This is a lesson that looks at the costs of education and financial barriers to university. Includes: teacher talk periods (information to prompt is on the slides), independent tasks, think pair share (oracy), checking (A4L) and a practice exam question that I have formulated (10 mark). Please note: the information referred to in the university task is from the Napier Press Book 1, but similar information can be found in other textbooks.

This lesson looks at social policy since 1979 and it’s impact on students and the education system. Includes: WALTS and WILFS DARTS differentiation formative assessment

This lesson looks at the traditional working-class vs new working-class (affluent worker). There are lots of checking activities and exam practice in the lesson. WILF and WALT included.

Knowledge organisers for AQA GCSE Sociology for the following units: Families and Households Education Social Stratification Crime and Deviance Research Methods Knowledge organisers have the following included: Key terms and definitions Key concepts and definitions Summary of the unit Key facts Key questions

This lesson looks at Marxist views on the family and education, with comparisons to Functionalism. We interleave at my school, but this will also be useful as a revision tool. Includes: WALTs, WILFs, checking (A4L), exam practice, direct instruction and student work phases.

This is a fully differentiated lesson that looks at evidence and explanations of ethnicity and educational achievement. Includes: WALTS and WILFS Home learning DARTS Formative assessment Exam practice

This lesson looks at social mobility: what it is, different forms, how socially mobile the UK is and the effectiveness of government policies. This lesson includes WALTs, WILFS, checking (A4L) and literacy tasks. Please note: the articles/research papers are in the notes section of the PPT.

This lesson looks at the Enlightenment, Durkheim and Functionalism with an active learning phase which creates an analogy.

1 mini lesson and 1 double lesson on migration and its impact on families and household structures. Includes: WALTs and WILFs Home learning DARTs Formative assessment Exam practice and chains of reasoning plans

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 is a scheme of learning for the domestic division of labour topic in the families and households unit of the AQA A Level course. Includes: minimum and exceeding expectations, links to the spec, home learning, extended writing opportunities, assessment points, checking of learning and suggested activities.

This resource is a set of approximately 50 lessons (please note that each lesson on the SOL take approximately 2 lessons, perhaps more) for the Social Stratification unit for the new 1-9 AQA GCSE. Topics covered are: social stratification, the class system, life chances, poverty, power, welfare state, patriarchy. My schemes of learning are very detailed lesson plans which include: WALTs (lesson objectives), WILFs (success criteria), activities linked to WALTs, checking activities for each section of knowledge in lesson, assessment placement, suggested resources, extended writing/exam question opportunities, home learning, links to the GCSE specification and minimum/exceeding expectations descriptions. Please note, individual lessons including resources will be available to purchase during the coming academic year.

This resource is a revision guide for the ethnography ‘In Search of Respect’ by Philippe Bourgois. Covers: context, history of migration, kinship, gender relations, children, adolescence/rites of passage, education, illegal and legal economy. There is also a revision card checklist at the end. This revision guide does not include every single detail as I would expect my students to use their more detailed notes to revise from also.

This is a revision guide that covers the basics of WJEC Sociology’s Compulsory Core Unit - Understanding Social Processes. Lots of images, clear definitions and examples.