British Social Attitudes: Domestic Work
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The latest British Attitudes Survey on Gender Roles (and domestic labour in particular).
This is complemented by a short film (either 30 minutes or the 3 minute extract) on the Wages for Housework movement that developed out of feminist arguments in the early 1970’s.
Teaching Sociological Perspectives | 2: Into the Multiverse
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Teaching Sociological Perspectives by analogy.
Teaching Sociological Perspectives | 1: Scenario Setting
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Using illusions, analogies and scenarios as a way of teaching sociological perspectives.
Mass Media: Old and New
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A range of PowerPoint Presentations focused on new and old forms of Mass Media, including globalisation and the digital social world.
Social Inequality Smoothies
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Identifying a range of useful analogies to help students understand gender inequalities in the workplace.
Ghostsites: Wathistory
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WatHistory is a YouTube site I’ve been meaning to write about but, for whatever reason, never got around to doing so until now. I guess I was inspired by the sociology ghostsites theme because this site seems to have something of a chequered history. Although the Twitter account ceased trading in 2018 and the .com website may never […]
Ghostsite: The Sociology Tutor
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Every so often I chance upon web sites that have been started by teachers with what seems like a shed-load of initial enthusiasm. They create and distribute lots of free resources in a relatively short space of time and then suddenly just abandon their baby before it’s had a chance to really grow. One of […]
Theory Summaries
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I was going to tack this on to one or other of my previous Knowledge Organiser posts but then thought better of it because it’s more a classroom presentation than an Organiser per se. Originally a 2019 PowerPoint Presentation by Colette Cradock (I’m assuming – that’s what the metadata says but whether she is the […]
Manification and Mentrification
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Read the following and, within 5 seconds of finishing, provide an answer: “A father and his son are involved in a car accident, as a result of which the father is very badly injured and his son is rushed to hospital for emergency surgery. However, the surgeon takes one look at the boy and says […]
Even More A-level Sociology Organisers
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A little like the iconic red buses of yore, you wait a couple of years for a new batch of a-level sociology knowledge organisers and then two come along at once. Or a few days later at any rate. Bit like red buses when you come to think about it. Still, a gift horse is […]