they should be able to complete these using their notes from this lesson and prior knowledge.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson (eduqas/ WJEC) which focuses on family diversity and the reasons for this change in family types. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and has a total of 12 slides. Included: -starter activity. Sociology bingo. Students to pick nine words from the list, teacher reads out a definition, students cross off the key term if they have it on their grid. Prizes may be needed to reward winners. -explanation of different types of family today. Particular reference to extended families (horizontal, vertical and modified) -explanation of the Rapoports and their view on the family. -explanation of Chester- view of the family. Evaluation of the Rapoports theory. -statistics to demonstrate what Chester suggests about the family. -links to theory- Postmodernism. Introduce the theory and explain what they say about the family. -explanation of ethnic minority families, link to The Rapoports. -reasons for the change in family types explained. Links to; changes in the law, social changes, changes in the position of women and secularisation. Student activity: draw a grid- add the statements off the power point slide under the correct heading (reasons for the change). Answers included on the power point. -key legal changes: The divorce reform Act, Equal pay Act and Marriage (same sex couple) Act. Encouraging students to think about how these changes in legislation may have influenced the changes in family structures. -plenary- true or false. Answers on the power point. Challenge/ extension questions throughout to support higher ability students.

This is an AQA A-level sociology lesson which focuses on streaming, with reference to labelling. The lesson is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson, the power point consists of 12 slides. Included: -starter, fill in the blanks activity. This recaps students knowledge on the labelling theory. Task included on a work documents. -explanation of streaming with links to labelling and the self-fulfilling prophecy. -explanation of Gillborn and Youdell 2001, the educational triage (A-C economy) -quick knowledge check- questioning activity. -explanation of pupil subcultures. With reference to Lacey (1970) concepts of polarisation and differentiation. -explanations of pro and anti-school subcultures with reference to key sociologists such as Hargreaves. -Stephen Ball abolishing streaming -Woods (1979)- other student responses to streaming and labelling. -criticisms of the labelling theory -finish the lesson with a Kahoot. One is already made on Kahoot: titled ‘class differences in achievement’ by AFitch7.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on Global families. The lesson is designed to fill 90 minutes and the power point contains 12 slides. **Included: ** -starter activity- recap/ quiz of the theories of the family. -explanation of key concepts such as; polygamy, polandry, polygyny. Two video clips to demonstrate these ideas. Links included on the powerpoint. Encouraging students to think about the advantages and disadvantages of these types of family. -explanation of monogamy and serial monogamy. -explanation of arranged marriages with comparisons to the UK. -video clip. Maasai tribe- views on arranged marriages. Link included on power point. -explanation of the one child policy in China. -‘life on a Kibbutz’. Video clip to show a unique way of living in Isreal, questions for students to answer whilst watching the clip. Link included. -‘inside China’s last Matriarchy’. Explanation of what a matriarchy is, video clip- students to answer questions whilst watching the clip. Throughout, students are encouraged to compare different family structures to that of the UK. -plenary. Students should use the scrabble board to try and score the highest sociological key concept.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on divorce as part of the family unit. The lesson explains changes in patterns of divorce. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there is a total of 12 slides on the power point. Included: -starter activity. Introducing key statistics about divorce. Students to predict the missing statistics. (answers then included on the power point) -key statistics, encouraging students to think about what they show about divorce. -background of divorce in the UK. Dominoes match up task. Students to get a pack of dominoes which contain key dates and explanations, they should then match these up. Answers included on the power point. This shows how divorce laws have changed and encourages students to think about the impact they have had. -key trends-graph. Briefly introduces the Family Law Act 1996 -legal changes to divorce timeline. -changes to laws- more detailed explanation of the Divorce Reform Act 1996 and what it entailed. Links to The Family Law Act 1996 and Legal Aid (1949). -explanation of the reasons for changes in divorce. Student task- to rank them in order of importance. -explanation of how expectations of marriage have changed- reference to Giddens. -plenary- true or false activity.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the rise in singlehood and changes in marriage patterns. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and the power point consists of 10 slides. included: -starter activity. Students to make the highest scoring sociological key concept using the scrabble board. -explanation of what singlehood is. Key statistics to add context. -explanation of the reasons for the growth in singlehood. Student task- to rank them in order of which reasons they think have made the biggest impact. -links to theory. - Feminism and Post modernism, -changing marriage patterns. Key question to students- do you think marriage is important? -changing marriage patterns in the UK. Key statistics. -why are less people getting married?. Student task to create a mindmap, then model the answers (these are included on the power point). -reading task. The reading provides more detail on marriage patterns and reasons for why they are changing. Students to answer some key questions which are included on the power point using the reading. -Challenge/ extension questions included throughout. -plenary- question task. Students to pick which questions they wish to answer, colour coded based on difficulty level.

This is GCSE sociology lesson [WJEC] which focuses on the increase in lone parent families. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 14 slides on the power point. Included: -starter ‘the odd one out’. Students should look at the key concepts and identify/ explain the odd one out. Answers are in the notes section on the power point. -key information and statistics about lone-parent families. Students should try and work out the missing statistics before giving them the answers. -reasons for changes in the law and norms explained with examples. -video clip. Watch up to five minutes. Students should identify the reasons for why the woman thinks lone-parent families are bad for society. Link on the power point slide. -explanation of how the changing position of women has led to an increase in lone-parent families. -explanation of The New Right view of the family with reference to Charles Murray. Feminism used as evaluation. -15 mark exam question practice. This question requires students to use their knowledge about sociological theory to asses whether the nuclear family is the best type of family . The power point includes the key question and explains how students should answer the question. There is an example paragraph to support students. Mark scheme also included.

This is a A-Level sociology (AQA) lesson which focuses on revising class differences in educational achievement. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and the power point consists of 14 slides. Included: -starter activity- sociology bingo. Prizes may be needed for the winning students. -A3 mindmap for students to summarise information through the lesson. -7 slides outlining the key information of each explanation for class differences in education. This covers both internal and external factors : context of who does better in education, cultural deprivation, cultural capital, material deprivation, labelling, streaming and pupil subcultures. With reference to key sociologists/ studies throughout. -20 mark exam question practice. Applying material from Item A and your own knowledge, evaluate the view that middle class pupil’s higher levels of achievement are the product of factors outside school. (20 marks) - students could either start or plan this essay during the lesson. The power point goes through what students could take out of the item, along with what they could include in each paragraph when writing their answers. -included is a key studies/ concepts sheet which students could either fill in for homework or if they have time at the end of the lesson. They may need the AQA sociology textbook 1 to support them with this activity. By the end of the lesson students will have a A3 mindmap which summarises all of the key concepts/ studies from the topic. Students will also be aware of how to answer a 20 mark question and will feel confident when doing this.

This is an A-Level Sociology lesson [AQA]. The lesson focuses on finishing external factors affecting ethnic differences in achievement with a focus on material deprivation. The lesson then starts to move on to internal factors including labelling and streaming. The power point consists of 10 slides and it is designed to last a 90 minute lesson. Included: -starter activity. Students use the scrabble board to come up with the highest scoring sociological key concept from the education unit. -explanation of material deprivation and how this links to ethnic differences in schools. -explanation of racism in wider society. Explanations by Rex (1986). -differences in parental attitudes. Video clip, link provided on the power point. This focuses on explaining how Asian parental attitudes may be different and how this affects their educational achievement. Questions for students to answer also included. -the lesson then moves on to internal factors. Key information provided from Gillborn and Mirza (2000) along with Strand (2010). -explanation of labelling and teacher racism with reference to Gillborn and Youdell 2000. -explanation of streaming and which ethnic groups are more likely to be streamed. -explanation of Asian pupils and labelling with reference to Cecile Wright (1992). -plenary = knowledge check. Students to answer a series of questions which refer to cultural deprivation and material deprivation.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson, which focuses on how far conjugal roles have changed. This is the second lesson on conjugal roles, lesson 1 explains what conjugal roles are. The lesson is designed to last a 90 minute lesson and there are a total of 10 slides on the power point. By the end of the lesson students will be able to explain whether conjugal roles have changed or not, by referring to decision making and money management, the dual burden, triple shift, the media and childcare patterns. Included: -starter activity. Students are shown some graphs which explain housework patters. Students to answer key questions using the data on the graph. -students are encouraged to think about the problems women may face with the domestic division of labour. -have families become more equal? pair activity. Students are given information packs, these contain information about conjugal roles (decision making, money management, dual burden etc). Students will then teach their partner. -the power point then goes on to explain each point in more detail. For example, the hours spent on household tasks, Ann Oakely, Duncombe and Marsden, Pahl and Edgell. Challenge questions are also provided on the power point. -male and female roles. Students are given a list of characteristics and they should decide whether they belong pre or post 1970s. Answers on power point. -conjugal role quick quiz. This tests students on everything they have learnt about conjugal roles. The quiz is provided on a separate document. -plenary. How well do students know their key concepts and sociologists? Students are provided with key terms and people, their task is to ensure they can explain each one. This is a differentiated task, each key concept is worth a different amount of points (colour coded).

This is a GCSE sociology lesson [Eduqas, WJEC]. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and the power point consists of a total of 12 slides. This lesson focuses on changes in conjugal roles. By the end of the lesson students will be able to outline the main changes to conjugal roles, examine whether roles within the family are changing and refer to key studies such as Willmott and Young- Symmetrical family. Included: -starter activity encourages students to think about what roles are predominately completed by men and women in the household. -explanation of what conjugal roles are. Referring to segregated and integrated conjugal roles. -images from the good housekeeping guide, students to think about how women are portrayed in these images. Discussion task. -two video clips, a guide to how women to behave/ act. Students to list all the ways women should behave according to the clips. -explanation of the traditional domestic division of labour and how things are starting to change. -worksheet activity. Students to tick which tasks are completed by the males and females in their household. Challenge questions included. -explanation of the symmetrical family as explained by Willmott and Young. -explanation of the new man. Students to think about whether they think this is true. Encourage them to think about celebrity examples. -Willmott and Young reading. Worksheet provided. Questions for students to answer on the power point. -Evaluation- referring to feminism (Oakley) -plenary- how far do students think that families have become more symmetrical.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson [WJEC/ EDUQAS]. The lesson focuses on The changing role of men in society and in the family. The lesson power point consists of 10 slides and is designed to last a 90 minute lesson. Included: -starter activity. This is a retrieval practice task, whereby students should try to answer as many questions as possible. The questions are differentiated. -task one encourages students to think about what it means ‘to be a man’. -traditional masculine roles. Students to create a mindmap, some ideas have been put on the slide to support students. Challenge question also included. -explanation of how traditional masculine roles have changed and what they used to be. -why men’s traditional gender roles are changing. Video slip- questions for students to answer. -reasons for the changing masculine role. -crisis of masculinity. Reading task, students to answer questions. The reading is provided on a separate document. -the mask of masculinity- Video slip, students to answer questions on power point whilst watching the clip. -poster task, students to consolidate everything they have learnt today. May need access to the GCSE textbook to support them. -plenary 5,4,3,2,1 - students to think about what they have learnt today, any questions they have about the content, question other students. (all instructions are on the powerpoint)

This is a GCSE sociology lesson [WJEC]. The lesson focuses on the role of older people in the family. The powerpoint consist of 11 slides in total and is designed to last a 90 minute lesson. included: Starter activity. Students to try and identify the key terms and key sociologists. Title page, encouraging students to think about the role older people have played in their lives and within their family. Explanation of what has happened to life expectancy. Graph interpretation. What impact will this have on families? The result of increased life expectancy on the family and society. Students to create a list or mind map. Answers included on the power point. Explanation of the modified extended family, how this links to increased life expectancy and how it benefits families. Explanation of traditional extended families. With reference to Forester (1990s). Explanation of how increased life expectancy has lead to an increase in beanpole families. Is the ageing population in Britain a problem? this is a reading task for students to complete. Questions for students to answer on the powerpoint. The reading is provided on a separate document. This task starts to refer to some of the A-level content, this is therefore a ‘challenge’ higher ability task. Evaluation, with reference to the sandwich generation and boomerang children. Summary/ comparison worksheet. Students to summaries their knowledge on the role of children, role of men and role of older people in the family. Plenary. Students to define as many key terms as they can from the slide.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on changes to the size of the family, whether the family is in decline and the emergence of the privatised nuclear family. There is a total of 12 slides and the lesson is designed to last 90 minutes. Included: -Starter activity- recap of theories of the family. -Explanations of changes to family sizes. With reference to, the changes in the position of women, changes in religion and technological and financial factors. There are links to key statistics, and challenge questions provided throughout. Students to copy the table on the power point and fill in the key information whilst the teacher talks through it. -Is the family in decline? arguments for and against this argument. With reference to key theories such as The New Right. Evaluation provided. -The emergence of the privatised nuclear family. Reading activity -students to answer key questions using the reading. (reading provided on a separate document) -Plenary- true or false.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson, which focuses on interviews. This is designed to last a 90 minute lesson and there is a total of 14 slides on the power point. There is a worksheet to go along with the lesson (home learning purposes). Included: -Starter activity. This is a retrieval practice activity which recaps the families and households unit. -Recap of last lesson- requires students to have a basic understanding of the difference between primary and secondary data. -Introduction to interviews. What are they? the different types of interviews used by sociologists. -Explanation of structured interviews. -Explanation of unstructured interviews. Links to Dobash and Dobash, along with Feminism. Students to read the reading (provided on a separate worksheet) and answer the questions on the slide. -Explanation of semi-structured interviews. Students to answer questions. -Explanation of focus groups. Students are encouraged to think about why and when these may be useful. -Student task. Students are given four scenarios, their task is to decide which type of interview would be best and why. Example provided on the power point. -Strengths and weaknesses of using interviews in sociological research. -Student task. They are given four scenarios, they need to answer the key questions on the pp for each scenario. Links to interviewer bias and social desirability. -Plenary. Students are given 9 different statements, their task is to identify whether which interview the statement is referring to. Provided on a separate worksheet.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson that focuses on the usefulness of using questionnaires in research. The lesson outlines what a questionnaire is, along with its strengths and weaknesses. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are 13 slides on the power point. This lesson also has a worksheet for students to complete that goes along with the power point. Included: -Starter activity. This is a retrieval practice activity that assesses students understanding of key studies taught in the family unit. Match up task. -Brief recap of using interviews in sociological research. -Detailed explanation of what a questionnaire is, challenge questions provided. -What type of data do questionnaires produce? fill in the blanks task, answers on the pp. -Explanation of the difference between open and closed questions. Students encouraged to write their own questions. Students are then given four different questions they need to decide whether it is an example of an open or closed question. Challenge question provided. -Strengths and weaknesses of using questionnaires. Student task- copy down the table from the pp, add the statements to the correct column. Answers provided. -Explanation of the issue in response rates in more detail. -Example questionnaire. This is provided on a separate document. This is a bad example, students to look at the questionnaire and assess the issues with the questionnaire. -Plenary, complete the sentences task. Assessing students understanding of what they have learnt throughout the lesson.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on aims and hypothesis. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 10 slides on the power point. The lesson covers; hypothesis, aims, questions for research and 2 mark exam questions. Included: Starter activity which recaps key concepts. Answers included on the pp. Title page. Encouraging students to think about what an aim and hypothesis is. Explanation of hypothesis. Challenge question provided. Writing an hypothesis. Student task, to write a hypothesis for the topic areas provided. An example is also given. Questions for research. Challenge question provided. Establishing an aim. Student task- to write an aim for an area they would want to research. Making your terms clear and operationalising concepts. Planning research. Diagram of the stages a researcher would go through. Explanation of how to answer 2 mark exam questions. Practice exam questions. Students to answer as many as they can.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on ‘planning successful research’. The lesson covers pilot studies, triangulation and designing your own research. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 7 slides on the power point. Included: Starter activity, retrieval practice- families and households. Key studies match up task- answers provided. Using mixed methods in research. Explanation of triangulation. Reasons for using mixed methods. Reading task- provided on a separate document. Students to complete the reading and answer the questions on the power point. Explanation of what a pilot study is- evaluation included. For the rest of the lesson students are encouraged to design their own research project. This is where they can apply their knowledge about everything covered in the research methods unit. Included, what method they will use, aims/ hypothesis, who their sample will be and how they will obtain them. All instructions are included on the power point.

This is a GCSE sociology [WJEC/ Eduqas] research methods revision lesson. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and contains a total of 10 slides on the power point. Included: Starter activity. Retrieval practice, families and households. Answers on the pp. Primary and secondary data task. Students add the methods to the correct side on the table. Reliability Vs. Validity student task. Students to copy the table and decide which methods are higher in validity/ reliability. Research methods overview task. Separate worksheet provided. Students summaries each research method included in the table. This encourages them to think about AO1, AO2 and AO3 (practical, ethical and theoretical). Exam question practice. Students are given 3 exam questions to answer. 1 x 2 marker and 2 x 4 marker. Example answers provided for the 4 mark question- students to use this to mark their own response. independent revision task. Students may need access to the textbook to support them with this task. Plenary- blankety blank. Students work out the missing words in the statements about research methods.