Knowledge organisers for AQA GCSE Sociology for the following units: Families and Households Education Social Stratification Crime and Deviance Research Methods Knowledge organisers have the following included: Key terms and definitions Key concepts and definitions Summary of the unit Key facts Key questions

This is a ‘get on with it’ lesson (or could be set as cover) for the introduction to research methods in A Level Sociology. The textbook mentioned is the Collins textbook.

1 mini lesson and 1 double lesson on migration and its impact on families and household structures. Includes: WALTs and WILFs Home learning DARTs Formative assessment Exam practice and chains of reasoning plans

All the key theories and thinkers students need to know for each unit. A brief summary of their studies.

This lesson looks at birth rates and explanations for a changing birth rate in the UK. Students have already completed a home learning describing the demography of the UK. Includes: WALTs WILFs Formative Assessment DARTs activity Exam question

This is a lesson that focuses on exam skills. The lesson starts with a look at the impact of the Conservative win on social policy affecting families. Students then look at introductions and then complete a 20 mark question they have been building up to. Includes: WALTs WILFs Formative Assessment Exam question

Suitable for a double period, this lesson looks at Labour and Coalition social policy and compares it to New Right views on social policy. Includes: WALTs WILFs Formative Assessment Exam question (this is the second in a series of lessons leading up to answering this question)

This is a double lesson that looks at New Right perspectives on social policy. The book used is the Collins Y1 book. Includes: WALTs WILFs Formative Assessment Exam question (this is the second in a series of lessons leading up to answering this question)

This lesson looks at functionalist views on social policy including critiques. This would suit a single-period lesson. Includes: WALTs WILFs Formative assessment Exam question (this is the first in a series of lessons leading up to an exam question) The book referenced is the 1st year Napier Press book.

This lesson is an AQA A Level lesson on police-recorded statistics of crime. Includes: Home learning WALTs and WILFs DARTs activity exam question Think, pair, share Formative assessment The textbook referred to is the Collins Year 2 Sociology book.

A lesson that looks at Marxist perspectives of the family. Includes: WALTs and WILFs Formative assessment Home learning DARTs Book referenced is the Collins A Level Year 1 book

This lesson looks at social policy since 1979 and it’s impact on students and the education system. Includes: WALTS and WILFS DARTS differentiation formative assessment

This is a fully differentiated lesson that looks at evidence and explanations of ethnicity and educational achievement. Includes: WALTS and WILFS Home learning DARTS Formative assessment Exam practice

Using a number of sources, this lesson looks at the link between ethnicity and crime rates, with a focus of institutional racism. The book referred to in the slides is the Hodder textbook.

Whole lesson on is sociology a science? Includes DARTs and checking activites. You will need the Hodder textbook for this lesson.

This is an end of topic test for the Domestic Division of Labour section of the Families and Households unit. Includes 3 questions: 2 x 10 mark questions and a 20 mark question that mirrors the actual exam. All items have been created by me and you will not find them elsewhere online.

This lesson looks at what globalisation is and evaluates the concept. There are also activities to help students develop their explanations which links to a practice 3 mark question. I include WALTs, WILFs and checking activities in my lessons.

Included in this resource are three revision card checklists for Year 1 of the AQA A Level course including: Education (compulsory unit), Research Methods (compulsory unit) and Families and Households (optional unit). The checklists list the topics they need to cover, how many revision cards they have for each topic, how well they know the topic and a teacher sign off column.

This lesson looks at Marxist views on the family and education, with comparisons to Functionalism. We interleave at my school, but this will also be useful as a revision tool. Includes: WALTs, WILFs, checking (A4L), exam practice, direct instruction and student work phases.

This is a lesson that looks at the costs of education and financial barriers to university. Includes: teacher talk periods (information to prompt is on the slides), independent tasks, think pair share (oracy), checking (A4L) and a practice exam question that I have formulated (10 mark). Please note: the information referred to in the university task is from the Napier Press Book 1, but similar information can be found in other textbooks.