AQA GCSE Sociology: Family- Explaining the increase in divorce

Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that explain the increase in divorce.

Includes a 4 marker with detail scaffolding to help students answer it. Includes a student-friendly mark scheme for self or peer-assessment.
Includes two versions of the table needed for the carousel activity - one with scaffolding and one without

Covers the following key terms: Secularisation, Stigma, Empty shell marriage

Covers the following sociologists: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Dennis , Fletcher, Hart, Goode, 1969 Divorce Reform Act, Mitchell & Goody

Covers the following key terms you should already know: Function (of an instituition), Individualism, Collectivism, Contemporary society, Consumerism/ Consumption

ANSWERS TO SOME MAIN ACTIVITIES INCLUDED

Makes references to key terms students should know – Promotes a spiral curriculum by making links to key terms that students might have previously been taught that link to this lesson.

RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF PPT