This resource is a collation of the exam questions asked in the new AQA Sociology GCSE course with the required standards for the highest level for each question.
Part of the Social Stratification Unit. Retrieval practice/relearning of the class system. Looks at Karl Marx and his views on polarisation of the classes etc. You will need the AQA textbook for this lesson.
This lesson compares the ideas of Marx and Weber. I delivered this lesson to students after teaching them about Marx, but this could be delivered as a retrieval practice activity closer to exams.
Also includes a practice exam question with a model (exceeding requirements of the paper) on the last slide of the PPT.
This resource is a revision guide for the ethnography ‘In Search of Respect’ by Philippe Bourgois. Covers: context, history of migration, kinship, gender relations, children, adolescence/rites of passage, education, illegal and legal economy. There is also a revision card checklist at the end.
This revision guide does not include every single detail as I would expect my students to use their more detailed notes to revise from also.
This lesson looks at revising and practicing writing the a, b and c questions of the WJEC Sociology paper. This PPT refers to a revision guide that can be purchased from my store. The tips sheet is included in this lesson. You do not need the revision guide - you can use your own, their notes or the text books.
This is a scheme of learning for the introduction unit of the new AQA Sociology course. Please note I do not cover material that is repeated later on in the course.
My SOL are very detailed and are lesson plans for every topic in the Introduction unit. Included are: WALTs, WILFs, activities linked to WALTs, A4L, extended writing opportunities, home learning, suggested resources.
This lesson is a ‘Lighting Fires’ lesson, taught at the beginning of the A Level course to get students engaged and enthused in the subject.
It looks at gender norms and values in music videos and lyrics using contemporary examples.
Please note that some of the songs contain swearing and references to sex and violence, so please censore how you see fit.
This is an end of topic test for the Domestic Division of Labour section of the Families and Households unit.
Includes 3 questions: 2 x 10 mark questions and a 20 mark question that mirrors the actual exam. All items have been created by me and you will not find them elsewhere online.
A lesson that looks at Marxist perspectives of the family.
Includes:
WALTs and WILFs
Formative assessment
Home learning
DARTs
Book referenced is the Collins A Level Year 1 book
This lesson looks at functionalist views on social policy including critiques. This would suit a single-period lesson.
Includes:
WALTs
WILFs
Formative assessment
Exam question (this is the first in a series of lessons leading up to an exam question)
The book referenced is the 1st year Napier Press book.
Suitable for a double period, this lesson looks at Labour and Coalition social policy and compares it to New Right views on social policy.
Includes:
WALTs
WILFs
Formative Assessment
Exam question (this is the second in a series of lessons leading up to answering this question)
This is a lesson that focuses on exam skills.
The lesson starts with a look at the impact of the Conservative win on social policy affecting families.
Students then look at introductions and then complete a 20 mark question they have been building up to.
Includes:
WALTs
WILFs
Formative Assessment
Exam question
This is a double lesson that looks at New Right perspectives on social policy. The book used is the Collins Y1 book.
Includes:
WALTs
WILFs
Formative Assessment
Exam question (this is the second in a series of lessons leading up to answering this question)
This lesson looks at birth rates and explanations for a changing birth rate in the UK.
Students have already completed a home learning describing the demography of the UK.
Includes:
WALTs
WILFs
Formative Assessment
DARTs activity
Exam question
This is a scheme of learning for the domestic division of labour topic in the families and households unit of the AQA A Level course.
Includes: minimum and exceeding expectations, links to the spec, home learning, extended writing opportunities, assessment points, checking of learning and suggested activities.
Covers some basic concepts and theories vital to the course. Includes:
Engaging first lesson
Marxism, Functionalism
Structure Vs Agency
Inequality
Nature vs Nurture
Norms and Values
Assessments, home learning, WALTS, WLFS, checking, activities
This resource is a set of approximately 50 lessons (please note that each lesson on the SOL take approximately 2 lessons, perhaps more) for the Social Stratification unit for the new 1-9 AQA GCSE. Topics covered are: social stratification, the class system, life chances, poverty, power, welfare state, patriarchy.
My schemes of learning are very detailed lesson plans which include: WALTs (lesson objectives), WILFs (success criteria), activities linked to WALTs, checking activities for each section of knowledge in lesson, assessment placement, suggested resources, extended writing/exam question opportunities, home learning, links to the GCSE specification and minimum/exceeding expectations descriptions.
Please note, individual lessons including resources will be available to purchase during the coming academic year.
This is a ‘get on with it’ lesson (or could be set as cover) for the introduction to research methods in A Level Sociology.
The textbook mentioned is the Collins textbook.