1. CONNECT
• Lets find out how many sterotypes you can
think of for CLASS!
• In your Rows add as many as you can to your
pieces of paper
Connect

2. Class and Status
• If you are asked to focus on Class and
Status, you need to look at the following
– Stereotypes
(Appearance, Accents, Catchphrases, Employment
)
– Associated Behaviours
– Representation in Current Media
Develop

3. Class and Status
• The Class system in the UK is based on an
individuals standing in Society and their
behaviors
• Status is based on the individuals perceived
prestige or popularity within society, typically
to do with their earnings
Develop

4. The Class Structure
• In the UK we have a society based around a
class structure.
Discover
Upper Class
Middle Class
Working
Class
Poor/Below
the Poverty
Line

5. Upper Class
• Statistically a smaller part of
society
• Land Owners: Aristocracy
and Royalty
• Born into Wealth
• Not necessarily employed
• Homes in UK and Abroad –
Often Large and Old
Develop

6. Middle Class
• Range of Lower/Middle/Upper Middle classes
Develop
Lower Middle Middle Middle Upper Middle
Works in
supervisor /service
Industry / Small
Business Owner
Mild Regional
Accent
GCSE/A Levels
Home Owner in
Suburbs
Professional Jobs
needing
Qualifications:
Teacher/Nurse etc
Very Mild Accent
Degree Education
Home Owner in
Suburbs/Villages
High Level
Professionals –
Managers/Doctors
/Head teachers
Well Spoken (No
Accent)
Degree Education
Large Home
Owner in
Villages/Suburbs

7. Working Class
Unskilled
• Entry level Jobs –
Supermarkets/Fast Food
• Regional Accent
• Low Educational Success
• Council Estate Housing
Skilled
• Training and Experience in Work
• Regional Accent
• Education relates to work –
apprenticeships
• Own small home
• Often self employed - trades
Develop

8. Poor/ Below Poverty Line
• Unemployed
• Strong Accent
• Claiming benefits
• Council Housing/No housing
• Uneducated/No Schooling
• “Criminal Class”
Develop

9. Status
• A person’s status is more linked to their impact on
society and economic position rather than their
behaviors
• High status can be achieved through wealth or
achievements but high class cannot!
Develop

10. Disability/Ability
• If you are asked to focus on Disability/Ability,
you need to look at the following
– Stereotypes (Appearance/Conditions)
– Associated Behaviors
– Representation in Current Media
Develop

11. Disability/Ability
Develop

12. Disability/Ability
• Looking at the representation of disability in the media it’s
easy to identify common stereotypes.
1. Exhibition – This is where the media presents people with disabilities as different or unusual.
Here disability is something to be viewed and observed; ‘difference’ is highlighted and made a
spectacle.
2. Sympathy/pity – By far the most common representation in the media. People with disabilities
are often shown to be deserving of pity when they face difficulties or prejudice.
3. Fear – For a long time film makers have used scarring and disability as a short cut for evil.
4. Humour – An odd one but it’s definitely there. An extreme case of schadenfreude (pleasure in
the misfortune of others, think about how funny someone else falling over is) this may seem
politically incorrect.
5. Admiration – This is where people with disabilities are put in a position of admiration that
despite their disability they are achieving something.
Develop

13. Final Revision
• This is your last weekend before the exam on Monday
• Ask any final questions!
• Read the revision guide!
• Watch lots of clips!
• Get lots of rest – Breakfast Revision Session in S112
from 7:30am on Monday 13/5!
Delight