This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the crime and deviance unit. This lesson specifically covers measuring crime including police recorded statistics, victim and self-report studies. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 12 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, recapping the social stratification and differentiation unit. Students to work out which statements are incorrect.
Title page, encouraging students to think about how the government collects data about crime.
Brief outline of how we can measure crime in society.
Official statistics on crime recorded by the police, including strengths and weaknesses.
The dark figure of crime explanation. Application/ scenario task- provided on a separate worksheet.
Victim and self-report studies, referring to The crime survey for England and Wales.
Key word match up task- answers provided on power point.
Sociological theory and their views on official crime statistics.
Comparing police recorded statistics and The crime survey for England and Wales- worksheet provided on a separate document. Answers on the power point.
Plenary- are official crime statistics accurate? task for students to complete.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the stratification and differentiation unit. The lesson covers age and differentiation. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and has a total of 12 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, education recap. Students to work out the highest scoring key concepts using the scrabble board.
Title page- encouraging students to think about key questions to do with the lesson.
How do the norms of different ages vary in different societies?
How are different ages presented in the media? - extension task provided.
How does age affect life chances?
Students will then look at each of these three topics in more detail using the textbook. The students will become the expert for one of two roles, they will then teach their partner what they have found out. All instructions are on the pp and resources provided. Students will need access to the GCSE sociology textbook. Question sheets are provided for students to fill in whilst their partner teaches them their expert topic.
How are different ages presented in the media? - key information on the pp, students to add this to their summary sheet.
Summary sheet provided, students fill this in at the end to make sure they have all the relevant information they need.
Plenary- consolidating their knowledge. This allows students to share their opinion on whether the voting age should be reduced.
This is an A-Level sociology [AQA] lesson focusing on theories of education. This lesson is designed to be a revision lesson, it should last a 90 minute lesson and the power point contains 10 slides.
Included:
Starter, key concept bingo.
Title page- students to identify which sociologist they would associate with each concept.
Mind map of each theory, including: Marxism, feminism, functionalism, The new right, Postmodernism and liberal perspectives. This idea is that students add the key information from the board to their mind map (provided as a separate worksheet) whilst the teacher goes through the information.
Practice theory exam questions which students should have a go at planning, includes a 10 marker and 30 marker.
Board game- students to assess their understanding of key studies and theorists.
This is a GCSE psychology lesson [Edexcel], which focuses on how to answer 12 mark research methods questions. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 9 slides on the power point. All resources are provided on separate word documents. The lesson requires students to have a basic understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of different research methods. All exam questions are taken from previous past papers.
Included:
Starter- research methods true or false task. Answers provided.
Title page- encourages students to think about strengths and weaknesses of observations and how they think they would structure a 12 mark question.
An explanation of how the questions are marked and a suggestion of how students could structure their answer.
Students to have a go at planning a 12 mark question. Planning sheet is provided on a separate worksheet. - mark scheme provided on the power point, students to add anything they have missed out.
Example answer to a different 12 mark question provided on a separate document. (this is a full mark response)
Students to practice writing a 12 marker, question provided on the power point, there is also a planning sheet which includes the question which is provided as a separate word document.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the social stratification and differentiation unit. This lesson focuses on the Marxist view of stratification. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 11 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, theories of education recap.
Title page, students to start to think about what Marxists would say about stratification.
Quick quiz on stratification/ differentiation basics. Answers provided on the pp.
Marxism overview.
Marxist history- links to Ancient society and medieval times.
Stratification in the Victorian era- Marx times.
Connections between the industrial revolution and capitalism/ class divide.
Communism and capitalism- questions for students to think about.
Capitalism and exploitation- tasks for students to complete on pp slides.
Summarising Marxist views- student task. Write a snapchat message. Template provided on a separate document.
Plenary- Marxism reading. Provided on a separate document, key questions for students to answer using the reading.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the crime and deviance unit. The lesson is specifically about patterns of crime with reference to age and gender. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 12 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, social stratification and differentiation retrieval practice. Work out the covered up words- answers on the pp slide.
Title page, encouraging students to think about why some females turn to crime.
Quick quiz about the subcultural explanations for crime. Questions and answers on the pp slide.
Age article- to get students thinking. Attached as a separate document.
An overview of patterns of crime relating to age.
The age crime curve.
Victim rates and age.
Mini plenary- students summarise what they have learnt using the key terms on the board.
Gender and crime with reference to Pat Carlen.
8 mark practice question, an outline is included of what students should write in their answer. Mark scheme/ indicative content is also included.
Plenary- patterns of crime overview sheet. Attached as a separate document, students to add to this each time a new area is completed.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on gender differences in education. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and has a total of 11 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, methods recap, true or false.
Title page- encouraging students to think about who performs better in education and why this is the case.
Key statistics, graph.
Articles on gender differences in attainment, links to the articles are in the ‘notes’ section on the pp.
Outline of the internal and external factors affecting achievement.
Student task- information pack which goes through the reasons for gender differences. Including; changes in norms and law, feminisation of education, laddish subcultures, crisis of masculinity. Key studies including: Sharpe and Jackson are also included. Students read through the information and complete the grid. The information pack and grid are provided on separate documents. Answers also provided on the power point.
Plenary- retrieval practice, questions from the education unit.
Homework- 8 marker. Mark scheme provided.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the crime and deviance unit. The lesson focuses around patterns of crime with specific reference to class and ethnicity. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there is a total of 14 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter activity, social stratification and differentiation recap. Connect 4- students to pick out key concepts and put them into categories.
Title page, encouraging students to think about what is meant by the term ‘institutional racism’.
Ethnicity and crime overview. Graph to show conviction rates of different ethnic groups.
5 slides containing a detailed explanation of Paul Gilroy and negative stereotypes, Stuart Hall and scapegoats, The Stephen Lawrence enquiry, The Macpherson report and police racism and policing styles. There is a worksheet which students can fill in whilst the teacher goes through the key content. Worksheet attached as a separate document.
Brief overview of class and crime. This lesson focuses on corporate crime, it requires students to already have a basic understanding of white-collar crime which may have been covered when teaching the Marxist perspective.
Patterns of crime consolidation sheet. Attached as a separate document. Students to fill in key details of class, ethnicity, gender and age when they have been taught.
15 mark exam style question - planning task. Question provided on a separate worksheet. Indicative content included on the power point to help students.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the education unit. This is the first lesson on Ethnic differences. The lesson focuses on Material and cultural factors (external factors) affecting academic underachievement of some ethnic minority groups. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 11 slides on the power point. Challenge questions and extension tasks provided throughout.
Included:
Starter- research methods recap.
Title page. Encouraging students to think about why some ethnic minority groups do not perform so well in education.
Background information- key statistics.
External factors - how language can lead to underachievement.
External factors- parental aspirations, video clip (link on power point). More detailed explanation of how parental aspirations may benefit some ethnic groups.
Male subcultures- with reference to Tony Sewell.
Evaluation of cultural factors.
Material factors. Application question for students.
Plenary- true or false activity. Worksheet provided on a separate document. Answers on the pp slide.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the crime and deviance unit. The lesson is specifically about the Marxist view of crime and deviance. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 12 slides on the power point.
Included:
Starter, based on recapping the social stratification and differentiation unit.
Title page- encouraging students to think about what Marxists would say about crime.
‘The price is right’- students to guess the price fraud costs per year. All answers on the pp.
Definitions of white-collar and corporate crime. Example of white collar crime, encouraging students to think about why rich people may get treated differently.
Capitalism and consumerism.
Short video clip, questions for students to answer. Link on pp slide.
Social power and crime- links to William Chambliss.
Fill in the blanks task, provided on a separate worksheet. Answers on pp slide.
What is white collar crime? reading and question task. Reading provided on a separate worksheet.
Evaluation of Marxism.
Plenary- summary task, students write a tweet using the key concepts on the board.
This is a lesson based on GCSE Sociology Eduqas, The Feminist view of education. It contains four different worksheets: a true or false starter activity, a feminist view of education fill in the gaps, a 15 mark exam style question, the exam question planning sheet.
The lesson consists of 11 slides, students should be able to answer the exam style question at the end based on their knowledge of the three structural theories.
This is lesson 9 of the memory topic, the lesson focuses on issues and debates. For this topic, the focus is on Holism and Reductionism. This powerpoint consists of 16 slides and is designed to fill an 100 minute lesson. This lesson can be used alongside the memory booklet available in my shop. Or it can be purchased individually as the worksheet pages are also attached and included in this lesson.
The starter of this lesson is based on the social influence topic, it acts as a retrieval practice task. By the end of this lesson all students will be able to explain and evaluate both reductionism and holism. The lesson then leads students to complete a 9 mark exam question- the question and mark scheme is included.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on divorce as part of the family unit. The lesson explains changes in patterns of divorce. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there is a total of 12 slides on the power point.
Included:
-starter activity. Introducing key statistics about divorce. Students to predict the missing statistics. (answers then included on the power point)
-key statistics, encouraging students to think about what they show about divorce.
-background of divorce in the UK. Dominoes match up task. Students to get a pack of dominoes which contain key dates and explanations, they should then match these up. Answers included on the power point. This shows how divorce laws have changed and encourages students to think about the impact they have had.
-key trends-graph. Briefly introduces the Family Law Act 1996
-legal changes to divorce timeline.
-changes to laws- more detailed explanation of the Divorce Reform Act 1996 and what it entailed. Links to The Family Law Act 1996 and Legal Aid (1949).
-explanation of the reasons for changes in divorce. Student task- to rank them in order of importance.
-explanation of how expectations of marriage have changed- reference to Giddens.
-plenary- true or false activity.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on the stratification and differentiation unit. This is an introductory lesson to Max Weber, and his views on social stratification. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and has a total of 12 power point slides.
Included:
Starter, education recap. Retrieval practice- students to answer as many questions as possible.
Title page- student task, write down the groups they belong to.
Quick quiz of what has been covered so far (functionalism, Marxism and stratification). Answers provided on the pp.
-Explanation of the two ways we can look at society- structural and social-action perspectives. Intro to Max Weber.
Weber and identity
Weber and market position- student task, add the images of different occupations to the class structure diagram. Images provided on a separate document.
Weber and status
Students to think about what other things can affect our status in society - answers on the pp.
Weber and social power
Evaluation
Plenary- applying their understanding of the theories of stratification
This is a A-Level sociology [AQA] lesson which focuses on answering 30 mark exam questions in the education unit. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 10 slides on the power point. all resources are provided on separate documents.
Included:
Starter, overview of sociological theories and what they say about society.
Title page, show students an example 30 mark question.
Key information about 30 markers. Including an outline of how they are assessed (AOs)
Model answer. Provided on a separate document.
Students to have a go at planning an answer to a question. Question provided on a separate document. Some key points to get students thinking are included on the pp slide.
Examiners report for the question which students have planned.
Key sociologists/ studies which students could include in the question.
Students to have a go at answering a 30 marker. - the same question as they have already planned. From the 2018 ALevel paper. Question sheet provided for students to write their answer on, including reflection space (teachers name will need to be changed).
Plenary- key concept task.
This is a lesson based on The media and Crime. Content addresses that covered in the AQA Sociology Specification. The lesson goes through the Sociological perspectives of the crime and the media, along with detailed information about cyber-crime. The lesson finishes with a 30 mark exam style question, this is based on the AQA specification. The powerpoint suggests what students could take out of the item when writing this question.
The lesson consists of 12 slides.
This lesson is part of the education unit (AQA sociology). This lesson focuses on explaining the idea of cultural capital and how this links to educational achievement (external factors). The lesson consists of 12 slides and is aimed to fill a 100 minute lesson.
The starter activity is a true or false task which assesses students understanding of cultural and material deprivation. The lesson goes on to explain what cultural capital is, referring to Bourdieu. This lesson also includes a cultural capital quiz for students to complete. All worksheets are included.
The lesson finishes with a 20 mark exam style question, both the item and question are included on the powerpoint, the question assesses students understanding of internal and external factors affecting achievement in school. The powerpoint goes through possible ways to use the item along with things students could include in their answers.
This is a GCSE sociology lesson (EDUQAS/ WJEC) which focuses on the Feminist view of the family. The lesson is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson. This is a full lesson which includes 14 powerpoint slides and two worksheets.
included:
-starter activity, ‘give me 5’- recap of Functionalism and Marxism.
-introduction to Feminism, encouraging students to think about what they already know about Feminism in general.
-explanation of the ‘braches’ of Feminism. - Brief explanation of radical, liberal and marxist feminism with application to the family.
-brief explanation of feminism as a conflict theory.
-in what ways are women oppressed in the home?- students to discuss this question, images on the powerpoint to encourage ideas. - explanation is then on the power point.
-‘The family as a patriarchal institution’- explanation of Delphy and Leonard.
-explanation of Ann Oakley
-knowledge check- assessment of what students have understood so far.
-‘social control of females’- explanation of how women are controlled at a young age which then transfers to adulthood. Referring to key concepts such as; ‘double standards’.
-reading activity. Students to complete the reading about domestic abuse, answer the questions which are included on the powerpoint. Reading is on a separate worksheet attached. Extension activity provided.
-one powerpoint slide on key statistics.
-evaluation of the Feminist view of the family.
-an extract from the ‘good housing keeping guide’- students to read through the extract and decide whether an article like this would be published today. Activity on a separate worksheet included.
-homework task (could be completed during the lesson if time allows). To create a poster on the Feminist perspective. Students may need access to pages 74-77 in the eduqas gcse sociology textbook to support them.
This is an AQA A-level sociology lesson which focuses on streaming, with reference to labelling. The lesson is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson, the power point consists of 12 slides.
Included:
-starter, fill in the blanks activity. This recaps students knowledge on the labelling theory. Task included on a work documents.
-explanation of streaming with links to labelling and the self-fulfilling prophecy.
-explanation of Gillborn and Youdell 2001, the educational triage (A-C economy)
-quick knowledge check- questioning activity.
-explanation of pupil subcultures. With reference to Lacey (1970) concepts of polarisation and differentiation.
-explanations of pro and anti-school subcultures with reference to key sociologists such as Hargreaves.
-Stephen Ball abolishing streaming
-Woods (1979)- other student responses to streaming and labelling.
-criticisms of the labelling theory
-finish the lesson with a Kahoot. One is already made on Kahoot: titled ‘class differences in achievement’ by AFitch7.
This is a GCSE psychology lesson which focuses on the sleeping and dreaming unit. The lesson is based around sleep disorders; insomnia and narcolepsy. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 14 slides on the power point. The lesson also comes with a worksheet with various activities that go along with the power point. The power point indicates when there are activities to complete on the worksheet.
Included:
starter activity which focuses on recapping the criminal unit. (this task could be changed to link to any other unit which has been taught)
title page- encouraging students to think about what they already know about sleep disorders.
spider diagram task- students to write everything they already know.
an explanation of what sleep disorders are.
short video clip about insomnia- link on the power point.
newspaper article about insomnia.
symptoms and explanations of insomnia.
video about narcolepsy- questions to answer. Link on the power point.
explanation of what narcolepsy is, symptoms and explanations. Challenge questions provided on the power point throughout.
practice 4 mark exam question, question and mark scheme provided on the power point.