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
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 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.
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.
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
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
This bundle contains an essay answer to every question that could come up for the Power and Conflict 30 mark poetry question on AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2.
It contains 11 essays which have analysed all 15 poems within them. Some poems have been analysed more than once as they contain more than 1 main theme.
The essays included are:
Compare how poets explore ideas about power in Ozymandias and Tissue
Compare how poets explore identity in Checking Out Me History and The Émigrée
Compare how poets explore ideas about power in London and My Last Duchess
Compare how poets explore conflict in War Photographer and Remains
Compare how poets explore ideas about war in Charge of the Light Brigade and Exposure
Compare how poets explore ideas about nature in Storm on the Island and Extract from the Prelude
Compare how poets explore ideas about power in Checking Out Me History and London
Compare how poets explore the effects of war in Poppies and War Photographer
Compare how poets explore the effects of war in Poppies and Kamikaze
Compare how poets explore ideas about war in Exposure and Bayonet Charge
Compare how poets explore the effects of war in Bayonet Charge and Remains
This bundle contains all the content required for the Families part of the AQA GCSE Sociology course.
All documents comply with the AQA Scheme of Work and Specification, meaning the content covered is comprehensive and exhaustive.
The lessons included are:
Family forms
Family diversity
Sociological perspectives on the family
Relationships within the family
Criticisms of families
Marriage
Conjugal roles
Divorce
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 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