A whole SOW for the Crime Drama unit of study, which is part of the EDUQAS GCSE Media Studies specification. The SOW includes 10 lessons that focuses on the 4 different areas of the theoretical framework; media language, representation, audience and industry. It also includes a mid-term assessment.
Perfect for classroom display or student revision!
Bring Media Studies to life with this vibrant and accessible set of Media Theory Posters designed specifically for the Eduqas GCSE Media Studies course. These eye-catching posters simplify key media theorists and theories into student-friendly summaries, memorable quotes, and bold visuals – ideal for helping learners understand and recall core concepts.
What’s Included:
17 full-colour posters (A4 or A3 printable)
Each poster features:
• Name of the theory and theorist
• Simple one-sentence explanation
• Direct quote from the theorist
• Bold image for dual coding
Covers theories on representation, narrative, identity, media language, gender, race, and audience
Theorists Included:
Stuart Hall, Roland Barthes, David Gauntlett, Levi-Strauss, Propp, Dyer, Andrew Goodwin, Alvarado, , Dyer, Goodwin, Propp, Todorov, Blumler & Katz, Katz and Lasarsfield, Stanley Cohan, Steve Neale, Levi-Strauss, Mulvey, Van-Zoonan, and more!
Designed by a Media Studies teacher with over 25 years teaching experience, for use with mixed-ability groups – perfect for displays, revision walls, theory lessons, or student folders.
Printable PDF – ready to download and print at home or school.
Aligned with the Eduqas GCSE Media Studies glossary and exam content, but also suitable for other specifications (AQA, OCR) or KS5 introduction.
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This fully editable worksheet is designed to match the specification and is perfect for homework, cover lessons, or independent study. Each task is carefully structured to help students consolidate key content, deepen understanding, and support effective revision. Ideal for home learning, retrieval practice, flipped learning, or in-class support. Ai was used to help create these accessible and engaging, this no-prep resource helps boost progress while saving teacher time.
Course Tracker for Cambridge National J834 Creative iMedia
Features:
Fully editable - change all formulas/formating etc to suit your needs
Calculates grades based on R093, R094 and OPTIONAL UNIT (R095, R096, R097, R098, R099) results
Calculates the required marks to move up a mark band in each unit and also the exam.
Section for each students predicted and current grades.
Calculates overall marks for the course to show you where your students are currently at.
FUTURE PROOF - can change the tracker to reflect any future changes made to the marks on the course.
Updated: (Version 2.1)*
Added ability to see what grade students are on just from the 2 NEA units combined
Locked down cell editing (can be turned off) to reduce change of accidental mistakes
Created in Microsoft Excel but fully compatible with Google Slides
This is one lesson from the R097 lesson pack
This lesson pack includes 13 lessons that cover all aspects of the specification and the assessment requirements. It includes the following:
• Lesson PPT’s with discussion based activities and learning in context examples included.
• Workbooks for students to complete theory-based tasks.
• Teachers’ toolkit with some guidance on assessment and exemplars.
• NEA scrapbook for students to record their notes.
• Practice assignment in a format similar to the NEA.
• Scheme of work that includes a lesson-by-lesson break down.
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Everything you need to teach Component 2, Section A: Television (Crime Drama) in one bundle - both the contemporary and historical crime drama set products, fully covered, in one purchase.
This bundle combines:
Trigger Point (2024)
10-lesson scheme of work, 326-slide PowerPoint, 35-page pupil booklet, covering media language, representation, industry and audience for the contemporary set product.
The Sweeney (1975)
5 fully resourced lessons (PowerPoint + pupil booklet) covering genre and predecessors, media language, industry and historical context, representation, and audience theory, PLUS a genuine 30-mark Section A-style assessment with full teacher mark scheme, real Eduqas band descriptors, and DIRT reflection and target-setting pages.
Together, these give pupils the complete historical-versus-contemporary comparison the exam actually demands - including genuine practice at the “how typical of the genre” question style, using the correct product for each skill.
Built using Direct Instruction and Teach Like a Champion pedagogy (Cold Call, No Opt Out, I Do/We Do/You Do, Turn and Talk, Show Call) and fully scaffolded for mixed-ability KS4 classes with word banks, sentence stems, and pupil-friendly exemplar answers at every band. Designed by a specialist Head of Department and T&L coordinator with 26 years’ experience.
Ideal for: GCSE Media Studies, Eduqas Component 2 Television, crime drama topic, historical/contemporary product comparison, exam practice with authentic mark schemes.
I’ve been working on creating a series of workbooks for Cambridge Technicals in Digital Media and in particular Unit 1. This bundles consists of the following topics:
DM1 - Pre-production
DM2 - Conglomerate structures
DM3 - Independent companies
DM4 - Public service broadcasters
DM5 - Traditional methods of advertising
DM6 - Digital methods of advertising
DM7 - Technological convergence
DM8 - Codes and conventions (Symbolic)
DM9 - Codes and conventions (Technical)
DM10 - Codes and conventions (Print media)
DM11 - Narrative theory
DM12 - Genre theory
DM13 - Stereotypes
DM14 - Classifying audiences
DM15 - Research and Audience feedback
DM16 - Media effects debates
DM17 - Legal and regulatory issues
There is a teacher version and student version. They’re very versatile, they could be used as a revision activity, good for differentiation, build on from flipped learning or a good remote learning activity - these workbooks have worked well for my students during lockdown/closures.
Lessons guiding students through analysis of existing teen dramas (need access to clips on youtube/Netflix) to then storyboarding their own. Looks at narrative structure, character types etc with examples given for both. Doesn’t cover statement of aims. Probably span over 3 or 4 lessons. Storyboard tempate from OLD spec used - can be access through exam board website.
The following resource includes:
Lesson PPT with activities that are integrated into the student workbook.
Information slides to support teachers, including non-specialists.
Student workbook that includes four sections:
Task 1: Knowledge and Understanding (linked to activities in the PPT)
Task 2: Guided practice - The main task to exemplify/contextualise the core content with your support.
Task 3: Independent practice - A homework style activity for students to complete without the need for teacher support. It consolidates/extends their learning of that topic.
Task 4: Exam-style question - A exam style question linked to the OCR style including the use of appropriate command words, including a mark scheme, indicative content and model answers.
A teacher version of the workbook is included with answers.
This resource comprises of a 80 minutes double lesson focusing on the analysis and evaluation of media language as well as the influence of social and cultural contexts. The lesson includes the following:
DO NOW starter activity on research of TLC and the term intertextuality
Explanation of Intertextuality and some examples
Background contexts on TLC
Video information on HIV/AIDS in the 90s and information on how the music video is influenced by this context
Watch the video
Video information on Street violence in the 90s and information on how the music video is influenced by this context
Intertextuality in the music video
Explanation of the term iconography
Group discussion on how romance/love iconography is used in the music video
Lyrics illustration
Music codes and conventions and how it’s used in the music video
Media language analysis independent work
Media language analysis answers and self mark
Media language analysis group work
Exam question
sentence starters for less able
Resources for the Close Study Product for the reformed AQA GCSE Media Studies course. Designed for AQA, also applies to Eduqas and anyone discussing the impact of vloggers and their expansion into the media/celebrity landscape. The resources relate to the Dr Who ‘An Unearthly Child’ opening episode, and studies the Media Representation, Audiences, Industries and Language around TV Series, SciFi, the BBC, etc… The 33-slide Powerpoint includes all resources and eight lessons work (with possible expansion).
Lesson 1: The Codes and Conventions of SciFi
Lesson 2: The BBC and Doctor WhoWho is Doctor Who, how important is the Doctor Who franchise to the BBC, the BBC [how is it funded and the public service remit and how has it changed]
Lesson 3: How is the BBC regulated and how are programmes commissioned
Lesson 4: An introduction to ‘An Unearthly Child’ and watch episode
Lesson 5: Narrative theory and ‘An Unearthly Child’ [inc Propp and Todorov]
Lesson 6: The semiotic codes in ‘An Unearthly Child’
Lesson 7: Character analysis of ‘An Unearthly Child’
Lesson 8: Use of stereotypes in ‘An Unearthly Child’ , audience analysis and Use and Gratifcation Thoery.
As previous 5-star reviews for other CSPs published on TES have stated ‘these are great starting points’ for lesson delivery.
Powerpoint file contains all resources, along with a Personal Learning Checklist (PLC) for students to RAG-rate their knowledge, skills and understanding. As reviewers have stated for previous Media Studies CSPs:
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TRIGGER POINT - FULL UNIT
POWERPOINT & PUPIL BOOKLET
Struggling to find the time and energy to create a new scheme for the Trigger Point set text change? This fully planned, ready-to-teach resource has done **all **the hard work for you!
Written by a consistently outstanding teacher with 25+ years of experience, this 10-lesson scheme for Trigger Point Series 2, Episode 1 is fully aligned to Eduqas Component 2: Investigating the Media – Contemporary British Crime Drama.
Includes:
326-slide PowerPoint with complete lesson content, fully animated and with detailed notes in the slide notes
35-page pupil booklet accompanying the PowerPoint
10 detailed lessons covering:
Introduction to Crime Drama
Episode Study
Social, Cultural & Political Contexts
Media Language
Character Analysis – Propp & Barthes
Representation – Stuart Hall
Narrative – Todorov & Barthes
Industry, Ownership & Regulation
Audience – Hall, Blumler & Katz
Marketing & Promotion**
Exam-style tasks and scaffolded support for mixed-ability groups
Pedagogy & Teaching Approach:
Built around direct instruction and the best-practice strategies from Doug Lemov’s Teach Like a Champion, lessons include:
Silent and Solo / Do Now tasks
I say, you say & choral response
Clear lesson aims and structured starters
Mini-whiteboards
I do / We do / You do
PEAL paragraph structure
Introductions, hinge questions, and cold call questioning
Duel coding
Turn & Talk activities and Think, Pair, Share.
Visualiser for modelled exemplars
Mini-Plenaries and Exit Tickets
And many more techniques to ensure active engagement, scaffolding, and exam-ready analysis.
Save hours of planning, reduce stress, and deliver engaging, high-quality lessons that build students’ analytical confidence and exam skills.
Get your students exam-ready with this 75-page GCSE Media Studies practice booklet designed for the Eduqas 2027 specification. This comprehensive, student-friendly resource includes full exam-style questions for Component 1, Section A and Section B, focusing on the types of questions learners will face in the final paper.
Perfect for use in class, for homework, revision sessions or independent study.
Includes Practice for:
Section A
Question 1 – Media Language
Question 2a – Contexts
Question 2b – Media Language Comparison
Section B
Question 3 – Media Industries
Question 4 – Media Audiences
Covers All 2027 Eduqas Set Products:
Section A and B Set Products:
Quality Street advert
NHS 111 advert
Vogue magazine
GQ magazine
The Guardian
The Sun (front page, website and social media)
The Man With the Golden Gun
No Time to Die (film poster, website and social media)
Fortnite
Desert Island Discs (radio programme and website)
No Time to Die (James Bond franchise, MGM, Universal)
Format: PDF
Length: 75 pages
Photocopy or upload to your school platform
Give your learners the tools to tackle media language, contexts, industries, and audiences with confidence.
Save yourself a load of time and effort too!
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GCSE Media Component 1 & 2 Revision Pack - Summer 2026 Exams
Component 1 - Quality Street, This Girl Can, The Man With The Golden Gun, No Time To Die, The Guardian, The Sun, Vogue, GQ, Sun Industry, Bond Industry, The Archers, Fortnite
Component 2 - Luther, The Sweeney, Taylor Swift (The Man), Stormzy (Superheroes), Duran Duran (Rio), TS & Stormzy websites
Alternatives added: Justin Bieber (Intentions), Lizzo (Good As Hell), TLC (Waterfalls), JB & Lizzo websites
Sitcoms not included.
Now the most popular Creative iMedia / Cambridge Technicals resource on TES with over half a million downloads!
This is for the brand new OCR Creative iMedia course first teaching from 2022 the features include:
17 Stunning lessons all newly designed and everything rebuilt from the ground up.
Specially recorded brand new video tutorials for this unit
All lessons are fully editable and ready for Powerpoint
All images and video embedded directly in
Specially included resources for this unit including sound effects and videos
Exclusive to this release:
There is over an hour of specially recorded video for this unit embedded directly into the PowerPoints
Explore Animation with Audio in a whole new way!
Do remember you will need to purchase a school license here on TES if you want to use this across your school.
Lessons were originally designed for a Year 10 group.
Lessons are copyrighted to the author and not to be shared on social media. Lessons are copyrighted under the creative commons license.
Please note this includes an editable version of all resources.
Every attempt has been made to make these powerpoints work with every school system BUT the fonts we use are:
HELVETICA NEUE
You are strongly advised to make sure these are installed on your PC, if you are a MAC user they are automatically installed.
Ideal for AQA GCSE Media Studies revision (2023 onwards). Complete set of knowledge organisers for core areas of two-year course (exams from 2023 onwards- updated CSPs). 13 included- perfect for revision and retrieval!
What’s included?
8 revision/ practice questions on TV (HDM + DW)
8 revision/ practice questions on newspapers (the Mirror + the Times)
7 revision/ practice questions on OSPM/ video games (Marcus Rashford, KKH, LCG)
60+ key words/ terminology and definitions
Key media theories knowledge organiser
Camera shots + angles knowledge organiser
Newspapers knowledge organiser
TV drama knowledge organiser
A detailed and student-friendly Eduqas A Level Media Studies Newspapers teaching resource focused on the new set product: The Times, 23 July 2025 front page, which will be assessed from 2028 onwards.
This resource includes two complete booklets:
A student booklet for classroom use, independent study, homework and revision
A teacher booklet with teacher notes and suggested answers included below each task
This complete teaching and revision resource is designed to help students understand, analyse and revise The Times as part of the A Level Media Studies Newspapers section. It breaks down the key areas of the Eduqas theoretical framework in a clear, accessible and engaging way, making it ideal for classroom teaching, intervention, cover work, independent learning and exam preparation.
The booklet covers all the essential areas students need to know, including media language, representation, media industries, audiences, ideology, political bias, ownership, regulation, print newspaper conventions and online newspaper contexts. It also supports students in applying key terminology accurately and developing confident exam-style analytical responses.
Included in the resource:
Clear introduction to the Eduqas Newspapers unit
Background and context for The Times
Focus on the new 23 July 2025 front page set product
Student-friendly notes on media language and layout conventions
Representation analysis of people, issues, events and social groups
Industry notes covering ownership, regulation and production
Audience and readership analysis
Clear explanations of ideology, political bias and social context
Exam-style questions and paragraph practice
Retrieval practice, comprehension tasks and knowledge checks
Pair, group and independent learning activities
Planning grids, sentence starters and revision checklists
Glossary of key newspaper terminology
Suggested answers throughout
This resource is ideal for teachers preparing students for the updated Eduqas A Level Media Studies newspaper set product. It gives students the knowledge, confidence and exam practice needed to analyse The Times effectively, while saving teachers valuable planning time.
Self making sheets to check criteria covered for Unit 5 - Investigating audio production and technology UAL SPEC. This resource can be used in lessons, ONLINE, REMOTE, VIRTUAL, HOME, LEARNING or as HOMEWORK. It can be digitally sent to students as a PDF or printed and used within a lesson.
All resources have been tried and tested in both a college and school setting and been met with enthusiasm by students. They are designed to fully explain the tasks, with terminology, keywords, sections and a clear explanation for students to complete independently. It can be delivered in a classroom with a teacher or as a tool for independent learning remotely.
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Me-dia is a speaking and listening task that requires students to create and then speak to a Prezi that describes their relationship with the media. I have used the task successfully in Year 10 English to begin teaching about the media's discussion of issues.
Used with my S2 / Year9 class to support Media Studies as part of English. Kids found it really engaging, and assessed with a group discussion at the end. Includes a worksheet and RUAE task to go along with it.
Looks at mise-en-scene, character development and camera angles.