Personal Learning Checklist for the methods in context unit in the the AQA A-level Sociology syllabus. PLC includes topic and page numbers from the Westergaard and Townsend book one for content students my find hard to locate.

Key term sheet for AQA A-level Sociology Family Topic 1 Couples that requires students to fill out the definitions themselves. Includes some sentence starters for more difficult topics. Good form of revision for students and can be used as a revision resource to develop AO1 once filled out. **BASED ON CONTENT in 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

Alphabetical list of sociologists who attempt to explain ethnic differences in achievement. SOME scaffolding with some sentence starters, prompts to help students with what some sociologists might says and put into external vs internal factors categories . Requires students to write done what key sociologists from the topic ethnic differences in achievement (external and internal factors). Good form of revision and revision resource for the students. **BASED ON CONTENT in 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

Alphabetical key term sheet for AQA A-level Sociology Family Topic 2 Childhood that requires students to fill out the definitions themselves. Includes some sentence starters for more difficult key terms. **Good form of revision for students and can be used as a revision resource to develop AO1 once filled out. ** **BASED ON CONTENT in 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

Alphabetical key term sheet for AQA A-level Sociology Family Topic 3 Theories of the family that requires students to fill out the definitions themselves - models example, and includes some sentence starters for more difficult key terms. **Good form of revision for students and can be used as a revision resource to develop AO1 once filled out. ** **Makes links (and encourages students to add) to key terms students should have learnt previously - BASED ON STUDENTS ALREADY HAVING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE of Functionalism, Marxism and Feminism - see intro lessons. ** **BASED ON CONTENT in 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

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

Alphabetical key term sheet for AQA A-level Sociology Family Topic 4 Demography that requires students to fill out the definitions themselves. Includes some sentence starters and two definitions for more difficult key terms. Good form of revision for students and can be used as a revision resource to develop AO1 once filled out. **BASED ON CONTENT in 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

Explores the importance of organisation and guides and supports students in organising their classwork for class differences in achievement external and internal factors (Topic 1& 2 AQA A/ AS-level spec) Includes: Assessment tracker Example of how folder might be organised Reflection activity Education folder dividers - to help students separate and organise their class and home learning. Made for AQA A/AS-level Sociology but can be used for ANY SPEC

Display for A-level Sociology exam questions. PPT comes with a letter per slide to make: PE - POINT+EXPLANATION - 4 & 6 marker PERD - POINT + EXPLANATION + RESEARCH +DEVELOP - 10 markers PEELE/A - POINT + EXPLANATION + EVIDENCE + LINK + EVALUATE/ ANALYSIS - 20 & 30 markers Made for A-level AQA Sociology

Ready to print display that shows the relationship between labelling, streaming, differentiation, polarisation, and anti and pro-school subcultures. Specific to AQA A-level Sociology but can be simplified for GCSE or edited for another spec.

Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that help students understand what are the strengths and weaknesses of using social surveys to investigate sociological issues (e.g how to identify the main features of social surveys and when it would be appropriate to use them, explains the strengths and weaknesses of using social surveys to investigate social issues and applies the strengths and weaknesses of social surveys to an exam question). Covers the following key terms: Social surveys, Telephone surveys Makes references to key terms students should know that link to this lesson. Lesson requires students to have prior knowledge of practical, ethical and theoretical issues to the strengths and weaknesses of social surveys No starter included in the lesson ANSWERS TO MAIN ACTIVITY ONLY. Includes an exam question with scaffolding to help students answer. I used the lesson as an opportunity to write an answer to the 4 marker with students. Resources can be found at the end of PPT

Detailed and differentiated student-led lesson that explores Pre-industrial society​, Industrialisation​, Modern western notion of childhood, ‘cult of childhood’, Child-centredness/centred society , Infant mortality, as a way to examine Aries views and explanations of the historical differences in western childhood. Activities require pages from the AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF PPT STUDENT-FRIENDLY MARK-SCHEME INCLUDED FOR 4 MARKER

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

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

This is a lesson I use as an introduction to the AQA A-level Sociology course and to the sociological imagination or line of inquiry. The lesson includes: an overview of the course, exam and curriculum activities to introduce students to Sociology and sociological thinking/ inquiry. suggested reading, podcasts, revision websites youtube channels that students can use to develop their knowledge and understanding of key ideas and concepts. Expectations Can be easily edited to meet your needs, e.g. specification, expectations and can also be used as an introduction to AQA GCSE Sociology .

Detailed and differentiated (up and down) student-led lesson that examines and analyses the following key terms to examine march of progress and feminist views of how women’s involvement paid work has had an impact on the domestic division of labour: Dual‐earner couples, The New man, The ‘march of progress’ view Double shift / dual burden, Triple shift, Emotion work, Cultural/ Ideological explanation (of segregated conjugal roles), Material/ Economic explanation (of segregated conjugal roles)  Ideology, Geographic mobility (extension), Commercialisation (extension) Examines the ideas of :Young and Wilmott, Oakley, Hochschild , Gershuny/ Sullivan, Ferri and Smith, Crompton and Lyonette ***** Makes reference to other key terms students might know that link. ** ****ALL RESOURCES INCLUDED AND CAN BE FOUND OUT THE END OF PPT *** Uses and refers to ’ AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook

Detailed and differentiated (up and down) student-led lesson that examines and analyses the following key terms to introduce students to the traditional functionalist (Parsons) view of the domestic division of labour : Domestic labour , Domestic division of labour, Conjugal roles Conjugal (extension), Conjugal relationships (extension), Joint conjugal roles, Segregated conjugal roles, Instrumental role, Expressive role, Conjugal relationships (extension), Pre-industrial society (extension), Industrial Revolution (extension), Consumption (extension) ***** Makes reference to other key terms students might know that link. ***** ***** ANSWERS for MAIN activities INCLUDED**** ***** ALL RESOURCES INCLUDED AND CAN BE FOUND OUT THE END OF PPT *****

Detailed and differentiated student-led lesson that explores capitalism, ownership, interests, structuralism, conflict theories, exploitation as a way to introduce students to the main Marxist views and ideas. Can be used for ANY SPEC. Catered towards A-level students but can easily be simplified and/ or cut down for younger students. Comes with key term sheet.

Includes: small revision activity –that looks at the similarities and differences between functionalism, Marxism and feminism 25 min quiz (on basic sociological concepts, key functionalist, Marxist, feminist’s ideas and terminology) answers/ mark-scheme for quiz scaffolding for students to peer assess (but quiz can also be marked by teacher) SAME as A-level intro quiz but excludes questions on the nature – nurture debate. Can be used for any spec

Lesson to introduce the AQA GCSE Sociology course (but can be easily edited to meet the needs of other specs) and to the sociological imagination or line of inquiry. The lesson includes: an overview of the course, exam and curriculum An activity on how to create and maintain a safe space for discussions suggested revision websites and youtube channels that students can use to develop their knowledge and understanding of key ideas and concepts. activities to introduce students to Sociology and sociological thinking/ inquiry. Expectations ** Edited from A-level version to meet the needs of KS4 students. **