Many lower ability A level students get "pushed" toward sociology because there is a perception in some quarters at least, that it is an easy subject.It is not, especially if literacy is a weakness. I have used this presentation along with some work sheets I developed to help weaker students grasp two essential elements of the sociological writing: 1. presenting competing arguments 2. writing in an analytical/ detached style

Health with research methods road map

WARNING: Images which may cause some people distress students affected by the issue need to be screened first. It focuses on celebrity and well know acts of suicide plus Durkheim's classification

This asks the question who is most religious ? and can be used as an intro to your lesson or a discussion starter

A lesson looking at news values and how news is made. You will need a supply of newspapers for the activity

I have run this game each year for about 7 years. I developed it because I found that most sixth form students are victims of “false class consciousness” and need a vivid understanding ofa different perspective not given to them by the media. They believe meritocracy without evidence but won't approach Marxism with an open ming (I find) For this game you will need large amounts of stickle bricks or other construction blocks (ebay or car boot sales are a good source) copies of the role play cards and a large box of Heros or wrapped sweets of some kind). You will need to print out labels for The factory and shop. The aim of the game is to illustrate the role of the worker in the economy and what happens when they do not share in the wealth created by their labours. The PPT also contains some other optional slides to introduce Marxism which can stimulate discussion before or after the exercise.

A lesson looking at the key concepts of ethnicity and the media. Includes references to the concept of moral panic and students need to be aware of this before the lesson

This is a 7 page document of the key terms which needs to be known for the A level exam. I had two versions one as a hand out and the others with the definitions but minus key words. Student then had to fill them in.

This is an 11 page handout (At 11pt) full of an in depth notes and tasks related to all aspects of sampling in sociology. It covers all the key terms they need to know, a critique of all sampling frames plus some notes on bias too. There are tasks included which relate to crime and deviance but you could modify these to suit your chosen focus.

this is complete material for 3 lessons to introduce education for AQA syllabus. It looks at the purposes of education from three different theoretical perspectives: Functionalist, New Right and Marxist.

44 slide presentation of could be given out as flash cards for revision For first year of A level (May need updating for new spec but the fundamentals are there and will save you work creating your own).

A level Sociology (AQA or OCR) for the research methods questions at AS. It is a summary of all the key information which students need to know by heart to enable them to answer research questions in the AS exam

This is a 24 page comprehensive booklet covering all aspects of religious organisations using various resources including Haralambos 2013 edition.