This is an A-Level sociology [AQA] lesson focusing on theories of education. This lesson is designed to be a revision lesson, it should last a 90 minute lesson and the power point contains 10 slides.
Included:
Starter, key concept bingo.
Title page- students to identify which sociologist they would associate with each concept.
Mind map of each theory, including: Marxism, feminism, functionalism, The new right, Postmodernism and liberal perspectives. This idea is that students add the key information from the board to their mind map (provided as a separate worksheet) whilst the teacher goes through the information.
Practice theory exam questions which students should have a go at planning, includes a 10 marker and 30 marker.
Board game- students to assess their understanding of key studies and theorists.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the stratification and differentiation unit. The lesson covers age and differentiation. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and has a total of 12 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, education recap. Students to work out the highest scoring key concepts using the scrabble board.
Title page- encouraging students to think about key questions to do with the lesson.
How do the norms of different ages vary in different societies?
How are different ages presented in the media? - extension task provided.
How does age affect life chances?
Students will then look at each of these three topics in more detail using the textbook. The students will become the expert for one of two roles, they will then teach their partner what they have found out. All instructions are on the pp and resources provided. Students will need access to the GCSE sociology textbook. Question sheets are provided for students to fill in whilst their partner teaches them their expert topic.
How are different ages presented in the media? - key information on the pp, students to add this to their summary sheet.
Summary sheet provided, students fill this in at the end to make sure they have all the relevant information they need.
Plenary- consolidating their knowledge. This allows students to share their opinion on whether the voting age should be reduced.
This is a GCSE psychology lesson [Edexcel], which focuses on how to answer 12 mark research methods questions. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 9 slides on the power point. All resources are provided on separate word documents. The lesson requires students to have a basic understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of different research methods. All exam questions are taken from previous past papers.
Included:
Starter- research methods true or false task. Answers provided.
Title page- encourages students to think about strengths and weaknesses of observations and how they think they would structure a 12 mark question.
An explanation of how the questions are marked and a suggestion of how students could structure their answer.
Students to have a go at planning a 12 mark question. Planning sheet is provided on a separate worksheet. - mark scheme provided on the power point, students to add anything they have missed out.
Example answer to a different 12 mark question provided on a separate document. (this is a full mark response)
Students to practice writing a 12 marker, question provided on the power point, there is also a planning sheet which includes the question which is provided as a separate word document.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the crime and deviance unit. This lesson specifically covers measuring crime including police recorded statistics, victim and self-report studies. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 12 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, recapping the social stratification and differentiation unit. Students to work out which statements are incorrect.
Title page, encouraging students to think about how the government collects data about crime.
Brief outline of how we can measure crime in society.
Official statistics on crime recorded by the police, including strengths and weaknesses.
The dark figure of crime explanation. Application/ scenario task- provided on a separate worksheet.
Victim and self-report studies, referring to The crime survey for England and Wales.
Key word match up task- answers provided on power point.
Sociological theory and their views on official crime statistics.
Comparing police recorded statistics and The crime survey for England and Wales- worksheet provided on a separate document. Answers on the power point.
Plenary- are official crime statistics accurate? task for students to complete.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the crime and deviance unit. The lesson is specifically about patterns of crime with reference to age and gender. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 12 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, social stratification and differentiation retrieval practice. Work out the covered up words- answers on the pp slide.
Title page, encouraging students to think about why some females turn to crime.
Quick quiz about the subcultural explanations for crime. Questions and answers on the pp slide.
Age article- to get students thinking. Attached as a separate document.
An overview of patterns of crime relating to age.
The age crime curve.
Victim rates and age.
Mini plenary- students summarise what they have learnt using the key terms on the board.
Gender and crime with reference to Pat Carlen.
8 mark practice question, an outline is included of what students should write in their answer. Mark scheme/ indicative content is also included.
Plenary- patterns of crime overview sheet. Attached as a separate document, students to add to this each time a new area is completed.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on gender differences in education. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and has a total of 11 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, methods recap, true or false.
Title page- encouraging students to think about who performs better in education and why this is the case.
Key statistics, graph.
Articles on gender differences in attainment, links to the articles are in the ‘notes’ section on the pp.
Outline of the internal and external factors affecting achievement.
Student task- information pack which goes through the reasons for gender differences. Including; changes in norms and law, feminisation of education, laddish subcultures, crisis of masculinity. Key studies including: Sharpe and Jackson are also included. Students read through the information and complete the grid. The information pack and grid are provided on separate documents. Answers also provided on the power point.
Plenary- retrieval practice, questions from the education unit.
Homework- 8 marker. Mark scheme provided.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the crime and deviance unit. The lesson is specifically about the Marxist view of crime and deviance. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 12 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, based on recapping the social stratification and differentiation unit.
Title page- encouraging students to think about what Marxists would say about crime.
‘The price is right’- students to guess the price fraud costs per year. All answers on the pp.
Definitions of white-collar and corporate crime. Example of white collar crime, encouraging students to think about why rich people may get treated differently.
Capitalism and consumerism.
Short video clip, questions for students to answer. Link on pp slide.
Social power and crime- links to William Chambliss.
Fill in the blanks task, provided on a separate worksheet. Answers on pp slide.
What is white collar crime? reading and question task. Reading provided on a separate worksheet.
Evaluation of Marxism.
Plenary- summary task, students write a tweet using the key concepts on the board.
This is a GCSE sociology revision session which focuses on the social stratification and differentiation unit. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 7 slides on the power point. All resources are provided.
Included:
Title page - 4 2 mark questions for students to answer, all based on the straf/ diff unit.
Large mind-map of the whole unit- students are advised to mind- map/ summarise the unit on an A3 piece of paper whilst teacher goes through main content on the board.
Practice short answer exam questions- provided on a separate worksheet. Mark schemes provided on the power point.
Strat / diff game (may need printing for students to play). Provided on the power point.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the education unit. This is the first lesson on Ethnic differences. The lesson focuses on Material and cultural factors (external factors) affecting academic underachievement of some ethnic minority groups. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 11 slides on the power point. Challenge questions and extension tasks provided throughout.
Included:
Starter- research methods recap.
Title page. Encouraging students to think about why some ethnic minority groups do not perform so well in education.
Background information- key statistics.
External factors - how language can lead to underachievement.
External factors- parental aspirations, video clip (link on power point). More detailed explanation of how parental aspirations may benefit some ethnic groups.
Male subcultures- with reference to Tony Sewell.
Evaluation of cultural factors.
Material factors. Application question for students.
Plenary- true or false activity. Worksheet provided on a separate document. Answers on the pp slide.
This is a lesson based on GCSE Sociology Eduqas, The Feminist view of education. It contains four different worksheets: a true or false starter activity, a feminist view of education fill in the gaps, a 15 mark exam style question, the exam question planning sheet.
The lesson consists of 11 slides, students should be able to answer the exam style question at the end based on their knowledge of the three structural theories.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the stratification and differentiation unit. This is an introductory lesson to Max Weber, and his views on social stratification. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and has a total of 12 power point slides.
Included:
Starter, education recap. Retrieval practice- students to answer as many questions as possible.
Title page- student task, write down the groups they belong to.
Quick quiz of what has been covered so far (functionalism, Marxism and stratification). Answers provided on the pp.
-Explanation of the two ways we can look at society- structural and social-action perspectives. Intro to Max Weber.
Weber and identity
Weber and market position- student task, add the images of different occupations to the class structure diagram. Images provided on a separate document.
Weber and status
Students to think about what other things can affect our status in society - answers on the pp.
Weber and social power
Evaluation
Plenary- applying their understanding of the theories of stratification
This is a A-Level sociology [AQA] lesson which focuses on answering 30 mark exam questions in the education unit. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 10 slides on the power point. all resources are provided on separate documents.
Included:
Starter, overview of sociological theories and what they say about society.
Title page, show students an example 30 mark question.
Key information about 30 markers. Including an outline of how they are assessed (AOs)
Model answer. Provided on a separate document.
Students to have a go at planning an answer to a question. Question provided on a separate document. Some key points to get students thinking are included on the pp slide.
Examiners report for the question which students have planned.
Key sociologists/ studies which students could include in the question.
Students to have a go at answering a 30 marker. - the same question as they have already planned. From the 2018 ALevel paper. Question sheet provided for students to write their answer on, including reflection space (teachers name will need to be changed).
Plenary- key concept task.
This lesson is part of the education unit (AQA sociology). This lesson focuses on explaining the idea of cultural capital and how this links to educational achievement (external factors). The lesson consists of 12 slides and is aimed to fill a 100 minute lesson.
The starter activity is a true or false task which assesses students understanding of cultural and material deprivation. The lesson goes on to explain what cultural capital is, referring to Bourdieu. This lesson also includes a cultural capital quiz for students to complete. All worksheets are included.
The lesson finishes with a 20 mark exam style question, both the item and question are included on the powerpoint, the question assesses students understanding of internal and external factors affecting achievement in school. The powerpoint goes through possible ways to use the item along with things students could include in their answers.
This is an AQA A-level sociology lesson which focuses on streaming, with reference to labelling. The lesson is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson, the power point consists of 12 slides.
Included:
-starter, fill in the blanks activity. This recaps students knowledge on the labelling theory. Task included on a work documents.
-explanation of streaming with links to labelling and the self-fulfilling prophecy.
-explanation of Gillborn and Youdell 2001, the educational triage (A-C economy)
-quick knowledge check- questioning activity.
-explanation of pupil subcultures. With reference to Lacey (1970) concepts of polarisation and differentiation.
-explanations of pro and anti-school subcultures with reference to key sociologists such as Hargreaves.
-Stephen Ball abolishing streaming
-Woods (1979)- other student responses to streaming and labelling.
-criticisms of the labelling theory
-finish the lesson with a Kahoot. One is already made on Kahoot: titled ‘class differences in achievement’ by AFitch7.
This is a 13 slide presentation, containing all the key information about the Functionalist view of education. GCSE Sociology- Eduqas. Contains various activities, including a key concept match up, and a fill in the blanks exercise. This lesson is aiming towards answering a 15 mark exam style question, an A3 planning sheet is also included in this package.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson (WJEC/ EDUQAS) based on the Marxist perspective of the family. The lesson is designed to fill 90 minutes and it consists of 11 power point slides with two worksheets.
Included:
-starter activity whereby students need to unscramble key concepts.
-recap of the Functionalist view of the family.
-explanation of Marxism as a conflict theory.
-explanation of how families serve the interests of capitalism.
-Zaretsky ‘the cult of private life’. This includes a fill in the blanks activity for students to complete.
-explanation of Zaretsky’s view that the family benefits capitalism.
-evaluation of the Marxist perspective.
-worksheet whereby students are encouraged to compare the Functionalist and Marxist perspective.
-poster activity, students consolidate their knowledge about Marxism. They may need to use the GCSE wjec textbook to support them with this task.
-plenary- questioning activity. Questions based on different difficulty levels, students to choose which ones they can level.
This is a A-Level sociology (AQA) lesson based on explaining class differences in education with a particular focus on labelling theory (internal factors). This is a power point lesson which includes a total of 10 slides. The lesson is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson.
Included:
-starter activity- unscramble the key concepts. (answers included)
-explanation of labelling, referring to Interactionism and Becker.
-labelling in secondary schools (Dunne & Gazeley 2008)
-labelling in primary schools (Rist’s 1970)
-student activity- encouraging them to think about how teacher’s label students, where they get these ideas from. - Answer’s/ ideas included on the power point.
-explanation of the self-fulfilling prophecy.
-teacher expectations reading activity. Students will need access to the AQA book 1, textbook. Pages, 28-29. This activity will allow students to understand and explain Rosenthal & Jacobson 1968. Question worksheet included.
-questions to assess students understanding from this lesson. 5 questions, they should be able to complete these using their notes from this lesson and prior knowledge.
This is an A-Level psychology lesson which focuses on learning theories. This lesson specifically covers the classic study Watson & Rayner 1920, Little Albert. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes, there are a total of 16 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, short answer question which links back to the social approach. Answers provided.
Title page- introducing the study.
Classical conditioning recap.
Video clip- link included introducing students to the study.
Links to research methods, key terms students need to understand when learning this classic study.
Detailed explanation of the study which covers: aims, procedures, results and conclusion.
Fill in the blanks task- attached as a separate sheet.
What happened after the study? video clip link included.
Outline of the strengths and weaknesses of this study.
4 mark exam question practice- refers back to classical conditioning. Mark scheme and example answer from the examiners report included.
Plenary- true or false task. Answers included.
This is an A-Level sociology lesson (AQA). The lesson focuses on class differences in education with reference to external factors. The lesson focuses on cultural deprivation. It is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson and the power point consists of 13 slides.
included-
-starter, crossword (worksheet attached)
-explanation of social class groups
-detailed explanation of cultural capital with reference to language codes
-short quiz to check students understanding on what has been covered so far
-three slides explaining how parents have an influence over their child’s academic achievement. E.g. use of income, their own education.
-explanation of working class subcultures. E.g. Sugarman (1970)
-evaluation
-introduction/ explanation of compensatory education. research task for students to complete, this could be done as homework or during the lesson if students have access to the internet. Instruction sheets for students attached.
This is the first lesson of the topic 2- Memory. The starter activity is based around the social influence topic as a retrieval practice activity. This lesson introduces students to the topic, and goes through the stages of information processing. Also included is a 10 minute video clip with questions for students to answer.
This lesson goes along with the booklet which is also on my shop.