some worksheets and teaching ideas for introducing Marxism and Functionalism to students

Lesson that explores the labelling process in schools and how this can impact attainment. looks at both positive and negative labelling and the impact of self fulfilling prophecy

lesson that encourages students to use their sociological knowledge to explore who does and who does and who does not go onto Higher education and why?

lesson that explores the purpose of education looks at the social control,economic, political, selective, socialisation. looks at the marxist and functionalist viewpoint on education

lesson that looks at the changes in education since 1970 looks at gcses, national curriculum, banning corporal punishment, QTS, etc

lesson that explores the relationship between your social class and what your life chances are likely to be

Lesson that explores the sociological concept of Life Chances. explains what they are and explores which factors can affect them both positively and negatively

lesson that explores the relationship between gender and crime. looks at general sociological explanations such as socialisation etc, also explores chivalry theory

Lesson that explores the relationship between youth and crime. starts by looking at youth crime reasons generally with a colour coding worksheet This lesson then moves onto discussing how youth crime can be affected by the factor of the media. looks at Stanley Cohen and Folk Devils, Moral Panics and Deviancy Amplification.

Lesson that explores the biological and psychological explanations of crime. uses small clips from ‘the mystery of a murder’ horizon bbc which is linked on the powerpoint

This lesson explores how class can impact on crime. looks at general reasons why class and crime are linked such as socialisation, labelling etc and links the sociologists to these ideas eg. sugarman, merton, cohen etc then moves onto White Collar Crime and Corporate Crime and discusses why these crimes are invisible and unprosecuted?

Lesson that explores the relationship between Ethnicity and Crime. looks at poverty and cultural explanations. looks at Lea and Young. looks at labelling and institutional racism looks at Stuart Hall

lesson that explores the different types of school in modern Britain. uses the cbbc summerhill drama link on powerpoint

4 lessons that explore how class can impact on educational attainment. Looks at material deprivation and cultural deprivation such as socialisation and parental influence and language (bernstein) looks at material advantage and cultural capital (bourdieu, ball etc)

Lesson that explores the core concept of social control from the perspective of criminality. how primary and secondary agents stop people from choosing a life of crime. looks at the police and the courts and their role in deterring people from committing crime. looks at marxist and functionalist opinion on these institutions.

Lesson that explores why statistics on crime cannot be trusted. cover general points of reported, recorded and detected. darth vader analogy as the dark figure of crime.

Lesson that explores the Sociological explanations for criminal behaviour. includes; socialisation (bandura/parsons) Poverty, strain theory, status fustration, subcultures, labelling

lesson that explores the relationship between gender and educational attainment. assists students in writing answer to exam question.

Several lessons that explore the relationships between ethnicity and educational attainment. explores a number of ethnicities such as Black, Asian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi. looks at a variety of sociological explanations for high and low attainment

Lesson that explores the core issues of wealth, status, power, prestige and ultimately what impact these things then have on Life Chances for these people.