This consists of two separate power points, these could be delivered individually or put together to make a longer lesson. Each power point is designed to last 90 minutes. The lessons focus on the Marxist view of Crime and deviance including Neo-Marxism and Crimes of the powerful.
Included: Power point 1
Education starter, answers included on the PP
Marxism question and answer recap, answers provided
Neo- Marxism critical criminology
Taylor: Anti-determinism
A fully social theory of deviance
Evaluation of critical criminology
Crimes of the powerful - definitions of occupational and corporate crime
Research task - types of corporate crime
Examples of types of corporate crime
Play-dough task. Students to create an illustration of one of the corporate crimes using the play dough. Pupils then take a picture and label what the illustration is showing.
Included: Power point 2
Education starter, 4 mark exam questions
The abuse of Trust - Harold Shipman example
The invisibility of corporate crime - partial visibility
Explanations of corporate crime - worksheet provided. Students to use the Blue A-Level textbook to complete this task. Textbook pages not included. - basic answers included on the pp slide
10 mark exam question on Marxism - brief outline of what to include
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
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 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 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 (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 (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 which focuses on the Theory and Methods unit. This lesson specifically covers Symbolic Interactionism. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 13 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, 4 mark exam questions encouraging students to recap the education unit.
Title page, encourage students to recap social action theories.
Symbolic Interactionism in a nutshell.
The difference between Interactionism & Symbolic Interactionism.
Explanation of Mead.
Explanation of Blumer.
Goffman’s dramaturgical model - youtube video, link included on the pp slide. Key terms/ explanation also explained.
Evaluation of Interactionist ideas.
Summary sheet - attached as a separate document. Students to fill in.
Plenary - students to plan a 10 mark exam style question.
This is an A-level Sociology lesson which focuses on the theory and methods unit. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are 13 slides on the power point. The lesson specifically focuses on Social Action theory: Weber and Giddens.
Included:
Starter, education recap. Students to match up key terms to the theorists. Answers included.
Social Action summary sheet, to be completed over a series of lessons. Attached as a word document.
Explanation of Weber - youtube video explaining the types of Social Action. Link included on the pp slide.
Explanation of Ritzer - McDonaldisation. Video included, clip on the pp slide.
Evaluation of Weber.
Explanation of Structuration - Giddens.
Student activity, whereby students are encouraged to apply their knowledge of agency, structure and how they work together to a scenario. Example on the pp slide.
Plenary - go back to the summary sheet and complete the relevant sections.
This is an AQA Sociology lesson, focusing on the theory and methods unit. This lesson specifically focuses on Feminism - Marxist Feminism, Difference Feminism and Poststructural Feminism. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes, there are a total of 13 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter activity, education unit recap (key sociologists names). Answers included.
Review of liberal and radical feminism, answers included.
Explanation of Marxist Feminist ideas including evaluation.
Explanation of dual systems Feminism.- Walby and Pollert
What is intersectional Feminism - youtube clip. Link on the Pp slide.
Explanation of Difference Feminsm.
Explanation of Poststructuralist feminism and evaluation.
Plenary/ HW, summary Feminist theory poster task.
This is an A-level sociology lesson which focuses on theory and methods (year 13). This lesson specifically focuses on types of feminism, with an emphasis on Liberal and Radical. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes. There are a total of 15 sldies on the power point.
Included:
Starter activity. Theories of education recap.
Prior knowledge check, students to work out which statements go with each type of feminism. Answers provided.
Types of Feminism, overview information sheet.
Explanation of Liberal feminist ideas - Links to Oakley and Sharpe. Evaluation included.
Explanation of Radical feminist ideas. The personal is political and their ideas about change. Evaluation included.
SlutWalk articles, encouraging students to think about why they were organised and why people joined. QR codes for the articles on the power point slide.
Plenary - debate/ discussion.
This is a year 13 Sociology lesson, focusing on the theory and methods unit. This is the first lesson on Feminism. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes.
This lesson includes:
Starter activity, recapping education unit. True or false activity, answers included.
Outline of what the specification includes for theory and methods.
Outline of the three exam papers and marks per paper.
Recap of the feminist view of education.
Explanation of the three waves of feminism with a short video clip. Youtube link on the PP slide.
Explanation of ‘malestream’ society.
Why is feminism so important?
Walby’s six strands of patriarchy.
Wider reading, Metoo movement. - from the sociology review. Article is not included on here, however please email me on amyfo7@live.co.uk if you would like it.
Thank you.
This is an a-level psychology (Edexcel) lesson which focuses on the research methods unit. This lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are 18 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter activity, overview of research methods.
Overview of what sampling is, explanation of key terms.
Description & evaluation of different sampling techniques. Random, volunteer, opportunity, stratified, systematic.
Two short answer exam questions - mark schemes included on the pp slides.
Key terms and definitions: dependent, independent variable, operationalisation, confounding variables, extraneous variables.
Controlling extraneous variables - situational variables.
Controlling extraneous variables - participant variables.
Research and experimental designs. - includes evaluation.
Short answer exam questions - mark schemes on the pp slides.
Plenary - Research methods bingo.
This is an A-Level psychology lesson which focuses on the criminal unit, the lesson is designed to last 90 minutes. Edexcel exam board. This revision lesson focuses on mind mapping the two key studies: Loftus & Palmer 1974 and the contemporary study Howells et al 2005. Evaluation points for both studies are also provided.
The starter activity involves a game of noughts and crosses. Questions and answers are provided on a separate document which is attached.
There is also a mind map of treatments for criminal behaviour: anger management and improved diet.
This power point consists of 13 different starter/ plenary activities which are focused on key terms/ studies from the learning unit. Answers are also written on the slides.
Some of the activities included:
Bingo
True or False
Scrabble
‘In the mind of Bandura’
Unscramble the key concepts
Quiz questions
Numeracy key term task
This is an A-Level psychology lesson which focuses on the criminal psychology unit. The lesson specifically goes through HCPC guidelines and ethics, finishing with a recap of research methods - case studies and experiments. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and has a total of 18 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter activity, recapping some key terms from social psychology. Answers on the slide.
Criminal practical investigation, short answer exam questions. Mark schemes included.
An outline and explanation of what the HCPC guidelines are. Includes a short video clip, link on the PP slide.
Standards of proficiency worksheet.
Examples of infringements.
Explanation of the BPS and links to ethics/ code of conduct.
Research methods mini quiz, answers included.
Outline of experiments and case studies. Some basic Strengths and weaknesses included.
Final slide- wider reading. I have not attached this, however if you would like it please email me on amyfo7@live.co.uk
This is an A-Level psychology lesson which focuses on criminal psychology. This lesson is particularly focused on factors affecting jury decision making, characteristics of the defendant. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are 14 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, social psychology recap. realistic conflict theory.
Title page - introducing the idea of the halo effect
Recap of pre-trial, during the trial, and post trial jury decision making. Requires students to have learnt about this. Slide can be deleted if this has not been covered.
‘The big problem with how juries are picked’ - youtube clip, link on the pp slide.
Student task - list of characteristics, students discuss how they may influence the verdict.
A3 summary sheet for the four main characteristics: gender, race, accent and attractiveness. Information on the slides for race. Students then use the information packs attached to complete the other characteristics.
Slide which contains the key studies from the textbook- students to check their summary sheet.
Pre-trial publicity. Students may need access to the Alevel textbook to complete this task. - please email (amyfo7@live.co.uk) if you need this resource.
Evaluation summarised.
This is an A-Level psychology lesson which focuses on the criminal psychology unit. This lesson specifically focuses on biological treatments for offenders: improved diet. Including a key study - Gesch et al 2002. This lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 10 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter activity, recapping social psychology key terms. Answers included.
Title page - encouraging students to think about how a poor diet could lead to criminality.
Setting the scene, case study: Dan White. "twinkies effect’’
What does it mean to eat well? short video clip, link on the pp slide.
High sugar diets and crime - Benton 1996
Vitamins, minerals and fatty acids
Research study: Bernard Gesch et al 2002 - outline of the study.
Reading through the study in more detail, print out for students - the link to find this is on the pp slide, you can download the PDF for free.
Evaluation of the theory
8 mark exam question - planning sheet attached.
This is an Alevel psychology lesson which focuses on the criminal psychology unit. This lesson specifically focuses on the use of psychological formulations. It is designed to last 90 minutes and there are 13 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter activity which focuses on recapping schedules of reinforcement, answers included.
Title page - definition of psychological formulations.
Outline of what psychological formulations are.
Short video clip example, 5 step model, youtube link on the pp slide.
Explanation of each phase: offence analysis, understanding the function of offending and application to treatment.
Example of psychological formulation - from the textbook (Pearson, Edexcel AS/ A Level Psychology, Karren Smith).
Student task - fill in their own psychological formulation using the template attached.
Evaluation.
Think link -individual differences.
The case of Mr. C - student application task.
Plenary - planning an 8 mark exam question.
This is an A-level psychology lesson which focuses on biological explanations for criminality. This lesson only covers Eysneck personality, personality disorders and twin/ adoption studies. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 18 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, Social psychology recap, true or false.
Homework recap- wider reading task. I have not attached this document, but please email me on amyfo7@live.co.uk if you would like me to send it over.
Eysenck key concepts- hand out sheet. Attached, students to fill in.
Description of personality theory.
Link to personality test which students can complete.
Explanation of the biological basis of Eysenck’s theory.
Examples- youtube clip- links to Charles Mason. Application, does he show PEN characteristics?
Evaluation summarised.
4 mark exam question - with example answer.
Explanation of other personality disorders & evaluation.
Twin and adoption study - Sultsky et al and Mednick.
8 mark exam question - students to plan out as plenary task.