I provide resources for a range of Humanities subjects, mainly Sociology, Politics, and History, but also some Geography, Media Studies and Global Perspectives.
My resources have been the basis of my students achieving a number of Outstanding Learner Awards from Cambridge International Exams.
I provide resources for a range of Humanities subjects, mainly Sociology, Politics, and History, but also some Geography, Media Studies and Global Perspectives.
My resources have been the basis of my students achieving a number of Outstanding Learner Awards from Cambridge International Exams.
I decided I didn’t want to do a bog standard Brexit lesson so thought it would be fun to pretty much do the whole thing through TOK style tasks. So this is a inquiry based, structured and fully scaffolded lesson, examining perspectives on, and reasons for Brexit. Several cross curricular links can be made, especially with Language and Visual Arts. Students have the opportunity to reflect on what shapes their identity, consider different tactics and language used by both sides of the campaign and create their own campaign poster.
There are eight tasks altogether, with all resources provided, including reading and videos. Very discussion based, so should take at least three hour long lessons due to the detail of some of the tasks. The penultimate task is really the main assessment task, requiring students to create a mini TOK Exhibition in relation to a specific prompt.
The last task gets the students to reflect on all on what has been covered, and answer questions linking to the core concepts of Power, Sovereignty, Interdependence and Legitimacy.
This lesson is good to go as soon as your download it, and the lesson is easily adaptable and editable as there is no branding or fancy gimmicks on the slides. Links to the videos are in the notes on the slides and are also included in the file. Relevant articles are also provided. It will transfer easily to Teams, Google or any other online format. The Word Doc for students to work on a PPT to guide the lesson and provoke discussion.
Card sort task sorting out practical, ethical and theoretical factors.
I ensure students have this in front of them at all times when going through the research methods.
A load of resources plus two essay plans suitable for Marriage an Divorce patterns. Suitable for AS Sociology primarily, although some could be used for GCSE or IGCSE.
Essay plans are for CIE but could easily be adapted.
“Sirrrrrrrr… can you do us a thing with all the case studies in?”
Erm… no. You can do it yourself.
Should be handy for revision.
Probably can be adapted for other subjects.
A rather quite simple lesson teaching Postmodernist interpretations of the Media through Pokemon GO!
Capitalise on the fad from a few years ago (Yr 13 students will no doubt remember it from earlier in the school). Get them to download it on their phones and tell them to go catch Pokemon for 15 minutes. See how they get on.
Show some YouTube news clips about people getting into trouble, then read the texts and complete the table.
Presentation and some tasks on Marxist views on the Media.
After connotave codes on the presentation I show some videos of Ads. John Lewis, McDonalds, Special K etc to emphasise the points.
A very simple and quick task designed to help students sort through types of sources and data. Use near the start of any research methods topic. Useful for pre and post-16
This is a basic revision sheet for Research Methods. Mainly suitable for IGCSE students, especially weaker students, but could be used elsewhere if enlarged to A3.
Very basic task about choosing a research method. Create some introductory questions yourself and get the students to figure it out. Useful as introduction, revision, MIC etc.
