The Stratification Line-Up
Classroom Activity for Teaching Social Class Inequality Understanding social class is central to A level Sociology, yet students often arrive with limited awareness of how…
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Media in Action: Who’s Influenced and How?
Media doesn’t affect everyone in the same way. Different people interpret, respond to, and are influenced by media in different ways. In this activity, you…
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Missing Models of Media – Classroom activity
In this activity, you will explore the different models of media and their effects on society. Media can be understood in various ways, from being…
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Classroom Activity: Modern Moral Panics
Moral panics are a powerful tool to help students understand how society reacts to perceived threats, and how media and public perception can shape social…
What happens next? Social reactions to moral panics activity
Objective:Students will apply their understanding of moral panics, folk devils, and the deviancy amplification spiral to contemporary events in Britain. They will analyse how media…
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Activity: Analysing Class in the Media
Introduction and Contemporary Research Overview Sociologists have long been interested in how the media portrays social class. Since the 2000s, several studies have found that…
“Read All About It” – Moral Panics in Action
Introduction For decades, sociologists have shown how the media creates “folk devils” out of youth subcultures. Stanley Cohen’s classic study (Folk Devils and Moral Panics,…
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Debating Explanations of Youth Subcultures
This activity is designed to encourage A-level sociology students to engage critically with different sociological explanations of youth subcultures. It focuses on the contrast between…
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How Far Has the Family Been Privatised?
Exploring the Functions of the Extended Family One of the central debates in sociology of the family is whether the family has become privatised. In…
Parsons – from particularistic to universal values
When we study sociology, one of the key thinkers we come across is Talcott Parsons, an American sociologist who was hugely influential in the mid-20th…
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