This is an A-level Sociology lesson (AQA) which forms part of the Theory and Methods Unit. This lesson specifically covers The Suicide debate (Durkheim, Douglas & Atkinson) and then moved on to Phenomenology. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 15 slides on the power point. Included: Education recap, true or false activity. Answers provided. Mini quiz on Symbolic Interactionism. Answers included on the slide. Intro the Suicide debate - why it is useful? Worksheet attached as a separate document, space for pupils to make notes on each theory/ idea. Explanation of Durkheim’s ideas, linking to official statistics, types of suicide and evaluation. Explanation of Dougalas views on suicide. Explanation on Atkinson’s views on suicide. Explanation of Phenomenology, including Typifications. Worksheet for students to summaries each Social Action theory. Attached as a separate document.

This is an A-Level Sociology lesson (AQA) which focuses on the Functionalist view of crime and deviance. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 15 slides on the Powerpoint. Documents included: Powerpoint Key concepts sheet ‘know it well’ tick sheet Theories of crime and deviance overview sheet. Powerpoint includes: Education starter, recap. Overview of the A-Level sociology exams - crime and deviance, focusing on paper 3. Outline of the question types. Crime and Deviance specification. Title page - encouraging pupils to think about the positive function of crime, how it may be socially constructed. Outline of Durkheim: Anomie, positive function of crime. Key terms such as: collective sentiments, social solidarity/ cohesion, value consensus, socialisation, social control. Other functions of deviance: Polsky, Davis, Cohen, Erikson. Evaluation of Functionalism. 6 mark exam question assessing pupils knowledge from the lesson - mark scheme included on the slide.

This is an A-level Sociology lesson which focuses on the crime and deviance unit. This lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and has a total of 15 slides on the Powerpoint. The lesson talks through Merton’s strain theory as well as, subcultural strain theories. Included: Starter activity, education recap. Functionalist view of crime recap - questions and answers include. Explanation of Merton’s strain theory, include anomie and the reactions to strain. Youtube clip to illustrate how society is not Meritocratic - link included on the pp slide. Evaluation of Merton’s strain theory. Explanation of subcultural strain theories including: Cohen - status frustration & alternative status hierarchy. Cloward and Ohlin - three subcultures. Student match up task, provided on a word document attached. Evaluation of Cloward and Ohlin. Plenary - reactions to strain match up task.

This is an A-Level Sociology lesson which focuses on the crime and deviance topic. The lesson focuses specifically on subcultural explanations of crime. Please note that this does not include Subcultural strain theories. The lesson is designed to last 30-40 minutes, there are a total of 7 slides on the powerpoint. There is also a worksheet which includes questions for students to answer as the content is being discussed. Content included: Miller - Focal concerns Nightingale (1993) - ethnicity and subcultures. Korem - Middle class gangs Matza - Subterranean values. As a criticism for subcultural explanations. Application task. Students to apply the techniques of neutralisation to different statements. Answers on the slide.

This is an A-Level Sociology lessson AQA, which focuses on Interactionism and Labelling. Crime and Deviance. Included is two lessons which cover the interactionist perspective. Although two lessons are included, this could be made into one lesson. The lessons included students creating a presentation, however this could be removed and made into one lesson. Included in Power point 1: Theories of education starter activity. Answers included. An Introduction to Interactionism - criminal stereotypes, typical offender. The social construction of crime. Howard Becker - An overview. Who gets labelled? - Piliavin and Briar (1964) Which groups are likely to be labelled? - Statistics included. Presentation task. This encourages students to work in small groups to create a presentation on labelling. The aim is for them to present next lesson. This task can be removed if not appropriate. Instructions of what students should include is on the PP slide. Included in Power Point 2: Education recap starter activity. Students to match the key sociologists to the concept. Answers included. Students to complete presentations. (Slide can be removed if not necessary) The rest of the lesson focuses on covering key ideas from Cicourel: the negotiation of justice, Topic versus resource, the social construction of crime statistics, the effects of labelling: primary and secondary deviance, deviance amplification spiral, reintegrative shaming. Pupils to fill in the question worksheet whilst teacher talks through the questions and answers. These questions cover the content which students should have included in their presentations. Evaluating interactionism and Labelling theory. Plenary - 10 mark exam question on the effects of labelling.

This is an A-level sociology lesson which focuses on the Marxist perspective of crime and deviance. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes. Included: Marxism prior knowledge starter There are three slides which relate to subcultural explanations however, these can be deleted if it has not been covered yet. My subcultural lesson is also on TES. Explaining class differences in crime - the viewpoints of other theories Introduction to what Marxists say about crime Capitalism and consumerism Criminogenic capitalism The state and law making Ideological functions of crime and the law Social power and crime Evaluation of Marxism 4 mark exam question - mark scheme included on the slide White-collar crime research