Revision resource - better if printed

This lesson focuses predominantly on pages 38 - 41 of the AQA SOCIOLOGY BOOK ONE (NAPIER PRESS SOCIOLOGY). Students will need a book for some sections however there is a lot of information, activities, discussion points and images to aid students learning - tweak to your liking

A worksheet that tests students on their knowledge regarding Functionalism. Answers for the teacher are in the notes section.

A lesson on ethnicity and education overall. It introduces the idea of ethnicity and students will discuss why certain ethnic groups achieve more than others and why other ethnic groups underperform in comparison to others. For this lesson, the teacher has to place the students into groups.

A GCSE AQA lesson based on how to write out and structure a 12 mark question (based on the nuclear family and its relevance in the UK). Feel free to tweak! Based on the David Brown textbook.

A lesson on the advantages and disadvantages of Interviews

A lesson on material deprivation and its affects on scholastic achievement. Some of the tasks are related to cultural deprivation too. There are various videos that can be referred to that can be found in the notes section.

This lesson focuses predominantly on the different ways in which religion is defined within sociology. Teachers can also refer to the notes section for extra information. There is also a brief intro into theoretical perspectives regarding religion e.g. the Marxist, Feminist and Functionalist take on religion.

I have attached a mock paper that I put together for my year 12 students who I teach Education and Methods to. I have also attached a mark scheme which you can use. Of course - tweak to your liking!

A sociology lesson on the process of research. Feel free to tweak to your liking

A sociology lesson on the process of research.

A lesson on the following: Choosing a research method

A detailed lesson with pictures, work sheets and youtube clips on Educational Policy in Britain - feel free to tweak to your liking!

Introduction to Sociology and Research Methods. This resource includes a research methods activity.

A worksheet that tests students on their knowledge regarding Marxism. Answers for the teacher are in the notes section.

This is an activity I made for my year 12 students. The students read the questions in the box and answer them. The teacher can either get the students to ask other students or can get the students to answer them themselves as a starter task for example. The questions are based on class differences in education (both internal and external factors). The answers are also in the notes section to save teachers time. Hope it helps - tweak to your liking!

A lesson on experiments (lab, field and the comparativ method) based on the Webb, Westergaard, Trobe and Townsend textbook. Includes tasks, images, videos etc. Feel free to tweak to your liking!

This PowerPoint includes 20 slides with images relating to Education. The purpose of the task is to show the images to the students and ask them what it suggests/implies about education. This can be given as an introduction task to get the students thinking or could be given as a revision task once the students have covered the education topic. This can be used for any exam board. The topics covered though the images: marketisation, the hidden curriculum, ethnicity and education, social class and education, the correspondence principle etc.

A detailed sociology lesson on pupil subcultures. This lesson is loaded with activities, images and YouTube videos to consolidate learning. There is also information in the notes section which one can refer to. The lesson also touches partially on ‘Pupils’ class identities and the school’ - Tweak to your liking. Best used with the textbook - Rob Webb (Author), Hal Westergaard (Author), Keith Trobe (Author), Annie Townend (Author).

A GCSE AQA REVISION lesson based on the Functions of Education - Functionalism. Feel free to tweak! Based on pages 126 - 129 from the David Brown textbook but does not require the textbook.