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.
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.
The activity gets students to apply their knowledge of the bottom up approach, investigative psychology and geographical profiling to 2 crimes cases.
They have a 2 maps, 2 lists of crimes. They have to work out, using geogprahical profiling:
If it is a marauder/commuter (they would need to have been taught this but most teachers do as part of geographical profiling).
Where their home base is
Building up an offender profile based on the evidence they have.
This resource includes:
2 maps (best printed A3 doubled sided) - publisher
2 lists of crimes (best printed A4 double sided) - word - be careful, teacher answers are on the last page.
Powerpoint introduction and instructions for the activity.
This took my 4 classes 20-30 minutes. They loved doing it and it will definitely become a staple of my teaching. It is based in Peterborough but will work anywhere. Best taught straight after the AO1 on geographical profiling and before AO3.
All the resources you need for a Sociology theories display.
I have included:
4 theory overview sheets (Marxism, Feminism, Functionalism and New Right). On each of those sheets is some information regarding: Theory’s view about society, key sociologists linked to that theory, views on the family and views on crime. These can be changed if you study a different topic as they are in publisher format. I’ve also made them in Word format following constructive feedback!
I have also included pictures and pieces of information, quotes etc that I used for my display. I do not own the rights to the pictures and so to make it clear, you are paying for the overview sheets and the information I have produced.
I have included the picture about how I laid it out, but you may wish to lay it out differently. I also backed on different coloured paper to highlight the different theories. Currently working on Interactionism and Postmodernism.
Alternatively/additionally, you can print off just the overview sheets to hand out to students.
Took roughly 6 hours to do make all of the resources so asking for £8. Once it’s all up though it will last for years and won’t need updating.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
Revision book for Understanding Social Structures (compulsory core 2). This is for the WJEC exam board.
Can be used in conjunction with the WJEC GCSE Sociology book.
Some activities and note taking sections for students to complete. There is also an exam tips section as well as a key terms section for students to fill in.
I also have a revision book for Understanding Social Processes.
No revision books exist for WJEC GCSE Sociology so I made this.
Students have found this very useful.
Essay planning booklet for WJEC Sociology GCSE Family.
Includes:
List of past questions
Questions I have come up with (around 15-20)
Planning sheet with the title of each essay question on
An example mark scheme.
Tips on essay structure.
Our feedback sheet which I have after every essay page.
I tend to have a front cover (attached), followed by the past questions and my questions, then have a question plan sheet, followed by space (lined paper sheet), followed by a feedback sheet.
Students find these extremely helpful. Can be done in class and/or at home.
I have a booklet for crime and deviance and a booklet for the family
Please note this does not have topic info in, use the book for that.
3 booklets containing information about essay structure for each question type, lists of questions for each question type, and specification overview.
All three exams are covered in the three booklets. Questions have been taken from elsewhere or thought up by myself.
We print each booklet in different colours. Front page will need to be changed to suit the school and examination date. All in PDF format, sorry I don’t seem to have the publisher/word versions any more.
Please note: This is NOT a content revision booklet, it is just for structure of exam questions, specification overview and practice questions.
Took roughly 8 hours to make the booklets.
Last year over half our students achieved A*/A in A Level Sociology (2 were predicted an A/A*).
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.
A revision book for the first unit 'Understanding Social Processes' of the GCSE WJEC Sociology exam. Activities for students to work through in order to help them prepare for the exam. Exam help, activities etc. WJEC currently do not have a revision book so I have made my own.
Please leave a review or feedback of how to improve.
I also have a revision book for Understanding Social Structures available at: https://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/understanding-social-structures-revision-book-wjec-sociology-11044585
As the title suggests. Statements about individualist or collectivist cultures for students to sort into two columns.
Good way of getting them to understand the difference between the two.
I use for GCSE Sociology (Family topic)
The file includes the following:
Blank board games sheet. (publisher)
Sociology themed game counters (publisher)
Instructions for students to make the board game (powerpoint)
Question cards templates for students to cut out. (word)
Students enjoy making their own games. I give each group a topic (The family or crime and deviance for example) and get them to make a game based around this.
Give each group scissors, glue, an A3 game board on card and the resources and they make it. It may take 2-3 lessons but well worth it. Students then get the opportunity to play theirs and others in the lesson after. Great way of students to check understanding of topics and turn the learning on its head. Students have to go through the book to formulate questions, Great for revision without them even realising it!
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask.
Can be used in any subject but the counters are specific to Sociology.
A lesson about how the roles of women have changed in the family and why they have changed. More concentration on the latter.
There is also some debate about whether feminism is still needed or not by looking at improvements in women's lives and what is still to be improved.
File includes:
Powerpoint (with links to appropriate video clips)
I like to start the lesson by showing Meghan Trainor 'Dear Future Husband' to allow students to try to guess what we will be studying in the lesson.
Within the powerpoint there is also recent adverts to compare to the 1950s to show how little has changed.
Also a worksheet on adverts from the 1950s. Students have to find the point of the advert, what has improved for women, and what hasn't improved to help them come to a conclusion about whether feminism is still needed.
There is also a document from the Good Housekeeping Guide to show how women were expected to behave in the 1950s.
Kahoot link. I have also provided a Kahoot link (in powerpoint) for a fun quiz on the family (overview). Students love Kahoot!
Students loved this lesson and worked well with year 10-11. Great for the family topic or feminism in general.
Could be adapted for A Level.
Any feedback is greatly received.
4 carousel activities (1 at each station) for students to complete to work out positives and negatives of the biological explanation of unipolar depression.
Brief overview on the theories of the family including generic statements and key terms, family they prefer and don't prefer. Put these up around where students gathered before their GCSE exam.
Activity to label structure of a neuron.
Colour coded table including part, description and function.
Cut and stick exercise.
Made for A Level Psychology but no reason it couldn't be used for other sciences.
(Answers included)
2 revision booklets for the 2 compulsory core sections of the WJEC GCSE Sociolohy course. Also includes a theory overview task sheet on functionalism, new right, Marxism and feminism, task to complete on each theory to give them a brief overview of each theory's ideas about society
This is a sorting activity. Students put into groups and have to sort the slips into Approach, Name and Year, Aim, Procedure (1,2, or 3 slips), Results (1, 2 or 3 slips), Group design, Research method, 1 advantage and 1 disadvantage. There are also 7 red herrings that don't fit in any of the groups.
To help students, keep checking their red herring pile. Tell them if they are right or wrong on the red herrings every so often.
Students had great fun doing this. I put up a prize for the winning team. Took around 45 mins but students enjoyed it and took a lot from it.
There are two attached files: one in colour for the teacher to distinguish between the different approaches) and one in black and white for students to sort through.
Great for paper 3, comparing the different approaches and classic studies. It covers, Sherif, Baddeley, Raine, Watson and Rayner and Rosenhan
Any questions, message me. Thanks
Essay planning booklet for WJEC Sociology GCSE Crime and Deviance
Includes:
List of past questions
Questions I have come up with (around 15-20)
Planning sheet with the title of each essay question on
An example mark scheme.
Tips on essay structure.
Our feedback sheet which I have after every essay page.
I tend to have a front cover (attached), followed by the past questions and my questions, then have a question plan sheet, followed by space (lined paper sheet), followed by a feedback sheet.
Students find these extremely helpful. Can be done in class and/or at home.
I have a booklet for crime and deviance and a booklet for the family
Please note this does not have topic info in, use the book for that.
This is for the OLD WJEC GCSE Sociology Course A*-U
Revision booklets for Compulsory Core 1, 2, Essay Practice and planning booklets for the Family and Crime and Deviance. Overview of the theories of the family and activity sheet for overview of the theories. For individual descriptions of each please see the individual items in my shop. This is for the OLD WJEC Sociology Course A*-U
See individual descriptions of documents in my shop but includes:
Essay planning book for The Family and Crime and Deviance
An overview of the theories of the family
Blue collar & White collar crime sheet.
Sociological theories task sheet.
This is for the OLD WJEC Sociology GCSE Specification A*-U
This sheet contains a huge number of names as a spider diagram, Laid out a students wanted, where each theorist falls and under which topic.
Took an extremely long time to make!
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.