This is an 11 slide Powerpoint. The lesson is focused on the media and crime. With a particular focus on moral panics. Students will not only learn to define moral panics however they will be able to link this specifically to the study of the mods and rockers. This lesson includes a short 10 minute video on the mods and rockers.

This is a lesson based on UNit 3 of the A2 aqa Sociology spec. The lesson is focused on the media and crime, with a focus on the media as a cause of crime. The lesson consists of 9 slides. by the end of the lesson, students will not only be able to identify how the media causes crime they will be able to explain this in detail.

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 12 slide powerpoint presentation. Includes key information about Merton’s adaptations to strain, evaluation of Merton, subcultural strain theories, Cohen- alternative status hierarchy, Cloward & Ohlin: three subcultures and evaluation. Based on AQA A-Level Sociology.

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 pack includes, a ‘know it well’ tick sheet. This is designed to help students locate any gaps in their knowledge and become clear on what key areas of the specification they need to revise. It also includes a list of all the key concepts from the crime and deviance unit, students can either fill these in as a revision activity or as you teach them the key terms throughout their lessons.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson (WJEC Eduqas) on gender role socialisation. It is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson, and has a total of 9 slides on the power point. Included: starter activity- encouraging students think about some of the key concepts in sociology (norms, socialisation etc). title- ask student key questions, getting them to think about what gender socialisation is. how gender roles are socially constructed. - explanation of what this means the role of the family in gender socialisation the role of the media in gender socialisation - fill in the blanks activity. A copy of the answers are also included on a separate worksheet for teacher use. the role of schools in gender socialisation. the role of peer group in gender socialisation- students to copy definitions into their key terms glossary. (sheet included) documentary with questions for students to answer. plenary - students should try to answer as many questions as possible. (differentiated- easy, medium and hard questions)

GCSE sociology Eduqas/ WJEC. This lesson focuses on roles and status, with reference to identities. The lesson is designed to fill 90 minutes and has a total of 10 slides. Included: -students should try to work out the missing words (recap activity)- includes key concepts such as, sanctions, primary and secondary socialisation. -students to look at some images of celebrities and discuss what roles they think they have. -student task - draw an image of themselves and write down what roles they play. -explanation of roles and role conflict -explanation of status, ascribed and achieved -student task- have a look at the images and decide whether they have an ascribed or achieved status. Students should then rank these images in order of importance in society. -explanation of status and identity, referring to Howard Becker. -fact file task- encouraging students to use key terms in order to describe a celebrity -game of guess who (instructions on the powerpoint)

This is an A-Level AQA sociology lesson. The lesson focuses on The Marxist view of education. There is a total of 9 power point slides and it is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson. Included: -true or false starter activity, based on Functionalism and New Right perspectives. (worksheet attached) -starter, encouraging students to think about what key concepts they associate with Marxism. -detailed explanations of Althusser, Bowles and Gintis ideas. -the lesson finishes with a reading task for students to complete. The A-Level AQA book one (orange textbook) will be needed to complete this exercise. A worksheet containing the questions is attached.

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 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 lesson focuses on the Functionalist view of education- AQA sociology. The lessons consists of a powerpoint and two reading worksheets, there is a total of 12 slides. This lesson is perfect for students who have never studied sociology before, however it also aims to build on the knowledge of those who have studied it for GCSE. The Lesson consists of: starter activity which encourages students to think about what they already know about Functionalism, Marxism and Feminism. an overview of what each theory says about education. A reading which gives an overview of the functionalist perspective- students to read along and highlight key points. detailed powerpoint slides going through Durkheim- social solidarity, specialist skills and Parsons idea of meritocracy. a short video clip introducing students to Davis & Moore’s idea of role allocation- students to answer questions whilst watching the clip. a detailed slide explaining role allocation. evaluation of the Functionalist perspective. 10 mark exam question practice focusing on what has been learnt during the lesson. - a plan is included on the slide. plenary whereby students have to identify which key terms are associated with Functionalism. To end the lesson students should be given a reading on the New Right perspective on education- this will prepare them ready for the next lesson.

This is an AQA A-Level sociology lesson based on theories of education. This lesson covers, Feminism, Postmodernism and Liberal perspectives on education. There is a total of 9 slides and the lesson is aimed to fill 90 minites. Included: -starter activity, students should work out the missing words of statements. Recapping theories such as Marxism and the New Right. -introduction to Feminism- getting students to think about what key terms they associate with this theory. -explanation of what liberal, Marxist and radical feminists say about the education system. -explanation of how the hidden curriculum operates and reproduced gender inequality (Heaton & Lawson 1996) -reading task- students to fill in a sheet whereby they look at the hidden curriculum reproducing gender inequality in more detail. Reading is also included with this lesson. -introduction to postmodernism and education- an explanation of what postmodernists say about society in general. The power point then goes on to explain the impact of social change and greater diversity on education. -liberal perspectives on education- explanation on liberal principles and how they think the education system should be run. The lesson finishes with a documentary of summer hill which demonstrates a school that uses liberal principles. Youtube link is included.

This lesson is for GCSE sociology, WJEC Eduqas. The lesson focuses on sanctions and social control. There is a total of 11 slides on the power point, and the lesson is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson. Included: -starter- encouraging students to recap and reflect on what they have learnt by using and explaining key concepts. Such as, norms, values, socialisation. -introduce social control. Encouraging students to think about what it means and to discuss ways they are controlled in society. -mindmap whereby students map all the ways they are controlled in society. This is modelled on the power point. -explanation of social control, informal and formal social control. Challenge questions included on the power point. -video clip illustrating informal social control. Students are encouraged to think about the normal ways to behave in the situation shown and what the sanctions were in the clip. -explanation of positive and negative sanctions. Student activity- draw a table and list how the agents of socialisation control behave through positive and negative sanctions. -list of questions for students to answer in full sentences. Key terms included on the power point. -4 mark exam question provided, along with the mark scheme and example answer to start students off. -key concept bingo. Definitions to key terms are provided on a separate sheet. Prizes will be needed for the winning students.

This is a lesson based on The media and Crime. Content addresses that covered in the AQA Sociology Specification. The lesson goes through the Sociological perspectives of the crime and the media, along with detailed information about cyber-crime. The lesson finishes with a 30 mark exam style question, this is based on the AQA specification. The powerpoint suggests what students could take out of the item when writing this question. The lesson consists of 12 slides.

AQA A-Level sociology, the Marxist view of education. This lesson includes a powerpoint and worksheets, there are a total of 9 slides on the power point and it is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson. Included: starter activity. True or false worksheet, this task is designed to review the Functionalist and New Right view of education. Question and answer task- aimed to get students to think about what they already know about Marxism explanation of the bourgeoisie and proletariat Althusser - The ideological state apparatus slide on repressive and ideological state apparatus Bowles & Gintis- schooling in capitalist America Bowles & Gintis: correspondence principle explanation and activity for students to complete. the lesson finishes with a reading task. Students will need access to the AQA sociology textbook one in order to complete this task. Question worksheets included, along with the answers.

This lesson focuses on Situational crime prevention. Unit 4 of the AQA sociology spec. The power point consists of 10 slides and is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson. The starter activity is a retrieval practice task which assesses student’s understanding of the Functionalist view of crime and deviance. The lesson then goes on to explain what is meant by situational crime prevention, with reference to key terms and key sociologists as mentioned in the specification. For example; the idea of displacement, Felson (2002) explanation of crime prevention. Also explained in this lesson is the idea of environmental crime prevention. With reference to social and community crime prevention. In the middle of the lesson there is a true or false statement activity to assess students understanding. The lesson then moves on to discuss the idea of surveillance- this links to the panopticon and Foucault. The lesson finishes with a fill in the blanks activity explaining the panopticon. Worksheets are included with this lesson.

This pack contains GCSE sociology WJEC revision resources/ worksheets for the family unit. The two sheets included are: a double sided key terms sheet all from the family unit, students could be given these at the start or end of the unit to complete. There is also a sheet which refers to all of the key studies for the family unit. Again, students should fill in the key details of the study.

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 an AQA A-Level sociology lesson. The lesson focuses on external reasons for class differences in education. This lesson particularly focuses on material deprivation. There are a total of 9 slides and the lesson is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson. -starter activity focuses on going through students homework from the previous lesson. This was to research compulsory education. The research instruction sheets are also included with this lesson. If students have access to the internet they could do it during this lesson instead. -definition of material deprivation. A short video clip where students should think about the different material and cultural factors that may be holding the child back in terms of her academic achievement. -explanation of how poverty is linked to educational achievement- with reference to sociological theorists. -explanation of how poor housing can lead to academic underachievement for working class pupils. -explanation of the link between diet/ health and academic achievement. -explanation of financial support and and the costs of education with reference to academic achievement. -fear of debt reading task. Students should use page 22 of the aqa textbook in order to complete this task. Worksheet included with reading questions to answer. -exam question practice (6 mark question)