1. Social Class and Identity
LO: To understand what is meant by social class and how this affects our identity
Social Class and Identity
KEY WORDS: Poverty line,
Underclass,
welfare dependant
Starter:
Put the following people into a social class, give a reason why.
A doctor
A plumber
Cheryl Cole
Simon Cowell
David Cameron
Your teachers

2. LO: To understand what is meant by social class and how this affects our identity
All (D/C): Can identify the different social classes and which groups make them up, listing shared values within social classes.
Most (C/B): Can explain the different social classes and how these are reinforced by the agents of socialisation. Can explain how identity can be linked to social class, giving examples
Some (B/A): Can explain how the different social classes socialise it’s children into different norms and values. Can illustrate the impact social and economic factors have had on social classes.

3. Look at the other types of social class.
LO: To understand what is meant by social class and how this affects our identity
In pairs:
Look at the other types of social class.
Make notes on these social classes and highlight any differences between them and the upper class.
What types of jobs do they have?
What are their values?
Note any studies.
What are the new classes emerging in British Society?
The new working Class
The underclass
-Does an underclass actually exist?

4. Answer the following questions:
LO: To understand what is meant by social class and how this affects our identity
Answer the following questions:
What values does upper class culture socialise its children into?
What are the main agencies of upper class socialisation?
What is social closure and how the upper class ensure it?
Identify FOUR groups that make up the middle classes. How do they differ from one another?
What values do most middle class have in common?

5. LO: To understand what is meant by social class and how this affects our identity
All (D/C): Can identify the different social classes and which groups make them up, listing shared values within social classes.
Most (C/B): Can explain the different social classes and how these are reinforced by the agents of socialisation. Can explain how identity can be linked to social class, giving examples
Some (B/A): Can explain how the different social classes socialise it’s children into different norms and values. Can illustrate the impact social and economic factors have had on social classes.

6. Watch the following clip about children living below the poverty line.
LO: To understand what is meant by social class and how this affects our identity
Watch the following clip about children living below the poverty line.
Answer the questions on your sheet and we will discuss them as a class.
documentary

7. Plenary:
Which agents of socialisation do you think have influenced you into ‘your social class’?

8. Homework
Read the Charlesworth (2000) study and answer questions 1 & 2 (pg 38)