L1 AQA GCSE Sociology Families: Family forms - Different family type

•Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that helps students identify the difference between a family and a household, describe the different family types that exist in Britain and consider how and why ‘the family’ is changing.

•Covers the following key terms: Family, Household, Cohabitation, Family form, Family diversity, Nuclear family, Lone-parent family, Same-sex family, Reconstituted family, Extended family (horizontally and vertically), Empty-nest family, Traditional, Contemporary society (extension), Homosexuality (extension) and Heterosexuality (extension)

•Makes reference to the following key terms students might know: Gender - Sex

•Includes a teaching to all activity

•ANSWERS FOR SOME ACTIVITIES INCLUDED

•Includes a carousel activity with a capture sheet on the different family forms

•Includes up-to-date ONS graphs (Families and households in the UK, 2025) as a statistics activity

•Includes think, pair, share discussion tasks and deeper thinking analysis questions

•INCLUDES KEY TERM SHEET WITH DEFINITIONS FOR THE LESSON

•Pedagogical approaches used: retrieval practice, explicit vocabulary instruction, modelling, worked examples, scaffolding, metacognitive prompts (think, pair, share), adaptive teaching through extension terms, and stretch and challenge deeper thinking questions

•Resources can be found at the end of the PPT.

L2 AQA GCSE Sociology: Families – Alternatives to the family

•Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that helps students identify the different alternative households people might live in, explain why people live in these alternatives to the family, and consider the advantages and disadvantages of each.

•Covers the following key terms: Alternative to the family, One-person household, Commune, Kibbutz, Residential home, House shares / shared households, Kin, Kinship, Welfare state (extension).

•Makes reference to the following key terms students should know, to promote a spiral curriculum: Family – Household.

•Includes a DO NOW think, pair, share retrieval activity on the key terms and definitions.

•Includes an information-gathering carousel activity with detailed information sheets on the kibbutz, residential homes, house shares and one-person households.

•Includes two differentiated versions of the main worksheet (standard and DEEPER THINKING) to support adaptive teaching. -PRINT IN A3

•Includes DEEPER THINKING stretch and challenge prompts throughout.

•Includes links to videos for further information.

•INCLUDES A KEY TERM SHEET WITH DEFINITIONS FOR THE LESSON.

•ANSWERS TO ALL ACTIVITIES INCLUDED.

•Pedagogical strategies: retrieval practice, explicit vocabulary instruction, modelling, worked examples, scaffolding, metacognitive prompts, adaptive teaching, and opportunities for stretch and challenge.

•RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT

L3 AQA GCSE Sociology: Families - Families in a global context

•Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that helps students describe family forms and relationships outside of the UK, explain how families outside the UK differ to families in the UK, and consider the impact of the different family forms that exist outside the UK.

•Compares contemporary family diversity in the UK with family life in China, South Asia, the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa.

•Covers the following key terms: Global context, Matriarchal, Matriarch. Breadwinner (extension), Home-maker (extension), Division of labour (extension)

•Covers the following sociologists: Parsons, Bott and the Rapoports

•Makes reference to the following key terms students might know to promote a spiral curriculum: Kin - Kinship - Cohabitation - Extended family - Vertically extended family - Patriarchy - Gender - Socialisation - Primary socialisation - Family form/structure/type - Nuclear family - Lone-parent family - Same-sex family - Reconstituted family - Empty-nest family - Alternatives to the family

•Includes a DO NOW retrieval task on family forms and alternatives to the family, with animated answers

•Includes explicit vocabulary instruction with key terms

•Includes DEEPER THINKING prompts for stretch and challenge throughout

•Teaching and learning strategies used: retrieval practice, explicit vocabulary instruction, modelling and worked examples, scaffolding, adaptive teaching, metacognitive prompts, stretch and challenge, and a spiral curriculum approach that revisits prior key terms

•Assessment for learning built in through CHECK, CORRECT AND/OR DEVELOP ANSWERS slides, success criteria and an exam-style question

•INCLUDES ‘DESCRIBE’ 3 MARKER

•INCLUDES FULL INFORMATION TEXT ON FAMILIES IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT FOR READING

•ANSWERS TO MAIN ACTIVITY AND STARTER INCLUDED

•Resources can be found at the end of the PPT