AQA A-level Sociology: Media- Media representations of disability

Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that help students understand media representations of disability.
Covers the following key terms: disability, impairment, pitiable or pathetic, object of curiosity/ element of atmosphere, sinister or evil media stereotypes, super cripple, laughable/object of ridicule, own worst enemy, a burden, non-sexual, unable to participate in daily life.
Covers the following sociologists: Shakespeare, disability discrimination act, cumberbatch, broadcasting standards comission, brian et al, philo et al, time to change, barnes, cumberbatch and negrine.
Starter activity provides the opportunity for students to recap and be tested on what they should have leant so far in the media representations topic, e.g. media representations of children, symbolic annihilation, explanations of gender stereotyping in the media.
Requires information in textbook - 'SOCIOLOGY For AQA Volume 2 by Browne, Blundell & Law
Includes a discussion activity with sentence starters and prompts to promote oracy.
Includes a 10 marker with detailed scaffolding to help students answer it as well as a student friendly mark-scheme for peer and self assessment
ANSWERS TO SOME ACTIVITIES INCLUDED
Activities require pages from the AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend