Objectives: To understand the way in which audiences react to violence in the media Understand the application of evidence and studies of audiences and violence in the media and in real life. Evaluate theories on the relationship between audiences and violence in the media and in real life. Key terms: Homogeneous audience Disinhibition effect Deviancy amplification Scapegoat Key Questions: How influential is violence in the media?

Objectives: To become familiar with the trends in birth rate, death rate, life expectancy, family size, age at which women have their first child and migration. To become familiar with the reasons for the changes in the trends in birth rate, death rate, life expectancy, family size, age at which women have their first child and migration. Key terms/concepts: Demography | Fertility rate | General fertility rate| Total fertility rate Key Question: What are the trends and patterns with families in the UK?

A lesson firstly consolidating the Marxist perspective (starter) then going into putting a 20 mark essay together. Can work individually or in groups, then peer assess using the mark scheme. This purchase contains: - Lesson PowerPoint - ‘Pimp your Sociology literacy’ resource included on PowerPoint - Question with item - Mark scheme Objectives: To consolidate our understanding of social class (AO1) To apply and compare Feminism perspectives on the family through your essay (AO2 +AO3) Key terms/concepts: Genderquake Liberal feminism Radical feminism Black feminism Domestic division of labour Key Question: How does the feminist view contribute to our understanding of the family?

This initially started out as a simple mind map for myself so I could check content in one place but then decided to also create something you can give to students to improve their work and they can tailor to their needs! The resource covers Families and Media so both the 10 markers and and 20 markers for each topic. Happy marking!

Objective: To account for reasons behind diversity in the family To understand how to plan and write a sociology essay Key terms/concepts: Family Diversity Family types Key Questions: What are the reasons behind family diversity? How do we put together a 20 mark answer? How should we structure our answers to demonstrate our knowledge?

Objectives: To explore the nature of science and the extent to which sociology can be regarded as scientific Key terms: Empirical evidence | Objectivity | Value freedom | Social facts | Social Integration | Moral Integration | Realism | Paradigm | Key Questions: How can you evaluate the view that sociology is/isn’t a science?

Objectives: To understand how sexuality and disability are represented in the mass media. To Evaluate changes in representations of sexuality and disability Key terms: Camp Heterosexual gaze Key Questions: How have representations of people disability and sexuality changed over the years?

Objectives: To identify (AO1) and analyse (AO2+AO3) the nature and the extent (AO3) of value freedom in sociological research Key terms/Concepts: Subjectivity Objectivity Value-freedom Positivist/Interpretivist Key Questions: Can we be value-free in Sociological research?

Objectives: To become familiar with the extent of domestic abuse in Britain. To become familiar with a Sociological study into domestic abuse. To examine how far we can trust the statistics on domestic abuse. To outline the Radical Feminist explanations of domestic abuse. Key terms/concepts: Dark side of the family Key Question: How does the feminist view contribute to our understanding of the family?

Objectives: To understand the relationship between crime and violence in the media and in real life Understand the application of evidence and studies of crime and violence in the media and in real life. Evaluate theories on the relationship between crime and violence in the media and in real life. Key terms: Folk Devil Moral Panic Deviancy Amplification Key Questions: How influential is violence in the media?

Objectives: To define crime and deviance To understand that both crime and deviance are socially constructed. Key terms: Crime Deviance Social construct Key Questions: How can we define crime and deviance?

Objectives: To understand cultural and media imperialism theories of globalisation To know cultural flows and network and reception theories of globalisation Examine studies and evidence of competing models of globalization Key terms: Globalisation Cultural imperialism Public sphere Key Questions: What is our understanding of globalisation? How has globalisation impacted the public sphere?

This is a new style of lessons I have started putting together, it includes a workbook that students have and the powerpoint follows it through! The evaluation can either be something they have a go at and you go through it on the powerpoint, or I have typed it out onto a sheet and you could do another task with that :)

Objectives: To understand the analysis of how minority ethnicities are represented in the media. To understand analysis of changes in media representations of minority ethnicities. Key terms: Tokenism Key Questions: How are representations of minority ethnics linked to culture and identity, crime and deviance and stratification?

Objectives: To explore the relationship between theory and methods Key terms: Inductive approach Grounded theory Key Questions: In what ways do the theories sociologists hold, influence the ways we go about researching society?

This is a resource I created after the 2018 Education mock paper with a mindmap for each of the questions and includes: A breakdown of the AO marks ‘student-friendly’ language of the mark scheme indicative content A mini summary of further studies students may have used or could use. I initially created this as a guide for myself when it comes to marking, but I then printed out copies for my class and they use it afterwards to improve their answers. “Miss what can I write to make this better?” Sorted!

5 rounds of Sociological, Christmas and movie knowledge fun! Add your name on the front slide, and you might want to change the first slide photos to one of yourself or your HoD to make things more fun! Answer sheet included! Enjoy!

Objectives: To understand the impact of new media on its audiences and society. Key terms / studies /concepts: Cultural convergence Participatory culture Collective intelligence Digital divide Digital underclass Social capital Key Question: What is the impact of new media on society?

Objectives: To understand the way in which audiences react to violence in the media Understand the application of evidence and studies of audiences and violence in the media and in real life. Evaluate theories on the relationship between audiences and violence in the media and in real life. Key terms: Homogeneous audience Disinhibition effect Deviancy amplification Scapegoat Key Questions: How influential is violence in the media?

Objectives: To identify (AO1) and analyse (AO2+AO3) the influence(AO3) sociologists have on social policy Key terms/Concepts: Social policy Social problem Sociological problem Key Questions: How have social policies moulded and shaped our society?