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I am Head of Social Sciences at a Cambridgeshire School. Last year we achieved 80%+ A*-C in Sociology GCSE and over half of our students achieved A*/A at A Level. Currently teaching OCR Sociology A Level and WJEC GCSE Sociology. Any questions, message me.

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I am Head of Social Sciences at a Cambridgeshire School. Last year we achieved 80%+ A*-C in Sociology GCSE and over half of our students achieved A*/A at A Level. Currently teaching OCR Sociology A Level and WJEC GCSE Sociology. Any questions, message me.
Cohen Status Frustration Fun Activity. Cartoon and stages match up
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Cohen Status Frustration Fun Activity. Cartoon and stages match up

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Students love doing this fun cartoon and stages match up. Hand drawn by myself to illustrate the stages of Cohen's Status Frustration. File comes with each of the 6 stages. Students have to put them in a flow diagram. Students can also add their own speech and thoughts to the bubbles on the pictures. (Correct order of the stages included as a picture). Can be used for GCSE or A Level. All exam boards use Cohen's Status Frustration in Crime and Deviance topic. I am looking at providing more of these cartoons to illustrate different theories. Let me know if there are any you would like. Please provide feedback if you like.
Self Report Studies, Victim Surveys and Police Recorded Statistics Game
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Self Report Studies, Victim Surveys and Police Recorded Statistics Game

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A great way of recapping and checking knowledge on measurements of crime. Connect 4 style game based on statements about the three measurements of crime. Includes: Statements (Which need to be cut up) Connect 4 game board Connect 4 powerpoint instructions. Works best in groups of 3. If you want to make it last longer increase the number they need to get in a row. Give each pupil a different colour pen/pencil/highlighter/felt tip. Students enjoy this. Usually takes around 20-30 mins.
OCR GCSE Psychology studies booklet (New Specification)
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OCR GCSE Psychology studies booklet (New Specification)

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A workbook to complete in order to summarise each of the studies needed as part of the OCR GCSE Psychology course. APRCE template for each study. Each page has the same format where studies need to fill in information relating to the study. We set this for homework as a consolidation activity. Front page contains information that relates to our school but is uploaded as a publisher file and so can be deleted/adapted to your own school.
White collar vs Blue collar crime
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White collar vs Blue collar crime

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Two worksheets on white collar vs blue collar crime. One is a notetaking sheet outlining the differences between the two types of crime using the WJEC GCSE Sociology book to help them (could use any book though that outlines the differences between the two) The other sheet gets students thinking about types of crime that could be committed within each job role (focusing on white collar crime). Made for GCSE but could be adapted/used for A Level as a quick activity.
Offender Profiling Overview Sheets AO1 and AO3
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Offender Profiling Overview Sheets AO1 and AO3

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I put together 3 overview sheets covering Top Down and Bottom up approaches to offender profiling. There are 2 sheets on AO1 and 1 sheet covering AO3 (all word documents). Photocopy as many as you like for your students but please don’t share with other teachers. These took roughly 3 hours to make!
AQA Psychology - Memory and Psychopathology Retrieval Tasks/Starters
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AQA Psychology - Memory and Psychopathology Retrieval Tasks/Starters

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This is a series of resources to get students retrieving information from the memory and psychopathology. There is a bit of variety including: Bingo (2) Crosswords (2) Work out the picture (1) True/False (1) Pyramid Builder (2) Take 1 from each column (1) Anagrams (1) Odd one out (1) Sort the PEEL paragraphs (1) This is the answer, what is the question? (1) Characteristic card sort (1) And others I use this at the start of other topic lessons to force students to recall information about previous topics.
Sociological theories overview task sheet
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Sociological theories overview task sheet

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This is a simple overview of four different sociological theories (Functionalism, Feminism, Marxism and New Right) There is an activity to do on each in order to work out what each theory argues. There is also an empty string puppet for students to fill in about who controls society according to that theory and whether they see it as good or bad. There is also a key terms section to fill in. Students enjoy doing this and provides them with a basic overview of each of the theories. GCSE level and can be used for any exam board. My students found these extremely useful and many have them on their wall for revision. I would recomment blowing up to A3.
Research methods worksheets/activities (please see description for what the 7 files are)
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Research methods worksheets/activities (please see description for what the 7 files are)

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7 files to help teach research methods. There are no powerpoints in this file. The file includes a worksheet on access (gatekeepers) where students have to come up with the gatekeeper for the situation. A worksheet where students are given ways in which values (bias) can enter research and they have to think of ways this could impact on their research. A double page activity sheet on positivism to highlight its scientific approach etc. A Twitter sheet for students to outline what each methodological perspective may tweet about when it comes to research #quantitative etc. A sampling activity where students think about the best sampling type for each piece of research. A blank tables for students to fill in about four approaches to methodology (positivist, interpretivist, realist and feminist) Another blank table for students to fill in about different types of observations.