This worksheet covers the Conservative view on the economy, including the contribution made by key thinkers and the different strands of the ideology. It covers both AQA and Edexcel specifications.

This worksheet covers the Conservative view on the state, including the contribution made by key thinkers and the different strands of the ideology. It covers both AQA and Edexcel specifications.

This is a comprehensive set of notes that can be used to teach from or for students to revise from. It covers everything in the Conservatism ideology, for both AQA and Edexcel, from the origins of Conservatism, to their views on the state, society, human nature and the economy. It also includes the distinction between Traditional, One Nation and New Right Conservatism in detail. There are empty boxes for students to reaffirm their knowledge as well as some essay points for and against questions. The last two pages are a summary of the key thinkers and what they think about each area.

This is a comprehensive set of notes that can be used to teach from or for students to revise from. It covers everything in the liberalism ideology, for both AQA and Edexcel, from the origins of liberalism, to their views on the state, society, human nature and the economy. It also includes the distinction between classical and modern liberalism in detail. There are empty boxes for students to reaffirm their knowledge as well as some essay points for and against questions. The last two pages are a summary of the key thinkers and what they think about each area.

This worksheet covers the Conservative view on human nature, including the contribution made by key thinkers and the different strands of the ideology. It covers both AQA and Edexcel specifications.

This worksheet covers the liberal view on the state, including the contribution made by key thinkers and the different strands of the ideology. It covers both AQA and Edexcel specifications.

This worksheet covers the reasons for the growth of religious groups and movements for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes theories by postmodernism, practical reasons by Heelas, relative deprivation, secularisation, marginalisation and status frustration and finally globalisation and the media. It also has empty boxes under each theory so the students can think and write whether the explanation applies mostly to women, the middle class, young people, or all three groups.

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 age and religion for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes the reasons why older people are more likely to be religious including disengagement, religious socialisation and ill health and death. It also includes why younger people are less religious including the declining attraction of religion, the expanding spiritual marketplace, the privatisation of religion, declining religious education and the secular spirituality.

This worksheet covers the distinction between religion and science for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It tries to examine which is ‘better’ or ‘correct’ in the debate for modern societies. It includes theories by Popper on what is science, Kuhn on paradigm shifts and scientific revolutions, Horton on open and closed belief systems and the social influences on science.

This worksheet covers the domestic division of flavour within families and households which involves gender roles and power within the family. It includes functionalist approaches, the march of progress view with symmetrical families, feminist perspectives, cultural and material explanations and same sex couples gender scripts. It also covers a section on resources and decision making within families too.

This worksheet covers the arguments for and against the question of whether the nuclear family is universal. It includes Murdock, New Right, The Nayar, same sex families, lone parent families and communes and religious beliefs.

This worksheet covers family diversity which is occurring in British families and households. It is split into two sections covering modernism on family diversity (Functionalism, New Right, Chester’s Neo Conventional Family and The Rapoports) and postmodernism on family diversity (The Individualisation Thesis, The Connectedness Thesis and Life Cycle Diversity).

This worksheet covers the Marxist theory of religion for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Karl Marx including the ‘opium of the people’, Althusser’s ideological state apparatus and Lenin’s spiritual gin conception.

This worksheet compares the two key Methodological perspectives in sociology (positivism and interpretivism) in a lot of detail

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