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.
This is a PowerPoint created for the teaching of the new set text advert ‘NHS 111’ for the Eduqas GCSE Media Studies Course.
It gives an overview of public service adverts and then focuses on a textual analysis of the print advert itself.
Once a fact sheet is created by Eduqas, I will add in any pertinent information.
There is an accompanying booklet for the pupils to use alongside the PPT.
Media theories in a nutshell - A3.
Perfect for a classroom display, or can be printed for revision support.
Covers all named theorists in Eduqas Media Studies A-Level Specification, as well as relevant Eduqas GCSE theories too. Colour co-ordinated into the different key areas of the specification: Media Language, Audience, Industries, Representation + GCSE.
Includes:
GCSE:
Blumler and Katz
Mulvey
Propp
Dyer
Alvarado
Goodwin
A-Level:
Barthes
Levi-Strauss
Todorov
Neale
Baudrillard
Hall
Gilroy
van Zoonen
hooks
Butler
Gauntlett
Curran and Seaton
Livingstone and Lunt
Hesmondhalgh
Bandura
Gerbner
Jenkins
Shirky
Hopefully there are none, but if you spot any errors, please let me know!
This is a complete unit of work for the OCR exam board. It covers all aspects for Animal Crossings New Horizons and includes links, research and worksheets.
Resources designed to support the teaching of the 2001 film The Others and a related critical essay. Includes a PowerPoint (also included as a PDF file), worksheets, a talking task and a critical essay plan.
Resource Title: Kiss of the Vampire
Resource Overview: Engage your students in an in-depth exploration of Kiss of the Vampire with this comprehensive lesson pack. Designed to span five or six 90-minute lessons, this resource includes a series of detailed PowerPoint presentations and supporting handout.
Also included are instructions for a practical task where students recreate the Kiss of the Vampire poster, updated for a modern audience.
A complete lesson containing discussions, analytical questions, activities and resources to teach Magazines in Media Studies, using The Big Issue as the core case study. Originally created for the OCR A-Level Media Studies set product The Big Issue, and fully aligned to the 2024 specification at the time of creation. This lesson can be easily adapted for GCSE Media Studies or for use with any exam board that covers magazines as a key media form.
This resource includes:
• Structured discussion prompts exploring magazine audiences, representation and industry context
• Analysis questions to support close study of The Big Issue
• Engaging activities suitable for classroom teaching or independent work
• Adaptable materials that can be used with a range of magazine texts and specifications
Ideal for supporting the teaching of magazine conventions, production, ideology and readership across KS4 and KS5 Media Studies courses.
Polite note:
Please check your current exam board specification before downloading to ensure full alignment with your course.
If you encounter any download issues, kindly contact TES so they can resolve the problem before a review is left.
A comprehensive 37 slide presentation on the brand new AQA CSP product 'BlackPink The Game (BPTG) added to the course in 2024.
This presentation looks exclusively at the game through the theoritical framework of Media REPRESENTATIONS.
This resource also contains multiple video files of gameplay.
I will be uploading further presentations for the other study areas.
Resources for the Close Study Product for the AQA GCSE Media Studies course (first teaching September 2021). Designed for AQA, and anyone examining the TV series unit on His Dark Materials: City of Magpies. The 53 slide, 10 lesson resource includes all resources and ten lesson’s work (with possible expansion) and pupil questions/activities. Download also includes a knowledge checklist for the CSP.
Lesson 1: What is ‘His Dark Materials: City of Magpies’ and what are the key themes of the episode.
Lesson 2: Target audience analysis.
Lesson 3: Audience and Marketing/Promotion links. Character links to target audience.
Lesson 4: Audience response to His Dark Materials – including audience numbers, critical response and preferred/oppositional readings of His Dark Materials.
Lesson 5: A semiotic analysis of His Dark Materials – including CLAMPS.
Lesson 6 and 7: Media Language theory including genre, Propp, Todorov, Barthes and Levi-Strauss.
Lesson 8: Representation in His Dark Materials.
Lesson 9: The remit and funding of BBC. The production companies behind His Dark Materials. The BBC/HBO link. The multi-platform, multi-channel media landscape.
Lesson 10: Comparing His Dark Materials and Dr. Who.
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**Component 1 Media Studies A Level revision and mock preparation - EDUQAS
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Covers Section A and B in detail with theory guidance and application tasks.
Unseen analysis guidance and tasks.
The PowerPoint supports students to answer exam questions using key theory in a recommended paragraph structure.
UPDATE GLOSSARY NOW ATTACHED
Ideal for AQA GCSE Media Studies advertising SOWs. Fully resourced lesson on Christmas adverts (print and audio-visual).
Key vocabulary ‘do now’ task
Practice exam-style questions on an unseen Christmas print advert from Age UK (2 marks, 2 marks, 12 marks)
Peer assessment task with clear links to assessment objectives and exam mark scheme
Analysis of the John Lewis 2016 Christmas advert (focus on narrative structure, theories, mise-en-scene and representation)
Planing of a television Christmas advert for a brand/ company of students’ choice by creating a storyboard, building on learning from prior lesson activities
These resources should help with the teaching of the Desert Island Discs set text for Media studies GCSE under the Eduqas specification.
There is an accompanying booklet for the students.
As yet, no fact sheet on the programme has been published by the exam board so I will amend the resources if needs be once it is published.
A full unit of teaching resources covering the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show component of the OCR A Level Media Studies course.
Lessons included -
Unit introduction
History of BBC and Radio 1
Ownership and funding
Production and distribution
Audiences
Regulation
A Revision Guide for AQA GCSE Media Studies students sitting the 2025 exams. The guide covers every CSP and links to the Theoretical Framework for each text as well as covering media theories, past exam questions, glossary of terms and more.
Knowledge Organisers – Complete Specification Coverage
Curriculum-Aligned | Revision-Focused | Supports Retrieval and Long-Term Memory
These expertly designed knowledge organisers provide concise, high-impact summaries of every topic across the full GCSE and A-Level specification. Ideal for revision, homework, low-stakes quizzing, and independent study, they ensure students have the core content, key terminology, and essential facts at their fingertips.
Each organiser is matched directly to the exam board specification, making them perfect for Ofsted evidence, curriculum planning, intervention work, and exam preparation. Ai was used to help create these time saving resources.
What’s Included:
Knowledge organisers for every specification point or unit
Clear layout with tier 2 and tier 3 vocabulary
Key facts, definitions, quotes, diagrams or examples (where appropriate)
Fully editable in Word or Google Docs
Designed for quick recall, self-quizzing, and revision sessions
Supports retrieval practice, dual coding, and cognitive load theory
Ideal For:
Embedding in student books or revision packs
Setting homework or prep tasks
Weekly retrieval or interleaving tasks
Use as aide-mémoires during lessons
Cover lessons or knowledge gap filling
Planning intervention and targeted revision
Knowledge orgainsers for the whole specification, great for independent student work, homework, revision.
Here is a complete PPT for all aspects for teaching Capital at A Level for AQA.
There is a lot of information within so I would delete as appropriate.
All links should work.
This is a lesson to cover Component 2, section A (15 marks) on the OCR exam. It explores BBC as an institution, the breakfast show and the host Greg James. It covers all conepts needed and includes links and resources to help deliver the content effectively.
Please find attached a full and comprehensive SoL for EDUQAS A-Level Media Studies Component 2 Magazines for Vogue and The Big Issue.
The SoL comprises of lessons that cover every single strand of the mark schemes, with attached exam questions and sample answers that are colour-coded, annotated and marked.
A useful guide about narrative theory, covering all the key players including Todorov, Field, Barthes and Levi-Strauss. Links to film clips, consolidatory notes about each theory. Please visit alevelmedia.co.uk for more links and resources. Narrative and Media Studies