This is a GCSE sociology [WJEC/ Eduqas] research methods revision lesson. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and contains a total of 10 slides on the power point. Included: Starter activity. Retrieval practice, families and households. Answers on the pp. Primary and secondary data task. Students add the methods to the correct side on the table. Reliability Vs. Validity student task. Students to copy the table and decide which methods are higher in validity/ reliability. Research methods overview task. Separate worksheet provided. Students summaries each research method included in the table. This encourages them to think about AO1, AO2 and AO3 (practical, ethical and theoretical). Exam question practice. Students are given 3 exam questions to answer. 1 x 2 marker and 2 x 4 marker. Example answers provided for the 4 mark question- students to use this to mark their own response. independent revision task. Students may need access to the textbook to support them with this task. Plenary- blankety blank. Students work out the missing words in the statements about research methods.

This is a GCSE Sociology lesson. The lesson focuses on the Feminist view of education. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there is a total of 11 slides on the power point. Included: Starter activity- recapping research methods. Title page- encouraging students to think about what they already know about Feminism. Recapping key concepts such as patriarchy. Branches of Feminism. Explanation of liberal, radical and marxist feminists and what they say about the education system. Explanation of how schools are patriarchal. Explanation of how gender messages are passed through the hidden curriculum. Student task- mind map. Answers provided on the power point. Men in top positions and gendered subjects. Students to read through the key information on the slide and answer key questions, also included on the power point. Becky Francis- boys dominating space. Sue Lees- social control. Exam practice question - 15 marks. Encourage students to think about how they would answer this question. The power point provides a short overview of how students could structure/ answer this question. Students should then spend 10 minutes planning this question using the sheet provided. (separate document) Plenary- summarising feminism. Students to summarise what they have learnt in under 50 words using the key concepts on the power point.

This is a GCSE sociology [WJEC/ EDUQAS] lesson which focuses on the education unit. The lesson is centered around the hidden curriculum and anti-school subcultures. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 13 slides on the power point. Challenge questions and extension tasks provided throughout. Included: Starter, methods recap. Board rush game. Instructions on the pp. Post-it notes are needed for this task. Title page, encouraging students to think about what a anti-school subculture is. Explanation of what an anti-school subculture is. Easy and difficult explanation provided. Students choose which one they write down. Short video clip outlining the behaviours of an anti-school and pro-school subculture. The impact of labelling on anti-school subcultures. Reading/ question task. Questions and answers provided on the pp. However, students will need access to the GCSE eduqas textbook to complete this task (pages 102-103). Paul Willis and anti-school subcultures. Explanation of the difference between the formal and hidden curriculum. Explanation of what each theory argues about the hidden curriculum. Feminists, Marxists and Functionalists. Examples and challenge questions provided. This then leads on to an application task whereby students summarise what each theory says using the key concepts on the power point. Plenary- guess the fact. Teacher will need an envelope with a key fact written down from the lesson. (most important piece of information from the lesson) Students to guess what key fact the teacher has written. A key fact is provided in the notes section of the pp.

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.

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 a GCSE sociology lesson, which focuses on how far conjugal roles have changed. This is the second lesson on conjugal roles, lesson 1 explains what conjugal roles are. The lesson is designed to last a 90 minute lesson and there are a total of 10 slides on the power point. By the end of the lesson students will be able to explain whether conjugal roles have changed or not, by referring to decision making and money management, the dual burden, triple shift, the media and childcare patterns. Included: -starter activity. Students are shown some graphs which explain housework patters. Students to answer key questions using the data on the graph. -students are encouraged to think about the problems women may face with the domestic division of labour. -have families become more equal? pair activity. Students are given information packs, these contain information about conjugal roles (decision making, money management, dual burden etc). Students will then teach their partner. -the power point then goes on to explain each point in more detail. For example, the hours spent on household tasks, Ann Oakely, Duncombe and Marsden, Pahl and Edgell. Challenge questions are also provided on the power point. -male and female roles. Students are given a list of characteristics and they should decide whether they belong pre or post 1970s. Answers on power point. -conjugal role quick quiz. This tests students on everything they have learnt about conjugal roles. The quiz is provided on a separate document. -plenary. How well do students know their key concepts and sociologists? Students are provided with key terms and people, their task is to ensure they can explain each one. This is a differentiated task, each key concept is worth a different amount of points (colour coded).

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 an A-Level sociology lesson which focuses on the research methods unit. The lesson is based on observations. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 13 slides on the power point. Included: -Starter activity- blankety blank. Students to work out the missing words in the statements. Methods recap. -Issues with conducting a participant observation such as: getting in, staying in and getting out. -Why use overt observation? strengths and weaknesses -Practical and ethical issues of using covert observation -Advantages and disadvantages of participant observation- student task. Students will need access to the AQA A-Level textbook (book one) to complete this task. Pages 140-142. The answers are then included on the power point (can just use the answers if students do not have access to the textbook)- worksheet is attached separately -Positivism, Interpretivism and observations -10 mark exam question practice. Power point includes examiners advice, an example paragraph and how students should answer this question.

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 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 the education unit. This is the first lesson on Ethnic differences. The lesson focuses on Material and cultural factors (external factors) affecting academic underachievement of some ethnic minority groups. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 11 slides on the power point. Challenge questions and extension tasks provided throughout. Included: Starter- research methods recap. Title page. Encouraging students to think about why some ethnic minority groups do not perform so well in education. Background information- key statistics. External factors - how language can lead to underachievement. External factors- parental aspirations, video clip (link on power point). More detailed explanation of how parental aspirations may benefit some ethnic groups. Male subcultures- with reference to Tony Sewell. Evaluation of cultural factors. Material factors. Application question for students. Plenary- true or false activity. Worksheet provided on a separate document. Answers on the pp slide.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson [wjec/ eduqas]. The lesson focuses on the eduction unit, specifically labelling, banding and setting. The power point has a total of 12 slides and is designed to last a 90 minute lesson. Challenge questions and extension tasks provided throughout. Included: Starter, methods recap. 2 mark exam questions, students answer whilst register is being taken. Title page. Encouraging students to think about what labelling means and the type of sociologists that are interested in labelling. Guess your label game! post it notes with different labels written on are needed for this task. Instructions included on the power point. Students tick the labels on their head- partner acts out their partners label until they guess it correctly. Outline of what labelling is and where labels come from. Explanation of how teachers arrive at their labels. Diagram of how self-fulfilling prophecies occur. Student task. Explanation of how teachers communicate their labels. Explanation of what banding and setting is. The effects of banding and setting on labelling. Reading task (Ball), students answer questions. Reading provided on a separate document. Applying understanding, 5 mark exam question. Success criteria provided. Marking exam question- mark scheme provided. Encourage peer assessment. Plenary 5,4,3,2,1. Students to reflect on what they have learnt during the lesson.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the cultural transmission unit. The lesson goes through class, ethnic and national identities. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 14 slides on the power point. Challenge and extension tasks provided throughout. Included: Starter, sociology bingo. Key words included on the pp slide. Title page, encouraging students to think about what things make up their identity. Introduction to key concepts which will be covered in the lesson- prior knowledge check. Outline of the class system in society- introduction to class identity. Short video clip outlining national identity. Video link on the pp slide- questions for students to answer. Explanation of the role of families in creating identities- questions for students to consider. Explanation of the role of schools in creating identities. Knowledge check- key concept match up. Provided on a separate word document, answers on the pp slide. Explanation of the role of the media in creating identities. Explanation of the role of the peer group in creating identities. Short answer exam questions- differentiated task. Plenary- students to think about what they have learnt. Homework task- slide can be deleted if not appropriate. Extension task- students to fill in key concepts sheets. Provided on separate document.

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 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 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 that focuses on the usefulness of using questionnaires in research. The lesson outlines what a questionnaire is, along with its strengths and weaknesses. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are 13 slides on the power point. This lesson also has a worksheet for students to complete that goes along with the power point. Included: -Starter activity. This is a retrieval practice activity that assesses students understanding of key studies taught in the family unit. Match up task. -Brief recap of using interviews in sociological research. -Detailed explanation of what a questionnaire is, challenge questions provided. -What type of data do questionnaires produce? fill in the blanks task, answers on the pp. -Explanation of the difference between open and closed questions. Students encouraged to write their own questions. Students are then given four different questions they need to decide whether it is an example of an open or closed question. Challenge question provided. -Strengths and weaknesses of using questionnaires. Student task- copy down the table from the pp, add the statements to the correct column. Answers provided. -Explanation of the issue in response rates in more detail. -Example questionnaire. This is provided on a separate document. This is a bad example, students to look at the questionnaire and assess the issues with the questionnaire. -Plenary, complete the sentences task. Assessing students understanding of what they have learnt throughout the lesson.

GCSE Sociology (WJEC/ EDUQAS)- the Marxist view of education. This lesson is designed to last a 90 minute lesson and contains a total of 10 slides on the power point. This lesson follows on from the Functionalist view of education. Included: Starter activity which focuses on recapping research methods. Title page. Recapping functionalism. Encouraging students to think about what they already know about Marxism and start to apply this to education. Explanation of Marxism and capitalism. Bourdieu- schools reproducing the class system- Cultural capital. Bowles and Gintis correspondence principle. correspondence principle VS role allocation. Encouraging students to think about what viewpoint they agree with- functionalism or marxism. Schools and giant myths. Evaluating the marxist view. Summarising the marxist view. Discussion about whether students think the education system is meritocratic? Short answer exam practice question. 2 marker- mark scheme included.

This is a GCSE Sociology lesson{WJEC/ EDUQAS]. The lesson focuses on the Functionalist view of education. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and has a total of 12 slides on the power point. Included: Starter activity- recap of research methods. True or false task. Answers provided. Title page- students to think about what they already know about Functionalism and to predict what they think they may say about the education system. Theory recap. Recap of consensus and conflict theories. Do we need education for society to function effectively? Schools as agents of socialisation. Durkheim and social cohesion. Parsons and status. Schools are preparation for employment. Mind map task, students to write down all the ways school prepares students for work. Parsons, meritocracy and role allocation. Evaluation of Functionalist view of education. Functionalism quick quiz. Cram your brain activity. Students fill their brain outline with as many key concepts as they can remember from the education unit so far. Brain outline provided on a separate worksheet.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson [EDUQAS/ WJEC] which focuses on the importance of material factors within education. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 12 slides on the power point. By the end of the lesson students will be able to outline and explain the different material factors and start to make connections to class differences in achievement. Included: Starter, methods recap. Primary Vs. Secondary data (retrieval practice) Title page- encouraging students to think about what material factors are and whether they are internal or external. How free is school? student task- write down all the things their parents need to pay for within education. Example list with prices included on the pp. Explanation of material factors and material deprivation. Explanation of how material factors could lead to working class underachievement. Link back to key question ‘is education meritocratic?’. The effects of income on attainment. Student task- rank the material factors in order of biggest impact on educational achievement. Link to choice of school. Short youtube clip- students to make a note of the cultural and material factors affecting the student’s achievement at school. Poor housing and underachievement. Wider connections to class differences- student task. Plenary- Bingo.