1. Welcome Back!

2. STRUCTURE OF THE GCSE COURSE
Unit 2 (paper 2)
Unit 1 (paper 1)
Understanding Social Processes
Compulsory Core
Extended writing: Mass Media
(50%)
Understanding Social Structures
Compulsory Core
Extended writing: Crime and Deviance
(50%)

3. Intro to social inequality Lesson 1: Learning Aims
Students will:
Explain the term inequality
Explain the link between income inequality and social problems

4. Is the world a fair place?
Thinking Skills
Is the world a fair place?

5. Starter…You are about to be ‘reborn’…and you can choose…the country you are born, your gender and your social class.

6. What did you choose?
Talk to your neighbour and explain why you made those choices… Discussion as whole group – is there a general theme?

7. What is inequality?
Inequality is about the differences between rich and poor. This can be in terms of:
Wealth
Pay
Status
Health
Jobs
Houses
Opportunities
Life style

8. Key Word: Lifestyle
The way that people live including their job, car, clothes, health and leisure activities

9. Key Word: Life Chances
Sociologists call these differences ‘life chances’. Life chances are a key aspect in studying inequality. Life chances are about opportunities of enjoying good things in life and avoiding the bad.
Sociologist Max Weber – wrote about life chances

10. Over to you…Case studies

11. Thinking skills…What causes inequality?

12. An action for or against someone often because of a prejudice
DISCRIMINATION!
An action for or against someone often because of a prejudice

13. EXAMPLES OF SOCIAL INEQUALITIES
AGE
CLASS
EXAMPLES OF SOCIAL INEQUALITIES
GENDER
DISABILITY
ETHNICITY

14. Where you are born in a society strongly influences where you end up
Inequality
Where you are born in a society strongly influences where you end up
Inequality isn’t just the results of individual differences it is also social in nature
Social inequality exists in all known societies
Social Inequality is the core theme of this unit

16. Wealth The amount of possessions that a person has
Wealth The amount of possessions that a person has. This may include money, property and other possessions, e.g. car, savings, house. Income The money that is received weekly or monthly as wages, benefits or pension.

17. Discussion: Is the world a fair place?
Watch the clip and consider the impact that inequality has on society

18. Exam practice

19. Why does income inequality cause social problems?
Inequality weakens community life, reduces trust and increases violence. Community, social cohesion and solidarity are important for health and well being.
Greater inequality is likely to be accompanied by increased status competition and status anxiety.

20. What would life in the UK be like if we had a perfectly equal society?
Thinking Skills…
What would life in the UK be like if we had a perfectly equal society?