I am an A Level tutor who teaches Film Studies A Level & G.C.S.E., Sociology A Level, E.P.Q., English Language G.C.S.E.
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I complete schemes of work for each of my courses and aim to upload as many resources as I can in the near future. If you like my work and would like to request a resource, please let me know and I will produce what you need.
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I am an A Level tutor who teaches Film Studies A Level & G.C.S.E., Sociology A Level, E.P.Q., English Language G.C.S.E.
*PLEASE REVIEW*
I complete schemes of work for each of my courses and aim to upload as many resources as I can in the near future. If you like my work and would like to request a resource, please let me know and I will produce what you need.
I produce video resources here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC31WbZO2OQW3Ul108I0QUmw
This pack contains a 26 slide PowerPoint presentation addressing IDEOLOGY and meaning in J Glazer’s Under the Skin
The pack also contains a student handout, a complete (assessed) response, essay plan, additional reading materials.
I have also attached a YouTube link to a video version of this lesson students can use to consolidate their knowledge and understanding.
This lesson is ideal for anyone teaching UTS as part of the EDUQAS AL Film: Component 1 - Section C: British cinema, module.
This lesson contains a lot of content, is primarily focused on linking theory/ideology with the textual elements of the film.
The lesson covers:
Starter - re-cap sci-fi genre conventions
Introduce exam question
Starter 2 - 'How are binary oppositions used in the film Under the Skin?
Feedback - discussion of the techniques filmmakers can use to construct women on screen.
1 - Opening scene analysis - watch scene - students to analyse the opening
Detailed feedback on slides
2 - The ‘White Room’ scene -students to analyse the scene
Detailed notes on slides
3 - The ‘MALL and VAN scenes’ - adoption of gender signifiers - students to analyse the opening
Detailed notes on slides
4 - Alien in the Van / Stalking of men scene - students to analyse the scene
Detailed notes on slides
5 - The ‘disfigured man’ scene - students to analyse the scene
Detailed notes on slides
6 - Ending - chase in the woods/death of the Alien - students to analyse the scene
Detailed notes on slides
This pack contains a 33 slide PowerPoint presentation and accompanying student booklet that covers the following:
This lesson will show students how to analyse Beasts of the Southern Wild whilst applying theories of spectatorship. The lesson is structured to help students ‘build an A Level response’ to several spectatorship/ideology questions.
Starter:
Key term re-cap (key terms with missing vowels = student must identify the term then define it)
Example questions
Preferred reading - group task
Detailed feedback on PowerPoint
Students to list technical approaches that encourage a preferred reading of the film
Detailed feedback on PowerPoint
IDEOLOGY: - introduce the importance of ideology in driving response
Define and explore: Libeterianism and Anarchism
Tentants of Anarchism explored
Group task: students find examples of anarchistic principles found in the film
feedback
Scene analysis - opening scene (recognition / driving the preferred response
Detailed analysis of intro scenes (including ‘community party’ sequences)
Address The Levee = anti-corporate/capitalistic ideologies
Detailed feedback on PowerPoint
ACTIVE RESPONSE - discussion: What does the Auroch represent?
Negotiated response
Detailed feedback on PowerPoint
FEMA/Hospital scene analysis
Detailed feedback on PowerPoint
Oppositional response
Detailed feedback on PowerPoint
‘Beast It’ scene analysis
Bell Hook’s response to the film
NEW CONTENT: viewing BOTSW from a 2024conservative perspective: oppositional responses in 2024
Detailed feedback on PowerPoint
Assessment: planning time and assessment included [optional use]
This pack can be used to introduce any DOCUMENATRY module for both Film and Media studies A Level courses.
This pack contains a 40-slide PowerPoint AND an accompanying YouTube video that covers the following topics/content
PART I -
What is a documentary - Student starter task: define ‘documentary’
Discussion of how uses of key elements may differ from narrative film
Student experiences with documentary
Types of Documenaty (task)
Technical conventions of Documentary (task)
True/false / discussion task
Introduction to Bill Nichols and ‘Documentary Modes’
Short research task - students given one ‘mode’ each and then asked to research for 10 mins - feedback to the class
Discussion for each of Nichols’ Modes
Polemic
Expository
Observational
Participatory
Reflexive
Performative
PART II -
John Grieson on what a documentary is
‘Edge of Reality’ - dealing with actuality; the real
Task - comparing the represenation of WWI in narrative film (Paths of Glory) with documentary film (They Shall Never Grow Old)
Slides are included that go through each clip and consolidate the key points
Fictional Actors / Social Actors
PLenary: this is to be added but suggest task is:
Research the documentary that you and your students will be studying for your course - note down:
Documentary mode
Conventions used etc
This pack contains the following lessons:
1 - Introduction to Component 3
2 - How to Generate Ideas
3 - How to Develop a Protagonist
4 - People on the Move; cinematography and editing introduction/tutorial
Bonus lessons: Wallace & Gromit - short film analysis
1 - Introduction to Component 3
Run down of Component 3
Introduce the Briefs
Introduce Short Film Analysis
The GunFighter - genre research, genre discussion, analysis of The Gunfighter
Guide: How to analyse short films
2 - How to Generate Ideas
This lesson aims to help students get started. The lesson contains a variety of tasks that should help students generate their own ideas. These include:
Development of ‘Two-sentence’ stories
Development of existing news stories
Development of Genre films
Development of aesthetics; mood board tasks
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3 - How to Develop a Protagonist**
Discussion of techniques used to introduce students’ favourite protagonist
Analysis of Raiders of the Lost Ark opening / Introduction to Indy.
Narration - define and look at different modes of narration
Task - analysis of Patrick Bateman’s introduction
Mise-en-scene task - how to develop a character visually and via mise-en-scene
**Lesson 4 - People on the Move
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A fun and engaging lesson designed to help students learn how to frame a shot, construct a short film, and edit.
Students will have one lesson to plan a 60-second/10 shot film around the concept ‘People on the Move’
One lesson to film
One lesson to edit
Lesson 5- guided detailed analysis of The Wrong Trousers:
Note - this lesson will show students how to edit using Adobe Premier. All lessons are editable so you can modify the resources.
This lesson covers Educational achievement and Social Class
The lesson is 38 slides long and covers: (approx one week of lesson time)
This pack contains a complete 36 lesson PowerPoint presentation, accompanying student handout, text book scans needed for task, sample response, mark scheme and an article covering Basil Bernstein’s Restricted/Elaborated Codes
The lesson covers:
Starter - middle class vs. working class achievement
External factors
Cultural Deprivation: language, parents’ education, working class sub-cultures
Speech codes: Restricted/Elaborated
Parents education: parenting style, educational behaviours
Cultural Deprivation - working-class sub-cultures
Bary Sugarman
Myth of Cultural Deprivation
Material Deprivation and Poverty
Cultural Capital / Pierre Bourdieu
Summary
Assessment
This Powerpoint introduces students to EDUCATION.
Included: PC and MAC formatted lesson, booklet/handout. Link to documentary
This lesson will contextualise the study of education through the following tasks/areas:
Student experiences of education tasks - students discuss and share their experiences
Education and the four areas of study
Class differences
Role of education
Why some pupils achieve more than others
Role of education and its role in society
The student experience in school
Impact of Government policy
Cultural Capital
Cultural Deprivation
Plenary/conslidation task: David Harewood’s Will Britain Ever Have a Black Prime Minster documentary - note taking and discussion tasks
The lesson is 23 slides long.
This is a comprenhsive and detailed look at the Functionalist view of Education.
All resources are colourful, supported with image and video resources and are engaging for year 12 and 13 students. They offer lots of discussion points.
This pack contains
46-slide PowerPoint presentation (one formatted for for PC and one for Mac)
Student booklet to accompany lessons
Sample response
Mark scheme
Assessment materials
Built in assessment
Content:
Re-cap of Funcationalism - starter
The Funcation of education
Brief history of education in the UK - discussion of the Industrial Revolution as a pivot point
Durkheim:
Transmission of norms/values
Social Solidarity
Talcott Parsons:
Focal Socialising Agent
Paticularistic/Ascribed standards and Universalistic Standards
The Bridge
School as a meritocracy
Points for and against this argument
David and Moore: Selection and Role Allocation / Inequality is necessary
Built in assessment, planning, writing and marking exercises.
This resource pack is comprehensive.
This is a comprenhsive and detailed look at the MARXIST view of Education.
All resources are colourful, supported with image and video resources and are engaging for year 12 and 13 students. They offer lots of discussion points.
This pack contains
34-slide PowerPoint presentation (one formatted for for PC and one for Mac)
Student booklet to accompany lessons
Sample response
Mark scheme
Assessment materials
Built in assessment
Content:
Re-cap The Function of education
Overview of Marxist view of education
Two class system
Class conflict
Video examples of class conflict to foster discussion and debate
Marxist view - compare to Functionalist view
The Myth of Meritocracy
Louis Althusser
Ideological State Apparatus
Education reproduces, legitimates inequality
Bowles and Ginit
Producing the next generation of labour power
The Correspondence Principal
Paul Willis - Learning to Labour
Plenary and assessment activities included.
Built in assessment, planning, writing and marking exercises.
This resource pack is comprehensive.
This pack covers and contains:
an introduction to the Research Methods in Context exam question
Re-cap of Research Methods key terms/factors
Exemplar question - task and teacher led discussion of how to answer the question
Exemplar question - task; students to repeat the previous task using another question
Sample response anlaysis task
Extended Research Methods in Context plenary activities
Assessment that can be set as homework (with sample answer)
In-depth student handout - gapped section, re-cap of Research Methods, activities and sample response(s)
Methods in Context textbook scans
Methods in context CRIB SHEET
All resources needed
This pack contains a 31 slide PowerPoint covering both INTERNAL and EXTRENAL factors.
Poor Literacy
Globalisation and the Decline of male jobs
Feminisation of Education
Laddish sub-cultures
The Moral Panic about boys
Shortage of Male primary school teachers
Mini-assessment plenary
11-page work booklet
This pack has been designed for the AQA spec.
TES – Beliefs pack
This pack contains a complete scheme of learning for the AQA – Sociology Paper 2 module: Beliefs in Society.
The pack contains twelve [12] complete lessons – each lesson is fully animated, full of tasks, activities, assessment materials, assessment tasks and consolidation activities. All lessons are accompanied by a handout/booklet that students can use during the teaching of the sessions. Documentary recommendations are included, as well as links to further reading and suggested materials for engaging students outside of the classroom.
The sub-topics covered are:
1 – Definitions of Religion - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12774527
2 – Feminist View of Religion https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/feminist-view-of-religion-sociology-12701674
3 – Functionalist View of Religion - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12774533
4 – Marxist View of Religion https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-marxist-perspective-of-religion-12739724
5 – Social Change and the Conservative View[https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/religion-force-for-change-or-conservative-force-12701703
6 – Religious Organisations and New Religious Movements - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12858285
7 – Secularisation -https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12858297
8 – Alternatives to Secularisation https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-sociology-alternatives-to-secularisation-full-lesson-12766222
9 – Religion and Social Groups https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-sociology-religion-and-social-groups-12769375
10 – Science as a Belief System https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-sociology-paper-2-religion-as-a-belief-system-12773915
11 – Religion in a Global Context https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12858303
12 – Religion and Ideology https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-sociology-religion-and-ideology-12774148
This pack contains a complete scheme of lessons for the AQA Paper 3 - Crime and Deviance module.
review of my resources:
"Great, core content presented in an engaging manner. I hope you are planning to add the rest of the crime module. Thanks."
you can read the content of each lesson and view screenshots of all lessons by clicking on the relevant links below:
The pack contains the following lessons, student booklets and additional resources
If you have any additional questions, please email me at:
matthew.oregan@hughbaird.ac.uk
Lesson 1- Introduction to Crime and Deviance: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12790066
Lesson2 - The Functionalist view of Crime and Deviance: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-sociology-functionalist-view-of-crime-and-deviance-12785758
Lesson 3 - Subcultureal theories of Crime and Deviance https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12858247
Lesson 4 - Conflict Theories of Crime and Deviance https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12790478
Lesson 5 - Realist Theories of Crime and Deviance - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12790783
Lesson 6 - Labelling Theories of Crime and Deviance: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12795795
Lesson 7 - Crime and The Media, Moral Panics https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12807680
Lesson 8 & 9 - Crime and Gender - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12808582
Lesson 10 - Crime: Globalisation & Green Crimes https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12847020
Lesson 11 - Human Rights and State Crime https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12847756
Lesson 12 - Crime Prevention, Control and Punishment - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12857652
**Each topic is called a ‘lesson’ e.g. Lesson 2 - Functionalist View of Crime - however, the PowerPoint are not designed to be taught in one session. Some will take an entire weeks worth of lesson time, others less. ** The resources here cover the entire Crime and Deviance module and will take a complete term to teach
This pack contains an entire scheme of learning for the **AQA Sociology: Education **topic
There are over 50 resources in this pack:
The pack contains lesson PowerPoints, handouts, work booklets, assessment materials and activities for all of the following areas:
Introduction to Education
Funcationalist Approach to Education
Marxist Approach to Education
Social Class and Achievement
Gender and Education - boys, girls
Ethnicity and Education
Social Policy
**I have included several screenshots of lessons to give an idea of the quality and style of the resources. **
Each lesson and handout has been designed with students in mind - they are colourful, full of images, interesting tasks and are engaging for learners. There are a variety of approaches used across the scheme, as well as a variety of assessment activities.
Every single lesson has an accompanying booklet for students to fill in during lessons.
Sample responses, past paper questions, additional reading, documentary recommendations, and more are contained within the lessons.
This pack contains:
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EIGHT lessons
TWO large student booklets that cover all eight lessons. **
Lesson 1 - Factors Affecting Choice of Research Method (30 slides)
Lesson 2 - Sampling and Social Surveys (13 slides)
Lesson 3 - Experiments: Lab, Field, Comparative Methods (21 slides)
Lesson 4 - Questionnaires - Mailed, Emailed, In person (13 slides)
Lesson 5 - Interviews (40 slides)
Lesson 6 - Observations - Overt / Covert, participant, Non-Participant (29 slides)
Lesson 7 - Secondary Data - Qualitative and Quantitative (18 slides)
Lesson 8 - Research Methods Consolidation Tasks (13 slides)
Lesson are full of relevant images, are designed to be visually engaging, and contains many tasks to help students develop their critical thinking skills.
Covered in every lesson:
Definition of each Research Methods
Detailed exploration of each Research Method
Examples/Case Study data
Additional Reading
BOOKLETS
Booklet 1 covers: (30 pages)
Lesson 1 - Factors Affecting Choice of Research Method (30 slides)
Lesson 2 - Sampling and Social Surveys (13 slides)
Lesson 3 - Experiments: Lab, Field, Comparative Methods (21 slides)
Lesson 4 - Questionnaires - Mailed, Emailed, In person (13 slides)
Booklet 2 covers: (36 pages)
Lesson 5 - Interviews (40 slides)
Lesson 6 - Observations - Overt / Covert, participant, Non-Participant (29 slides)
Lesson 7 - Secondary Data - Qualitative and Quantitative (18 slides)
Lesson 8 - Research Methods Consolidation Tasks (13 slides)
There are assessment activities included (including sample answers, exam technique guidance).
This pack contains one 31-slide PowerPoint lesson, 1 student booklet, 1 ‘notes and analysis’ handout
The lesson covers:
1 - Aesthetics of Pan’s Labyrinth
Cold/Blue fascist world
Orange/Red/Fantasy world
Aesthetic styles: Magical Realism
Magical Realism as a mode of exploring horrors of 20th Century fascism.
Analysis =- opening scenes: use of aesthetics to communicate social/political issues related to the film
Analysis of: Ofelia's introduction / Magical realism
Analysis of: The Captain; control, order, blue/black aesthetics
detailed feedback and notes provided for each 'textual analysis' task
Asthetic inspiration: Disturbing Art
Goya's Black Painting / Saturn Devouring his Son
Analysis - The Pale Man - links to Fascism, the Catholic Church, destruction of women and children
Fascist and Catholic imagery in the Pale Man scenes - detailed exploration of key elelemts of mise-en-scene:
Stations of the Cross
Stigmata
Forbidden Fruit
The Holocaust
Assessment task included to consolidate student learning.
This pack contains:
1 PowerPoint Quiz - 31 questions [and answers]
1 - picture round - 20 questions
1 - student handout to record answers/scores
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All resources are editable**
This is a fun way to end the term!
This pack contains SEVEN lessons that cover DISTRICT 9.
All lessons have been planned using exam board past papers, guidance and additional materials. Each lesson focuses on a specific element of the course and builds towards an assessment based upon previous exam papers/questions.
The lessons included all come with accompanying handouts and additional resources:
Lesson 1 -Intro to Science Fiction Genre and Screening tasks
Lesson 2 - Character Types - The Hero’s Journey applied to Wikus
Lesson 3 - Cinematography of District 9
Lesson 4 - Representation & Context: Apartheid
Lesson 5 - Mise-en-scene of District 9
Lesson 6- Narrative of District 9
Lesson 7 - Sound of mise-en-scene
**This pack contains a 31 slide PowerPoint addressing a contextual reading of the film. A 14 page student booklet is also included. **
This lesson covers:
**Aesthetics - magical realism, Phantasmagoria, The Grotesque in Del Toro’s work
Aesthetics of PL **- Blue/Black for the real world vs. Orange/red for the fantasy world.
Discussion of how aesthetic choices drive meaning in the film.
Consideration of past exam question (students will work towards answering this question as they go through this lesson with you)
Magical Realism - define and explore.
Magical Realism - a vehicle for exploring the horrors of the 20th century.
Dr. Tom Shippey article re: magical realism and fascism in the 20th century.
Film Analysis
Each scene is explored in DETAIL with the students. There are detailed notes provided (these can be given to students, used by teachers to inform their own reading, or ignored in favour of a student lead approach)
1 - intro to the film
2 - Intro to Ofelia
3 - The Captain
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Using Disturbing Art to reflect a disturbed world **
Discussion of 'disturbing art’
Introduction to Goya and his Black Paintings
Study of Saturn Devouring his Son - primary aesthetic inspiration for the Pale Man
**Analysis:
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4 - the Dinner scene
5 - the Pale Man - links to fascism, the catholic church, symbolism of the Pale Man as the Captain.
Assessment included.
This pack contains a 39 page PowerPoint presentation and a 16 page student booklet.
The lesson can be taught as one linear session, or split in to smaller, more manageable sessions. This lesson contains everything you need to prepare students for the contextual issues, and stylistic choices, that inform the film.
The lesson covers:
Look at past questions - looking for trends and recurring topics
Intro to film (basic production context info)
Del Toro - mini-auteur study and formation of his style / themes.
(Task - watch clips from some Del Toro films. Students to note down stylistic and thematic consistencies in his work)
Contextual Issues
What is Fascism?
History of Fascism in Europe
Franco’s Spain - rise of fascism in Spain.
Gender - how Franco’s fascist policies impacted women, minorities, non-Fascists in Spain (specific focus on women and how this informs the representation of gender in the film).
Role of the Catholic Church - links to Fascism and Franco
Additional research links
Pre-screening consolidation task - this can be re-visited AFTER the screening. Students can begin building contextual links to the film on their own/in groups before in-depth study begins with the teacher.
This pack contains THREE lessons. A break down of each session is listed below:
(in case you re returnign to this listing: it used tolist FOUR lessons - this was an error by myself that has been corrected)
All three lessons are fully animated, thoughtfully designed, engaging, and come with student booklets
The pack also includes a ‘screening notes’ handout - teacher’s screening notes whilst watching the film with students.
**Lesson 1- Introduction to Mogul Mowgli / production context
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Bio of director Basam Tariq
Bio of writer/star Riz Ahmed
Ted Talk from Tariz " The Beauty & Diversity of Muslim Life"
Defining terms: MOGUL / MOWGLI
Produciton context slides - covers studios involved, intent of filmmakers, support from the UK Muslim Film organisation
Research task: research Ahmed and Tariq’s inspiration for the film / their reasons for creating the film / their perspectives of representaiton of ethnic minorities in cinema.
Lesson 2- Pre-Screning / Context / Post Colonial Theory
*** Context covered**:
History of Partition
British Empire’s role in India
Consequence of Partition (At the time and modern)
Ghost Trains - phenonemon associated with Partition, and one that is central to the narrative of MM.
Trauma
Generational Trauma
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POst-Colonial Film Theory; Tony Gilroy**
Task: Indiana Jones analysis task - representation of formerly colonised groups in Western media
Overview of Post Colonial Theory (See screenshots for level of detail in slides)
Albonic Nostaliga vs. Post-Colonial Britain
‘Racial Otherness’
Ideological representation of Muslim people / Muslim way of life in cinema:
Task - analysis and student reflection
‘The Muslim Other’
Examples of ‘othering’ across different British media
Great interview of Riz Ahmed reacting to the othering of Muslim peoples
Lesson 3 - Post Screening response
This powerpoint includes all former questions for this module (up to 2022)
A history of TOBA-TEK-SINGH
Several guided tasks and activities that are designed to draw out student understanding of both NARRATIVE & IDEOLOIGICAL messaging within Mogul Mowgli.
Assessment included in this lesson.