I am an A Level tutor who teaches Film Studies A Level & G.C.S.E., Sociology A Level, E.P.Q., English Language G.C.S.E.
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I complete schemes of work for each of my courses and aim to upload as many resources as I can in the near future. If you like my work and would like to request a resource, please let me know and I will produce what you need.
I produce video resources here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC31WbZO2OQW3Ul108I0QUmw
I am an A Level tutor who teaches Film Studies A Level & G.C.S.E., Sociology A Level, E.P.Q., English Language G.C.S.E.
*PLEASE REVIEW*
I complete schemes of work for each of my courses and aim to upload as many resources as I can in the near future. If you like my work and would like to request a resource, please let me know and I will produce what you need.
I produce video resources here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC31WbZO2OQW3Ul108I0QUmw
This Powerpoint introduces students to EDUCATION.
Included: PC and MAC formatted lesson, booklet/handout. Link to documentary
This lesson will contextualise the study of education through the following tasks/areas:
Student experiences of education tasks - students discuss and share their experiences
Education and the four areas of study
Class differences
Role of education
Why some pupils achieve more than others
Role of education and its role in society
The student experience in school
Impact of Government policy
Cultural Capital
Cultural Deprivation
Plenary/conslidation task: David Harewood’s Will Britain Ever Have a Black Prime Minster documentary - note taking and discussion tasks
The lesson is 23 slides long.
This is a comprenhsive and detailed look at the Functionalist view of Education.
All resources are colourful, supported with image and video resources and are engaging for year 12 and 13 students. They offer lots of discussion points.
This pack contains
46-slide PowerPoint presentation (one formatted for for PC and one for Mac)
Student booklet to accompany lessons
Sample response
Mark scheme
Assessment materials
Built in assessment
Content:
Re-cap of Funcationalism - starter
The Funcation of education
Brief history of education in the UK - discussion of the Industrial Revolution as a pivot point
Durkheim:
Transmission of norms/values
Social Solidarity
Talcott Parsons:
Focal Socialising Agent
Paticularistic/Ascribed standards and Universalistic Standards
The Bridge
School as a meritocracy
Points for and against this argument
David and Moore: Selection and Role Allocation / Inequality is necessary
Built in assessment, planning, writing and marking exercises.
This resource pack is comprehensive.
TES – Beliefs pack
This pack contains a complete scheme of learning for the AQA – Sociology Paper 2 module: Beliefs in Society.
The pack contains twelve [12] complete lessons – each lesson is fully animated, full of tasks, activities, assessment materials, assessment tasks and consolidation activities. All lessons are accompanied by a handout/booklet that students can use during the teaching of the sessions. Documentary recommendations are included, as well as links to further reading and suggested materials for engaging students outside of the classroom.
The sub-topics covered are:
1 – Definitions of Religion - /teaching-resource/resource-12774527
2 – Feminist View of Religion /teaching-resource/feminist-view-of-religion-sociology-12701674
3 – Functionalist View of Religion - /teaching-resource/resource-12774533
4 – Marxist View of Religion /teaching-resource/the-marxist-perspective-of-religion-12739724
5 – Social Change and the Conservative View[/teaching-resource/religion-force-for-change-or-conservative-force-12701703
6 – Religious Organisations and New Religious Movements - /teaching-resource/resource-12858285
7 – Secularisation -/teaching-resource/resource-12858297
8 – Alternatives to Secularisation /teaching-resource/aqa-sociology-alternatives-to-secularisation-full-lesson-12766222
9 – Religion and Social Groups /teaching-resource/aqa-sociology-religion-and-social-groups-12769375
10 – Science as a Belief System /teaching-resource/aqa-sociology-paper-2-religion-as-a-belief-system-12773915
11 – Religion in a Global Context /teaching-resource/resource-12858303
12 – Religion and Ideology /teaching-resource/aqa-sociology-religion-and-ideology-12774148
This pack contains a complete scheme of lessons for the AQA Paper 3 - Crime and Deviance module.
review of my resources:
"Great, core content presented in an engaging manner. I hope you are planning to add the rest of the crime module. Thanks."
you can read the content of each lesson and view screenshots of all lessons by clicking on the relevant links below:
The pack contains the following lessons, student booklets and additional resources
If you have any additional questions, please email me at:
matthew.oregan@hughbaird.ac.uk
Lesson 1- Introduction to Crime and Deviance: /teaching-resource/resource-12790066
Lesson2 - The Functionalist view of Crime and Deviance: /teaching-resource/aqa-sociology-functionalist-view-of-crime-and-deviance-12785758
Lesson 3 - Subcultureal theories of Crime and Deviance /teaching-resource/resource-12858247
Lesson 4 - Conflict Theories of Crime and Deviance /teaching-resource/resource-12790478
Lesson 5 - Realist Theories of Crime and Deviance - /teaching-resource/resource-12790783
Lesson 6 - Labelling Theories of Crime and Deviance: /teaching-resource/resource-12795795
Lesson 7 - Crime and The Media, Moral Panics /teaching-resource/resource-12807680
Lesson 8 & 9 - Crime and Gender - /teaching-resource/resource-12808582
Lesson 10 - Crime: Globalisation & Green Crimes /teaching-resource/resource-12847020
Lesson 11 - Human Rights and State Crime /teaching-resource/resource-12847756
Lesson 12 - Crime Prevention, Control and Punishment - /teaching-resource/resource-12857652
**Each topic is called a ‘lesson’ e.g. Lesson 2 - Functionalist View of Crime - however, the PowerPoint are not designed to be taught in one session. Some will take an entire weeks worth of lesson time, others less. ** The resources here cover the entire Crime and Deviance module and will take a complete term to teach
This pack contains an entire scheme of learning for the **AQA Sociology: Education **topic
There are over 50 resources in this pack:
The pack contains lesson PowerPoints, handouts, work booklets, assessment materials and activities for all of the following areas:
Introduction to Education
Funcationalist Approach to Education
Marxist Approach to Education
Social Class and Achievement
Gender and Education - boys, girls
Ethnicity and Education
Social Policy
**I have included several screenshots of lessons to give an idea of the quality and style of the resources. **
Each lesson and handout has been designed with students in mind - they are colourful, full of images, interesting tasks and are engaging for learners. There are a variety of approaches used across the scheme, as well as a variety of assessment activities.
Every single lesson has an accompanying booklet for students to fill in during lessons.
Sample responses, past paper questions, additional reading, documentary recommendations, and more are contained within the lessons.
This pack contains:
**
EIGHT lessons
TWO large student booklets that cover all eight lessons. **
Lesson 1 - Factors Affecting Choice of Research Method (30 slides)
Lesson 2 - Sampling and Social Surveys (13 slides)
Lesson 3 - Experiments: Lab, Field, Comparative Methods (21 slides)
Lesson 4 - Questionnaires - Mailed, Emailed, In person (13 slides)
Lesson 5 - Interviews (40 slides)
Lesson 6 - Observations - Overt / Covert, participant, Non-Participant (29 slides)
Lesson 7 - Secondary Data - Qualitative and Quantitative (18 slides)
Lesson 8 - Research Methods Consolidation Tasks (13 slides)
Lesson are full of relevant images, are designed to be visually engaging, and contains many tasks to help students develop their critical thinking skills.
Covered in every lesson:
Definition of each Research Methods
Detailed exploration of each Research Method
Examples/Case Study data
Additional Reading
BOOKLETS
Booklet 1 covers: (30 pages)
Lesson 1 - Factors Affecting Choice of Research Method (30 slides)
Lesson 2 - Sampling and Social Surveys (13 slides)
Lesson 3 - Experiments: Lab, Field, Comparative Methods (21 slides)
Lesson 4 - Questionnaires - Mailed, Emailed, In person (13 slides)
Booklet 2 covers: (36 pages)
Lesson 5 - Interviews (40 slides)
Lesson 6 - Observations - Overt / Covert, participant, Non-Participant (29 slides)
Lesson 7 - Secondary Data - Qualitative and Quantitative (18 slides)
Lesson 8 - Research Methods Consolidation Tasks (13 slides)
There are assessment activities included (including sample answers, exam technique guidance).
This pack contains a 39 page PowerPoint presentation and a 16 page student booklet.
The lesson can be taught as one linear session, or split in to smaller, more manageable sessions. This lesson contains everything you need to prepare students for the contextual issues, and stylistic choices, that inform the film.
The lesson covers:
Look at past questions - looking for trends and recurring topics
Intro to film (basic production context info)
Del Toro - mini-auteur study and formation of his style / themes.
(Task - watch clips from some Del Toro films. Students to note down stylistic and thematic consistencies in his work)
Contextual Issues
What is Fascism?
History of Fascism in Europe
Franco’s Spain - rise of fascism in Spain.
Gender - how Franco’s fascist policies impacted women, minorities, non-Fascists in Spain (specific focus on women and how this informs the representation of gender in the film).
Role of the Catholic Church - links to Fascism and Franco
Additional research links
Pre-screening consolidation task - this can be re-visited AFTER the screening. Students can begin building contextual links to the film on their own/in groups before in-depth study begins with the teacher.
This pack contains a 29-slide PowerPoint & accompanying student booklet.
The lesson covers both the New Right pespective of education and the Principles of Marketisation.
There are also several assessment planning activities and 4,6 and 30 mark assessments included.
The lesson covers:
What is the New Right?
What are the tenants of New Right thinking: neo-liberalism, reduced state control/increased private ownership of insitutions, de-regulations.
Comparison beween New Right & Functionalist perspective - potential 4/6 mark answers provided
New Right description of the contemporary education system
New Right criticims of the current system
CONSUMER Choice - definition and students tasks
AFFIRMATION OF NATIONAL IDENTITY - definition and student tasks
PRINCIPLES OF MARKETISATION
defintions and explanations - context provided
Defintions AND evaluation tasks for each of the following Principles of Marketisation:
Parentocracy
Introcution of SATS
League Tables
OFSTED
The National Curriclum
EVALUATION TASK
Sociological Evalution of the New Right perspective
Asssessments:
1 - two 4 mark questions, one six mark question - handout provided. This can be used as a peer-review assessment to ensure students know how to structure and approach 4/6 mark questions.
2 - Plan a 30-mark evaluation task - item, mark scheme included.
3 - 30-mark assessment can be set as a homework/in class assessment if desired.
This resources is a 9-page booklet that will enable students to plan and write a band 5 analysis of Vertigo’s PRODUCTION CONTEXT.
The handout lays out the key conventions of both the Golden Era of Hollywood, and the New Hollywood era. Each convention is explained and examples given.
The second half of the booklet provides examples from Vertigo of ALL RELEVANT conventions from each respective era.
This is an ideal revision, re-visiting, consolidation and/or essay planning resource that can modified.
This resources is a 9-page booklet that will enable students to plan and write a band 5 analysis of Alien [79]’s PRODUCTION CONTEXT.
The handout lays out the key conventions of both the New Hollywood era, and the High Concept/Blockbsuter era of the 1980s. Each convention is explained and examples given.
The second half of the booklet provides examples from Alien of ALL RELEVANT conventions from each respective era.
This is an ideal revision, re-visiting, consolidation and/or essay planning resource that can modified.
**La la land test TAD notes
This lesson covers both IDEOLOGY and RESPONSE in La La Land. The ideology of THE AMERICAN DREAM is the central focus on the analysis. **
*This lesson pack / approach costs more than the ‘feminist analysis’ of La La Land due to vastly more content in this pack. *
Feminist ideological analysis: /teaching-resource/resource-13186053
This pack contains a 56 slide PowerPoint and 15-page student booklet
The lesson has been designed so it can be ‘chopped’ up in to smaller, topic based sessions that will help students understand:
POST MODERN approach to cinema
Post-Modernism and the rise of Nostalgia in the 21st Century
In-depth analysis of the film
Assessment materials
The complete lesson covers:
Previous exam questions - discussion of common themes/topics that have come up in the exam
Modern: what is Modernism?
Grand-Narratives & Universal Truths offered by Modernism
Re-cap: conventions of ‘modern’ Hollywood cinema: the formal approach
POST MODERN CINEMA:
conventions of POst Modern cinema: each convention is defined, examples given, and short tasks based around each
Inter-textuality / self-reflexivity / pastiche, homage, non-sequitors, parody, etc.
Explain post-modern cinema as a ‘deconstructionist’ approach
Part 2 - Nostalgia and decline of Grand-Narratives in twenty first century USA
Define and explain Nostaliga
Discussion and task: The role of nostalgia in modern cinema
Part 3 - Ideology: The American Dream
Define the term, short video to define the concept
Forbes article exploring the validity of the ‘DREAM’ in contemporary America
Part 4 - Analysis of La La Land / application of the above.
This section combines detailed analysis with essay planning:
What to include in the introduction
ANother Day of Sun: Richard Dyer’s theory of musicals, exploration of ‘Romantic optimism’ of the Dream
Mia and her Audition’ the ‘reality of the dream’
Responses to these scenes
Pursuit of Happiness and Success: Seb and Mia’s relationship
Scene analysis: Seb and Mia’s break up scene
Detailed analysis and notes to support students
Myth vs. Reality of the Dream
Task - students to find examples of Myth vs. Reality in the film
Reinforce Dyer’s theory of musicals: Utopian solution vs. social reality
Analysis of finale
Detailed discussion on spectator responses.
Assessment question and materials provided.