This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the cultural transmission unit. This lesson specifically focuses on cultural diversity. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are 12 slides in total. Included: Starter activity, recapping/ introducing basic sociological theory. Title page, encouraging students to think about what cultural diversity means. Short clip explaining cultural diversity. Link is on the pp. Students to make notes. Explanation of what cultural diversity means and why it is important. Discussion question provided. Cultural diversity over time. Explanation of subcultures and connections to cultural diversity within different countries. Cultural diversity across the world. 2 mark exam question- model answers provided. What things make up your culture? student task. Differences in norms for different groups. Plenary- Cultural diversity consolidation, poster/ revision task. Could be finished for homework.

This lesson focuses on the Functionalist view of education- AQA sociology. The lessons consists of a powerpoint and two reading worksheets, there is a total of 12 slides. This lesson is perfect for students who have never studied sociology before, however it also aims to build on the knowledge of those who have studied it for GCSE. The Lesson consists of: starter activity which encourages students to think about what they already know about Functionalism, Marxism and Feminism. an overview of what each theory says about education. A reading which gives an overview of the functionalist perspective- students to read along and highlight key points. detailed powerpoint slides going through Durkheim- social solidarity, specialist skills and Parsons idea of meritocracy. a short video clip introducing students to Davis & Moore’s idea of role allocation- students to answer questions whilst watching the clip. a detailed slide explaining role allocation. evaluation of the Functionalist perspective. 10 mark exam question practice focusing on what has been learnt during the lesson. - a plan is included on the slide. plenary whereby students have to identify which key terms are associated with Functionalism. To end the lesson students should be given a reading on the New Right perspective on education- this will prepare them ready for the next lesson.

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.

A-Level sociology (AQA) the Neoliberal and New Right perspective on education. This lesson consists of a total of 12 slides and is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson. It contains: a starter activity based on recapping the Functionalist perspective on education (quiz). The power point also includes the answers. introduction to the New Right hand out, students to read through and then read through as a class. detailed power point slides explaining the Neoliberal and New Right view of education. slides explaining the two roles of the state and education & national identity as explained by the New Right. criticisms of the New Right perspective. Ball et al’s study explaining parental choosers as a criticism of the New Right. The three different types of choosers are explained on the powerpoint, there is also a worksheet to go through this. The last slide is based on a documentary called ‘admissions impossible’- i do not think you can find this online anymore, some school’s may have this available on DVD if not, please ignore the last slide.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson [WJEC]. The lesson focuses on the role of older people in the family. The powerpoint consist of 11 slides in total and is designed to last a 90 minute lesson. included: Starter activity. Students to try and identify the key terms and key sociologists. Title page, encouraging students to think about the role older people have played in their lives and within their family. Explanation of what has happened to life expectancy. Graph interpretation. What impact will this have on families? The result of increased life expectancy on the family and society. Students to create a list or mind map. Answers included on the power point. Explanation of the modified extended family, how this links to increased life expectancy and how it benefits families. Explanation of traditional extended families. With reference to Forester (1990s). Explanation of how increased life expectancy has lead to an increase in beanpole families. Is the ageing population in Britain a problem? this is a reading task for students to complete. Questions for students to answer on the powerpoint. The reading is provided on a separate document. This task starts to refer to some of the A-level content, this is therefore a ‘challenge’ higher ability task. Evaluation, with reference to the sandwich generation and boomerang children. Summary/ comparison worksheet. Students to summaries their knowledge on the role of children, role of men and role of older people in the family. Plenary. Students to define as many key terms as they can from the slide.

This is a GCSE Sociology lesson, the lesson focuses on recapping the theories of education. The lesson also involves a 15 mark question which students should completed. Ideally, students would have learnt about the functionalist, marxist and feminists view of education before completing this lesson. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and the power point contains 9 slides. Included- Starter, recap of research methods. Students to unscramble the key concepts. Title page, encouraging students to define key concepts. Comparing the theories of education- worksheet for students to complete. Attached as a separate document. Outline of functionalist, marxist and feminist view of education. Challenge questions provided throughout. Practice 15 marker on theories of education. Example structure outline provided. Example PEEL paragraph provided. - Students then complete the exam question. Plenary- scrabble. Students to try and work out the highest scoring key concept from the unit so far.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on parental choice and competition between schools. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 11 slides on the power point. Included: -Starter, research methods recap. Title page, encouraging students to think about whether parents have more choice over schools now. Timeline- the history of education in Britain. Competition between schools- including the funding formula. The price is right. Students to guess how much the government gives school per student. Answer included on pp. Challenge Q provided. League tables- link to why some parents may not use them. Give students an example of a league table to look at. An example is provided on a separate document, could find an example which includes your own school. Explanation of why academies were set up, along with free schools. Evaluation- free choice? including Stephen Ball. Panorama documentary- links provided on the pp. Questions for students to think about. ’ The academy scandal’. Plenary- education revision. Game provided on the last pp slide- students will need a dice to complete this game.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the crime and deviance unit. The lesson focuses around patterns of crime with specific reference to class and ethnicity. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there is a total of 14 slides on the power point. Included: Starter activity, social stratification and differentiation recap. Connect 4- students to pick out key concepts and put them into categories. Title page, encouraging students to think about what is meant by the term ‘institutional racism’. Ethnicity and crime overview. Graph to show conviction rates of different ethnic groups. 5 slides containing a detailed explanation of Paul Gilroy and negative stereotypes, Stuart Hall and scapegoats, The Stephen Lawrence enquiry, The Macpherson report and police racism and policing styles. There is a worksheet which students can fill in whilst the teacher goes through the key content. Worksheet attached as a separate document. Brief overview of class and crime. This lesson focuses on corporate crime, it requires students to already have a basic understanding of white-collar crime which may have been covered when teaching the Marxist perspective. Patterns of crime consolidation sheet. Attached as a separate document. Students to fill in key details of class, ethnicity, gender and age when they have been taught. 15 mark exam style question - planning task. Question provided on a separate worksheet. Indicative content included on the power point to help students.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson [WJEC/ EDUQAS]. The lesson focuses on revising the families and households unit. The lesson specfically covers, theories of the family, marriage patterns, is the family in decline along with some games which covers the unit as a whole. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are 13 slides on the power point. Included: Starter, bingo. Title page- retrieval practice, how many key concepts can students remember? Key theories of the family, there is a slide on Functionalism, Marxism and Feminism. IS the family in decline/ changing? key points on the board, reminding students of The New Right and Postmodernism. Short answer exam questions- provided on a separate document. Why are less people getting married? spider diagram, key information on pp slide. Marriage patterns- student fill in the blank task. Student worksheet provided, answers on pp. Sociology quiz- questions on the cultural transmission and family unit. Questions and answers provided on a separate worksheet. Independent revision task, textbook may be required. Plenary- blankety blank- students work out the missing words in a series of statements about the family unit.

This is a power point which contains 15 starter/ plenary activities for the education unit. They range from, true or false activities to questions for students to answer. All content is based around the EDUQAS/ WJEC exam board.

This is a power point which contains 13 starter/ plenary ideas for the social stratification and differentiation unit. The activities range from key concept bingo, to quiz’s and true or false activities. They could be used either as starters or plenaries. The content is based on the eduqas exam board.

This lesson focuses on Situational crime prevention. Unit 4 of the AQA sociology spec. The power point consists of 10 slides and is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson. The starter activity is a retrieval practice task which assesses student’s understanding of the Functionalist view of crime and deviance. The lesson then goes on to explain what is meant by situational crime prevention, with reference to key terms and key sociologists as mentioned in the specification. For example; the idea of displacement, Felson (2002) explanation of crime prevention. Also explained in this lesson is the idea of environmental crime prevention. With reference to social and community crime prevention. In the middle of the lesson there is a true or false statement activity to assess students understanding. The lesson then moves on to discuss the idea of surveillance- this links to the panopticon and Foucault. The lesson finishes with a fill in the blanks activity explaining the panopticon. Worksheets are included with this lesson.

This is an AQA A-Level sociology lesson focusing on unit 2- class differences in educational achievement. This lesson discusses cultural capital as an external factors affecting achievement. There are a total of 11 slides and is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson. Included: -true or false starter activity. This is based on other external factors such as cultural deprivation. -introduction of Bourdieu- three types of capital. -short cultural capital quiz, activity for students to complete. Included on a separate worksheet. -explanation of what cultural capital means. Student activity- create a spider diagram of examples of middle class cultural capital. extension/ challenge question included. -explanation of how cultural capital gives middle class students an advantage at school. Challenge question included. -explanation of educational and economic capital. -a test of Bourdieu’s ideas. Explanation of the key study by Alice Sullivan (2001) -introduction to a 20 mark question based on factors affecting class differences in educational achievement. The question and Item is included on the powerpoint. Along with some examples of how students can use the item, and what they could discuss when answering the question. Student should plan this question during the lesson (or for homework)

This is a A-Level sociology (AQA) lesson based on explaining class differences in education with a particular focus on labelling theory (internal factors). This is a power point lesson which includes a total of 10 slides. The lesson is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson. Included: -starter activity- unscramble the key concepts. (answers included) -explanation of labelling, referring to Interactionism and Becker. -labelling in secondary schools (Dunne & Gazeley 2008) -labelling in primary schools (Rist’s 1970) -student activity- encouraging them to think about how teacher’s label students, where they get these ideas from. - Answer’s/ ideas included on the power point. -explanation of the self-fulfilling prophecy. -teacher expectations reading activity. Students will need access to the AQA book 1, textbook. Pages, 28-29. This activity will allow students to understand and explain Rosenthal & Jacobson 1968. Question worksheet included. -questions to assess students understanding from this lesson. 5 questions, they should be able to complete these using their notes from this lesson and prior knowledge.

This is an AQA A-level sociology lesson which focuses on streaming, with reference to labelling. The lesson is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson, the power point consists of 12 slides. Included: -starter, fill in the blanks activity. This recaps students knowledge on the labelling theory. Task included on a work documents. -explanation of streaming with links to labelling and the self-fulfilling prophecy. -explanation of Gillborn and Youdell 2001, the educational triage (A-C economy) -quick knowledge check- questioning activity. -explanation of pupil subcultures. With reference to Lacey (1970) concepts of polarisation and differentiation. -explanations of pro and anti-school subcultures with reference to key sociologists such as Hargreaves. -Stephen Ball abolishing streaming -Woods (1979)- other student responses to streaming and labelling. -criticisms of the labelling theory -finish the lesson with a Kahoot. One is already made on Kahoot: titled ‘class differences in achievement’ by AFitch7.

This is GCSE sociology lesson [WJEC] which focuses on the increase in lone parent families. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 14 slides on the power point. Included: -starter ‘the odd one out’. Students should look at the key concepts and identify/ explain the odd one out. Answers are in the notes section on the power point. -key information and statistics about lone-parent families. Students should try and work out the missing statistics before giving them the answers. -reasons for changes in the law and norms explained with examples. -video clip. Watch up to five minutes. Students should identify the reasons for why the woman thinks lone-parent families are bad for society. Link on the power point slide. -explanation of how the changing position of women has led to an increase in lone-parent families. -explanation of The New Right view of the family with reference to Charles Murray. Feminism used as evaluation. -15 mark exam question practice. This question requires students to use their knowledge about sociological theory to asses whether the nuclear family is the best type of family . The power point includes the key question and explains how students should answer the question. There is an example paragraph to support students. Mark scheme also included.

This is an A-Level Sociology lesson [AQA]. The lesson focuses on finishing external factors affecting ethnic differences in achievement with a focus on material deprivation. The lesson then starts to move on to internal factors including labelling and streaming. The power point consists of 10 slides and it is designed to last a 90 minute lesson. Included: -starter activity. Students use the scrabble board to come up with the highest scoring sociological key concept from the education unit. -explanation of material deprivation and how this links to ethnic differences in schools. -explanation of racism in wider society. Explanations by Rex (1986). -differences in parental attitudes. Video clip, link provided on the power point. This focuses on explaining how Asian parental attitudes may be different and how this affects their educational achievement. Questions for students to answer also included. -the lesson then moves on to internal factors. Key information provided from Gillborn and Mirza (2000) along with Strand (2010). -explanation of labelling and teacher racism with reference to Gillborn and Youdell 2000. -explanation of streaming and which ethnic groups are more likely to be streamed. -explanation of Asian pupils and labelling with reference to Cecile Wright (1992). -plenary = knowledge check. Students to answer a series of questions which refer to cultural deprivation and material deprivation.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson [EDUQAS]. The lesson focuses on qualitative sources of secondary data, how sociologists make choices about research and the lesson finishes with an ethics task. The power point consists of 9 slides, and is designed to last a 90 minute lesson. Included: -Starter activity which is a quiz on the theories of the family. -Title page. Encouraging students to think about what qualitative sources of secondary data sociologists might use. -Explanation of what qualitative secondary sources are. Challenge question included. -Using public and private documents in sociological research. Task- students to put the documents under the correct heading in the table. Challenge question provided. -Strengths and weaknesses of using qualitative secondary data in research. -Secondary data task. Students to decide which method would be best when researching certain areas. -Explanation of how sociologists make choices about research. Challenge question- gets students to think about what things need to be considered before starting a research study. -Reading task. Covers considerations such as: funding, the purpose of sociology, interests and availability. Extension task provided. -Ethical issues in sociological research poster task. Students will need access to the Eduqas sociology textbook. Pages 250-251.

This is an A-level sociology lesson [AQA]- which focuses on methods in context. The lesson goes through the basics of research characteristics when studying education, along with using experiments to study educational issues. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 10 slides on the power point. Included: Starter activity, true or false. Education unit recap. Title page- encouraging students to think about what some of the issues may be when researching education. Research characteristics. Such as, teachers, pupils, schools, classrooms and parents. Students to fill in their worksheet (separate document) whilst going through the key ideas on the power point. Quick check questions. Provided on the power point. Students will need to use their knowledge about researching education in order to complete these. EXT task provided. Linking methods to education. Examples of how to link research characteristics to methods. The issues of using lab experiments to research teacher expectations in education. The issues of using field experiments to research teacher expectations. Focus on Rosenthal and Jacobson’s study. Reading/ question task. Provided on a separate worksheet. Plenary- look through an example MIC question answer. Student and teacher copy provided on separate documents.

This is a GCSE sociology revision lesson which focuses on the education and research methods units. Key details of what topics are covered are listed below. This is designed as a mock preparation lesson, however could be used as a generic revision lesson. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes are there are a total of 16 slides on the power point. Included: Starter- research methods key concepts sheet. Retrieval practice task, separate worksheet provided. Title page- encouraging students to think about some of the key issues within the methods unit. Strengths and weaknesses of interviews- sheet for students to fill in, provided separately. Answers provided on the pp. Challenge and extension tasks provided throughout. Ethical guidelines/ considerations in research. Sampling key concepts match up task- provided on a separate worksheet for students. Answers on pp. Theories of education- students match up the key sociology/ term with the correct theory. Answers provided. Theories of education student fill in table- provided on a separate worksheet. Answers on pp. Challenge questions included. The hidden curriculum. Pro and anti-school subcultures. How do they affect achievement at school? Plenary- short answer exam style questions. Provided on a separate worksheet, mark scheme on power point.