This worksheet covers New Age Movements for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Bruce and his features of the NAM, Sutcliffe and his characterisation of the New Age and Heelas with individual spirituality.

This worksheet covers New Religious Movements for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Baker and his features of NRMs, Wallis’ threefold typography and Stark and Bainbridge’s distinction between cults and sects.

This worksheet covers the definition and examples for religious organisation. It also has a table for students to complete on religious categorisations to check their understanding for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology.

This worksheet covers ethnicity and religion for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes the different religions practised by minority groups and the reasons why they are more religious than the white UK population including the functionalist view, Bruce’s cultural transition and defence, Bird’s five factors, marginalisation and status frustration, social deprivation and compensation and finally social identity. The reasons as to why young Muslim are more religious are also explored.

This worksheet covers the Feminist theories of religion for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Armstrong, Davie, Bird, De Beauvoir, El Saadwai and Watson. It also explores whether religion is patriarchal and why women are more religious than men.

This worksheet covers the Interactionist theory of religion for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes theories from Berger’s sacred canopy to Stark and Bainbridge’s religion as a compensator.

This worksheet covers the secularisation thesis for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes definitions of secularisation and arguments for and against secularisation in the US and UK. Arguments in favour include rationalisation and disenchantment, structural differentiation and religious diversity. Arguments against include cultural defence and cultural transition, post-modernism, the growth of new religious movements and the growth of religious fundamentalism.

This worksheet covers the distinction between ideology and religion for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes definitions of ideology put forward by pluralist theory, Marxism and Neo Marxism and feminist perspectives. It also discusses the distinction between religion and ideology sociologically.

This worksheet covers the social construction of childhood including the modern western notions of childhood, social differences in children in the same society, cross cultural differences and historical differences in childhood.

This worksheet covers Alternative families on families and households including same sex families, one person households, Living Apart Together (LATs), reconstituted families and lone parent families.

This worksheet covers Feminist perspectives on on families and households including Liberal, Socialist, Radical and Difference Feminist approaches.

This worksheet covers the darker side of the family which refers to domestic and child abuse. It includes statistics on both areas and explanations from Radical and Marxist Feminists as well the materialist perspective.

This worksheet covers the Personal Life Perspective (PLP) on families and households including Nordquvist and Smart.

This worksheet covers the different types of questionnaires in Sociology for the research methods topic, including open and closed questions

This worksheet covers the Functionalist theory of religion for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Durkheim’s theory of Totemism, Parsons’ universal guideline for human action, Malinowski’s life crisis and Bellah’s theory of civil religion.

This worksheet covers the key definitions of religion for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology, including the substantive, functional and constructive definitions.

This worksheet covers family policy passed by various past and previous governments and the impact this had on families and households in the UK

This worksheet includes key definition for families vs households, the types of marriages and types of families that students should be aware of on the A Level Sociology course

This worksheet covers the reasons why death rates are declining in the UK as part of the families and households topic in A Level Sociology

This worksheet covers the reasons why divorce is increasing in the UK as part of the families and households topic in A Level Sociology