987media provides clear, consistent and scaffolded schemes of work, lessons and resources to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in the reformed Media Studies and Film Studies specifications (from first teaching 2017).
We provide resources for:
⠂GCSE Media Studies
⠂A-Level Media Studies
⠂A-Level Film Studies
987media provides clear, consistent and scaffolded schemes of work, lessons and resources to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in the reformed Media Studies and Film Studies specifications (from first teaching 2017).
We provide resources for:
⠂GCSE Media Studies
⠂A-Level Media Studies
⠂A-Level Film Studies
This lesson is part of a complete suite of resources for the Eduqas specification, but can easily be adapted to fit other exam boards (OCR, AQA, WJEC, Edexcel).
Lessons 16 and 17 provide quizzes as helpful recaps of all of the key concepts covered in the introductory lessons. This includes 10 quiz questions on each of: the media triangle, audiences, genre and conventions,
media language, representation and narrative.
The seven-week SoW this lesson is part of introduces learners to the theoretical framework and all the key concepts identified in the Eduqas specification. These are to be applied to the set texts that are expected to be covered as part of the reformed 9-1 GCSE in Media Studies.
987media resources are clear, consistent and scaffolded to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in their GCSE Media Studies course.
This lesson is part of a complete suite of resources for the Eduqas specification, but can easily be adapted to fit other exam boards (OCR, AQA, WJEC, Edexcel).
Lesson 1 examines the media triangle and the inter-relationship between media texts, the institutions that produce them and the audience(s) that receive them.
SET TEXTS REFERRED TO THIS LESSON: Pokemon Go
The seven-week SoW this lesson is part of introduces learners to the theoretical framework and all the key concepts identified in the Eduqas specification. These are to be applied to the set texts that are expected to be covered as part of the reformed 9-1 GCSE in Media Studies.
987media resources are clear, consistent and scaffolded to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in their GCSE Media Studies course.
This lesson is part of a complete suite of resources for the Eduqas specification, but can easily be adapted to fit other exam boards (OCR, AQA, WJEC, Edexcel).
Lesson 1 engages students with a ‘what era is this from?’ quiz before going on to define historical, social and cultural contexts in turn. Students then undertake written tasks involving the application of key contextual information to an analysis of the 1954 Quality Street set text.
SET TEXTS REFERRED TO THIS LESSON: Quality Street
The ‘Contexts’ SoW this lesson is part of explores all of the contexts identified for study in the Eduqas specification (1950s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and contemporary). There is continual reference to a number of set texts that are expected to be covered as part of the reformed 9-1 GCSE in Media Studies, with a primary focus on advertising. As well as examining historical, social, cultural and political contexts, by undertaking this scheme students will develop their understanding of the key concept of ideology and how to identify messages embedded within a variety of media products.
987media resources are clear, consistent and scaffolded to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in their GCSE Media Studies course.
This lesson is part of a complete suite of resources for the Eduqas specification, but can easily be adapted to fit other exam boards (OCR, AQA, WJEC, Edexcel).
Lesson 7 presents a list of key social and cultural changes between the 1950s and the 1980s and the impact that these shifts have on the content of media products. In the same vein as lesson 4, students analyse the representation of gender in a 1980s advert (for Volkswagen Golf) in order to identify the social ideologies present before comparing and contrasting this to the music video for 'Rio' by Duran Duran. This lesson also includes a worksheet resource which breaks down the different media language areas into more accessible chunks when analysing a moving image media product.
SET TEXTS REFERRED TO THIS LESSON: Duran Duran- Rio
The ‘Contexts’ SoW this lesson is part of explores all of the contexts identified for study in the Eduqas specification (1950s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and contemporary). There is continual reference to a number of set texts that are expected to be covered as part of the reformed 9-1 GCSE in Media Studies, with a primary focus on advertising. As well as examining historical, social, cultural and political contexts, by undertaking this scheme students will develop their understanding of the key concept of ideology and how to identify messages embedded within a variety of media products.
987media resources are clear, consistent and scaffolded to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in their GCSE Media Studies course.
This lesson is part of a complete suite of resources for the Eduqas specification, but can easily be adapted to fit other exam boards (OCR, AQA, WJEC, Edexcel).
Lesson 8 examines counter-stereotypes and goes on to develop student understanding of feminism and feminist theories. This includes tasks based around feminist readings of media products and the juxtapositions between femininity and masculinity.
SET TEXTS REFERRED TO THIS LESSON: Spectre, the Man with the Golden Gun, This Girl Can.
The seven-week SoW this lesson is part of introduces learners to the theoretical framework and all the key concepts identified in the Eduqas specification. These are to be applied to the set texts that are expected to be covered as part of the reformed 9-1 GCSE in Media Studies.
987media resources are clear, consistent and scaffolded to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in their GCSE Media Studies course.
This lesson is part of a complete suite of resources for the Eduqas specification, but can easily be adapted to fit other exam boards (OCR, AQA, WJEC, Edexcel).
Lesson 6 develops student understanding of mediation and involves an extended writing task on the media language present on newspaper front pages. Includes information on newspaper conventions.
SET TEXTS REFERRED TO THIS LESSON: The Sun
The seven-week SoW this lesson is part of introduces learners to the theoretical framework and all the key concepts identified in the Eduqas specification. These are to be applied to the set texts that are expected to be covered as part of the reformed 9-1 GCSE in Media Studies.
987media resources are clear, consistent and scaffolded to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in their GCSE Media Studies course.
This lesson is part of a complete suite of resources for the Eduqas specification, but can easily be adapted to fit other exam boards (OCR, AQA, WJEC, Edexcel).
Lesson 9 looks at 3 key narrative theories; Equilibrium/Disequilibrium/New Equilibrium; Binary Oppositions; and Enigma Codes.
SET TEXTS REFERRED TO THIS LESSON: the Man with the Golden Gun, The Guardian, This Girl Can, GQ, The Sun, Pride.
The seven-week SoW this lesson is part of introduces learners to the theoretical framework and all the key concepts identified in the Eduqas specification. These are to be applied to the set texts that are expected to be covered as part of the reformed 9-1 GCSE in Media Studies.
987media resources are clear, consistent and scaffolded to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in their GCSE Media Studies course.
This lesson is part of a complete suite of resources for the Eduqas specification, but can easily be adapted to fit other exam boards (OCR, AQA, WJEC, Edexcel).
Lesson 4 explores the social and cultural context of the 1950s and 1960s. Students analyse the representation of gender in a 1950s advert for Folger's coffee in order to identify the social ideologies present before comparing and contrasting this to 'Quality Street' and 'The Man with the Golden Gun'. This lesson also includes a worksheet resource which breaks down the different media language areas into more accessible chunks when analysing a moving image media product.
SET TEXTS REFERRED TO THIS LESSON: Quality Street, The Man with the Golden Gun.
The ‘Contexts’ SoW this lesson is part of explores all of the contexts identified for study in the Eduqas specification (1950s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and contemporary). There is continual reference to a number of set texts that are expected to be covered as part of the reformed 9-1 GCSE in Media Studies, with a primary focus on advertising. As well as examining historical, social, cultural and political contexts, by undertaking this scheme students will develop their understanding of the key concept of ideology and how to identify messages embedded within a variety of media products.
987media resources are clear, consistent and scaffolded to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in their GCSE Media Studies course.
This lesson is part of a complete suite of resources for the Eduqas specification, but can easily be adapted to fit other exam boards (OCR, AQA, WJEC, Edexcel).
Lesson 10 introduces to students a practical project in which they are going to create a contemporary advert for ‘Quality Street’ which contrasts against the representations and ideologies present in the 1956 set text. The tasks in this lesson include identifying points of contrast relating to context and its impact on content and initial ideas generation.
SET TEXTS REFERRED TO THIS LESSON: Quality Street
The ‘Contexts’ SoW this lesson is part of explores all of the contexts identified for study in the Eduqas specification (1950s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and contemporary). There is continual reference to a number of set texts that are expected to be covered as part of the reformed 9-1 GCSE in Media Studies, with a primary focus on advertising. As well as examining historical, social, cultural and political contexts, by undertaking this scheme students will develop their understanding of the key concept of ideology and how to identify messages embedded within a variety of media products.
987media resources are clear, consistent and scaffolded to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in their GCSE Media Studies course.
This lesson is part of a complete suite of resources for the Eduqas specification, but can easily be adapted to fit other exam boards (OCR, AQA, WJEC, Edexcel).
Lesson 2 introduces students to the key terms 'hegemony/hegemonic', 'patriarchal' and 'matriarchal' before exemplifying how to compare the representation of gender in two media products from two different decades. Students then undertake analysis themselves, of 'Quality Street' and 'the Man with the Golden Gun', using a venn diagram to identify similarities and differences in representation.
SET TEXTS REFERRED TO THIS LESSON: Quality Street, The Man with the Golden Gun, This Girl Can.
The ‘Contexts’ SoW this lesson is part of explores all of the contexts identified for study in the Eduqas specification (1950s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and contemporary). There is continual reference to a number of set texts that are expected to be covered as part of the reformed 9-1 GCSE in Media Studies, with a primary focus on advertising. As well as examining historical, social, cultural and political contexts, by undertaking this scheme students will develop their understanding of the key concept of ideology and how to identify messages embedded within a variety of media products.
987media resources are clear, consistent and scaffolded to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in their GCSE Media Studies course.
This lesson is part of a complete suite of resources for the Eduqas specification, but can easily be adapted to fit other exam boards (OCR, AQA, WJEC, Edexcel).
Lesson 6 gives a brief overview of key historical, social and cultural contexts to both The IT Crowd and Friends. Then, through a 987media mock-up of a Component 2 Section A exam page, students are introduced to the format of, and expectations of, assessed analytical writing relating to contexts of TV sitcoms. Students make notes on an unseen extract from the set texts as per the exam guidelines. After completing a 10-mark 10-minute exam answer relating to this unseen extract, students then peer-assess each other's work using a student-friendly marking criteria worksheet.
SET TEXTS REFERRED TO THIS LESSON: The IT Crowd, Friends
The ‘Contexts’ SoW this lesson is part of explores all of the contexts identified for study in the Eduqas specification (1950s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and contemporary). There is continual reference to a number of set texts that are expected to be covered as part of the reformed 9-1 GCSE in Media Studies, with a primary focus on advertising. As well as examining historical, social, cultural and political contexts, by undertaking this scheme students will develop their understanding of the key concept of ideology and how to identify messages embedded within a variety of media products.
987media resources are clear, consistent and scaffolded to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in their GCSE Media Studies course.
This lesson is part of a complete suite of resources for the Eduqas specification, but can easily be adapted to fit other exam boards (OCR, AQA, WJEC, Edexcel).
Lesson 11 is focused around initial ideas generation linked to 'non-negotiables' the students identify (the differences to the 1956 advert their contemporary product must contain). Central to this task is an A3 worksheet which places these non-negotiables in the middle and provides space around the outside for 4 different advert designs. An exemplar final outcome is given in order to establish the success criteria students are aiming for by the end of the lesson.
SET TEXTS REFERRED TO THIS LESSON: Quality Street
The ‘Contexts’ SoW this lesson is part of explores all of the contexts identified for study in the Eduqas specification (1950s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and contemporary). There is continual reference to a number of set texts that are expected to be covered as part of the reformed 9-1 GCSE in Media Studies, with a primary focus on advertising. As well as examining historical, social, cultural and political contexts, by undertaking this scheme students will develop their understanding of the key concept of ideology and how to identify messages embedded within a variety of media products.
987media resources are clear, consistent and scaffolded to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in their GCSE Media Studies course.
This lesson is part of a complete suite of resources for the Eduqas specification, but can easily be adapted to fit other exam boards (OCR, AQA, WJEC, Edexcel).
Lesson 8 ensures students are thinking critically about the "invisibility" of ideology in order to challenge their own assumptions about modern life.
Then, in the same vein as lessons 4 and 7, students analyse the representation of gender in a 2000s advert (Levi's 'Odyssey') in order to identify the social ideologies present before comparing and contrasting this to an audio/visual advert for 'This Girl Can'. This lesson also includes a worksheet resource which breaks down the different media language areas into more accessible chunks when analysing a moving image media product.
SET TEXTS REFERRED TO THIS LESSON: This Girl Can
The ‘Contexts’ SoW this lesson is part of explores all of the contexts identified for study in the Eduqas specification (1950s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and contemporary). There is continual reference to a number of set texts that are expected to be covered as part of the reformed 9-1 GCSE in Media Studies, with a primary focus on advertising. As well as examining historical, social, cultural and political contexts, by undertaking this scheme students will develop their understanding of the key concept of ideology and how to identify messages embedded within a variety of media products.
987media resources are clear, consistent and scaffolded to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in their GCSE Media Studies course.
This lesson is part of a complete suite of resources for the Eduqas specification, but can easily be adapted to fit other exam boards (OCR, AQA, WJEC, Edexcel).
Lesson 5 contains a brief recap quiz on the key terms introduced so far relating to contexts. Then, through 987media mock-ups of potential Component 1 Section A exam pages, students are introduced to the format of, and expectations of, assessed analytical writing relating to contexts. After completing two 5-mark 5-minute exam answers, students then peer-assess each other's work using a student-friendly marking criteria worksheet.
SET TEXTS REFERRED TO THIS LESSON: Quality Street, The Man with the Golden Gun.
The ‘Contexts’ SoW this lesson is part of explores all of the contexts identified for study in the Eduqas specification (1950s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and contemporary). There is continual reference to a number of set texts that are expected to be covered as part of the reformed 9-1 GCSE in Media Studies, with a primary focus on advertising. As well as examining historical, social, cultural and political contexts, by undertaking this scheme students will develop their understanding of the key concept of ideology and how to identify messages embedded within a variety of media products.
987media resources are clear, consistent and scaffolded to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in their GCSE Media Studies course.
Using quotations from Lévi-Strauss and definitions of key terms as a starting point for considering the structuralism of 'Trainspotting' (1996), this lesson includes several engaging tasks which culminate in a consideration for the ideological significance of the binary oppositions within key sequences chosen by the centre.
*N.B. FORMATTING MAY APPEAR INCORRECT IN TES IMAGE PREVIEWS*
This lesson is part of a complete suite of resources for the reformed Eduqas A-Level Film Studies specification, but can easily be adapted to fit other exam boards or qualification types.
987media resources are clear, consistent and scaffolded to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in their A-Level Film Studies course.
This lesson is part of a complete suite of resources for the Eduqas specification, but can easily be adapted to fit other exam boards (OCR, AQA, WJEC, Edexcel).
Lesson 15 is the culmination of the contemporary 'Quality Street' advert practical production project. The main task asks students to place their contemporary advert next to the 1956 set text and proceed to identify the juxtapositions in representation and ideology present between the two. Students annotate the adverts using the worksheet provided and then are set a homework to write up a 500 word reflective analysis on the relationship between context and representations.
SET TEXTS REFERRED TO THIS LESSON: Quality Street
The ‘Contexts’ SoW this lesson is part of explores all of the contexts identified for study in the Eduqas specification (1950s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and contemporary). There is continual reference to a number of set texts that are expected to be covered as part of the reformed 9-1 GCSE in Media Studies, with a primary focus on advertising. As well as examining historical, social, cultural and political contexts, by undertaking this scheme students will develop their understanding of the key concept of ideology and how to identify messages embedded within a variety of media products.
987media resources are clear, consistent and scaffolded to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in their GCSE Media Studies course.
This worksheet is part of a complete suite of resources for the reformed Eduqas A-Level Film Studies specification, but can easily be adapted to fit other exam boards or qualification types.
This 5-page pack contains all of the focus areas of the Eduqas spec (the key elements of film form, meaning and response, the contexts of film, spectatorship, narrative, ideology, auteur theory and critical debates & filmmakers' theories) making it an ideal starting point for analysis during initial film screenings.
By using this resource, you really will ensure all of the important concepts and areas for analysis relating to the set films have been considered by your learners. It also helps you as a teacher stay on top of the expected content too!
987media resources are clear, consistent and scaffolded to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in their A-Level Film Studies course.
This lesson explores the fundamentals of Roland Barthes' Semiotics theory, as covered in the Eduqas A-Level specification. Includes quotations from Barthes himself, definitions of key terms and engaging tasks linked to the 'two orders of signification'.
This lesson is part of a complete suite of resources for the Eduqas specification, but can easily be adapted to fit other exam boards (OCR, AQA, WJEC, Edexcel).
987media resources are clear, consistent and scaffolded to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in their A-Level Media Studies course.
*N.B. FORMATTING MAY APPEAR INCORRECT IN TES IMAGE PREVIEWS*
These lessons are part of a complete suite of resources for the Eduqas specification, but can easily be adapted to fit other exam boards (OCR, AQA, WJEC, Edexcel).
This set of 4 lessons enables students to produce a conventional print product (newspaper, magazine or advert) for one of three assigned target audiences. Students complete initial drafts and take photographs before working on Photoshop to produce their final product. There are a range of Assessment for Learning (AfL) strategies embedded within lessons 19 and 20 to support with the successful completion of the final products. A mark scheme (moderated from the Eduqas Component 3 mark scheme) can be used if teachers wish to use this practical task as an end of term assessment.
Working to a set brief in this way prepares students for Component 3: NEA which they will undertake in the summer term.
The seven-week SoW this lesson is part of introduces learners to the theoretical framework and all the key concepts identified in the Eduqas specification. These are to be applied to the set texts that are expected to be covered as part of the reformed 9-1 GCSE in Media Studies.
987media resources are clear, consistent and scaffolded to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in their GCSE Media Studies course.
This lesson is part of a complete suite of resources for the Eduqas specification, but can easily be adapted to fit other exam boards (OCR, AQA, WJEC, Edexcel).
Lessons 11 and 12 introduce students to a 1,000 word comparative essay task which will be marked in line with the new Eduqas assessment criteria. Students annotate CD covers in preparation for this extended writing assessment. It also includes the Print Products Media Language help sheet which is a really useful knowledge organiser for all the print products analysed on the new 9-1 GCSE.
SET TEXTS REFERRED TO THIS LESSON: Taylor Swift, Pharrell Williams.
The seven-week SoW this lesson is part of introduces learners to the theoretical framework and all the key concepts identified in the Eduqas specification. These are to be applied to the set texts that are expected to be covered as part of the reformed 9-1 GCSE in Media Studies.
987media resources are clear, consistent and scaffolded to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in their GCSE Media Studies course.
This lesson is part of a complete suite of resources for the Eduqas specification, but can easily be adapted to fit other exam boards (OCR, AQA, WJEC, Edexcel).
Lesson 13 supports students in structuring and planning their comparative essay and lessons 14 and 15 support students in writing their essay. Includes a teacher resource for marking the work in line with Eduqas assessment criteria modified from the Component 1 Section A exam.
The seven-week SoW this lesson is part of introduces learners to the theoretical framework and all the key concepts identified in the Eduqas specification. These are to be applied to the set texts that are expected to be covered as part of the reformed 9-1 GCSE in Media Studies.
987media resources are clear, consistent and scaffolded to give learners the best opportunity to achieve highly in their GCSE Media Studies course.