This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on revision. The lesson is specifically designed to revise the education and crime unit, and is aimed at year 11 students. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 8 slides on the power point. Included: Title page with 3 x 2 mark questions for students to complete. Mindmap summary of the whole of the education unit- the idea is that students mind map and add extra information whilst teacher goes through the main points. Short answer exam questions based on the education unit. Provided on a separate worksheet, mark schemes/ answers provided on the power point. Mindmap summary of the whole crime and deviance unit. Short answer exam questions, provided on a separate worksheet. Mark schemes provided on the power point. Education and crime board game. On the power point, but should be printed for students to complete. Testing/ applying their knowledge of key concepts and key studies.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the cultural transmission unit. This lesson specifically focuses on cultural diversity. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are 12 slides in total. Included: Starter activity, recapping/ introducing basic sociological theory. Title page, encouraging students to think about what cultural diversity means. Short clip explaining cultural diversity. Link is on the pp. Students to make notes. Explanation of what cultural diversity means and why it is important. Discussion question provided. Cultural diversity over time. Explanation of subcultures and connections to cultural diversity within different countries. Cultural diversity across the world. 2 mark exam question- model answers provided. What things make up your culture? student task. Differences in norms for different groups. Plenary- Cultural diversity consolidation, poster/ revision task. Could be finished for homework.

This is a year 13 AQA A-Level Sociology resource. Includes a starter activity and plenary (Exam question, with mark scheme). Includes a clip about the myth of the American Dream. Total of 11 slides.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on aims and hypothesis. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 10 slides on the power point. The lesson covers; hypothesis, aims, questions for research and 2 mark exam questions. Included: Starter activity which recaps key concepts. Answers included on the pp. Title page. Encouraging students to think about what an aim and hypothesis is. Explanation of hypothesis. Challenge question provided. Writing an hypothesis. Student task, to write a hypothesis for the topic areas provided. An example is also given. Questions for research. Challenge question provided. Establishing an aim. Student task- to write an aim for an area they would want to research. Making your terms clear and operationalising concepts. Planning research. Diagram of the stages a researcher would go through. Explanation of how to answer 2 mark exam questions. Practice exam questions. Students to answer as many as they can.

This is an A-Level sociology lesson - AQA, which focuses on revising educational policy and completing a 30 marker. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and the power point has a total of 10 slides. Included: Starter, quiz recapping globalisation and policy. Mind- map overview of educational policy - from tripartite system to academies. Includes key governments and policies. Policy 30 marker- from June 2022 paper. - question is on the pp slide. Overview of how to structure the question - example. Breakdown of AOs. Indicative content, examiners report, mark scheme. How to use the item - pulling parts out. Help sheet to support students when answering the question.

This is a power point which contains 15 different starter activities (could also be used as plenary tasks) which focus on the crime and deviance unit of the course. GCSE SOCIOLOGY WJEC/EDUQAS. The activities range from; true or false tasks, fill in blanks, differentiated questions, scrabble board, short answer exam questions, find and fix- where students have to identify and correct incorrect statements. The answers are provided for each of these tasks.

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 parental choice and competition between schools. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 11 slides on the power point. Included: -Starter, research methods recap. Title page, encouraging students to think about whether parents have more choice over schools now. Timeline- the history of education in Britain. Competition between schools- including the funding formula. The price is right. Students to guess how much the government gives school per student. Answer included on pp. Challenge Q provided. League tables- link to why some parents may not use them. Give students an example of a league table to look at. An example is provided on a separate document, could find an example which includes your own school. Explanation of why academies were set up, along with free schools. Evaluation- free choice? including Stephen Ball. Panorama documentary- links provided on the pp. Questions for students to think about. ’ The academy scandal’. Plenary- education revision. Game provided on the last pp slide- students will need a dice to complete this game.

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 GCSE sociology lesson (eduqas/ WJEC) which focuses on family diversity and the reasons for this change in family types. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and has a total of 12 slides. Included: -starter activity. Sociology bingo. Students to pick nine words from the list, teacher reads out a definition, students cross off the key term if they have it on their grid. Prizes may be needed to reward winners. -explanation of different types of family today. Particular reference to extended families (horizontal, vertical and modified) -explanation of the Rapoports and their view on the family. -explanation of Chester- view of the family. Evaluation of the Rapoports theory. -statistics to demonstrate what Chester suggests about the family. -links to theory- Postmodernism. Introduce the theory and explain what they say about the family. -explanation of ethnic minority families, link to The Rapoports. -reasons for the change in family types explained. Links to; changes in the law, social changes, changes in the position of women and secularisation. Student activity: draw a grid- add the statements off the power point slide under the correct heading (reasons for the change). Answers included on the power point. -key legal changes: The divorce reform Act, Equal pay Act and Marriage (same sex couple) Act. Encouraging students to think about how these changes in legislation may have influenced the changes in family structures. -plenary- true or false. Answers on the power point. Challenge/ extension questions throughout to support higher ability students.

This lesson is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson, there is a total of 13 slides. The lesson focuses on discussing feral children, socialisation, agents of secondary socialisation. This is aimed at GCSE sociology eduqas. Included: Starter activity- match up the key concepts. Answers provided. Title page- encouraging students to start thinking about what feral children are. Explanation of socialisation and the different types. Introduction to secondary socialisation. Worksheet provided. Students add key details to their worksheets whilst teacher talks through each agent of secondary socialisation. Introduction to feral children. Short video clips to watch with questions for students to think about. Video links provided on the power point. Short answer exam question- 4 marks. Encouraging self assessment. Homework task- instructions on pp. To make a revision resource.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on divorce as part of the family unit. The lesson explains changes in patterns of divorce. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there is a total of 12 slides on the power point. Included: -starter activity. Introducing key statistics about divorce. Students to predict the missing statistics. (answers then included on the power point) -key statistics, encouraging students to think about what they show about divorce. -background of divorce in the UK. Dominoes match up task. Students to get a pack of dominoes which contain key dates and explanations, they should then match these up. Answers included on the power point. This shows how divorce laws have changed and encourages students to think about the impact they have had. -key trends-graph. Briefly introduces the Family Law Act 1996 -legal changes to divorce timeline. -changes to laws- more detailed explanation of the Divorce Reform Act 1996 and what it entailed. Links to The Family Law Act 1996 and Legal Aid (1949). -explanation of the reasons for changes in divorce. Student task- to rank them in order of importance. -explanation of how expectations of marriage have changed- reference to Giddens. -plenary- true or false activity.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson [EDUQAS]. The lesson focuses on qualitative sources of secondary data, how sociologists make choices about research and the lesson finishes with an ethics task. The power point consists of 9 slides, and is designed to last a 90 minute lesson. Included: -Starter activity which is a quiz on the theories of the family. -Title page. Encouraging students to think about what qualitative sources of secondary data sociologists might use. -Explanation of what qualitative secondary sources are. Challenge question included. -Using public and private documents in sociological research. Task- students to put the documents under the correct heading in the table. Challenge question provided. -Strengths and weaknesses of using qualitative secondary data in research. -Secondary data task. Students to decide which method would be best when researching certain areas. -Explanation of how sociologists make choices about research. Challenge question- gets students to think about what things need to be considered before starting a research study. -Reading task. Covers considerations such as: funding, the purpose of sociology, interests and availability. Extension task provided. -Ethical issues in sociological research poster task. Students will need access to the Eduqas sociology textbook. Pages 250-251.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson (WJEC). The lesson focuses on introducing students to the key sociological theories. The power point consists of 9 slides and is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson. Included: -starter activity, students are provided some statements and they are required to write whether they agree or disagree with then. Each statement is linked to a key theory. -explanation of the difference between conflict and consensus. -a slide each on the three theories. Functionalism, Marxism and Feminism. Each slide provides a key thinker for each theory along with their basic key ideas. -application task. Students are required to draw a table with each theory as a heading. They should put the statements from the pp slide under the correct heading. Extension question provided. -creative poster task. Students may need access to the GCSE sociology WJEC textbook in order to obtain additional information. They should create a poster on one of the theories they have been introduced to.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on Global families. The lesson is designed to fill 90 minutes and the power point contains 12 slides. **Included: ** -starter activity- recap/ quiz of the theories of the family. -explanation of key concepts such as; polygamy, polandry, polygyny. Two video clips to demonstrate these ideas. Links included on the powerpoint. Encouraging students to think about the advantages and disadvantages of these types of family. -explanation of monogamy and serial monogamy. -explanation of arranged marriages with comparisons to the UK. -video clip. Maasai tribe- views on arranged marriages. Link included on power point. -explanation of the one child policy in China. -‘life on a Kibbutz’. Video clip to show a unique way of living in Isreal, questions for students to answer whilst watching the clip. Link included. -‘inside China’s last Matriarchy’. Explanation of what a matriarchy is, video clip- students to answer questions whilst watching the clip. Throughout, students are encouraged to compare different family structures to that of the UK. -plenary. Students should use the scrabble board to try and score the highest sociological key concept.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on changes to the size of the family, whether the family is in decline and the emergence of the privatised nuclear family. There is a total of 12 slides and the lesson is designed to last 90 minutes. Included: -Starter activity- recap of theories of the family. -Explanations of changes to family sizes. With reference to, the changes in the position of women, changes in religion and technological and financial factors. There are links to key statistics, and challenge questions provided throughout. Students to copy the table on the power point and fill in the key information whilst the teacher talks through it. -Is the family in decline? arguments for and against this argument. With reference to key theories such as The New Right. Evaluation provided. -The emergence of the privatised nuclear family. Reading activity -students to answer key questions using the reading. (reading provided on a separate document) -Plenary- true or false.

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 the crime and deviance unit. The lesson focuses around patterns of crime with specific reference to class and ethnicity. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there is a total of 14 slides on the power point. Included: Starter activity, social stratification and differentiation recap. Connect 4- students to pick out key concepts and put them into categories. Title page, encouraging students to think about what is meant by the term ‘institutional racism’. Ethnicity and crime overview. Graph to show conviction rates of different ethnic groups. 5 slides containing a detailed explanation of Paul Gilroy and negative stereotypes, Stuart Hall and scapegoats, The Stephen Lawrence enquiry, The Macpherson report and police racism and policing styles. There is a worksheet which students can fill in whilst the teacher goes through the key content. Worksheet attached as a separate document. Brief overview of class and crime. This lesson focuses on corporate crime, it requires students to already have a basic understanding of white-collar crime which may have been covered when teaching the Marxist perspective. Patterns of crime consolidation sheet. Attached as a separate document. Students to fill in key details of class, ethnicity, gender and age when they have been taught. 15 mark exam style question - planning task. Question provided on a separate worksheet. Indicative content included on the power point to help students.

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 a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on ‘planning successful research’. The lesson covers pilot studies, triangulation and designing your own research. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 7 slides on the power point. Included: Starter activity, retrieval practice- families and households. Key studies match up task- answers provided. Using mixed methods in research. Explanation of triangulation. Reasons for using mixed methods. Reading task- provided on a separate document. Students to complete the reading and answer the questions on the power point. Explanation of what a pilot study is- evaluation included. For the rest of the lesson students are encouraged to design their own research project. This is where they can apply their knowledge about everything covered in the research methods unit. Included, what method they will use, aims/ hypothesis, who their sample will be and how they will obtain them. All instructions are included on the power point.