Work
Jack Monroe: The Face of Modern Poverty
In this articulate post, she describes the painful steps she makes to try and make ends meet:
Discover More Hunger hurts
Discover More Jack Monroe Face Modern Poverty
As a follow-up to this, students could look at this Guardian article on the above link which gives us an update on Jack and her life. One issue that Jack suggests as being part of the problem is the lack of food education in schools and an over-reliance on ready meals. Students could look at the national curriculum guidelines around the teaching of food technology (bearing in mind its recent abolishment as an A-level subject) and money management/applying for jobs.
More Resources from Discover Sociology
This Radio 4 video explains the tricky ‘falsification’ concept in a clear and accessible manner ..
Religion Teacher Resource
Following on from Science, Rationality and Religion, which introduces the concepts of a closed a..
Religion Teacher Resource
Work in small groups to think of ways in which America can be said to have a civil religion...
Religion Teacher Resource
Textbooks provide us with a range of examples of ways in which religion can be used as an advocate t..
Religion Teacher Resource
Begin by brainstorming the term ‘science’. What does this conjure up for students? Encourage them to..
Religion Teacher Resource
Before moving onto or starting to examine science as a belief system, students can find it helpful t..
Religion Teacher Resource
Peter Berger suggests that religion acts as a ‘sacred canopy’ for people and that it adds meanin..
Religion Teacher Resource
It could be useful to begin by reminding students of what Feminism is (and what it is not) at th..
Religion Teacher Resource
This will be challenging for some students as they can struggle to see the differences within a ..
Religion Teacher Resource
Perhaps one of the most popularised phrases attributed to Marx is that religion is the ‘opium of..