This is an A-Level sociology [AQA] lesson focusing on theories of education. This lesson is designed to be a revision lesson, it should last a 90 minute lesson and the power point contains 10 slides.
Included:
Starter, key concept bingo.
Title page- students to identify which sociologist they would associate with each concept.
Mind map of each theory, including: Marxism, feminism, functionalism, The new right, Postmodernism and liberal perspectives. This idea is that students add the key information from the board to their mind map (provided as a separate worksheet) whilst the teacher goes through the information.
Practice theory exam questions which students should have a go at planning, includes a 10 marker and 30 marker.
Board game- students to assess their understanding of key studies and theorists.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the stratification and differentiation unit. The lesson covers age and differentiation. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and has a total of 12 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, education recap. Students to work out the highest scoring key concepts using the scrabble board.
Title page- encouraging students to think about key questions to do with the lesson.
How do the norms of different ages vary in different societies?
How are different ages presented in the media? - extension task provided.
How does age affect life chances?
Students will then look at each of these three topics in more detail using the textbook. The students will become the expert for one of two roles, they will then teach their partner what they have found out. All instructions are on the pp and resources provided. Students will need access to the GCSE sociology textbook. Question sheets are provided for students to fill in whilst their partner teaches them their expert topic.
How are different ages presented in the media? - key information on the pp, students to add this to their summary sheet.
Summary sheet provided, students fill this in at the end to make sure they have all the relevant information they need.
Plenary- consolidating their knowledge. This allows students to share their opinion on whether the voting age should be reduced.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on gender differences in education. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and has a total of 11 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, methods recap, true or false.
Title page- encouraging students to think about who performs better in education and why this is the case.
Key statistics, graph.
Articles on gender differences in attainment, links to the articles are in the ‘notes’ section on the pp.
Outline of the internal and external factors affecting achievement.
Student task- information pack which goes through the reasons for gender differences. Including; changes in norms and law, feminisation of education, laddish subcultures, crisis of masculinity. Key studies including: Sharpe and Jackson are also included. Students read through the information and complete the grid. The information pack and grid are provided on separate documents. Answers also provided on the power point.
Plenary- retrieval practice, questions from the education unit.
Homework- 8 marker. Mark scheme provided.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the crime and deviance unit. The lesson is specifically about the Marxist view of crime and deviance. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 12 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, based on recapping the social stratification and differentiation unit.
Title page- encouraging students to think about what Marxists would say about crime.
‘The price is right’- students to guess the price fraud costs per year. All answers on the pp.
Definitions of white-collar and corporate crime. Example of white collar crime, encouraging students to think about why rich people may get treated differently.
Capitalism and consumerism.
Short video clip, questions for students to answer. Link on pp slide.
Social power and crime- links to William Chambliss.
Fill in the blanks task, provided on a separate worksheet. Answers on pp slide.
What is white collar crime? reading and question task. Reading provided on a separate worksheet.
Evaluation of Marxism.
Plenary- summary task, students write a tweet using the key concepts on the board.
This is an AQA A-Level sociology lesson based on theories of education. This lesson covers, Feminism, Postmodernism and Liberal perspectives on education. There is a total of 9 slides and the lesson is aimed to fill 90 minites.
Included:
-starter activity, students should work out the missing words of statements. Recapping theories such as Marxism and the New Right.
-introduction to Feminism- getting students to think about what key terms they associate with this theory.
-explanation of what liberal, Marxist and radical feminists say about the education system.
-explanation of how the hidden curriculum operates and reproduced gender inequality (Heaton & Lawson 1996)
-reading task- students to fill in a sheet whereby they look at the hidden curriculum reproducing gender inequality in more detail. Reading is also included with this lesson.
-introduction to postmodernism and education- an explanation of what postmodernists say about society in general. The power point then goes on to explain the impact of social change and greater diversity on education.
-liberal perspectives on education- explanation on liberal principles and how they think the education system should be run. The lesson finishes with a documentary of summer hill which demonstrates a school that uses liberal principles. Youtube link is included.
This is a GCSE sociology revision session which focuses on the social stratification and differentiation unit. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 7 slides on the power point. All resources are provided.
Included:
Title page - 4 2 mark questions for students to answer, all based on the straf/ diff unit.
Large mind-map of the whole unit- students are advised to mind- map/ summarise the unit on an A3 piece of paper whilst teacher goes through main content on the board.
Practice short answer exam questions- provided on a separate worksheet. Mark schemes provided on the power point.
Strat / diff game (may need printing for students to play). Provided on the power point.
This is a lesson based on GCSE Sociology Eduqas, The Feminist view of education. It contains four different worksheets: a true or false starter activity, a feminist view of education fill in the gaps, a 15 mark exam style question, the exam question planning sheet.
The lesson consists of 11 slides, students should be able to answer the exam style question at the end based on their knowledge of the three structural theories.
This is a power point which includes a mind-map which summaries each of the key topics taught in the GCSE sociology eduqas specification. The mind-maps include key concepts and studies where necessary. The topics included are: Cultural transmission, Families & households, Education, Crime & Deviance, Social stratification & differentiation.
This is a A-Level sociology [AQA] lesson which focuses on answering 30 mark exam questions in the education unit. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 10 slides on the power point. all resources are provided on separate documents.
Included:
Starter, overview of sociological theories and what they say about society.
Title page, show students an example 30 mark question.
Key information about 30 markers. Including an outline of how they are assessed (AOs)
Model answer. Provided on a separate document.
Students to have a go at planning an answer to a question. Question provided on a separate document. Some key points to get students thinking are included on the pp slide.
Examiners report for the question which students have planned.
Key sociologists/ studies which students could include in the question.
Students to have a go at answering a 30 marker. - the same question as they have already planned. From the 2018 ALevel paper. Question sheet provided for students to write their answer on, including reflection space (teachers name will need to be changed).
Plenary- key concept task.
This lesson is part of the education unit (AQA sociology). This lesson focuses on explaining the idea of cultural capital and how this links to educational achievement (external factors). The lesson consists of 12 slides and is aimed to fill a 100 minute lesson.
The starter activity is a true or false task which assesses students understanding of cultural and material deprivation. The lesson goes on to explain what cultural capital is, referring to Bourdieu. This lesson also includes a cultural capital quiz for students to complete. All worksheets are included.
The lesson finishes with a 20 mark exam style question, both the item and question are included on the powerpoint, the question assesses students understanding of internal and external factors affecting achievement in school. The powerpoint goes through possible ways to use the item along with things students could include in their answers.
This is a 13 slide presentation, containing all the key information about the Functionalist view of education. GCSE Sociology- Eduqas. Contains various activities, including a key concept match up, and a fill in the blanks exercise. This lesson is aiming towards answering a 15 mark exam style question, an A3 planning sheet is also included in this package.
This is an A-Level sociology lesson which focuses on the Theory and Methods unit. This lesson specifically covers Symbolic Interactionism. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 13 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, 4 mark exam questions encouraging students to recap the education unit.
Title page, encourage students to recap social action theories.
Symbolic Interactionism in a nutshell.
The difference between Interactionism & Symbolic Interactionism.
Explanation of Mead.
Explanation of Blumer.
Goffman’s dramaturgical model - youtube video, link included on the pp slide. Key terms/ explanation also explained.
Evaluation of Interactionist ideas.
Summary sheet - attached as a separate document. Students to fill in.
Plenary - students to plan a 10 mark exam style question.
This consists of two separate power points, these could be delivered individually or put together to make a longer lesson. Each power point is designed to last 90 minutes. The lessons focus on the Marxist view of Crime and deviance including Neo-Marxism and Crimes of the powerful.
Included: Power point 1
Education starter, answers included on the PP
Marxism question and answer recap, answers provided
Neo- Marxism critical criminology
Taylor: Anti-determinism
A fully social theory of deviance
Evaluation of critical criminology
Crimes of the powerful - definitions of occupational and corporate crime
Research task - types of corporate crime
Examples of types of corporate crime
Play-dough task. Students to create an illustration of one of the corporate crimes using the play dough. Pupils then take a picture and label what the illustration is showing.
Included: Power point 2
Education starter, 4 mark exam questions
The abuse of Trust - Harold Shipman example
The invisibility of corporate crime - partial visibility
Explanations of corporate crime - worksheet provided. Students to use the Blue A-Level textbook to complete this task. Textbook pages not included. - basic answers included on the pp slide
10 mark exam question on Marxism - brief outline of what to include
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the social stratification and differentiation unit. This lesson focuses on the Marxist view of stratification. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 11 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, theories of education recap.
Title page, students to start to think about what Marxists would say about stratification.
Quick quiz on stratification/ differentiation basics. Answers provided on the pp.
Marxism overview.
Marxist history- links to Ancient society and medieval times.
Stratification in the Victorian era- Marx times.
Connections between the industrial revolution and capitalism/ class divide.
Communism and capitalism- questions for students to think about.
Capitalism and exploitation- tasks for students to complete on pp slides.
Summarising Marxist views- student task. Write a snapchat message. Template provided on a separate document.
Plenary- Marxism reading. Provided on a separate document, key questions for students to answer using the reading.
GCSE sociology Eduqas/ WJEC. This lesson focuses on roles and status, with reference to identities. The lesson is designed to fill 90 minutes and has a total of 10 slides.
Included:
-students should try to work out the missing words (recap activity)- includes key concepts such as, sanctions, primary and secondary socialisation.
-students to look at some images of celebrities and discuss what roles they think they have.
-student task - draw an image of themselves and write down what roles they play.
-explanation of roles and role conflict
-explanation of status, ascribed and achieved
-student task- have a look at the images and decide whether they have an ascribed or achieved status. Students should then rank these images in order of importance in society.
-explanation of status and identity, referring to Howard Becker.
-fact file task- encouraging students to use key terms in order to describe a celebrity
-game of guess who (instructions on the powerpoint)
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on Feminist views on stratification. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 9 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, retrieval practice of the education unit. Students to work out the missing words. Answers on pp.
Title page- encouraging students to think about the key ideas of feminism.
Quick recap of stratification so far- quiz. Questions and answers on pp. This replies on students having learnt functionalism and marxism.
Discrimination in a patriarchal society.
The feminist view of patriarchy.
Sylvia Walby and patriarchy- fill in the blanks task.
How does gender affect life-chances? - reading task. Provided on a separate word document.
9 mark exam question practice. The power point outlines how the question should be answers and provides some ideas of what students could include. There is also an example/ model paragraph provided.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the crime and deviance unit. The lesson is specifically about patterns of crime with reference to age and gender. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 12 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, social stratification and differentiation retrieval practice. Work out the covered up words- answers on the pp slide.
Title page, encouraging students to think about why some females turn to crime.
Quick quiz about the subcultural explanations for crime. Questions and answers on the pp slide.
Age article- to get students thinking. Attached as a separate document.
An overview of patterns of crime relating to age.
The age crime curve.
Victim rates and age.
Mini plenary- students summarise what they have learnt using the key terms on the board.
Gender and crime with reference to Pat Carlen.
8 mark practice question, an outline is included of what students should write in their answer. Mark scheme/ indicative content is also included.
Plenary- patterns of crime overview sheet. Attached as a separate document, students to add to this each time a new area is completed.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on class differences in educational achievement. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 12 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter activity- recap of methods.
Title page- students to think about who performs better in education and the reasons for this.
Explanation of how class is measured.
Reasons for inequality- cultural and material factors.
Introduction to cultural capital- quiz for students to have a go at. Attached as a separate document.
Explanation of cultural capital.
How is cultural capital different to cultural deprivation?
Introduction to language codes. Restricted and elaborate language code. Student task- facebook statuses attached as a separate document.
Language codes summary- fill in the blanks task.
How does the nature of schools favour the middle class?
Outline of material factors and class differences.
Plenary- practice exam questions. 5 marker and 8 marker.
This lesson is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson, there is a total of 13 slides. The lesson focuses on discussing feral children, socialisation, agents of secondary socialisation. This is aimed at GCSE sociology eduqas.
Included:
Starter activity- match up the key concepts. Answers provided.
Title page- encouraging students to start thinking about what feral children are.
Explanation of socialisation and the different types.
Introduction to secondary socialisation. Worksheet provided. Students add key details to their worksheets whilst teacher talks through each agent of secondary socialisation.
Introduction to feral children. Short video clips to watch with questions for students to think about. Video links provided on the power point.
Short answer exam question- 4 marks. Encouraging self assessment.
Homework task- instructions on pp. To make a revision resource.
This lesson is for GCSE sociology, WJEC Eduqas. The lesson focuses on sanctions and social control. There is a total of 11 slides on the power point, and the lesson is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson.
Included:
-starter- encouraging students to recap and reflect on what they have learnt by using and explaining key concepts. Such as, norms, values, socialisation.
-introduce social control. Encouraging students to think about what it means and to discuss ways they are controlled in society.
-mindmap whereby students map all the ways they are controlled in society. This is modelled on the power point.
-explanation of social control, informal and formal social control. Challenge questions included on the power point.
-video clip illustrating informal social control. Students are encouraged to think about the normal ways to behave in the situation shown and what the sanctions were in the clip.
-explanation of positive and negative sanctions. Student activity- draw a table and list how the agents of socialisation control behave through positive and negative sanctions.
-list of questions for students to answer in full sentences. Key terms included on the power point.
-4 mark exam question provided, along with the mark scheme and example answer to start students off.
-key concept bingo. Definitions to key terms are provided on a separate sheet. Prizes will be needed for the winning students.