Instructions and resources to play a game of UNO to solidify understanding of sociological perspectives
Linked to AQA A-level Sociology
Resources include:
Game instructions
Powerpoint
Intended for use with a standard pack of UNO cards
UPDATED FOR 2024/2025 - AQA GCSE Sociology - Lesson for Unit 6 - Social Stratification
Available as part of a blundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/alessandrokaye
Unit 10 Sociological Perspectives for Health and Social Care Level 3.
This is a complete resource covering Learning Aims A, B and C.
Created by an experienced Sociology teacher as well as having 6 years Health and Social Care BTEC experience.
This resource includes:
Introduction
5 resources on sociological perspectives (Functionalism, Marxism, Feminism, Social Action Theory and Postmodernism) which can be taught over multiple lessons.
Biomedical model of health
Social model of health
Complimentary model of health
Concepts
Learning Aim C complete guide lesson.
This resource also includes a Personalised Learning Checklist (PLC) for students which outlines the learning aims and how to meet the criteria, giving exemplar points for support. Your lesson links should be added to this PLC so students can read ahead and access the lessons they need. PLEASE EMAIL hannahashton21@gmail.com if you have any issues opening the plc as I’ve uploaded in many different formats but some users have issues.
Every slide has some form of engagement and this could be taught by teachers who are new to sociology as there are answers either in the notes or on the next slides to support both teachers and students.
AQA A level Sociology Poster Overview
Comparison chart for key characteristics of different sociological perspectives: Functionalism
Neoliberalism
Marxism
Neo-Marxism
Interpretivist (Social Action Theory, Symbolic Interactionism)
Postmodernism
Feminism
Cultural Studies (Anti-Racist Theory, Critical Race Theory)
Sections for all sociological perspectives:
Overview
Key People
Education
Culture and Identity
The Media
Crime and Deviance.
This set of lessons is designed for AQA Sociology and for use with the blue AQA Sociology Book by Napier Press. Each lesson comes complete with lesson PowerPoint and accompanying resources e.g. essay plans, worksheets, handouts.
This is a large pack of resources for learning and revision of the “Families” section of AQA Sociology GCSE. The pack includes:
The Functionalist Perspective
The Marxist Perspective
The Feminist Perspective
Different Families
Rapoport & Rapoport
Conjugal Role Relationships
Changing Families
Changing Households
Wider Family Relationships
Marriage and Divorce
Theories of Divorce
Criticisms of Families
Is the Nuclear Family Still Important?
Knowledge Organisers
Practice Exam Questions
AQA A-Level Sociology: Feminism and the Family – Complete Lesson & Resources
This is a fully resourced and challenging A-Level Sociology lesson on Feminist Perspectives of the Family, designed specifically for the AQA Paper 2 Families & Households unit.
Perfect for both first-teach and revision, this bundle is structured to stretch the most able while supporting students who need more scaffolding. It is ideal for 50–90 minutes of teaching.
What’s Included?
-Fully editable PowerPoint (Feminism and the Family)
Clear explanations, debate prompts, AO1/AO2/AO3 integration, and scenario-based application tasks.
-High-level hinge questions (MCQ style)
Designed to check for understanding after teacher-led explanation, with plausible distractors for desirable difficulty.
-Concept sorting task (worksheet and task slides)
Engaging, challenging retrieval activity where students categorise quotes, policies, and theorists by feminist type — includes false clues to stretch thinking.
-Structured consolidation worksheet
Allows students to apply knowledge, justify answers, and revisit key theorists and ideas across all four feminist strands.
-Embedded case studies & debates
Realistic family scenarios to apply feminist perspectives and encourage critical thought. Each theory includes a debate question for stretch and evaluation.
Feminist perspectives covered in depth:
Liberal Feminism (Oakley, Young & Wilmott)
Marxist Feminism (Fran Ansley)
Radical Feminism (Greer, Delphy & Leonard)
Difference/Black Feminism (hooks, Mirza, intersectionality)
It has:
Balanced blend of AO1 knowledge, AO2 application, and AO3 evaluation
Easily adapted for 1 hour or double lessons
Promotes discussion, critical thinking, and high challenge
Visually clear and student-friendly without oversimplifying the theory
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This is a large pack of resources for learning and revision of the “Education” section of AQA Sociology GCSE. The pack includes:
Functions of Education
Education & Capitalism
Feminist Perspective
Types of Schools
Independent vs State Education
Alternative Education
External Factors on Educational Achievement
Education Policies
Processes Within Schools
Social Class & Education
Social Class & Education - Explanations
Gender & Educational Achievement
Gender & Education - Explanations
Perspectives on School Processes
Ethnicity & Educational Achievement
Ethnicity & Education - Explanations
Practice exam questions
Knowledge organisers
A-Level Sociology revision and summary booklet for the Beliefs in Society topic. Designed to help students organise AO1, AO2 and AO3 knowledge, this resource includes clear visual organisers, key sociological theories and studies, and structured sections to support exam preparation. Ideal for revision, independent study, homework, or lesson consolidation.
A lesson introducing Year 12 students to Interactionism
Activities include:
Interactionist ‘show and tell’
A discussion around ‘Black Mirror’
‘Star rating’ final evaluation
Exam questions at the end, as well as an example paragraph and suggested sentence starters
Follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study
Powerpoint and student workbook included
This is a pack of resources for learning and revision of the “Crime & Deviance” section of AQA Sociology GCSE. The pack includes:
Introduction to Crime and Deviance
Social Construction of Crime
Gender and Crime
Feminist Perpsectives on Crime
Social Order
Merton’s Perspective and Anomie
Media and Public Debate
Ethnicity and Crime
Becker’s Interactionist Perspective
Why do people commit crime?
Data on Crime - Victim Surveys & Self Report Studies
Data on Crime - Statistics
The Prison System
Crime & Deviance Vocabulary Sheet & Studies Organiser
Practice Exam Questions
Topic: Families & Households
Specification link: the relationship of the family to the social structure and social change, with particular reference to the economy and to state policies
Focus: Review and Exam work on the Perspectives views of the family and Social policy
What’s included:
• 1 × review lesson PowerPoint
• 2 × exam-focused PowerPoints (using PEEEL structure)
• 1 × exam practice booklet to support written responses
• A range of engaging tasks including stretch & challenge for differentiation
• Exam-style questions with guided examples and model responses
This resource pack features an independent style review lesson covering the Functionalist, Feminist, New Right, and Marxist views of the family as well as the Social policies which affect the family, as part of the specification topic ‘the relationship of the family to the social structure and social change, with particular reference to the economy and to state policies’.
In addition, it includes two dedicated exam PowerPoints that focus on building essay-writing skills using the PEEEL structure. These lessons are supported by an accompanying exam practice booklet, designed to help students develop and refine their analytical and evaluative skills for longer-answer questions.
These lessons can be used as stand-alone exam sessions or can be embedded within taught content.
A lesson introducing Year 12 students to Marxism
Activities include:
‘StarPower game’ - trading strategy game
Marxism in the news
‘Star rating’ final evaluation
Exam questions at the end, as well as an example paragraph and suggested sentence starters
Follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study
Powerpoint and student workbook included
‘StarPower game’ requires additional resources - coloured counters and envelopes
A lesson designed to introduce students to sociological perspectives (Marxism, Functionalism, Feminism) through a ‘design your own society’ game
Students make key decisions about a new colony on Mars through the lens of a given perspective, with a discussion to follow
Powerpoint and student workbook included
A lesson introducing Year 12 students to the Feminist perspective
Activities include:
Draw a feminist
Discussion of book extracts from ‘Invisible Women’
Film clip from the ‘Barbie’ movie
‘Star rating’ final evaluation
Essay questions at the end, as well as an example paragraph and suggested sentence starters
Follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study
Powerpoint and student workbook included
Additional articles relating to ‘Barbie’ and gender
PowerPoints devised for level 3 learners.
Covers Functionalism, Marxism, Interactionism and some feminism.
Devised to be delievered online but can be easily converted to classrom delivery.
Uploading on here as I am having a clear out and resetting my PC.
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This resource contains 30 minutes of teaching time
This lesson includes;
Retrieval practice
Exam practice
MWB exercises
Writing tasks
Discussion tasks
Please check notes for teacher notes and video links
Three lesson plans taken from Michael Haralambos and Martin Holborn's classic textbook &'Sociology: Themes and Perspectives.&'; The aims of these lessons are to compare quantitative and qualitative methods, to understand basic sociological methods and to apply the concepts of validity and reliability.