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WALT: What changes have there been in the working class in the last 30 years?
WILFs:  Can describe and explain changes in the working classes (C).... can explain and evaluate sociological explanations and interpretations of changes in the  working classclass (A)


The Conservative sociologist (New Right) Ferdynand Zweig first predicted  the end of the old working class in the 1960's. The working class he argued were becoming more and more like the middle class in terms of wealth, income, values, attitudes and politics. With the growth
of home ownership, the decline of statism, the rise of a consumer
society in the 1980's and 1990s Zweig has remained consistent to this position.
In this lesson you wish investigate whether we are all middle class now

Instructions: Read and take notes from the presentation and then complete the external reading 
 

Lesson Development 1

Starter: Showdown Theories of Stratification

Micro Teaching

Group A: The Embourgeoisement debate and Affluent Worker theories

Theorists - Zweig, Goldthorpe and Lockwood - what do they say and how well are their theories supported by empirical evidence (synoptically).

 TEACH the content and plan an activity

Group B: The Underclass Debate

Cultural and structural theories of the Underclass - which is most convincing and best supported by empirical evidence

Theorists: Saunders, Murray, Runciman, Marx, Wilson, Marsland, Golding et al

Teach the content and plan an activity 

Plenary: Quiz Quiz Trade
 
Lesson 2 Development

1. Starter Pair Share the following questions

a) How do Marxists and Weberians define social class?

b) What was the class structure like 40 years ago?

c) What economic changes in the last 40 years have led to changes in the class structure

d) How has the working class chnaged in the last 40 years

2. PPT together

3. QQ Trade

4. Micro Teaching prep

5. Plenary - Paraphrase passport today's WALT



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