GCSE AQA Sociology INTRO LESSONS & QUIZ

Detailed and differentiated (up and down) student-led lessons that help students to develop their knowledge and understanding from previous lesson(s). Includes 6 lessons (the last being a quiz lesson) and a key term sheet that covers the key terms in these lessons:

**L1 – Intro to GCSE AQA Sociology: **

• an overview of the course, exam and curriculum
• An activity on how to create and maintain a safe space for discussions
• suggested revision websites and youtube channels that students can use to develop their knowledge and understanding of key ideas and concepts.
• activities to introduce students to Sociology and sociological thinking/ inquiry.
• Expectations

L2 – How might sociologists explain behavior?

• Explores, norms, values, socialisation (primary/secondary) and social control, agencies and agents of socialisation and social control as an introduction to Sociology.
• Also looks at the importance of primary socialisation and the consequences of it inadequately performed.
• 3 marker with a success criteria and student friendly mark-scheme

L3 – Intro to functionalism

• Explores value consensus, social order, biological/ organic analogy, structuralism, consensus theories and social cohesion as way of introducing students to the key main functionalist views and ideas.
• 3 marker with a success criteria and student friendly mark-scheme

L4 – Intro to Marxism

• explores capitalism, profit, social class, ownership, interests, structuralism, conflict theories, exploitation, false consciousness and social relations of production as a way to introduce students to the main Marxist views and ideas.

**L5 – Intro to feminism **

• explores sex, gender, gender roles, patriarchy, gender inequality as a way to introduce students to the main feminist views of society and ideas.
• 3 marker with a success criteria and student friendly mark-scheme

**L6 – Quiz lesson **

• small revision activity –that looks at the similarities and differences between functionalism, Marxism and feminism25 min quiz (on basic sociological concepts, key functionalist, Marxist, feminist’s ideas and terminology) answers/ mark-scheme for quizscaffolding for students to peer assess (but quiz can also be marked by teacher)
• SAME as A-level intro quiz but excludes questions on the nature – nurture debate.

Made to meet the needs of the AQA SPEC but can be edited to meet the needs of any spec, e.g. key terms in L2-5 meet the AQA spec

Answers included for main activities and quiz

**L2,3 & 5 include 3 marker, success criteria to answer this and student-friendly mark-scheme for self and/ or peer-assessment. **