This is a template students can use in order to answer 10 mark AQA questions on research methods. The table ensures the student uses all three skill areas in order to maximise their marks. There is an example of a completed table answering / planning a question on unstructured interviews At the end is a (rather long) example answer.

Marking grid for 20 mark essays for those doing the AQA specification. This can aid marking, or given to students with their marked work so they can see their level and targets.

A complete powerpoint on Theories of Social Stratification and Differentiation which is quite content-driven with key points from each theory (A01) and evaluation (A03) points as well. Two quiz slides are included which ask ‘which theory’ is this, and there is an Item with 20 mark essay question at the end

This is a table to help students plan an answer to a 20 mark Evaluate essay Question regarding PET factors when a Sociologist considers CHOICE of RESEARCH METHOD. Below the table is a model answer, with headings for each paragraph.

Students are presented with this worksheet which has 19 statements on it, such as Which Theory ‘believes that changes in the law can help gender inequality’?; Which Theory ‘argues that consumerism defines our identities, not social class’?

These are worksheets where students can add summaries of sociologists from the topic of Education, and can be adapted accordingly.

This is a template students can use in order to answer 10 mark AQA questions on research methods. The table ensures the student uses all three skill areas in order to maximise their marks. There is an example of a completed table answering / planning a question on covert participant observation. At the end is a (rather long) example answer.