GCSE sociology- gender role socialisation (WJEC)

This is a GCSE sociology lesson (WJEC Eduqas) on gender role socialisation. It is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson, and has a total of 9 slides on the power point.

Included:

• starter activity- encouraging students think about some of the key concepts in sociology (norms, socialisation etc).
• title- ask student key questions, getting them to think about what gender socialisation is.
• how gender roles are socially constructed. - explanation of what this means
• the role of the family in gender socialisation
• the role of the media in gender socialisation - fill in the blanks activity. A copy of the answers are also included on a separate worksheet for teacher use.
• the role of schools in gender socialisation.
• the role of peer group in gender socialisation- students to copy definitions into their key terms glossary. (sheet included)
• documentary with questions for students to answer.
• plenary - students should try to answer as many questions as possible. (differentiated- easy, medium and hard questions)