This lesson plan aims to help students understand social hierarchies and how they relate to identity. It includes tasks to have students categorize groups in society and analyze social hierarchies in their own households and among apes. The lesson concludes with a discussion of why social hierarchies exist and how they provide insight into both society and individual identity.

1. Topic – identity Lesson 6
Aim
To look at hierarchies – social
Objectives/Questions
1. To understand how we categorise groups in society. Pose the question: does this aid
our understanding of identity?
2. To look how a hierarchy works in society
3. To understand the importance of a social hierarchy; why do we have them?
Differentiation for SEN students
Visual prompts,
Lesson Plan
Teacher Student Time
Starter: Mind map on the Brainstorm what they 10 minutes
board with the word social think ‘social’ means. Talk
in the middle. Look at about previous work
what the students think the covered- friendship, peer
word means. pressure (RW) etc.
Task 1: Who is in charge Answer two questions in 5 minutes
of how money is spent in books by listing answers
your household? What TV
programs are you watching
tonight?
Task 2: Look at what a Students to put their 10 minutes
group is, link this to answers (above) into a
hierarchies. To look at hierarchy. Compare the
Miss Shackley’s work as answers – what is the
an example. function of a hierarchy?
Task 3: Outline the social Look and understand how 10 minutes
hierarchy of apes. our closest relative works
in a social group.
Task 4: Students will They will start to make a 5 minutes
make a social hierarchy. social hierarchy.
Extra work for gifted and talented students
Plenary
Why do we have social hierarchies? What do show us about society? How can they
help us understand our identity? 10 minutes