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AQA A-level Sociology: Families Topic 4 ‘Demography’ Revision lesson
Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson created to help students recap key ideas examined in the demography topic of the family unit, make revision materials based on this content and be able to apply this knowledge to exam questions, particularly 10 markers that makes links between topics - This lesson is very helpful for developing the skills students need for to answer ‘Outline and explain’ 10 markers which requires students to demonstrate the ability to connect two elements, aspects, subtopics, or topics to answer the question.
Lesson also recaps the assesment objectives (but can be used to introduce students to the assessment objectives) (AOs – AO1, AO2 & AO3). The lesson requires students to answers questions based on each AO and then provides guidance and support for students to use the AOs to make flashcards (with questions and answers).
**RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT.
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AQA A-level Sociology: Families Topic 5 ‘Changing family patterns’ Revision lesson
Detailed and differentiated (up and down) student led lesson that
recaps changing family patterns learnt of Family Topic 5 and the reasons for them.
allows students to develop their AO2 (application) and AO3 (analysis) skills by considering the relationship changing family patterns might have with other aspects of the topic, as well as other topic in families and household, such as the domestic division of labour (couples), experiences of childhood (childhood), the characteristic of populations (demography).
***This part of the lesson is very helpful for developing the skills students need for to answer ‘Outline and explain’ 10 markers which requires students to demonstrate the ability to connect two elements, aspects, subtopics, or topics to answer the question. *
concludes by requiring students to apply this knowledge to ‘outline and explain’ 10 markers and one item 10 marker.
RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT.
ANSWERS FOR MOST OF THE ACTIVITIES CAN BE FOUND ON NEXT SLIDE AFTER ACTIVITY SLIDE

AQA A-level Sociology: How to further develop exam answers using the AOs? - Couples Revision
Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that teaches exam skills and recaps ‘Couples’ content of AQA specification; recaps the main sociologists and themes in the ‘Family’ unit, Topic 1 – Couples WHILST teaching students how to use the Assessment Objectives (AOs) -AO1, AO2, AO3- to further develop their answers using MODEL ANSWERS and examples.
NOTE – Students will need to have gone over or have a basic understanding of using a set success criteria or writing format for their paragraphs TO BE ABLE TO GAIN THE MOST OF OUT THIS LESSON – this lesson using set success criteria PEELE/A (for 20 markers) and PERD (for 10 markers).
**RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT.
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**ANSWERS FOR MOST OF THE ACTIVITIES CAN BE FOUND ON NEXT SLIDE AFTER ACTIVITY SLIDE
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AQA A-level Sociology: Families Topic 6 ‘Family diversity’ Revision lesson
Detailed and differentiated (up and down) student led lesson that aims to recap and consolidate student’s knowledge and understanding of:
key sociologists (Parsons, Murray, Chester and Benson, Stacey, Beck, Giddens and more)
key terms (Rapoports’ different types of diversity, neo-conventional Pure relationship, Risk society, negotiated family, individualisation thesis, Divorce-extended family, 'Families of choice’, Fragmentation and diversity, Connected thesis and more) in the family diversity topic of the family unit.
the main difference in modernist and postmodernist views of: society, the family AND explanations of family diversity.
INCLUDES STUDENT FRIENDLY MARK-SCHEME FOR 10 MARKER ON THIS TOPIC
RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT.
ANSWERS FOR MOST ACTIVITIES (Recap and planning activity) INCLUDED AND CAN BE FOUND ON NEXT SLIDE AFTER ACTIVITY SLIDE
INCLUDES ORACY ACTIVITY

AQA A-level Sociology: Families Topic 7 ‘Families and Social policy’ Revision lesson
Detailed and differentiated (up and down) student led lesson that:
briefly recaps the main theories (Feminism, The New Right, Conflict theory, Functionalism) and theorists (Donzelot,Murray, Fletcher, Land & Leonard) and their views on the function of social policies and the relationship between families and social policies and.
models and supports students in using this knowledge to plan (using a planning success criteria) and answer (using a paragraph success criteria) a 20 marker USING THE ITEM.
RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT.
**ANSWERS FOR MAIN ACTIVITIES CAN BE FOUND ON NEXT SLIDE AFTER ACTIVITY SLIDE
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AQA A-level Sociology: Families Topic 2 ‘Childhood’ Revision lesson
Detailed and differentiated (up and down) student led lesson that supports students in recapping the main theories, views and explanations of the position of childhood; examines how march of progress, conflict, child liberationists and postmodernist theories’ view society and how this might influence their approach or view of childhood and its changes over time. Also highlights the key sociologists (Katz, Postman, Aries, Palmer, Jenks, Gittens) in this topic.
The lesson then requires students to apply this knowledge to plan (using a success criteria) a 20 marker and write at least one paragraph for it.
RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT.
MODEL PLAN AND ANSWERS FOR MAIN ACTIVITY CAN BE FOUND ON NEXT SLIDE AFTER ACTIVITY SLIDE

KEY TERMS SHEET - AQA A-level Sociology Education: Topic 3 Ethnic differences in achievement
Alphabetical key term sheet for AQA A-level Sociology Education Topic 3 ethnic differences in achievement that requires students to fill out the definitions themselves.
*** Includes scaffolding, e.g. some sentence starters (to model to students how to incorporate key sociologists into their definitions) and prompts to help students remember how key term links to the topic. **
*** Includes a section with key terms that students should know from previous learning(links to key terms covered in class differences in achievement, e.g. labelling, pupil identities, material deprivation, speech codes etc) that link to this topic. **
DOES NOT INCLUDE IN TABLE key terms covered in Topic 1 & 2 Class diff key term sheet.
Good form of revision for students and can be used as a revision resource to develop AO1 once filled out.
**BASED ON CONTENT textbook - AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook

KEY TERMS SHEET - AQA A-level Sociology Education: Topic 4 Gender differences in achievement
Alphabetical key term sheet for AQA A-level Sociology Education Topic 4 Gender differences in achievement that requires students to fill out the definitions themselves.
*** Includes some prompts to help students remember how key term links to the topic, *e.g. divides key terms into those use in: gender differences in achievement, gender differences in subject choice and pupils’ sexual and gender identities ***
*** Includes a section with key terms that students should know from previous learning (links to key terms covered in class differences in achievement, e.g. labelling, pupil identities, etc) that link to this topic. **DOES NOT INCLUDE IN TABLE key terms covered in Topic 1 & 2 Class diff key term sheet.
Good form of revision for students and can be used as a revision resource to develop AO1 once filled out.
**BASED ON CONTENT textbook - AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook

KEY TERMS SHEET - AQA A-level Sociology Education: Topic 1 Class differences in achievement (ex)
Alphabetical key term sheet for AQA A-level Sociology Education Topic 1 Class differences in achievement (external factors) that requires students to fill out the definitions themselves.
*** Includes scaffolding, e.g. a few sentence starters (to model to students how to incorporate key sociologists into their definitions)
*** Includes a section with key terms that students should know from previous learning(links to key terms covered in class differences in achievement, e.g. labelling, pupil identities, material deprivation, speech codes etc) that link to this topic. **
Good form of revision for students and can be used as a revision resource to develop AO1 once filled out.
**BASED ON CONTENT textbook - AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook

KEY TERMS SHEET - AQA A-level Sociology Education: Topic 2 Class differences in achievement (in)
Alphabetical key term sheet for AQA A-level Sociology Education Topic 2 Class differences in achievement (internal factors) that requires students to fill out the definitions themselves.
*** Includes scaffolding, e.g. a few sentence starters (to model to students how to incorporate key sociologists into their definitions)
*** Includes a section with key terms that students should know from previous learning.
Good form of revision for students and can be used as a revision resource to develop AO1 once filled out.
**BASED ON CONTENT textbook - AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook

AQA A-level Sociology: Education Revision Notes
Detailed revision notes that covers all topics (1-6) in education:
Class differences in achievement (internal and external factors)
Ethnic differences in achievement (internal and external factors)
Gender differences in achievement, subject choice and experiences in school (internal and external factors)
Role of education
Educational policy
Includes an evaluation point for most if not all arguments.
NOT EDITABLE - PDF document
Includes contents page

AQA A-level Sociology: Research Methods Revision Notes
Detailed revision notes for ‘Methods’ part of ‘Theory and Methods’ that outlines the practical, ethical and theoretical PET issues (and strengths) on the following research methods:
Experiments (the different types)
Questionnaires
Interviews (the different types)
Participant observation
Official statistics
Documents
A2 CONTENT FOR YR 13s
NOT EDITABLE - PDF doc

SOCIOLOGY Research methods - Sampling methods
Detailed and differentiated student-led lesson that explores sampling methods, sampling frame, representative (sample), generalising (findings) and the relationship between these and positivism vss interpretivism and theoretical issues. LESSON COMES WITH ANSWERS
Catered for AQA A-level Sociology but can be used for ANY SPEC and GCSE without being edited.
Comes with key term sheet for the lesson.

Sociology Research Methods - Introduction to research methods
Detailed and differentiated student-led lesson that explores primary vs secondary methods, quantitative vs qualitative methods, validity and reliability as a way to introduce students to the main main research methods. LESSON COMES WITH ANSWERS
Can be used for ANY SPEC and GCSE but catered towards A-LEVEL AQA sociology** .
Comes with key term sheet for the lesson.

Research methods - Practical, ethical and theoretical issues
Detailed and differentiated student-led lesson that explores practical (time, cost, research opportunity, requirements of funding body & subject matter), ethical (informed consent, confidentiality, harm to participants, vulnerable groups & covert research) and theoretical issues (validity, reliability, representativeness, methodological perspective).
Catered towards A-LEVEL AQA sociology but if main activity can be replaced, the rest can be used for GCSE and ANY SPEC.
Main activity uses pages 92-94 of the AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend
Comes with key term sheet for the lesson.
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SOCIOLOGY Research Methods - INTRO, PET ISSUES, SAMPLING METHODS
Detailed and differentiated set of student-led lessons made for AQA A/AS-LEVEL SOCIOLOGY but can be differentiated for GCSE (see below-L2) and any SPEC (as it goes through the main methods, terms, issues for social research in general:
Intro to Methods
Explores primary vs secondary methods, quantitative vs qualitative methods, validity and reliability as a way to introduce students to the main main research methods.
Explores practical (time, cost, research opportunity, requirements of funding body & subject matter), ethical (informed consent, confidentiality, harm to participants, vulnerable groups & covert research) and theoretical issues (validity, reliability, representativeness, methodological perspectives, interpretivism & positivism).
*** Catered towards A-LEVEL AQA sociology but if main activity can be replaced, the rest can be used for GCSE and ANY SPEC.**
*** Main activity uses pages 92-94 of the AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend**
explores sampling methods, sampling frame, representative (sample), generalising (findings) and the relationship between these and positivism vss interpretivism and theoretical issues
LESSON COMES WITH ANSWERS

Introduction to Yr 13 Sociology
Introduction lessons that outlines the AQA A-level course, expectations, revision resources and guidance. Rest of lessons enables students to recap the AOs, ways they might develop and/ or demonstrate in. Students are directed to create AO specific goals and action plans to meet each. Lesson also teaches students how to highlight with purpose. Comes with worksheet and ANSWERS for activities.
Can be differentiated down for GCSE and can be edited to make applicable for ANY SPEC.

Introduction to Sociology QUIZ
Includes:
small revision activity
25 min quiz (on nature vs nurture, key functionalist, Marxist, feminist’s ideas and terminology) —LESSONS CAN BE FOUND ON MAIN PAGE.
answers/ mark-scheme
scaffolding for students to peer assess (but quiz can also be marked by teacher)
Can be used for any spec
Made for A-level students but can be differentiated down for GCSE.

AQA A-Level Sociology Media PLC (EDITABLE)
Personal Learning Checklist for the Media unit in the AQA A-level Sociology syllabus.
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AQA A-Level Sociology PLCs (ALL UNITS) - EDITABLE
** EDITABLE - on a word document**
Personal Learning Checklists for the following AQA A-level Sociology syllabus:
Education
Family
Religion
Media
Crime
Theory and Methods (includes separate PLCs for each sub-topic and a combined PLC.
Methods in context
PLCS for Theory and Methods, Methods in context and Famiy include and page numbers from the Westergaard and Townsend book one and two and Ken Browne ‘Sociology for AQA volume 2’ book (for media) for content that students might find hard to find in the textbook(s).
Topic numbers included for all PLCS.