AQA GCSE Sociology Families Topic 4 – Divorce (Explaining the Increase in Divorce)

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•Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that helps students describe the changes in the pattern of divorce since 1945, explain the different reasons for these changes and consider the extent to which each explanation accounts for the increase in divorce.

•Covers the following key terms: Secularisation, Stigma, Empty shell marriage.

•Covers the following sociologists and evidence: Dennis, Fletcher, Hart, Goode, Mitchell & Goody, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the 1969 Divorce Reform Act.

•Makes reference to the following key terms students should know to promote a spiral curriculum: Function (of an institution) – Individualism – Collectivism – Contemporary society – Consumerism – Desertion – Irretrievable – Adultery – Dual burden – Lone-parent family – Reconstituted family.

•Covers six explanations for the increase in divorce: changes in the law, declining stigma and changing attitudes, secularisation, rising expectations of marriage, changes in the position of women and changes in society.

•Includes a Do Now retrieval starter using a divorce, marriage and remarriage graph, plus deeper thinking prompts throughout.

•Includes an optional slide on recent trends in divorce (age, teenage marriage and social class) with a Think, Pair, Share activity.

•Includes a recap of the two types of 4 mark item question (Item A/C and Item B/D),

•Includes item 4 marker (Item A/D)with detailed success criteria student friendly mark-scheme

•ANSWERS TO THE MAIN ACTIVITY INCLUDED

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

•Stretch and challenge – an extension question and a Deeper Thinking sheet for higher attaining students.

•PRINT TABLE IN A3 - Two versions

•RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT.

•Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that helps students describe the changes in the pattern of divorce since 1945, explain the different reasons for these changes and consider the extent to which each explanation accounts for the increase in divorce.

•Covers the following key terms: Secularisation, Stigma, Empty shell marriage.

•Covers the following sociologists and evidence: Dennis, Fletcher, Hart, Goode, Mitchell & Goody, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the 1969 Divorce Reform Act.

•Makes reference to the following key terms students should know to promote a spiral curriculum: Function (of an institution) – Individualism – Collectivism – Contemporary society – Consumerism – Desertion – Irretrievable – Adultery – Dual burden – Lone-parent family – Reconstituted family.

•Covers six explanations for the increase in divorce: changes in the law, declining stigma and changing attitudes, secularisation, rising expectations of marriage, changes in the position of women and changes in society.

•Includes a Do Now retrieval starter using a divorce, marriage and remarriage graph, plus deeper thinking prompts throughout.

•Includes an optional slide on recent trends in divorce (age, teenage marriage and social class) with a Think, Pair, Share activity.

•Includes a recap of the two types of 4 mark item question (Item A/C and Item B/D),

•Includes item 4 marker (Item A/D)with detailed success criteria student friendly mark-scheme

•ANSWERS TO THE MAIN ACTIVITY INCLUDED

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

•Stretch and challenge – an extension question and a Deeper Thinking sheet for higher attaining students.

•PRINT TABLE IN A3 - Two versions

•RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT.