Here are just three of the PowerPoint presentations I have created and used with my current year 9 English group in preparation for their WJEC Eduqas Poetry exam - I will upload more soon. Hope they help!
A 12-page document containing 29 Media Studies theories and explanations for A Level Media Studies students.
8 Media Language theories
9 Media Representation theories
8 Media Audience theories
4 Media Industry theories
I have tried to keep the explanations of each theory relatively straightforward and accessible for year 12 and 13 students.
Some diagrams given with theories to illustrate key point(s) of each theory.
Essentially, this is a glorified knowledge organiser, as there are no activities for students, but this document can be used as a companion when completing practice questions or applying theory to Close Study Products.
Here is a multi lesson resource I have created (following the guidelines and prompts of the teacher CSP booklet) for A-Level Media studies. Attached are also some tasks and resources for use within the lesson(s).
Includes:
Social, Cultural and Historical context of the music video
Opportunities for comparison with the Michael Jackson - Billie Jean CSP
Genre theory and Representation theory
Mise en Scene analysis
Much more…
This powerpoint and the aforementioned resources cover both Media Language and Media Representation, of the key areas of the theoretical framework. (Slides are clearly marked at the top)
For use with AQA new Media Studies A-Level Specification.
Unit 3 - Crime Scene to Courtroom
This resource contains all needed Knowledge Organisers for the UNIT (1 per AC) = 11 in total.
Each Knowledge organiser contains key vocabulary and concepts appropriate to each specific AC.
For the WJEC Applied Diploma in Criminology post-16 course
(Unit 4 - Crime and Punishment knowledge organisers also available soon)
An in-depth focus on the Due Process and Crime Control models of criminal justice for AC1.3 in Unit 4.
Content covered:
Recap of left realism and right realism
Introduction to due process and crime control models
Detailed focus on due process model (including mindmap)
Detailed focus on crime control model (including mindmap)
Further links to theories for both models
Rules governing the working of the justice system
Worksheet activity
Due process and crime control in action within the criminal justice system
Miscarriages of justice
Colin Stagg case study with links to models of criminal justice
Sally Clark case study with links to models of criminal justice
The Birmingham Six case study with links to models of criminal justice
West Midlands Crime Squad case study with links to models of criminal justice
Bingham Justices case study with links to models of criminal justice
Exam question practice
Model answers (for use after initial student independent practice)
An in-depth focus on UNIT 4 AC2.1 Explain forms of social control.
Content covered:
What is social control?
Internal forms of social control (including moral conscience/superego; tradition and culture; internalisation of social rules and morality; socialisation; rational ideology)
External forms of social control (including agencies of social control; negative and positive sanctions; criminal justice system agencies associated with social control and their roles; coercion; fear of punishment)
Control theory ( Hirschi, Gottfredson, Riley & Shaw, Reckless and Feminist approach)
Exam practice questions (including model answer with breakdown)
An in-depth focus on the organisation of the criminal justice system in England and Wales (AC1.2 - UNIT4)
Content covered in powerpoint:
Overview of the criminal justice system
Law Creation (recap of AC1.1)
Police Powers (PACE 1984)
CPS
Courts and Tribunals
HM Prison and Probation Service
Relationships of Police to other agencies
Relationships of CPS to other agencies
Relationships of Courts to other agencies
Relationships of Prison Service to other agencies
Relationships of Probation Service to other agencies
Criminal Justice System map activity
Exam question practice
A step-by-step resource covering the whole of AC2.2 in depth, with opportunity for teachers to add their own activities and tasks where necessary.
The powerpoint culminates in exam practice questions taken from the 2022 and 2020 papers.
The powerpoint covers the five mains aims of punishment: Retribution, Rehabilitation, Deterrence, Reparation and Public Protection (Incapacitation).
Each aim is clearly explained and links to theory are provided along with criticisms of each aim, to aid students in their evaluation of the aims of punishment.
An in-depth focus on AC1.1 of Unit 4 (Describe processes for law making).
The powerpoint covers all aspects of AC1.1 including:
Parliament structure (including information about the Houses)
Information on green and white Bills
Parliamentary processes (flow chart) of how statute is created
Court hierarchy (as a recap from Unit 3)
Judicial precedent (including case study examples)
Statutory Interpretation (including case study examples)
Exam question practice
Video for clarification
An in-depth focus on the aims of punishment (AC2.2 - UNIT 4)
Content covered:
Aims of punishment overview
Retribution focus (including proportionality, expressing moral outrage, links to right realism and a functionalist approach)
Criticisms of retribution as an aim of punishment
Rehabilitation focus (including community sentences, support, reform, types of rehabilitation, links to cognitive theories, Eysenck’s personality theory, Bandura’s social learning theory and Skinner’s Operant Conditioning theory)
Criticisms of rehabilitation as an aim of punishment
Deterrence focus (including individual deterrence, general deterrence, severity vs. certainty and links to rational choice theory, situational crime prevention strategies and social learning theory)
Criticisms of deterrence as an aim of punishment
Public protection (Incapacitation) focus (including examples of public protection, imprisonment, automatic sentences, indeterminate sentences, IPP sentences, links to biological theories such as Lombroso and links to right realism with an example)
Criticisms of public protection as an aim of punishment
Reparation focus (including material and social reparation, financial compensation, unpaid work, community orders and restorative justice, links to labelling theory and a functionalist approach)
Criticisms of Reparation as an aim of punishment
Exam question practice (including worksheet for students)
Unit 1 - Changing Awareness of Crime Knowledge Organisers
This resource contains all needed Knowledge Organisers for the UNIT (1 per AC) = 11 in total.
Each Knowledge organiser contains key vocabulary and concepts appropriate to each specific AC.
For the WJEC Applied Diploma in Criminology post-16 course
(Unit 2 - Criminological Theories knowledge organisers also available)
These presentations concern themselves with taking a look at the Media Language and Media Representations used within the Score Liquid Hair Cream Advert - culminating in a practice exam question from the AQA specimen exam paper 1.
This resource can be used successfully alongside the student CSP booklet created by AQA.
Unit 4 - Crime and Punishment
This resource contains all needed Knowledge Organisers for the UNIT (1 per AC)
Each Knowledge organiser contains key vocabulary and concepts appropriate to each specific AC.
For the WJEC Applied Diploma in Criminology post-16 course
Unit 2 - Criminalogical Theories
This resource contains all needed Knowledge Organisers for the UNIT (1 per AC) = 10 in total.
Each Knowledge organiser contains key vocabulary and concepts appropriate to each specific AC.
For the WJEC Applied Diploma in Criminology post-16 course
(Unit 3 - Criminological Theories knowledge organisers also available)
Four A3 sized Knowledge Organisers for AQA GCSE Media Studies - One for each area of the theoretical framework (audience, language, representation and industry)
Each knowledge organiser contains:
Key subject specific vocabulary surrounding the key area of the framework
Relevant and applicable theory surrounding said area of the framework
A list of CSPs which can be assessed on said area of the framework in one or either of the exams
Overview of both Media One and Two for students to become familiar with.
Great for teaching alongside the student CSP booklet!
Unit 1 - Changing Awareness of Crime [11]
Unit 2 - Criminological Theories [10]
Unit 3 - Crime Scene to Courtroom [11]
Unit 4 - Crime and Punishment [10]
This resource contains all needed Knowledge Organisers for the entire WJEC Applied Diploma in Criminology = 42 Knowledge Organisers in total.
Each Knowledge organiser contains key vocabulary and concepts appropriate to each specific AC within each Unit.
For the WJEC Applied Diploma in Criminology post-16 course.
Each unit also available seperately.
A comprehensive work book designed to help students understand key media studies theory at GCSE level.
Theories are split into the respective areas of the key theoretical framework for AQA Media Studies and application of theories to current (exam in 2024) close study products.
There is also space for further theories to be taught and applied to Close Study Products.
Feedback much appreciated.
A powerpoint of around five or six lessons regarding the Lil Nas X A Level CSP for the 2024 AQA examinations specification.
Included in this resource is:
A complete set of lessons
Worksheets appplicable to specific lessons (all labelled)
Wider learning work headed ‘Extra’ on slides
A booklet that allows students to apply theories studied to a range of infamous cases.
Each case study contains:
Name
Sentence given
Crimes committed
Date of arrest
Information surrounding the case
Image of the offender
As well as space for student work in boxes labelled:
Contextual information (can be used as a research task)
Theories the student will apply
Details of chosen theories
How specific theories might apply to this specific case study
A lesson/powerpoint detailing Hans Eysenck’s personality theory for criminology/psychology.
2 work sheets also included:
‘Where do I fall on the Eysenck personality index’ - for students to take the test themselves and plot their results
An exercise wroksheet associated with identifiying characteristics/personality types of others who fall in certain places on the index.