1. What do these things have in common?

2. Structures
A bridge has a structure to it, being made up of many different parts (cables, nuts, bolts, girders, etc.) All these parts work together to build the bridge and make it safe and secure.

3. Date: Saturday, 22 September 2018Saturday, 22 September 2018
1) Social Structures
Lesson Outcomes:
Identify key features of social structures in British Society.
Describe the role of different structures within society
Explain the key term social structures inline with the AQA mark scheme

4. Social Structures
All societies are built up of different parts and all are organised in some way. There are patterns of relationships and a set of organisations that act as the glue that keeps society stable
Families – these shape our lives as they make us into who we are as they teach us the norms and values of society
Education – your life is structured by school and will be until you are at least 18. Between 1/5 and ¼ of your life will be structured by education
Employment- provides you with income, status and friends. Organises our waking hours and day to day life!
Law/Police- Dictates what you are allowed to do, will punish you if you do not comply.

5. Explain what sociologists mean by Social Structures (4 mark question)1
Basic statement 2
Clear definition with key terms 3
Example 4
Example explained using key terms
Examiners tip- remember to use the relevant key concepts and terms 5

6. Homework
Create a set of revision cards to show your understanding of the key concepts and terms studied so far
Norms
Values
Culture
Primary socialization
Secondary socialization
Agents of socialization
Social control
Agencies of social control
Formal control
Informal control
Sanctions
Social structures

7. What order would you put these people in?
You should be able to explain how you put them in order...
Teacher
Shop Assistant
Doctor
Member of Parliament
Prince
Builder

8. What did we think? Teacher Shop Assistant Doctor Member of Parliament
Prince
Builder
Why do we value some roles more than others?
Why should some jobs get paid more than others?
What does it tell us about the different parts in our society?

9. 2) Social Stratification
Date: Saturday, 22 September 2018Saturday, 22 September 2018
2) Social Stratification
Lesson Outcomes:
Identify key features of stratification in British Society.
Assess the strengths and limitations of using these categories.
Evaluate the importance of social categories in sociology.

10. Profession Ethnicity Gender Social Class
Write a list of the different factors that we consider when determining someone’s status in society
Ethnicity
Profession
Gender
To name a few…
Status – the honour or prestige attached to a person’s position in society
Social Class

11. Key Words
Stratification: the way different groups in society are placed at different levels (stratas)
Status – the honour or prestige attached to a person’s position in society

12. Have a look at the three tables and answer the following questions.
Social Class
Have a look at the three tables and answer the following questions.
According to Table A, which social class would the primary earner in your household come under?
Repeat the above activity for Table B and Table C.
Ext: How does it make you feel to know which social strata you would be considered? Be honest and write down your emotions

13. Classes in the UK Upper class Middle class Working class
More power, wealth, income and status
Less power, wealth, income and status
Classes in the UK
Upper class
Middle class
Working class
Underclass?

14. Is Social Class still important?

15. Do we live in a classless society?
“Class was a staple part of the British way of life. Each class had unique characteristics. The upper class had stately homes, aristocratic backgrounds and posh accents; the middle class, semi detached houses, suits and bowler hats; the working class, common accents, fish and chips and council flats. This produced a society divided between Use” (the workers) and “Them” (the rich and the bosses). Pubs always had a public bar and a lounge. Even railway carriages were divided into First, Second and Third class compartments.” McDonough (2002)
Think/Pair/Share
Do you think this statement is accurate? Why? Why not?

16. Summarise this extract in your own words (using the new keyword)
“Fifty years ago there was an almost official and agreed class ranking, and everyone knew where they were located. That has completely gone now. Whereas once it would have been straightforwardly, objectively wrong for someone in a middle-class profession to think of themselves as working class, that’s not necessarily true now. These aren’t terms that have an agreed meaning any more.”
Decca Aitkenhead, The Guardian, 2007
Key term
Subjective status/class = the status/class someone would identify themselves as.
Starter
Summarise this extract in your own words (using the new keyword)
Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why?

17. Key terms
1) Ascribed status: Social position is fixed at birth.
2) Achieved status: Where people earn their position in society because of their talent or ability.
Which of the following people have achieved or ascribed status?
Can you think of any other examples of people who have achieved or ascribed status?

18. Summing up… Do you think that social class is still important?
Try to use some of the new keywords in your answers.

19. Guess the social issue

20. Guess the social issue Discrimination Inequality Poverty Pollution
Crime

21. Lesson Title: What social issues are an interest to sociologists?
Date: Saturday, 22 September 2018Saturday, 22 September 2018
Lesson Title: What social issues are an interest to sociologists?
Lesson Outcomes:
Define a social issue
Recognise that there are big issues in our society that directly or indirectly affect us all
Assess the role of various institutions and groups in bringing these issues to public attention

22. Write a list of social issues
Starter
Write a list of social issues
Poverty 22

23. What social issues did you come up with?
Unemployment figures
Violent crime
Knife/Gun crime
Racism (can relate to football)
Welfare dependency (people on the ‘dole’)
Poverty
Housing
Binge Drinking 23

24. Social Issues
A social issue is an issue that is of concern to us. As individuals/groups look for solutions and become involved these concerns become social issues
Poverty as a social issue;
The poor themselves
The government
Pressure groups
Police
Sociologists
Pick another social issue. Who does it impact? 24

25. How do we find out about social issues?
We may have personal knowledge of an issue
Media – internet, newspapers etc.
What are the problems with relying on the media to inform us about social issues? 25

26. Create social issues by exaggerating a set of events and creating a moral panic about them
Are selective in the information they present and only highlight social issues that are going to help boost viewer/reader numbers
Actually increase the level of anti-social and criminal behaviour by publicising it through the process known as media amplification (blowing things out of proportion by over-reporting it in the media)
To name a few… 26

27. You are going to create a poster that will advertise a social issue.
Advertise your issue
You are going to create a poster that will advertise a social issue.
Unemployment figures
Violent crime
Knife/Gun crime
Racism (can relate to football)
Welfare dependency (people on the ‘dole’)
Poverty
Housing
Binge Drinking
Checklist:
Must explain why this is a social issue (who it impacts)
Identify any policies around it- how is it trying to be solved.
Suggest a way it could be solved.
Homework: Research issue to add to poster. 27