This is a useful revision and knowledge-recall activity using many of the key words on Global Development in the Edexcel A GCSE Geography specification. Pupils can match the terms to their meanings by drawing lines in between. Twenty key terms have been chosen, and they deliberately include some tricky terms from the specification such as global status, public investment and foreign policy. There is a separate answer sheet showing the correct matching.

This resource is created for the Edexcel A GCSE Geography specification. It is useful preparation for the Paper 3 “UK Challenges” section, which does include some short questions (1 to 4 marks) designed to test candidate knowledge. There are 11 questions in this activity sheet, all of which are original and not copied from a textbook or past exam paper. The questions cover a range of different topics from across the specification’s four different UK Challenges. Pupils have to match the questions to the answers. Then they have to mark the answers, giving reasons for their choices. As well as a pupil worksheet there is a teacher’s answer sheet which includes the marks and the reasons for the marks. To stretch more able pupils, they could be asked to create improved answers to the weaker responses.

This resource is a set of 30 different quiz-quiz-trade cards. Each card has a question and answer on an aspect of Marxism, including false class consciousness, alienation, Gramsci’s humanistic Marxism, Althusser’s scientific Marxism, evaluation points and lots more. The content is designed for the AQA A Level Sociology Theory and Methods unit. There are enough cards for a class of 30, or for smaller classes students could have more than one card each. This active and engaging Kagan cooperative learning activity is useful for reviewing and revising learning. There are so many cards that the activity could be used in more than one lesson with a class by changing which of the 30 cards are used or not used on each occasion. All the cards are attractively designed with clear text and marked scissor lines to assist with cutting up.

This is designed for KS3 or KS4 Geography. There is an explanation of meander processes which has been written in cockney rhyming slang. Pupils can translate this using the glossary included. More able pupils could be asked to translate it without the glossary. Alternatively they could create their own rhymes for words that don’t have any cockney slang, or suggest alternative rhyme words for the existing ones. As well as being obviously geographical, this activity is a chance for some cultural education as well (SMSC!)

With 20 clues, this crossword covers plenty of different aspects of the Global Development section of Edexcel’s specification A GCSE Geography (9-1). It can be used as homework or in class, and it is very useful for revision of key words and key ideas. The completed answer grid is provided in the second page of the document.

This presentation is designed for the AQA A Level Sociology paper 2 option Global Development. It covers the role of industrialisation in the development process, including the impacts and challenges associated with it, as well as the opposing views of different perspectives and theorists over whether developing countries should attempt to industrialise. This presentation includes Ethiopia as an example, as well as possible exam questions on industrialisation (10 marks and 20 marks) and enough material to construct answers.

This matching task involves pairing up 19 split sentences which explain and evaluate Heidensohn’s use of social control theory to explain lower female crime statistics, as outlined in “Women and Crime” (1985), a key study for AQA GCSE Sociology, although it would also be suitable for the Eduqas GCSE. A separate answer sheet with correct matches is included. A range of different concepts are included such as separate spheres, sexual harassment at work and teenage daughters developing bedroom culture. This resource could be used in class or as homework.

This crossword is for AQA A Level Sociology, and covers key ideas on Marxism for the Theory & Methods section of Paper 3. With 18 missing words, this crossword is great for many uses including knowledge retrieval, homework, a starter or plenary, part of a revision lesson and lots more. The answers are included as well in a grid on the second page of the document. Concepts covered include humanistic and scientific Marxism, ideological state apparatus, false class consciousness, hegemony, superstructure and infrastructure, evaluation points plus lots more.

This GCSE Sociology crossword contains all the main ideas on Albert K Cohen’s subcultural explanation of crime by young working class males, as expressed in his 1955 work “Delinquent Boys”. Although designed for the AQA course, it is also suitable for Eduqas. The crossword has 17 different words to fill in, with the clues covering the relevant key terms and concepts such as status frustration, criminal subculture, peer group and cultural deprivation. This resource can be used in class or as homework. It is a good way to revise and review Cohen’s work. A correct answer grid is included in the second page of the document.

With 18 clues, this crossword comprehensively covers many important ideas on the global circulation of the atmosphere and the redistribution of heat by the circulation cells, with clues about convection, wind belts, jet streams, high and low pressure, the effects of latitude on solar radiation and much more. It is designed for GCSE pupils, specifically those studying the AQA specification, as it covers the general atmospheric circulation model which forms part of the Weather Hazards unit. This crossword can be used as homework or in class, including as revision or for intervention. The completed answer grid is provided in the second page of the document.

With 22 clues, this crossword comprehensively covers many important ideas on the global circulation of the atmosphere and the redistribution of heat by the circulation cells and ocean currents, with clues about the cells, convection, wind belts, jet streams, high and low pressure, warm and cold ocean currents, the thermohaline circulation, the effects of latitude on solar radiation and much more. It is designed for GCSE pupils, specifically those studying Edexcel specifications, as it covers key ideas 2.1a and 2.1b from the Edexcel A spec and key idea 1.1a from the Edexcel B spec. This crossword can be used as homework or in class, including as revision or for intervention. The completed answer grid is provided in the second page of the document.

This resource is a set of 40 different quiz-quiz-trade cards. Each one has a question and answer on an aspect of KS3 Weather & Climate, including rainfall types, weather instruments, depressions and lots more. There are enough cards for a very large class, or for smaller classes pupils could have more than one card each. This active and engaging Kagan cooperative learning activity is useful for reviewing and revising pupil learning, and it could even be used at the start of a unit to identify prior knowledge. There are so many cards that the activity could be used in more than one lesson with a class by changing which of the 40 cards are used or not used on each occasion. All the cards are attractively designed with clear text and marked scissor lines to assist with cutting up.

This resource is a set of 30 different quiz-quiz-trade cards. Each card has a question and answer on an aspect of social action theory, including labelling, Goffman’s dramaturgical theory, Mead, phenomenology, ethnomethodology and lots more. The content is designed for the AQA A Level Sociology Theory and Methods unit. There are enough cards for a class of 30, or for smaller classes students could have more than one card each. This active and engaging Kagan cooperative learning activity is useful for reviewing and revising learning. There are so many cards that the activity could be used in more than one lesson with a class by changing which of the 30 cards are used or not used on each occasion. All the cards are attractively designed with clear text and marked scissor lines to assist with cutting up.

This GCSE Sociology crossword contains all the main ideas on Frances Heidensohn’s use of social control theory to explain female conformity in “Women and Crime” (1985). Although designed for the AQA course, it is also suitable for Eduqas. The crossword has 16 different words to fill in, with the clues covering the relevant key terms and concepts such as separate spheres, sexual harassment at work, fewer opportunities to commit crime, fear of rape, fear of loss of good reputation etc. A separate teachers’ answer grid is included. This crossword can be used in many ways: to reinforce the learning of a vital key study, as a knowledge retrieval exercise, as a homework task, or for revision purposes.

This matching task involves pairing up 19 split explanations of how plants and animals are adapted to conditions in the rainforest and the taiga (boreal) forest for Edexcel B spec GCSE Geography. Also the worksheet has a key for pupils to colour-code which ideas relate to the rainforest and which are about the taiga. An answer sheet with correct matches and colour-coding is included. A range of different adaptations are explained including drip tips, camouflage by snowshoe hares, sloths (green algae), thin needle leaves, buttress roots and thick bark. This resource could be used in class or as homework.

With 19 clues, this crossword covers many important ideas on rainforests, with clues about structure, nutrient cycling, plant and animal adaptations, causes and effects of deforestation, ecotourism, climate change (drought) and more. It is designed for GCSE pupils (specifically Edexcel A and Edexcel B specifications) and can be used as homework or in class. The completed answer grid is provided in the second page of the document.

This GCSE Sociology crossword contains all the main ideas on Sylvia Walby’s view of patriarchy as expressed in “Theorizing Patriarchy” (1990). Although designed for the AQA course, it is also suitable for Eduqas. The crossword has 16 different words to fill in, with the clues covering the relevant key terms and concepts such as patriarchal structures, slut-shaming, housework, male violence, public and private patriarchy etc. This resource can be used in class or as homework. It is a good way to revise and review Walby’s work.

This crossword is for AQA A Level Sociology, and covers key ideas on Social Action Theories for the Theory & Methods section of Paper 3. Concepts and theorists covered include Mead, ethnomethodology, Goffman, phenomenology, Cooley, the dramaturgical model, labelling, the looking-glass self, breaching experiments, Weber’s ideal types of social action, evaluation points plus lots more. With 19 missing words, this crossword is great for many uses including knowledge retrieval, homework, a starter or plenary, independent study work, or as part of a revision lesson. The answers are included as a completed grid which is on the second page of the document.

This resource is a set of 30 different quiz-quiz-trade cards. Each card has a question and answer on an aspect of Functionalism, including the organic analogy, Durkheim, latent functions, anomie, Parsons, functional prerequisites, Merton’s internal critique, evaluation points and lots more. The content is designed for the AQA A Level Sociology Theory and Methods unit. There are enough cards for a class of 30, or for smaller classes students could have more than one card each. Quiz-quiz-trade is an active and engaging Kagan cooperative learning activity which is useful for reviewing and revising learning. There are so many cards that the activity could be used in more than one lesson with a class by changing which of the 30 cards are used or not used on each occasion. All the cards are attractively designed with clear text and marked scissor lines to assist with cutting up.

This crossword is for AQA A Level Sociology, and covers key ideas on Functionalism for the Theory & Methods section of Paper 3. Concepts and theorists covered include Durkheim, functional prerequisites, Parsons, anomie, Merton, value consensus, organic analogy, evaluation points plus lots more. With 20 missing words, this crossword is great for many uses including knowledge retrieval, homework, a starter or plenary, independent study work, or as part of a revision lesson. The answers are included as a completed grid which is on the second page of the document.