This is a scheme of learning for the introduction unit of the new AQA Sociology course. Please note I do not cover material that is repeated later on in the course.
My SOL are very detailed and are lesson plans for every topic in the Introduction unit. Included are: WALTs, WILFs, activities linked to WALTs, A4L, extended writing opportunities, home learning, suggested resources.
This lesson is for the 1-9 AQA Geography GCSE course, section B.
The lesson looks at what the north-south divide is, why it exists and how the government is trying to reduce the divide.
Textbook reference is the new AQA textbook for the course.
This lesson is the first lesson about glacial landscapes and processes.
Includes: what a glacier is, why they move, freeze-thaw, abrasion and plucking.
I have not covered transportation or deposition in this lesson as it will be covered in other lessons.
This lesson looks at:
What sanitation is (comprehension activity)
Choropleth maps
Access to sanitation globally (creating own choropleth map)
Checking and writing opportunities
All data is provided. You will need atlases for this lesson.
This lesson looks at:
What euthanasia is (and other related terms using examples)
What doctors might say about euthanasia based on Hippocratic Oath
Comprehension on Singer and Dignity in Dying (differentiated)
Debate with stimuli from a non-religious view (differentiated)
Please check notes on slides as some have additional information.
Lesson looks at the causes of economic change in the UK. Includes clips and a carousel activity.
Please note: some of the information I have used is from the AQA GCSE textbook (pages about economic change)
This lesson looks at revising and practicing writing the a, b and c questions of the WJEC Sociology paper. This PPT refers to a revision guide that can be purchased from my store. The tips sheet is included in this lesson. You do not need the revision guide - you can use your own, their notes or the text books.
This lesson looks at the nature vs nurture debate and breaks it down into chunks for the students.
Looks at key terms, scientific evidence for nature theory, historical, anthropological and feral child evidence.
UPDATE 12.10.16 - Follow up essay lesson uploaded.
This lesson builds on content about how William the Conqueror and the Normans changed England. My students have looked at three areas: violence and fear, castles and the feudal system. Students look at a model answer and deconstruct it, a live model is completed and then there are independent activites. There is a literacy focus of noun phrases.
Lesson that questions who responsibility it is to tackle climate change.
Do Now - Who is the biggest carbon emitter (per capita) - tackling preconceptions
Introduction to a common viewpoint
Carousel activity to gather evidence to support and challenge viewpoint
Extended writing task with WILF
This lesson was created for the AQA GCSE Geography course.
The lesson looks at the UK as a post-industrial economy and the 2 many areas of it: service and finance, research and information technology.
Includes:
Recall activity
Comprehension activity
Flowcharts as a way to develop explanation
Exam question practice
Home learning activity
Please note: all resources needed for this lesson are included in the PPT. The lesson uses pages in the new AQA GCSE book, but I have created extra slides with relevant information that can be used instead.
This lesson looks at how the population in two rural areas in the UK have changed, why and the social and economic effects of these.
Questions to help aid revision of section A and B of the new AQA Geography GCSE. This pack does not include exam questions, but questions to help guide independent revision.
UPDATE - 20/10/2017
Questions for Unit 1 Section A, B and C and Unit 2 Section C have been uploaded.
This pack was created for home study during the coronavirus outbreak. Please note that textbooks were given to our students. However, there is a scanned copy of the Hodder Education Eduqas Route A RE book available online which could be used by students to complete this work.
This work is 4 x double lessons (4 x 1 hr 40) covering evil and suffering.
This is a ‘get on with it’ lesson (or could be set as cover) for the introduction to research methods in A Level Sociology.
The textbook mentioned is the Collins textbook.
This is a starter activity for development indicators that mirrors a GCSE question. I used this as a recap as we had practiced and discussed this type of question previously. Could be used in main body of a lesson to develop exam skills.