GCSE sociology [EDUQAS]- Stratification & differentiation. Social exclusion and deprivation.

This is a GCSE sociology lessson [WJEC/ EDUQAS]. The lesson focuses on the social stratification and differentiation topic. With a particular focus on social exclusion and deprivation. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 11 slides on the power point.

Included:

• Starter activity. Education recap- students work out the missing words.
• Title page. Encouraging students to think about what deprivation means, recap absolute and relative poverty. Outline of spec provided on pp slide.
• Definition of deprivation and how it can be a social construct.
• Research into relative deprivation. Townsend. Handout provided on a separate document.
• The cycle of deprivation. Explanation and student task. Provided on a separate work sheet. Students make their own cycle of deprivation, put the statements in the correct order. Answers provided on a separate document.
• What is social exclusion? - explanation & student task. On pp slide.
• Social inclusion, explanation provided & challenge question for students.
• Why are poverty and social exclusion hard to solve?
• What do sociological theories say about poverty? Student task- instructions on the pp slide. Goes through, marxism, the new right, functionalism and feminism.
• Plenary- student task. Explaining why some groups are more likely to suffer from poverty, Instructions and examples on pp slide.