I have run this game each year for about 7 years. I developed it because I found that most sixth form students are victims of “false class consciousness” and need a vivid understanding ofa different perspective not given to them by the media. They believe meritocracy without evidence but won't approach Marxism with an open ming (I find) For this game you will need large amounts of stickle bricks or other construction blocks (ebay or car boot sales are a good source) copies of the role play cards and a large box of Heros or wrapped sweets of some kind). You will need to print out labels for The factory and shop. The aim of the game is to illustrate the role of the worker in the economy and what happens when they do not share in the wealth created by their labours. The PPT also contains some other optional slides to introduce Marxism which can stimulate discussion before or after the exercise.

A lesson looking at the key concepts of ethnicity and the media. Includes references to the concept of moral panic and students need to be aware of this before the lesson

This is a discussion of positivism and how it influenced sociological research and its limitations. It is meant to support the synoptic element of the A level exam where question may ask for an evaluation of the contribution of positivist methodology to our understanding of sociology today.

Print out the slides on cards, prepare enough packs for one between 4 students. You will need one die for each group The cards are a little like the chance cards in Monopoly. Each has a chance of adding years to life or taking years away. The game should take about 15 minutes to play, 10 minutes afterwards in discussion and completing life chances table. This can be followed by teacher input. The subject matter can be used for health unit or wealth poverty and welfare It focuses on the main sociological explanations for inequalities in health and turns them into a game of chance

A spread sheet which can be used to generate managed data for a whole school behaviour management audit

This is developed for sociology but with minor alterations could be used elsewhere in the curriculum. This resource could also be used in teacher training/mentoring on how to teach students how to write essays. It provides step by step instructions and has a task at the end. You need to provide your own exemplar essay or download one of mine to use with the tasks at beginning and possibly the end too

KS2 Yr 3/4 This is a lesson covering the dentition of different types of animals : herbivore,carnivore, omnivore it encourages children to look at skulls (I usually bring some in but you can probably borrow some) and their dentition and see how eyes and teeth are adapted for lifestyle. There is a lesson plan, learning objcetives /extension ideas/ suggested plenary and a vocabulary mat to print out (some terms for G&T pupils)

This presentation explores the characteristics of a science and explores the debate about whether psychology is a science It contains graphics images, opportunity for debate and tries to present arguments the student may use

This is designed as part of an intervention programme on anger management which I designed whilst working in a withdrawal unit in a secondary school. It involves activities and bodily awareness of anger. You will need a roll of wallpaper and coloured pens for this lesson to draw around a body and mark anger on it.

This is a two lesson bundle on the hypodermic syringe model of media effects. It looks at the theory and also criticism. It is complete but needs to be approached with other models for the exam

This is a 7 page document of the key terms which needs to be known for the A level exam. I had two versions one as a hand out and the others with the definitions but minus key words. Student then had to fill them in.

The framework was not an original idea but the worked example is. This is a teacher written essay, written in the simplest, most straightforward style. It is not elegant or advanced, but good to illustrate a structure for those who have to learn how to write good essays. An examine essay requires two or more different perspectives given equal weight. It does not require one perspective which is evaluated. this is the title and introduction: Examine ways in which childhood can be said to be socially constructed Childhood, seen as a separate existence from adulthood has not always existed. Similarly ideas about childhood: its length, characteristics and how children are regarded vary from place to place. When a characteristic such as childhood varies between cultures and at different times it is said to be socially constructed. This essay will examine the ways in whether concepts of childhood are entirely socially constructed TIP: I give my students 4 coloured highlighters, one for point of one perspective , one for each subsequent perspective , one for correctly idetified theoriests and theroetical terms and one for concluding or summative commentary. we go through the essay comparing the colour patterns at the end. It is a great confidence booster for them

This is a PPT based on earlier AQA spec but updated for new EDEXCEL psychology learning theories key issue

Introductory lesson on the learning approach for new Edexcel spec

Made to go with the new Edexcel psychology research in context but would be equally useful for OCR and AQA. This lesson pairs up with the repvious lesson on lab experiments which I have uploaded.

This was developed to go with the psychology research methods in context for new Edexcel psychology syllabus but would be suitable for AQA and OCR too. It is a mixture of presentation and exercises to re enforce learning.

A lesson outline introducing the nature of postmodernism using images/ questions etc..

This is a presentation aimed at primary main-school teachers and TA's without specialist knowledge of autism and Asperger's. It provides a brief overview, an introduction to school issues. NO substitute for specialist support

This is a distillation of what I learned doing practical restorative conferencing in primary and secondary setting. Sometimes it was pupil/pupil sometimes pupil/teacher or even parents. It is designed to be used in 2 hr inset session.

Primary Behaviour Audit Action Planning Sheet this can be used as a record of key targeted actions as a result of the audit.