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AQA A-LEVEL SOCIOLOGY: Learning Journal -Exam Skills, Techniques and Revision Support Booklet (V1)
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AQA A-LEVEL SOCIOLOGY: Learning Journal -Exam Skills, Techniques and Revision Support Booklet (V1)

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Detailed student SKILLS booklet that models and provides guidance on how to develop exam skills (AO1, AO2 & AO3) and how to use these to answer the different exam questions in the AQA A-level Papers (4, 6, 10, 20 & 30 markers). 40 page pdf document provides success criteria for the different exam questions with a model answer for each (20 and 30 markers have the same model answer – booklet specifies difference between the two), techniques for further improving answers once students are able to meet the success criteria for each exam question (A*-A answers), tips and suggestions to support and promote independent revision outside of class lessons, revision websites and channels, and podcast and a reading list to develop student’s knowledge outside of the topic. Includes the following: Help sheet – including the main issues students have and steps to take to tackles these; develops independence Contents page - to help students navigate booklet Course overview –written out for family, education, media, theory and methods (sepearately and combined), methods in context and crime ***EDITABLE COURSE OVERVIEW DOCUMENT– to allow you to edit the units you teach Personal Learning Checklist (PLCs) for the following: Education, Methods in context, ‘Theory and methods’ (separate and combined versions), Family, Media, Beliefs and Crime - **PLCS APART FROM BELIEFS AND CRIME HAVE PAGE NUMBERS ** -for the Ken Brown textbook for media and Webb et al Book 1 and 2 for the rest . Assessment Objectives – information on these and how to develop these skills in lessons and outside of lesson. Exam questions – Success criteria, sentence starters, links to AOs and MODEL ANSWERS for each exam question -4 & 6 markers 10 markers 20 & 30 markers Success criteria NOTE - ‘(D)’ IN PEELE/A (D) stands for Develop (which means to evaluate and/ or analyse) - so paragraph success criteria can be PEELE/A (I use for year 12) or PEELD (for year 13) Further developing your answers – how to further develop answers using the AOs, improving explanation, analysis, evaluation and links - INCLUDES MODEL EXAMPLES. Focusses on: • Improving your explanations • Improving your analysis • Improving your criticisms • Going beyond PEELE – Demonstrating more AOs • Going beyond PEELE – Make more use of ‘Links’ to improve AO2 Other resources that might help – YouTube websites, Podcast and revision websites Developing sociological skills outside the lesson -mind-map for umbrella theories (yr 12 – consensus vs conflict, modernism vs postmodernism structural vs interactionism in relation to functionalism, Marxism, Feminism Personal life perspective), reading list that explores sociological themes learnt throughout the course. **BOOKLET (apart from ‘Course overview’ NOT EDITABLE - PDF DOCUMENT **
AQA A-level Sociology: How to further develop exam answers using the AOs? -  Couples Revision
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AQA A-level Sociology: How to further develop exam answers using the AOs? - Couples Revision

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Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that teaches exam skills and recaps ‘Couples’ content of AQA specification; recaps the main sociologists and themes in the ‘Family’ unit, Topic 1 – Couples WHILST teaching students how to use the Assessment Objectives (AOs) -AO1, AO2, AO3- to further develop their answers using MODEL ANSWERS and examples.   NOTE – Students will need to have gone over or have a basic understanding of using a set success criteria or writing format for their paragraphs TO BE ABLE TO GAIN THE MOST OF OUT THIS LESSON – this lesson using set success criteria PEELE/A (for 20 markers) and PERD (for 10 markers).   **RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE PPT. **  **ANSWERS FOR MOST OF THE ACTIVITIES CAN BE FOUND ON NEXT SLIDE AFTER ACTIVITY SLIDE **
KEY TERMS SHEET - AQA A-level Sociology Families: Topic 1 Couples
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KEY TERMS SHEET - AQA A-level Sociology Families: Topic 1 Couples

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Key term sheet for AQA A-level Sociology Family Topic 1 Couples that requires students to fill out the definitions themselves. Includes some sentence starters for more difficult topics. Good form of revision for students and can be used as a revision resource to develop AO1 once filled out. **BASED ON CONTENT in textbook - AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook
AQA A-level Sociology Education Topic 1- 2 key sociologists  sheets
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AQA A-level Sociology Education Topic 1- 2 key sociologists sheets

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Detailed and scaffolded (e.g. SOME sentence starters/ prompts, model examples of what sociologists say (and what students are expected to write and how), etc.) key sociologists sheets that requires students to write done what key sociologists from education: Topic 1 - Class differences in achievement (external factors) Topic 2 - Class differences in achievement (internal factors) Sociologists in alphabetical order Good form of revision and revision resource for the students. **BASED ON CONTENT in textbook - AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook
KEY TERMS SHEET - AQA A-level Sociology Education: Topic 5 Role of Education
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KEY TERMS SHEET - AQA A-level Sociology Education: Topic 5 Role of Education

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Alphabetical key term sheet for AQA A-level Sociology Education Topic 5 Role of education that requires students to fill out the definitions themselves. *** Includes some sentence starters to model to students how to incorporate key sociologists into their definitions. ** *** Key terms separated into Functionalist, New Right and Marxist key terms. ** *** Includes a section with key terms that students should know from previous learning (intro to sociological theories and topic 1-4 of education) that link to this topic. ** Good form of revision for students and can be used as a revision resource to develop AO1 once filled out. **BASED ON CONTENT in textbook - AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook
KEY SOCIOLOGISTS SHEETS AQA A-level Sociology Media: Topics 1-4
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KEY SOCIOLOGISTS SHEETS AQA A-level Sociology Media: Topics 1-4

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Detailed and scaffolded (e.g. SOME sentence starters/ prompts, separating sociologists who comment on different aspects of each topic, SOME page numbers for sociologists that might be more difficult to find, etc.) key sociologists sheets that requires students to write done what key sociologists from topics 1-4 say. Contains the main key sociologists in Topics 1-4 of the media unit for AQA A-level Sociology: Topic 1 - Ownership and control of the media output Topic 2 - The media, globalisation and popular culture Topic 3 -the processes of selection and presentation of the content of the news​ Topic 4 -media representations of age, social class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and disability. **REQUIRES textbook - 'SOCIOLOGY For AQA Volume 2 by Browne, Blundell & Law **
KEY TERM SHEETS AQA A-level Sociology Media: Topic 1-4
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KEY TERM SHEETS AQA A-level Sociology Media: Topic 1-4

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Detailed and scaffolded key term sheet that requires students to fill out the definitions themselves. (e.g. SOME sentence starters/ prompts, separating key terms in term of social groups for topic 4, identifiy the key terms that relate to media stereotypes for topic 4, etc.) Contains the main key terms used in Topic 1-4 of the media unit for AQA A-level Sociology: Topic 1 - Ownership and control of the media output Topic 2 - The media, globalisation and popular culture Topic 3 -the processes of selection and presentation of the content of the news​ Topic 4 -media representations of age, social class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and disability. The bottom of the sheet has a section dedicated to the key terms learnt in previous units and topics that might link to this topic. Good form of revision for the students and allows for a spiral curriculum. **REQUIRES textbook - 'SOCIOLOGY For AQA Volume 2 by Browne, Blundell & Law **
Introduction to the Mass Media (& informal and formal controls of output/ content)
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Introduction to the Mass Media (& informal and formal controls of output/ content)

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Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that introduces students to the different forms of mass media and formal and informal methods used by the government to control media output formally and informally. Examines the following concepts:Mass media, Media technologies , Media institutions, Media products. **Made for AQA A-level **but can be easily used for other specs ANSWERS TO MAIN ACTIVITIES INCLUDED RESOURCES FOR LESSON CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF PTT **Based on content in textbook - 'SOCIOLOGY For AQA Volume 2 by Browne, Blundell & Law ** - BUT LESSON REQUIRES NO TEXTBOOK
AQA A-level Sociology: Media Topic 1 Ownership and control Revision lesson
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AQA A-level Sociology: Media Topic 1 Ownership and control Revision lesson

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Detailed and diiferentiated (up and down), student led lesson that recaps: patterns of ownership the mainpulative, hegemonic and plurlaist approach to media ownerhsip and control formal and informal controls of media output or content. References the following concepts: Agenda-setting  Gate-keeping   News values  Marxism    Structuralism vs Interactionism     Ownership  Ideology  Capitalism   False consciousness   Neo-Marxism Lords of the Global Village  Formal and informal methods of control. ANSWERS INCLUDED FOR SOME MAIN ACTIVITIES INCLUDED** RESOURCES FOR LESSON CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF PTT Made for AQA A-level but can be easily used for other specs (just need a different source of information/ textbook) **Based on the content in 'SOCIOLOGY For AQA Volume 2 by Browne, Blundell & Law **
AQA A-level Sociology: Media Topic 1 - Ownership and control of output
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AQA A-level Sociology: Media Topic 1 - Ownership and control of output

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Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that allows students to examine patterns of media ownership and the three main approaches (manipulative, hegemonic and pluralist) to media ownership and control of media output. Also introduces studets to the difference between Marxism and Neo-Marxism and links to structural vs humanistic marxism and structural determinsm. Examines the following concepts to do this: Ideology, Hegemony, Agenda-setting, Gate-keeping, News values, Marxism Neo-Marxism, Lords of the Global Village. ANSWERS TO MAIN ACTIVITIES INCLUDED** RESOURCES FOR LESSON CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF PTT Made for AQA A-level but can be easily used for other specs (just need a different source of information/ textbook) **REQUIRES textbook - 'SOCIOLOGY For AQA Volume 2 by Browne, Blundell & Law **
Sociology Education AS/A-level Sociology Education Class differences in achievement Topic 1 (external factors) &2 (Internal factors)
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Sociology Education AS/A-level Sociology Education Class differences in achievement Topic 1 (external factors) &2 (Internal factors)

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Lessons: L1 Material deprivation Detailed and diiferentiated (up and down), student led lesson that explores class differences in achievement the role of material deprivation in causing or contributing to it. Introduces students to material vs cultural factors and external vs internal factors. Also introduces students to how to answer 4 and 6 markers using a success criteria and student-friendly mark-schemes. L2 Cultural deprivation Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that explores collectivism vs individualism, elaborate vs restricted code, subculture, fatalism vs meritocracy, deferred vs immediate gratification, meritocracy, present-time vs future orientated vs compensatory education to enable students to understand the role of cultural deprivation in causing class differences in achievement/ working-class underachievement. Also covers and supports students in answering 4/6 markers using a success criteria and student-friendly mark-schemes. L3 Cultural capital Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that explores cultural, educational and economic capital and compensatory education to enable students to understand the role of cultural deprivation in causing class differences in achievement/ working-class underachievement. Also covers and supports students in answering 4/6 markers using a success criteria and student-friendly mark-schemes. L4 - How do I answer 10 markers? Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that explores how to answer 10 markers, in particular for education topic 1 - class differences in achievement (external factors). Can also be used as a revision lesson for topic 1 (class diff in achievement -external factors) Includes student friendly success criteria PERD (Point+Explanation+Research+Develop) success criteria and student-friendly mark-scheme. L5 Labelling Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that explores labelling, self-fulfilling-prophecy/ pygmallion effect, determinism and interactionism to enable students to understand the role of labelling in causing class differences in achievement/ working-class underachievement/ middle-achievement. L6 Streaming and pupil subcultures Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that explores labelling, streaming, differentiation, polarisation, anti-school subcultures, pro-school subcultures, pupil subculture, A-C ecnonomy, educational triage to enable students to understand the role of streaming and pupil subcultures in causing class differences in achievement/ working-class underachievement/ middle-class achievement. Also covers and supports students in answering 4/6 markers using a success criteria and student-friendly mark-schemes. L7 Class identities Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that explores pupil identity, class identities, habitus, symbolic capital, symbolic violence, nike identities, style performances to enable students to understand the role of class identities in causing class differences in achievement/ working-class underachievement/ middle-class achievement. Also covers and supports students in answering 4/6 markers using a success criteria and student-friendly mark-schemes. L8-9 How do I answer 20/30 markers? Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that explores: the main assessement objectives - AO1, AO2,AO3 how to answer 30 markers allows studeNts to revise class differences in achievement (external and internal factors). L10-11 Assessment & FEEDBACK (DIRT) Lesson Asessment questions for A-level Sociology (4, 6, 10, 30 markers) AND detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led feedback DIRT lesson that explores recaps how to answer4, 6, 10 & 30 markers and provides answers for assessment. Includes student friendly success criteria mark-schemes. **L12 - Folder lesson ** Explores the importance of organisation and guides and supports students in organising their classwork for class differences in achievement external and internal factors (Topic 1& 2 AQA A/ AS-level spec) Includes: Assessment tracker Example of how folder might be organised Reflection activity **ANSWERS TO MAIN ACTIVITIES AND EXAM QUESTIONS ARE INCLUDED ** Uses and refers to ’ AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook
Sociology Education Class diff in achievement (external & internal) Folder organisation lesson
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Sociology Education Class diff in achievement (external & internal) Folder organisation lesson

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Explores the importance of organisation and guides and supports students in organising their classwork for class differences in achievement external and internal factors (Topic 1& 2 AQA A/ AS-level spec) Includes: Assessment tracker Example of how folder might be organised Reflection activity Education folder dividers - to help students separate and organise their class and home learning. Made for AQA A/AS-level Sociology but can be used for ANY SPEC
AQA A-level Sociology: Education – Social class diff Assessment and feedback lesson
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AQA A-level Sociology: Education – Social class diff Assessment and feedback lesson

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**Assessment questions for A-level Sociology (4, 6, 10, 30 markers) AND detailed and heavily scaffolded student-led feedback lesson. Feedback lessons enable pupils to recap the success criteria for 4, 6, 10 & 30 markers and includes student friendly mark-scheme to help students improve their answers. ANSWERS TO MAIN ACTIVITIES AND EXAM QUESTIONS ARE INCLUDED **Made for AQA A-level Sociology **
Sociology Education Class differences in achievement- How to answer 30/ 20 markers?
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Sociology Education Class differences in achievement- How to answer 30/ 20 markers?

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Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that explores: the main assessement objectives - AO1, AO2, AO3 how to answer 30 markers allows studeNts to revise class differences in achievement (external and internal factors). **Can also be used as a revision lesson for topic 2 (class diff in achievement -internal factors) Includes student friendly success criteria for essay ** ANSWERS TO MAIN ACTIVITIES AND MODEL ANSWER INCLUDED Made for AQA A-level but is applicable for AS-Level and can be used for ANY SPEC and is still paplicable for GCSE essays
A-level Sociology Education Class differences in achievement - Labelling
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A-level Sociology Education Class differences in achievement - Labelling

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Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that explores labelling, self-fulfilling-prophecy/ pygmallion effect, determinism and interactionism to enable students to understand the role of labelling in causing class differences in achievement/ working-class underachievement/ middle-achievement. **ANSWERS TO MOST ACTIVITIES ** **COMES WITH FREE A-LEVEL HELP SHEET **Made for AQA A-level but can be easily used for other specs (just need a different source of information/ textbook) ** Uses and refers to ’ AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook
How to answer 10 markers for Sociology Education Class differences in achievement (external factors)
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How to answer 10 markers for Sociology Education Class differences in achievement (external factors)

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Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that explores how to answer 10 markers, in particular for education topic 1 - class differences in achievement (external factors). Can also be used as a revision lesson for topic 1 (class diff in achievement -external factors) Includes student friendly success criteria PERD (Point+Explanation+Research+Develop) success criteria and student-friendly mark-scheme. ANSWERS TO MAIN ACTIVITIES AND EXAM QUESTIONS ARE INCLUDED **Made for AQA A-level but can be easily used for other specs (just need a different source of information/ textbook) differentiated down for GCSE) lesson **
AQA A-level Sociology Education Class differences in achievement - Cultural capital
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AQA A-level Sociology Education Class differences in achievement - Cultural capital

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Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that explores cultural, educational and economic capital and compensatory education to enable students to understand the role of cultural capital in causing class differences in achievement/ middle-class achievement. Also covers and supports students in answering 4/6 markers using a success criteria and student-friendly mark-schemes. ANSWERS TO MAIN ACTIVITIES AND EXAM QUESTIONS ARE INCLUDED **Made for AQA A-level but can be easily used for other specs (just need a different source of information/ textbook) differentiated down for GCSE) lesson ** Uses and refers to ’ AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook
AQA A-level Sociology: Education - Class differences in achievement (Cultural deprivation)
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AQA A-level Sociology: Education - Class differences in achievement (Cultural deprivation)

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Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that explores collectivism vs individualism, elaborate vs restricted code, subculture, fatalism vs meritocracy, deferred vs immediate gratification, meritocracy, present-time vs future orientated vs compensatory education to enable students to understand the role of cultural deprivation in causing class differences in achievement/ working-class underachievement. Also covers and supports students in answering 4/6 markers using a success criteria and student-friendly mark-schemes. **Cover the following key terms: Compensatory education Meritocracy Cultural deprivation The elaborate code The restricted code Subculture Immediate gratification Deferred gratification Collectivism Individualism Fatalism Present-time orientation Future orientated **Key terms you SHOULD already know that we will cover: •Class differences in achievement •Internal factors •External factors •Material factors •Cultural factors •Norms •Culture •Values •Socialisation •Agents of socialisation **Key sociologists we will cover (at least one from each bullet point): 1.Bernstein 2.Douglas/ Feinstein/ Bernstein and Young 3.Sugarman 4.Keddie (extension) 5.Troyna and Williams (extension) 6.Blackstone and Mortimore(extension) ANSWERS TO MAIN ACTIVITIES AND EXAM QUESTIONS ARE INCLUDED **TEACHING to all activities included **Made for AQA A-level but can be easily used for other specs (just need a different source of information/ textbook) differentiated down for GCSE) lesson ** Uses and refers to ’ AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook
SOCIOLOGY Research Methods - INTRO,  PET ISSUES, SAMPLING METHODS
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SOCIOLOGY Research Methods - INTRO, PET ISSUES, SAMPLING METHODS

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Detailed and differentiated set of student-led lessons made for AQA A/AS-LEVEL SOCIOLOGY but can be differentiated for GCSE (see below-L2) and any SPEC (as it goes through the main methods, terms, issues for social research in general: Intro to Methods Explores primary vs secondary methods, quantitative vs qualitative methods, validity and reliability as a way to introduce students to the main main research methods. Explores practical (time, cost, research opportunity, requirements of funding body & subject matter), ethical (informed consent, confidentiality, harm to participants, vulnerable groups & covert research) and theoretical issues (validity, reliability, representativeness, methodological perspectives, interpretivism & positivism). *** Catered towards A-LEVEL AQA sociology but if main activity can be replaced, the rest can be used for GCSE and ANY SPEC.** *** Main activity uses pages 92-94 of the AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend** explores sampling methods, sampling frame, representative (sample), generalising (findings) and the relationship between these and positivism vss interpretivism and theoretical issues LESSON COMES WITH ANSWERS
SOCIOLOGY Research methods - Sampling methods
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SOCIOLOGY Research methods - Sampling methods

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Detailed and differentiated student-led lesson that explores sampling methods, sampling frame, representative (sample), generalising (findings) and the relationship between these and positivism vss interpretivism and theoretical issues. LESSON COMES WITH ANSWERS Catered for AQA A-level Sociology but can be used for ANY SPEC and GCSE without being edited. Comes with key term sheet for the lesson.