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Lesson 5: Did LGBTQ+ Pop Culture Advance Equality? – LGBTQ+ History KS3 (Full Scheme Available)

This is the fifth lesson in a 6-lesson LGBTQ+ History scheme aimed at high-ability KS3 students (Year 9) or as a pre-GCSE bridge. The lesson explores how popular culture — particularly music and film from the 1970s to 1990s — reflected and shaped changing attitudes toward LGBTQ+ people in Britain. Students use comparative skills and source-based research to build a nuanced understanding of cultural progress and its limitations.

Lesson focus:
To what extent did British LGBTQ+ popular culture enhance equality, 1970s–1990s?

Includes:

Editable PowerPoint with full lesson structure

Do Now and Deep Thinking Challenge (DTC) tasks

Rotating station activity comparing LGBTQ+ representation in music and film by decade

Clear support for similarity/difference 4-mark exam-style writing

Scaffolded paragraph modelling and peer marking

Extended writing task evaluating whether music or film had the greater impact on advancing equality

Tasks supporting interpretation and causation skills

Curriculum Fit:

KS3 History (Year 9)

Supports Edexcel and AQA GCSE skills: causation, change, significance, comparison

Strong links to PSHE and Citizenship (inclusion, representation, and media)

Part of a full LGBTQ+ History Scheme (available separately)