Worksheet / notes summarising the social class differences in attainment or achievement and specifically why the working class underachieve and the middle class overachieve with external and internal explanations

This is a methods in context revision notes covering case studies and longitudinal studies used in sociological research

Worksheet / notes summarising the Interactionist or commonly known as labelling perspective on education policy

Worksheet / notes summarising the impact of privatisation on education policy

Worksheet / notes summarising the Sociology of education policy including the New Right, New Labour and Coalition governments

Worksheet / notes summarising the impact of education policy on social groups such as gender, class and ethnicity.

This worksheet covers the Marxist theory of crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Chambliss, Snider and Gordon. It examines the criminogenic nature of capitalism and asks: who makes the laws? Who does it benefit? Who breaks the law? Who gets caught? Why break the law? Why enforce the law? Overall evaluation of Marxism is also included. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

This worksheet covers the explanations put forward by sociologists to explain state crimes and human rights violations committed by governments as part of the crime and deviance topic for A Level Sociology. It begins by outlining what state crimes are followed by four types that can emerge. The definition of state crimes are explored including: Green’s view, Michalowski on zemiology, labelling theory, the view of international law and human rights. This is followed by explanations to understand state crime including: Adorno’s authoritarian personality, Hamilton’s features of obedience, Bauman on state crimes in modernity and Marxism on the capitalist state.

This worksheet covers the explanations put forward by sociologists to understand white collar crimes within crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It begins by defining what white collar crimes are before exploring Sutherlands research. It also explores why it is difficult to detect white collar crimes followed by explanations put forward by Strain theory, labelling and Marxism. Boxes are provided for students to evaluate these explanations. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

This worksheet covers the Functionalist theory of crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Durkheim and the inevitability of crime, Cohen’s two additional functions of crime and Merton’s Strain theory. Overall evaluation of functionalism is also included. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

The definitions of all concepts are outline before exploring why it is important for sociology to be value free, whether it is possible for sociology to be value free, the myth of value freedom, followed by dealing with values in sociological research and whether value freedom is desirable outlined by various perspectives.

This worksheet covers Postmodernist theory on society for A Level Sociology. It includes theories by put forward by Lyotard and Baudrillard as well as the main assumptions put forward by the perspective. Overall evaluation is also included and the Postmodernist view on research methods. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

This worksheet covers the Functionalist perspectives on families and households including Parsons and Murdock.

Quiz questions on all topics for Research Methods, including the following: • Methodological perspectives • Choosing s research method • Factors influencing choice of topics • The research process • Linking education to methods in context • Questionnaires • Interviews • Observations • Experiments • Secondary sources of data • Other research methods

This booklet includes all the notes for the Beliefs in Society topic in Sociology. It is a revision style booklet with spaces for students to add comments, evaluation too depending on the topic.

This booklet covers all the research methods topics needed to learn for the Sociology A Level. It also helps to plan and write essay questions on research methods.

This booklet covers the crime and deviance unit in the Sociology A Level. It incorporates all the topics in the AQA specification that can come up as exam questions. It is set out as a revision style booklet with spaces for student to comment depending on the topic.

This worksheet covers Max Weber’s theory of the protestant ethic which led to the spirt of capitalism in religion for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology.

This worksheet covers the Neo Marxism theory of religion for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Bloch and his principle of hope, Gramsci on hegemony, Maduro on liberation theology.

This worksheet covers the Postmodern theory of religion for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Davie’s believing without belonging, Hervieu-Leger’s spiritual shopper, Bauman’s religion in postmodernity, Lyon’s Jesus in Disneyland and Giddens on reflexivity. It also includes Heelas on the New age in postmodernity.