GCSE sociology [WJEC/Eduqas]- The rise in singlehood and marriage patterns

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.