LO: To understand what is meant by social class and how this affects our identity
Social Class and Identity
Starter:
Put the following people into a
social class, give a reason why.
1. A doctor
2. A plumber
3. Cheryl Cole
4. Simon Cowell
5. David Cameron
6. Your teachers
KEY WORDS:
Poverty line,
Underclass,
welfare dependant
LO: To understand what is meant by social class and how this affects our identity
All (D/C): Can identify the different social classes and
which groups make them up, listing shared values
within social classes.
Most (C/B): Can explain the different social classes
and how these are reinforced by the agents of
socialisation. Can explain how identity can be
linked to social class, giving examples
Some (B/A): Can explain how the different social
classes socialise it’s children into different norms
and values. Can illustrate the impact social and
economic factors have had on social classes.
LO: To understand what is meant by social class and how this affects our identity
In pairs:
Look at the other types of social class.
Make notes on these social classes and highlight any
differences between them and the upper class.
What types of jobs do they have?
What are their values?
Note any studies.
What are the new classes emerging in British Society?
- The new working Class
- The underclass
-Does an underclass actually exist?
LO: To understand what is meant by social class and how this affects our identity
Answer the following questions:
1. What values does upper class culture socialise its
children into?
2. What are the main agencies of upper class
socialisation?
3. What is social closure and how the upper class
ensure it?
4. Identify FOUR groups that make up the middle
classes. How do they differ from one another?
5. What values do most middle class have in common?
LO: To understand what is meant by social class and how this affects our identity
All (D/C): Can identify the different social classes and
which groups make them up, listing shared values
within social classes.
Most (C/B): Can explain the different social classes
and how these are reinforced by the agents of
socialisation. Can explain how identity can be
linked to social class, giving examples
Some (B/A): Can explain how the different social
classes socialise it’s children into different norms
and values. Can illustrate the impact social and
economic factors have had on social classes.
LO: To understand what is meant by social class and how this affects our identity
Watch the following
clip about children
living below the
poverty line.
Answer the questions
on your sheet and we
will discuss them as a
class.
documentary
Plenary:
Which agents of socialisation
do you think have influenced
you into ‘your social class’?
Homework
Read the Charlesworth (2000) study and
answer questions 1 & 2 (pg 38)