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AQA A-level Sociology: Families Topic 4 ‘Demography’ Revision lesson
Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson created to help students recap key ideas examined in the demography topic of the family unit, make revision materials based on this content and be able to apply this knowledge to exam questions, particularly 10 markers that makes links between topics - This lesson is very helpful for developing the skills students need for to answer ‘Outline and explain’ 10 markers which requires students to demonstrate the ability to connect two elements, aspects, subtopics, or topics to answer the question.
Lesson also recaps the assesment objectives (but can be used to introduce students to the assessment objectives) (AOs – AO1, AO2 & AO3). The lesson requires students to answers questions based on each AO and then provides guidance and support for students to use the AOs to make flashcards (with questions and answers).
**RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT.
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AQA A-level Sociology: Families Topic 7 ‘Families and Social policy’ Revision lesson
Detailed and differentiated (up and down) student led lesson that:
briefly recaps the main theories (Feminism, The New Right, Conflict theory, Functionalism) and theorists (Donzelot,Murray, Fletcher, Land & Leonard) and their views on the function of social policies and the relationship between families and social policies and.
models and supports students in using this knowledge to plan (using a planning success criteria) and answer (using a paragraph success criteria) a 20 marker USING THE ITEM.
RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT.
**ANSWERS FOR MAIN ACTIVITIES CAN BE FOUND ON NEXT SLIDE AFTER ACTIVITY SLIDE
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Research methods - Practical, ethical and theoretical issues
Detailed and differentiated student-led lesson that explores practical (time, cost, research opportunity, requirements of funding body & subject matter), ethical (informed consent, confidentiality, harm to participants, vulnerable groups & covert research) and theoretical issues (validity, reliability, representativeness, methodological perspective).
Catered towards A-LEVEL AQA sociology but if main activity can be replaced, the rest can be used for GCSE and ANY SPEC.
Main activity uses pages 92-94 of the AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend
Comes with key term sheet for the lesson.
A-level Sociology: Introduction to Marxism
Detailed and differentiated student-led lesson that explores capitalism, ownership, interests, structuralism, conflict theories, exploitation as a way to introduce students to the main Marxist views and ideas. Can be used for ANY SPEC. Catered towards A-level students but can easily be simplified and/ or cut down for younger students. Comes with key term sheet.
AQA A-Level Sociology Beliefs in Society PLC (EDITABLE)
Personal Learning Checklist for the Beliefs in Society unit in the AQA A-level Sociology syllabus. PLC includes topic and page numbers from the Westergaard and Townsend book one and two for content students my find hard to locate.
AQA A-level Sociology: Theories of the Family Revision lesson -How to further develop exam answers?
Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that:
recaps the key sociologists students learn in this topic and what they say about the function(S) of the family.
recaps the main umbrella theories that students learn in year 12 (structuralism vs interactionism, modernism vs postmodernism and conflict vs consensus theories), how they view society and how this influences functionalist, marxist, feminist and personal life perspective approaches to the family.
how the knowledge above can be applied to exam questions to demonstrate both analysis and evaluation (AO3), e.g. by highlight the similarities and differences between the different theories of family or using knowledge of the umbrella theories to evaluate theories of the family.
supports students with planning a 20 marker on theories of the family using the item.
**RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT.
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**ANSWERS FOR MOST OF THE ACTIVITIES CAN BE FOUND ON NEXT SLIDE AFTER ACTIVITY SLIDE
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INCLUDES ORACY ACTIVITY
Sociology Education Class differences in achievement- How to answer 30/ 20 markers?
Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that explores:
the main assessement objectives - AO1, AO2, AO3
how to answer 30 markers
allows studeNts to revise class differences in achievement (external and internal factors).
**Can also be used as a revision lesson for topic 2 (class diff in achievement -internal factors) Includes student friendly success criteria for essay **
ANSWERS TO MAIN ACTIVITIES AND MODEL ANSWER INCLUDED
Made for AQA A-level but is applicable for AS-Level and can be used for ANY SPEC and is still paplicable for GCSE essays
SOCIOLOGY Research methods - Sampling methods
Detailed and differentiated student-led lesson that explores sampling methods, sampling frame, representative (sample), generalising (findings) and the relationship between these and positivism vss interpretivism and theoretical issues. LESSON COMES WITH ANSWERS
Catered for AQA A-level Sociology but can be used for ANY SPEC and GCSE without being edited.
Comes with key term sheet for the lesson.
AQA A-Level Sociology Crime and Deviance PLC (EDITABLE)
Personal Learning Checklist for the Crime and Deviance unit in the AQA A-level Sociology syllabus.
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AQA A-level Sociology Education: Topic 5 The Role of education - Functionalist, Marxist and the New Right views
Includes: lessons on the functionalist, Marxist and the New Right view (see below for more detail) and key term sheet for the topic which can be set for home-learning or be filled out during the course of the lessons.
L1: Functionalist view of the role of education
Detailed student led lesson on functionalist views of the role of education adapted to stretch and challenge the most able whilst scaffolding to allow pupils who need support the opportunity to access higher level thinking.
Covers the following functionalist key functions of education: installing social solidarity, bridging the gap between the family and wider society through secondary socialisation, teaching specialist skills needed for work and role allocation.
Covers the following functionalist sociologists: Durkheim, Parsons and Davis and Moore.
Covers the following key term:
Function or role (e.g. of an institution)
Social solidarity
Formal curriculum
Hidden curriculum
Ascribed status
Achieved status
Universalistic standards
Particularistic standards
Meritocracy
Socialisation
Role allocation
Promotes a spiral curriculum by making links to key terms that students might have previously been taught that link to this lesson.
Promotes, facilitates and scaffolds Oracy.
Develops the skills needed to answer 10 markers with items - allows students to apply knowledge to an item 10 marker with guidance and includes a detailed success criteria to help them answer this.
Uses and refers to ’ AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook
DETAILED ANSWERS INCLUDED FOR MAIN ACTIVITIES
NOTES -RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT.
L2: Marxist view of the role of education
Detailed student led lesson on the Marxist views of the role of education adapted to stretch and challenge the most able whilst scaffolding to allow pupils who need support the opportunity to access higher level thinking.
Covers the following Marxist key functions of education: reproducing class ienquality, legitimising class inequality, correspondence principle,
Covers the following functionalist sociologists: Althusser, Bowles and Gintis and Willis
Covers the following key term:
State apparatuses
Ideological state apparatuses
Repressive state apparatuses
Ideology
Correspondence principle
Hierarchy
Alienation
Fragmentation
Extrinsic reward
Competition
Promotes a spiral curriculum by making links to key terms that students might have previously been taught within the education unit and for Marxism as a theory that link to this lesson.
Promotes, facilitates and scaffolds Oracy.
Provides guidance for answering 4 markers.
Uses and refers to ’ AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook
DETAILED ANSWERS INCLUDED FOR THE MAIN ACTIVITIES ON THE FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATION ONLY
NOTES -RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT.
L3: The New Right view of the role of education
Detailed student led lesson on the New Right critique and view of the purpose state education adapted to stretch and challenge the most able whilst scaffolding to allow pupils who need support the opportunity to access higher level thinking.
Covers the following key terms:
Neo-liberalism
The New Right
Conservatives
Voucher system
One-size-fits-all approach
League tables
Ofsted reports
National curriculum
Marketisation
Privatisation
Academies
Free schools
State schools
Social policies
Covers the following key sociologists: Chubb and Moe
Uses and refers to ’AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook
BRIEF ANSWERS TO THE MAIN ACTIVITY INCLUDED
NOTES -RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT.
Key term sheet for the role of education
Alphabetical key term sheet for AQA A-level Sociology Education Topic 5 Role of education that requires students to fill out the definitions themselves.
*** Includes some sentence starters to model to students how to incorporate key sociologists into their definitions. **
*** Key terms separated into Functionalist, New Right and Marxist key terms. **
*** Includes a section with key terms that students should know from previous learning (intro to sociological theories and topic 1-4 of education) that link to this topic. **
Good form of revision for students and can be used as a revision resource to develop AO1 once filled out.
**BASED ON CONTENT in textbook - AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook
Intro to GCSE Sociology
Lesson to introduce the AQA GCSE Sociology course (but can be easily edited to meet the needs of other specs) and to the sociological imagination or line of inquiry. The lesson includes:
an overview of the course, exam and curriculum
An activity on how to create and maintain a safe space for discussions
suggested revision websites and youtube channels that students can use to develop their knowledge and understanding of key ideas and concepts.
activities to introduce students to Sociology and sociological thinking/ inquiry.
Expectations
** Edited from A-level version to meet the needs of KS4 students. **
AQA A-level Sociology: Media Topic 1 - Ownership and control of output
Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that allows students to examine patterns of media ownership and the three main approaches (manipulative, hegemonic and pluralist) to media ownership and control of media output. Also introduces studets to the difference between Marxism and Neo-Marxism and links to structural vs humanistic marxism and structural determinsm. Examines the following concepts to do this: Ideology, Hegemony, Agenda-setting, Gate-keeping, News values, Marxism Neo-Marxism, Lords of the Global Village.
ANSWERS TO MAIN ACTIVITIES INCLUDED**
RESOURCES FOR LESSON CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF PTT
Made for AQA A-level but can be easily used for other specs (just need a different source of information/ textbook)
**REQUIRES textbook - 'SOCIOLOGY For AQA Volume 2 by Browne, Blundell & Law **
WRITING FRAME - AQA A-level Sociology: Families – Topic 3 Theories of the family 20 marker
Detailed writing frame that scaffolds (from introduction to conclusion) a full answer for a 20 marker on the family being beneficial (family -topic 3 theories of the family). Models how to use the item to select points or arguments to answer the question.
*** Based on AQA specification**
Supports students with planning the 20 marker (using the item) - using planning success criteria.
Outlines the success criteria and provides sentence starters for the full essay (intro, main body and conclusion). Success criteria used for paragraphs in main body of essay is PEELE/A
Outlines the key terms, sociologists, theories that can be used when answering the question.
Supports students who need support and guidance with writing essays whilst providing students who are already good at writing essays opportunities to further improve their essay skills.
Sociology Education Class differences in achievement (internal factors) - Class identities
Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that explores pupil identity, class identities, habitus, symbolic capital, symbolic violence, nike identities, style performances to enable students to understand the role of class identities in causing class differences in achievement/ working-class underachievement/ middle-class achievement. Also covers and supports students in answering 4/6 markers using a success criteria and student-friendly mark-schemes.
ANSWERS TO MAIN ACTIVITIES AND EXAM QUESTIONS ARE INCLUDED
COMES WITH FREE A-LEVEL HELP SHEET AND KEY TERM SHEET FOR TOPIC 1 & 2
**Made for AQA A-level but can be easily used for other specs (just need a different source of information/ textbook) differentiated down for GCSE) lesson **
Uses and refers to ’ AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook
How to answer 10 markers for Sociology Education Class differences in achievement (external factors)
Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that explores how to answer 10 markers, in particular for education topic 1 - class differences in achievement (external factors). Can also be used as a revision lesson for topic 1 (class diff in achievement -external factors) Includes student friendly success criteria PERD (Point+Explanation+Research+Develop) success criteria and student-friendly mark-scheme.
ANSWERS TO MAIN ACTIVITIES AND EXAM QUESTIONS ARE INCLUDED
**Made for AQA A-level but can be easily used for other specs (just need a different source of information/ textbook) differentiated down for GCSE) lesson **
AQA A-Level Sociology Media PLC (EDITABLE)
Personal Learning Checklist for the Media unit in the AQA A-level Sociology syllabus.
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AQA A-Level Sociology PLCs (ALL UNITS) - EDITABLE
** EDITABLE - on a word document**
Personal Learning Checklists for the following AQA A-level Sociology syllabus:
Education
Family
Religion
Media
Crime
Theory and Methods (includes separate PLCs for each sub-topic and a combined PLC.
Methods in context
PLCS for Theory and Methods, Methods in context and Famiy include and page numbers from the Westergaard and Townsend book one and two and Ken Browne ‘Sociology for AQA volume 2’ book (for media) for content that students might find hard to find in the textbook(s).
Topic numbers included for all PLCS.
AQA A-Level Sociology Education PLC (EDITABLE)
Personal Learning Checklist for the education unit in the the AQA A-level Sociology syllabus.
AQA A-level Sociology: Education Topic 3 Ethnic differences Revision
Detailed and differentiated (up and down) student led lesson that:
uses scaffolding to guide students in making a mind-map of the topic as a revision material
-recaps the success criteria for 10 markers with item
-provides a model paragraph for a 10 marker item on this topic
-uses scaffolding to help students write their own 10 mark (item) paragraphs or full answers.
-includes 4 different 10 markers (with item). for this topic
NOTES -RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT.
GCSE Sociology – Introduction to functionalism
Explores value consensus, social order, biological/ organic analogy, structuralism, consensus theories and social cohesion as way of introducing students to the key main functionalist views and ideas.
3 marker with a success criteria and student friendly mark-scheme
Includes answers for main activities
Resources can be found at the end of the PPT.
Made to meet the AQA spec but can be used (and edited if needed) for other specs