2025 UPDATED MAGAZINE UNIT EDUQAS GCSE: CONTEXTS IN 'VOGUE' AND 'GQ'

LESSON 5-7 IN UNIT: This lesson is part of a 11 lesson unit (13/14 lessons with assessment time and peer marking in addition).

IMPORTANT: My students really struggled with contexts last year with regards to the cover lines and subject matter raised. I therefore decided to dedicate a whole double, which turned in a triple due to discussion and exploration of the subject, to this section of the texts. I was really taken aback by how my classes approached the delicate subject matter as well as how much they enjoyed learning about issues such as Malala’s story.

This lesson focuses on:

-Zeitgesit
-Revisiting all five contexts and what they are.
-An exploration (work sheet provided) on what the ‘Vogue’ cover lines mean.
-Systemic racism with accompanying video that is age appropriate as well as a contextual look at Harley Street.
-Beauty ideals and Beauty type.
-An intriguing video on the history of Malala and why it is so important.
-BLM movement.
-An exploration (work sheet provided) on what the ‘GQ’ cover lines mean.
-Differentiated help sheet on LV7 above key representational terms to boost student work.
-Meterosexual and Spornosexuals
-Two unseen cover analysis tasks (‘VOGUE’ and ‘MEN’S HEALTH’.
-Mastery and step by step breakdown on what each part of the question is and how to attack it in the exam, Students to plan. I have also included a 5/5 mark exemplar for students to model answers from. This links to the next lesson on representation where students will write this along with the 25 marker under timed conditions on the following question:

1. (a) Explain how cultural contexts influence magazines. Refer to Vogue magazine to support your points. [5]
   (ADAPTED OFFICIAL 2022 QUESTION).

IMPORTANT: All resources have been included and separate sheets/ printable power point slides. Videos are embedded with a link in the notes section as well as additional help and tips on how it was delivered to the class.

H/W is a Fortnite-ly H/W sheet. We set fortnightly H/W in Media and we set it on the same day every fortnight and collect in two weeks later on teh same day before we issue the new pack.It can either be printed or digitally set. It follows Dr. NO which is explained at the top of the sheet At the top you have a box:

BOX 1: YEAR GROUP/COHORT
BOX 2: FORTNITE-LY H/W SHEET IN THE SERIES
BOX 3: SET DATE
BOX 4: DUE DATE

NOTE: I am following EDUQAS Teaching Model 1 in my teaching/ SOW and my school is only providing Media Studies at GCSEl, as a three-year Course. Moreover, some of the tasks in lesson and for H/W are dependent upon owning the EDUQAS GCSE Revision Guide.

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