Detailed and differentiated (up and down) student-led lessons that help students to develop their knowledge and understanding from previous lesson(s). Includes 6 lessons (the last being a quiz lesson) and a key term sheet that covers the key terms in these lessons: **L1 – Intro to GCSE AQA Sociology: ** an overview of the course, exam and curriculum An activity on how to create and maintain a safe space for discussions suggested revision websites and youtube channels that students can use to develop their knowledge and understanding of key ideas and concepts. activities to introduce students to Sociology and sociological thinking/ inquiry. Expectations L2 – How might sociologists explain behavior? Explores, norms, values, socialisation (primary/secondary) and social control, agencies and agents of socialisation and social control as an introduction to Sociology. Also looks at the importance of primary socialisation and the consequences of it inadequately performed. 3 marker with a success criteria and student friendly mark-scheme L3 – Intro to functionalism Explores value consensus, social order, biological/ organic analogy, structuralism, consensus theories and social cohesion as way of introducing students to the key main functionalist views and ideas. 3 marker with a success criteria and student friendly mark-scheme L4 – Intro to Marxism explores capitalism, profit, social class, ownership, interests, structuralism, conflict theories, exploitation, false consciousness and social relations of production as a way to introduce students to the main Marxist views and ideas. **L5 – Intro to feminism ** explores sex, gender, gender roles, patriarchy, gender inequality as a way to introduce students to the main feminist views of society and ideas. 3 marker with a success criteria and student friendly mark-scheme **L6 – Quiz lesson ** small revision activity –that looks at the similarities and differences between functionalism, Marxism and feminism25 min quiz (on basic sociological concepts, key functionalist, Marxist, feminist’s ideas and terminology) answers/ mark-scheme for quizscaffolding for students to peer assess (but quiz can also be marked by teacher) SAME as A-level intro quiz but excludes questions on the nature – nurture debate. Made to meet the needs of the AQA SPEC but can be edited to meet the needs of any spec, e.g. key terms in L2-5 meet the AQA spec Answers included for main activities and quiz **L2,3 & 5 include 3 marker, success criteria to answer this and student-friendly mark-scheme for self and/ or peer-assessment. **

Bundle includes: Lessons: L1 Functionalist Murdock: * Detailed and differentiated (up and down) student-led lesson that recaps the functionalist view of society and examines and evaluates functionalist Murdock’s four functions: Sexual function ​, Reproductive function , Education function ​, Economic function. * Lesson makes links to other functionalist and family key terms that students might have previously been taught. L2 Functionalist Parsons Detailed and differentiated (up and down) student-led lesson that examines, analyses and evaluates functionalist Parsons view of the family (functional fit theory) and his functions (mainly stabilisation of adult personalities – NOT primary socialisation). Lesson explores the key terms: Functional fit theory​, Stabilisation of adult personalities (Warm Bath Theory)​, Functional fit theory, Geographic mobility​, Social mobility​, Unit of production​ and Unit of consumption. L3-4 Marxist Detailed and differentiated (up and down) student-led lesson that examines, analyses and evaluates Marxists Althusser, Zaretsky and Engels’ views and functions of the family. Lesson explores the concepts: Marxist Warm Bath Theory, Monogamy , The monogamous nuclear family , Unit of consumption, Pester power, ideology, ideological function, false consciousness Lesson makes links to general Marxist key terms and other family key terms that students might have previously been taught. L5 Feminist Detailed and differentiated (up and down) student-led lesson that examines and evaluates Liberal (Somerville​), Radical (Greer), Marxist (Ansley) and Difference feminist views and functions of the family. Lesson explores the concepts: Political lesbianism , Separatism​, Reserve army of labour​, Oppression Lesson makes links to general feminist key terms and other key terms that students might have previously been taught, e.g. Patriarchy, Capitalism, Proletariat, Bourgeoisie, Conflict theory​, Exploitation, Alienation, Gendered socialisation Canalisation ,Gender roles, Warm Bath Theory, Structuralism, etc. L6 Personal life perspective Detailed and differentiated (up and down) student-led lesson that examines and evaluates Liberal (Somerville​), Radical (Greer), Marxist (Ansley) and Difference feminist views and functions of the family. Lesson explores the concepts: The personal life perspective​, Donor-conceived children Lesson makes links to other key terms students might have previously been taught: Interactionism vs Structuralism​, Family diversity, Same-sex families ** LESSONS BASED ON AQA A-level Book 1 by Townsend ** ** MOST OF THE ANSWERS FOR MOST THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDED** **RESOURCES AT THE END OF THE PPT (if not included in download folder. ** Key term sheet - on the key terms examined in ALL lessons (L1-6) Revision lesson - Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that: * recaps the key sociologists students learn in this topic and what they say about the function(S) of the family. recaps the main umbrella theories that students learn in year 12 (structuralism vs interactionism, modernism vs postmodernism and conflict vs consensus theories), how they view society and how this influences functionalist, marxist, feminist and personal life perspective approaches to the family. how the knowledge above can be applied to exam questions to demonstrate both analysis and evaluation (AO3), e.g. by highlight the similarities and differences between the different theories of family or using knowledge of the umbrella theories to evaluate theories of the family. supports students with planning a 20 marker on theories of the family using the item.**

Alphabetical key term sheet for AQA A-level Sociology Education Topics 1-5. Contains the main key terms used in Topic 1-6 of the education unit for AQA A-level Sociology: -Topic 1 - Class differences in achievement (external factors) -Topic 2 - Class differences in achievement (internal factors) -Topic 3 - Ethnic differences in achievement -Topic 4 - Gender differences in achievement -Topic 5 - Role of education -Topic 6 - Education policy *** Includes scaffolding, e.g. some sentence starters (to model to students how to incorporate key sociologists into their definitions) and prompts to help students remember how key term links to the topic. ** *** Includes a section with key terms that students should know from previous learning (for topic 3 sheet ethnic differences - this would be terms that link to key terms covered in class differences in achievement, e.g. labelling, pupil identities, material deprivation, speech codes etc) that link to this topic. ** Good form of revision for students and can be used as a revision resource to develop AO1 once filled out. **BASED ON CONTENT textbook - AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook