Social Mobility
Sociology · Year 10 · Social Stratification · 3o Periodo

Social Mobility

Study the movement of individuals between different social strata. Students will evaluate the barriers to upward social mobility in modern Britain.

National Curriculum Attainment TargetsDfE GCSE Sociology Subject Content Key Stage 4: Social stratification;Social mobility, including intergenerational and intragenerational mobility.

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Study the movement of individuals between different social strata. Students will evaluate the barriers to upward social mobility in modern Britain.

Key Questions

  1. What is the difference between intergenerational and intragenerational mobility?
  2. What factors facilitate or hinder upward social mobility?
  3. How has social mobility changed over the last fifty years?

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