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Lesson Plans and Fragments |
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There are two basic types of resource available in this section: |
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Plans These generally involve some form of extended activity designed as a complete lesson (or substantial part therein). |
Fragments These involve exercises designed to be used as part of an overall lesson plan rather than being a lesson in themselves. |
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Family Life |
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Divorce File Size: 14k / 06k Author: Chris.Livesey |
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| A comparative exercise designed to help students understand the reasons for increases in the divorce rate in Britain over this century. The technique involved is easily adapted to a wide range of social phenomena (marriage, illegitimacy, crime and so forth). | |||
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Domestic Labour File Size: 72k / 42 k Author: Chris.Livesey |
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Social Change File Size: 25k / 07 k Author: Chris.Livesey |
| This fragment contains a range of reasonably up-to-date (2000-2005) data relating to domestic labour. It can be used for information purposes or as the basis for a teacher-designed exercise (comprehension, data-analysis, comparative analysis and so forth). | A discussion question based around the idea of gendered language. | ||
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Education |
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Research Search File Size: 20k / 22k Author: Chris.Livesey |
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Differential Achievement Grid File Size: 37k / 07k Author: Chris.Livesey |
| This is a simple (but infinitely adaptable) lesson template that can be used to help students develop research, information and group-working skills. This lesson plan is based on researching arguments for and against different types of school (grammar, secondary modern, comprehensive and private). | A multi-purpose grid (it can be used in the classroom, as homework or for revision purposes). The basic idea is to encourage students to identify explanations for differential educational achievement and relate them to material / cultural factors, issues of class, gender, ethnicity and so forth. | ||
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Why Are You Still Here? File Size: 14k / 05k Author: Chris.Livesey |
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| An individual / class exercise that requires students to reflect on the reasons for their staying in / leaving education. These reasons can then be related to theories of differential educational achievement. | |||
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Class and
Achievement File Size: 56k / 12k Author: Chris.Livesey |
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Gender and
Achievement File Size: 64k / 15k Author: Chris.Livesey |
| Analysis exercise based on drawing information from a range of statistical tables relating to class and achievement (from Key Stage 2 onward). | Analysis exercise based on drawing information from a range of statistical tables relating to gender and achievement (from Key Stage 2 onward). | ||
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Ethnicity and
Achievement File Size: 88k / 16k Author: Chris.Livesey |
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Role of Education File Size: 31k / 08k Author: Chris.Livesey |
| Analysis exercise based on drawing information from a range of statistical tables relating to ethnicity and achievement (from Key Stage 2 onward). | Exercise designed to help students evaluate labelling processes within the education system by examining "classroom values". | ||
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Mass Media |
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Ownership and Control File Size: 30k / 19k Author: Chris.Livesey |
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Selection and
Representation File Size: 79k / 102k Author: Chris.Livesey |
| An expanded version of the exercise that appears in "AS Sociology For AQA"; this includes a couple more extracts to consider when looking at the various ways media owners try to ensure employees reflect their views... | This is a slightly different version of the exercise that appears in the AS book, mainly because it includes a couple of adverts that, for various reasons, their copyright owners would not give permission for inclusion in a printed work... | ||
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Religion |
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Theories of Religion File Size: 50k / 29k Author: Chris.Livesey |
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The Role of Religion File Size: 34k / 11k Author: Chris.Livesey |
| This fragment includes a short introductory exercise on "defining religion" (in terms of what it is / does), two exercises on Functionalist theory (the functions of religion and Functionalist methodology) and two exercises on Postmodernism based around the concept of metanarrative. | Discussion exercise linking fundamentalist religious groups and movements to political parties and ideologies. | ||
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Secularisation File Size: 33k / 43k Author: Chris.Livesey |
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| Discussion exercise that analyses the role of the Church of England in terms of its spiritual and material roles. | |||
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Power and Politics |
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Nature and
Distribution of Power File Size: 28k / 09k Author: Chris.Livesey |
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| A short "warm-up" exercise designed to introduce students to the nature and distribution of power. | ||
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Deviance |
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Criminology File Size: 26k / 21k Author: Chris.Livesey |
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Social Distribution of Crime File Size: 17k / 10k Author: Chris.Livesey |
| A simple group-based exercise to help students understand the basic principles of Taylor, Walton and Young's theory of deviance. |
A whole-class lesson plan that explores reasons for differences in criminal
behaviour based around categories of class, age, gender,
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region. The focus is on the development of interpretation,
application and evaluation skills. Completed Social Distribution Tables: Age: Word|Pdf Ethnicity: Word|Pdf Gender: Word|Pdf Region: Word|Pdf |
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Defining Deviance File Size: 60k / 92k Author: Chris.Livesey |
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Labelling File Size: 37k / 26k Author: Chris.Livesey |
| Visual exercise that expands on the version in the A2 textbook. Students are given a set of situations about which they have to make the case for the situation being both deviant and non-deviant - the idea being to demonstrate that concepts of deviance are relative to the social context within which they're interpreted. | A slightly-different version of the labelling explanation / exercise that appears in the A2 textbook. | ||
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Social Inequality |
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Stereotypes File Size: 15k / 09k Author: Chris.Livesey |
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Applying Class Theories File Size: 19k / 31k Author: Chris.Livesey |
| This particular lesson plan is based around an exploration of social class stereotypes. It can, however, be easily adapted for use with a wide range of stereotypical assumptions based around gender, age, ethnicity and the like. | In this lesson students are encouraged to develop their understanding of various perspectives on social class by applying theories of class to various basic class categories. | ||
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Life Chances File Size: 78k / 27k Author: Chris.Livesey |
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| Although the A2 text provides examples of different life chances based around class, age, gender and ethnicity, this fragment is an expanded version of that found in the book (in other words, it includes many more examples of differential life chances). | |||
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Methodology |
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What's Your
Methodology? File Size: 19k / 28k Author: Chris.Livesey |
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Prove It! File Size: 16k / 09k Author: Chris.Livesey |
| Not a lesson plan, as such, but a questionnaire designed to help students understand four different types of methodology (Positivism, Realism, Interactionism, Feminism) and their own particular perspective on the nature of the social world. | A group / whole class exercise designed to demonstrate how the post-modernist critique of "metanarratives" can be applied to the concept of science, as well as things like religion and various sociological "ism's" (Marxism, Feminism, etc.). It can also be used to illustrate how the post-modernist use of relativism can be the basis for theoretical criticism. | ||
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It Too! File Size: 15k / 09k Author: Chris.Livesey |
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Society Is Like... File Size: 39k / 09k |
| A companion file to Prove It!, this focuses on science and religion examples. | Analogies can often be a useful way of introducing students to the idea of sociological perspectives. This lesson plan can be used to familiarise students with various perspectives and forms the basis for further work in this area. | ||
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Revision |
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The Key Word Game File Size: 15k / 07k Author: Chris.Livesey |
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Revision Hangman File Size: 15k / 06k Author: Chris.Livesey |
| A simple, competitive, revision game that contributes to the development of student knowledge and encourages planning techniques for their exam. | A simple "Hangman" group game designed to make revision interesting. It also highlights the knowledge and interpretation aspects of the syllabus. | ||
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The Philosophy Game File Size: 15k / 06k Author: Chris.Livesey |
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Sociology Skill Domains File Size: 15k / 05k Author: Chris.Livesey |
| This is a simple little game played with groups of 3 or 4 students. It's designed to help students generate information about a topic through argument and debate (within clearly-set parameters). It can be especially useful for revision throughout the course. | This is a practical exercise designed to help students understand the Skill Domains of interpretation, application and evaluation. Although designed as a whole-class exercise, it can be adapted for small-group / individual work or used as a homework exercise. | ||
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30 Second Street File Size: 14k / 04k Author: Chris.Livesey |
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Revision Tales File Size: 14k / 05k Author: Chris.Livesey |
| A team-based revision game in which students have to talk for 30 seconds, without challenge, on a randomly-selected topic, theory, concept or method. | This is a simple revision technique (based on key words) that involves constructing simple stories to help students remember key ideas in their exam. | ||
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Developing Skill Domains File Size: 12k / 03k Author: Janis Griffiths |
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The Identity Game File Size: 63k / 24k Author: Carol Potter |
| This lesson plan aims to help students develop interpretation and evaluation skills through the medium of a group discussion on aspects of crime and deviance. | A simple card-matching revision exercise based on aspects of culture and identity (class, gender, nationality and ethnicity). A useful end-of-lesson / end-of-Module exercise. | ||
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Miscellaneous |
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Sociological Detective File Size: 18k / 10k Author: Chris.Livesey |
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Sociology Society File Size: 22k / 16k Author: Chris.Livesey |
| For teachers who would like to construct a Sociological Detective file, this Lesson Plan explains how to go about doing it... | This is a lesson plan designed to help introduce students to some basic sociological concepts (roles and values, for example). It can also be used to introduce ideas about social structure and social action. | ||
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As part of the Wadsworth/Thompson Publishing site you'll find a series of video exercises on a range of topics - from areas like the science of shopping through domestic violence to same-sex marriage. Each exercise involves watching short video clip (you will need RealPlayer installed) and then answering questions based around the clip. These can then be automatically emailed to a tutor for marking. |
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General Studies |
| General Studies is fast becoming one of the most-popular A-level subjects and many parts of the current (AEB) syllabus are familiar territory for sociologists - a trend that is set to continue following the publication of the Year 2000 specifications (which can be downloaded from the AQA and Edexcel web sites). |
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General Studies File Size: 92k / 40k Author: Lee Bryant |
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| A pack of 23 Lesson Plans on a variety of topics (identity, class, gender, political processes, etc.). Some of the Plans require students to have access to support materials, such as newspapers, Radio 4 and New Scientist, as well as a General Studies textbook (Sawbridgeworth, for example). | |||