A mock paper 1 (Families and Education) for the AQA GCSE Sociology specification.
The layout and content of the paper has been designed to mimic the style and structure of a real exam. All questions are worded similarly to those of past papers and where research has been used, this is authentic, mirroring that of AQA’s questions.
This resource contains a word document containing everything students need to know regarding the “Family forms” part of the AQA GCSE Sociology specification.
It contains the following information:
The definition of a family and household
The different types of family which exist in contemporary Britain
The work of the Rapoports on family diversity, as well as evaluation
The family life cycle in Britain
Alternatives to the family e.g. commune, kibbutz, house shares etc.
Family diversity in a global context
This resource contains a word document containing everything students need to know regarding the sociological perspectives on the family’s function for the AQA GCSE Sociology specification.
It contains the following information:
Explanation and evaluation of the functionalist view of the family, including Murdock and Parson
Explanation and evaluation of the Marxist view of the family, including Zaretsky
Explanation and evaluation of the feminist view of the family, including Delphy and Leonard
This resource contains a word document containing everything students need to know regarding family diversity in Britain for the AQA GCSE Sociology specification.
It contains the following information:
Relevant statistical information regarding the increase in family diversity
Reasons behind these trends
Relevant statistical information regarding the relevance of the nuclear family in contemporary British society
An overview of how British media portrays the nuclear family
This resource contains a word document containing everything students need to know regarding the “Changing relationships within families” part of the AQA GCSE Sociology specification.
It contains the following information:
How relationships within British families have changed over time, including pre-industrial families (1600 to 1800), industrialised families (post 1800) and contemporary families
Relationships between parents and children today
Wilmott and Young’s research on the extended family in the 1950s
Wilmott and Young’s principle of stratified diffusion
Contemporary family related issues, including:
The quality of parenting
The relationship between teenagers and adults
Care of the disabled and elderly
Arranged marriage
This resource contains a word document containing everything students need to know regarding the "Criticisms of Families” part of the AQA GCSE Sociology specification.
It contains the following information:
The following criticisms of contemporary British families:
Isolation
Unrealistic idealisation
Loss of traditional functions
Lack of contact with wider kinship networks
The status and role of women within families
Marital breakdown
Dysfunctional families
This resource contains a word document containing everything students need to know regarding conjugal roles for the AQA GCSE Sociology specification.
It contains the following information:
Joint and segregated conjugal roles
The domestic division of labour in both traditional and contemporary British families
Issues that impact on conjugal role relationships within the contemporary family, including decision making, money management, dual career families, childrearing and leisure activities
Oakley’s feminist perspective on the idea of the conventional family
Young and Wilmott’s account of the symmetrical family
Marxist views on conjugal roles
Feminist views on conjugal roles
Functionalist views on conjugal roles
This resource contains a word document containing everything students need to know regarding divorce for the AQA GCSE Sociology specification.
It contains the following information:
The pattern of divorce in Britain since 1945
Reasons for the rise in divorce since 1945
The consequences of divorce for family members
Marxist perspectives on divorce
Feminist perspectives on divorce
Functionalist perspectives on divorce
This resource contains a word document containing everything students need to know regarding marriage for the AQA GCSE Sociology specification.
It contains the following information:
Trends in marriage in Britain
Causes of the decline in marriage
The different types of marriage
Marxist, feminist and functionalist perspectives on marriage
A level 6 (Grade 9) model essay comparing how Exposure and Bayonet Charge explore ideas about war.
The essay is split into three paragraphs, each paragraph analysing a similarity/difference between the two poems in their representation war.
This resource can be used to give students an idea of how to structure an essay or any key ideas they can use in their own essays.
A level 6 (Grade 9) model essay comparing how Remains and Bayonet Charge explore the effects of war.
The essay is split into three paragraphs, each paragraph analysing a similarity/difference between the two poems in their representation of the effects of war.
This resource can be used to give students an idea of how to structure an essay or any key ideas they can use in their own essays.
A Level 6 (Grade 9) poem analysis essay comparing how poets explore the effects of war in Poppies and Kamikaze.
The essay is split into three paragraphs, each paragraph analysing a similarity/difference between the two poems in their representation of the effects of war.
This resource can be used to give students an idea of how to structure an essay or any key ideas they can use in their own essays.
A level 6 (Grade 9) model essay comparing how War Photographer and Poppies explore the effects of war.
The essay is split into three paragraphs, each paragraph analysing a similarity/difference between the two poems in their representation of the effects of war.
This resource can be used to give students an idea of how to structure an essay or any key ideas they can use in their own essays.
A level 6 (Grade 9) model essay comparing the representation of power in London and My Last Duchess.
The essay is split into three paragraphs, each paragraph analysing a similarity/difference between the two poems in their representation of power.
This resource can be used to give students an idea of how to structure an essay or any key ideas they can use in their own essays.
A level 6 (Grade 9) model essay comparing the representation of war in Exposure and Charge of the Light Brigade.
The essay is split into three paragraphs, each paragraph analysing a similarity/difference between the two poems in their representation of war.
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A level 6 (Grade 9) model essay comparing the representation of nature in “Extract from the Prelude” and “Storm on the Island”.
The essay is split into three paragraphs, each paragraph analysing a similarity/difference between the two poems in their representation of nature.
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A level 6 (Grade 9) model essay comparing the representation of power in Checking out me History and London.
The essay is split into three paragraphs, each paragraph analysing a similarity/difference between the two poems in their representation of power.
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A level 6 (Grade 9) model essay comparing how poets explore the theme of conflict in War Photographer and Remains.
The essay is split into three paragraphs, each paragraph analysing a similarity/difference between the two poems in their representation of conflict.
This resource can be used to give students an idea of how to structure an essay or any key ideas they can use in their own essays.
A level 6 (Grade 9) model essay comparing the representation of power in Ozymandias and Tissue.
The essay is split into three paragraphs, each paragraph analysing a similarity/difference between the two poems in their representation of power.
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A level 6 (Grade 9) model essay comparing how Checking Out Me History and The Émigrée charge explore the theme of identity.
The essay is split into three paragraphs, each paragraph analysing a similarity/difference between the two poems in their representation of identity.
This resource can be used to give students an idea of how to structure an essay or any key ideas they can use in their own essays.