AS Sociology Education - Class and external factors

AQA specification - first lesson on class and achievement covering external factors such as material and cultural deprivation.

Lesson structure:

• Do now on defining working class and middle class
• outline of A level Sociology course
• discussion questions on topics within education
• statement for students to discuss on class and achievement
• statistics on outcomes
• brainstorm activity
• pair task to discuss cultural deprivation factors (language, parent’s education, subcultures, use of income and discipline) for both working class and middle class
• images and key thinkers included, video to explain concepts for students.
• cultural deprivationists AO3
• discussion on material deprivation through images and list of key thinkers.
• followed by handout on Bourdieu for his three types of capital along with concept check questions.
• AFL - MWB what key thinker argued what?
• cultural or material factors? exit ticket for students to complete.