This is a resource solely made by myself, who achieved A* in A-Level AQA Sociology. This pack includes in-depth Cornell-style notes for each individual topic according to the official specification and textbook. The notes involve key ideas and theories/theorists on the left side and condensed explanations on the right hand side, with evaluation running throughout on most pages. In PDF form and GoodNotes (upon request). Topics include: Theories Checklist in Beliefs, including all key thinkers and their theories Theories of Religion Functionalist view on religion Marxist view on religion Neo-marxist view on religion Feminist view on religion Completed practice questions – A Force for Social Change Weber & Bruce Marxism, Religion & Change 10 marker to test knowledge – Secularisation Explanations for Secularisation 10 marker example – Religion Renewal & Choice New Forms of Religion Postmodern Religion – Religious Market Theory Stark & Bainbridge on Competitive Religion – Global Context (Referencing Religious Fundamentalism) Religious Fundamentalism Cultural Defence & Religion & Development – Ideology & Science Open and Closed Belief Systems Science is more important that religion 20 marker plan Ideology Ideology key thinkers plan (Marxism, Feminism, Functionalism) – Organisation, Movements and Members Types of Religious Organisation New Religious Movements (NRMs) - Wallis Growth of New Groups Growth of New Age Groups Gender & Religion Ethnicity & Religion Age & Religion – I also include an array of 10 mark questions that are great to test knowledge! –

This is a resource solely made by myself, who received an A* in A-Level AQA Sociology. This pack includes in-depth Cornell-style notes for each individual topic according to the official specification and textbook. The notes involve key ideas and theories/theorists on the left side and condensed explanations on the right hand side, with evaluation running throughout on most pages. In PDF form and GoodNotes (upon request). Topics include: Practice exam questions - Explanations of Crime Functionalism on Crime Strain Theory: Functionalism on Crime Subcultures: Functionalism on Crime Marxists on Crime Marxists: White Collar Crime Marxists: White Collar Crime Explanations Neo-Marxists Interactionalists (Labelling and Crime) Interactionalists (Labelling and Deviance) Practice questions on labelling and crime Left Realism on Crime Left Realism on Crime Prevention Right Realism on Crime Right Realism on Crime Prevention – **Gender & Crime ** Bias For & Against Women Explaining Female Crime Explaining Male Crime Ethnicity in Crime & Justice Black and minority ethnicity (BME) in statistics Explanations for BME Crime Additional Explanations and Victimisation – **Media & Crime ** The Medias Presentation of Crime The Media Causing Crime – Globalisation, Green Crime & State Crime Globalisation Environmental Crime State Crime & Definitions Explaining State Crime – **Crime, Punishment & Victims ** Crime Prevention Surveillance (control) Punishment & Its Functions Victims of Crime Patterns of Victimisation

This is a resource solely made by myself, who achieved an A* in A-Level AQA Sociology. This pack includes in-depth Cornell-style notes for each individual topic according to the official specification and textbook. The notes involve key ideas and theories/theorists on the left side and condensed explanations on the right hand side, with evaluation running throughout on most pages. In PDF form and GoodNotes (upon request). Topics include: Factors Influencing Choice of Methods PEVERT Structure which is… Practical issues Ethical issues Example Validity of Research Reliability of Information Theoretical Issues – Primary Research Methods Interviews (structured, unstructured, group) 20 marker to try out Questionnaires (advantages and disadvantages) 20 marker to try out Observations (participant/non-participant, overt and covert) 20 marker to try out Experiments (laboratory and field experiments) 20 marker to try out – Secondary Research Methods Official statistics (quantitative, qualitative advantages and disadvantages) Documents (public and private documents advantages and disadvantages) 20 marker to try out –

This is a resource solely made by myself, who achieved an A* in A-Level AQA Sociology. This pack includes in-depth Cornell-style notes for each individual topic according to the official specification and textbook. The notes involve key ideas and theories/theorists on the left side and condensed explanations on the right hand side, with evaluation running throughout on most pages. In PDF form and GoodNotes (upon request). Topics include: – Extensive, in-depth lesson handouts for each section Feminism Liberal Feminism Radical Feminism Socialist/Marxist Feminism Difference/Poststructuralism Feminism – Social Action Theories Understanding human behaviour (Weber) Symbolic interactionalism (Webser) Labelling theory Phenomenology Typifications 20 marker completed on understanding social behaviours – Sociology & Science Positivism Interpretivism Popper The Fallacy of Induction Popper Falsifications Kuhn Paradigms Realism and Sociology as a Science 2x 10 marker questions on sociology and science – Globalisation, Modernity & Postmodernity Modernity and globalisation Postmodernism Language games Simularca Culture, identity and politics Theories of Late Modernity 10 mark plans on postmodernism 10 marker on globalisation completed – Objectivity & Values Objectivity and Subjectivity 10 marker on objectivity –

This is a resource made by myself, predicted A* in A-Level AQA Sociology. This pack includes in-depth Cornell-style notes for each individual topic according to the official specification and textbook. The notes involve key ideas and theories/theorists on the left side and condensed explanations on the right hand side, with evaluation running throughout on some pages. In PDF form and GoodNotes (upon request). Topics include: Sociological perspectives Functionalist view on families New Right view on families Marxism view on education Feminism view on education Personal life perspective view on education Couples Division of Labour Couple (in)equality Decision making in families domestic violence Changing Family Patterns Divorce Impact of Divorce & Theories Marriage Alternative Relationships (Cohabitation, Same Sex, One-Person households, Childbearing, Lone parent families, Reconsituted families) Ethnic differences and extended family Family Diversity Modernism & nuclear family (Functionalism, New Right, Neo-Conventional, Rappaports) Postmodernism and family diversity Childhood Childhood as a Social Construct Future of Childhood Has Childhood Improved? Demography Births Deaths Ageing population Migration Social Policy Perspectives on Family Policy (Functionalism, Marxism Feminism, New Right) 20 marker plan on social policy Other 20 marker plans 10 marker plans with explanations Full 20 marker on social policy

This is a resource solely made by myself, predicted A* in A-Level AQA Sociology. This pack includes in-depth Cornell-style notes for each individual topic according to the official specification and textbook. The notes involve key ideas and theories/theorists on the left side and condensed explanations on the right hand side, with evaluation running throughout on most pages. In PDF form and GoodNotes (upon request). Topics include: Guides on how to answer 4/6/10/30 mark questions Sociological perspectives * Functionalist view on education * New Right/Neo-Liberal view on education * Marxism view on education * Neo-Marxist view on education * Feminism view on education * Postmodern view on education Educational achievement * Social class and attainment (internal & external) * Ethnicity and attainment (internal & external) * Pupil class identities * Gender and attainment (internal & external) (male and female) * Gender identities * Subject choice Educational policy (* = including posters) * Tripartite System* * Comprehensive Schooling* * Vocational Education* * Educational Reform Act* * Compensatory Education* * Coalition Policies * Privatisation