This worksheet covers both Strain and Subcultural theories of crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It includes: Merton’s Strain theory, Cohen on Status Frustration and Reaction Formation, Cloward and Ohlin’s Illegitimate Opportunity Structures and Matza’s Delinquency and Drift theory. Overall evaluation of Strain and Subcultural theories is also included. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

This worksheet covers the Functionalist theory of crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Durkheim and the inevitability of crime, Cohen’s two additional functions of crime and Merton’s Strain theory. Overall evaluation of functionalism is also included. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

The definitions of all concepts are outline before exploring why it is important for sociology to be value free, whether it is possible for sociology to be value free, the myth of value freedom, followed by dealing with values in sociological research and whether value freedom is desirable outlined by various perspectives.

This is a table which include a brief comparative summary on the following theories on society: • Functionalism on society • Marxism and Neo-Marxism on society • Weber on society • Interactionism on society • Feminism on society • Postmodernism on society

This worksheet includes the definition of science followed by arguments for and against the question. Arguments in favour are put forward by Positivists and Popper, while arguments against by Interpretivism, Popper, Kuhn, feminists and postmodernists are also explored.

This worksheet includes definitions of both concepts , how policy if formulated before examining the influence of social policy on sociology, followed by the influence of sociology on social policy and selective use of sociology to justify policy. The perspectives of functionalism, Marxism, feminism, Weber and postmodernism is briefly examined in regards to what they think about social policy too.

This worksheet covers the Marxist and Neo-Marxist theory on society for A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Marx, Gramsci and Althusser as well as overall assumptions and applications for the perspective. Overall evaluation of Marxism is also included. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

This worksheet covers the Functionalist theory on society for A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Durkheim, Parson and Merton as well as overall assumptions and applications for the perspective. Overall evaluation of functionalism is also included. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

This worksheet covers Feminist theory on society for A Level Sociology. It includes theories by put forward by Liberal feminists, Marxist or socialist feminists, radical feminists, postmodernist feminists and black feminists. Overall evaluation is also included as well as the feminist view on research methods. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

This worksheet covers Postmodernist theory on society for A Level Sociology. It includes theories by put forward by Lyotard and Baudrillard as well as the main assumptions put forward by the perspective. Overall evaluation is also included and the Postmodernist view on research methods. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

This worksheet covers the Interactionist theory on society for A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Mead, Bulmer and phenomenology as well as overall assumptions and applications for their perspective. Overall evaluation is also included. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

This worksheet covers Max Weber’s theory on society for A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Weber and Giddens as well as overall assumptions and applications for their perspective. Overall evaluation is also included. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

This worksheet covers the explanations put forward by sociologists to explain the role of the media in the social construction and promotion of crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It begins by explain why the media can be a problem and how they can distort our view of crime. Later, representations of crime is explored through agenda setting and newsworthiness, before looking into theories put forward by Greer on media distortion and exaggeration of crime, Cohen on deviancy amplification and Hall on policing the crisis. Cybercrimes are also explored. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

This worksheet covers the explanations put forward by feminists and other sociologists to explain gender patterns in crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It begins by exploring gender patterns for criminalisation, victimisation and representation in the criminal justice system. This is followed by explanations of low female criminality including: chivalry thesis and bias and double standards in the criminal justice system. Later causes of female crime is explored including: physiological explanations, Functionalism’s sex role theory, Heidensohn on patriarchal control, Carlen on class and gender deals and Messerschmidt on masculinity. Overall detailed evaluation is also provided of each perspective. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

Worksheet / notes summarising the impact globalisation had on education policy in the UK

Worksheet / notes summarising the Postmodern perspective on education

Quiz questions on all topics for Education, including the following: Education policy Impact of privatisation on education Impact of education policy on social groups Globalisation and education Functionalism New Right perspectives Marxism Interactionism (labelling theory) Postmodernism Social class and achievement Ethnicity and achievement Gender and achievement Gender and subject choice

Quiz questions on all topics for Research Methods, including the following: • Methodological perspectives • Choosing s research method • Factors influencing choice of topics • The research process • Linking education to methods in context • Questionnaires • Interviews • Observations • Experiments • Secondary sources of data • Other research methods

This worksheet covers Max Weber’s theory of the protestant ethic which led to the spirt of capitalism in religion for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology.

This worksheet covers the Functionalist theory of religion for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Durkheim’s theory of Totemism, Parsons’ universal guideline for human action, Malinowski’s life crisis and Bellah’s theory of civil religion.