Recap lesson material for revision in Year 13 for AQA A Level Sociology THEORY and METHODS review content.
Contains:
Teacher reference sheet
Student handout
PPT
This covers 2 x one hour lessons plus a homework task
These are assessment marking grids that are linked to the marking criteria for the different exam style question, but broken down into a manageable form for easier marking of student work.
Designed so you can tick where students have met the criteria in each level of the mark band, attach to their work and enable students to reflect on where their skills are and what they need to improve.
Contains:
Assessment marking grids
This is a resource pack for the first few lessons of AQA GCSE Sociology (new specification) to introduce students to new concepts and ideas, along with what to expect in the course. This pack usually takes me just a couple of lessons to deliver as part of a Year 10 induction week.
It includes:
Teacher booklet
Student booklets
PPTs
Activities
This can be adapted for other GCSE Sociology specifications, and can also be used or adapted if you have ‘taster’ lessons with Y9 into Y10 when they are picking their GCSE choices (or Y11 into Y12 if you offer GCSE at Sixth form).
(You could also probably scale this up for Y12 A Level Sociology if you wanted to adapt the content and add the extra depth to cover the A Level standard).
*If you are teaching Sociology, I have other resources available for the GCSE, and AQA & OCR A Level topic areas. These are full topic packs that are ‘ready to go’, so are especially helpful for anyone who is a PGCE student or NQT.
Assessment grids for marking OCR A Level Sociology student work. These have been designed using the levels outlined in the OCR mark schemes to provide a quicker, easier and clearer ways to assess student work, along with showing students which features of their assessment they would need to improve.
This contains marking grids for the following question types:
6 mark explain
9 mark explain source
10 mark to what extent source
12 mark explain source
12 mark outline
16 mark evaluate
16 mark outline evaluate
20 mark outline evaluate
24 mark assess
Lesson PPT resource that was used to introduce the topic of SCIENCE as a BELIEF SYSTEM in AQA A Level Sociology BELIEFS option topic. This covers around 3 x one hour lessons (depending what activities you build in).
This contains:
PPT
This contains assessments for AQA A Level Sociology (new specification) RESEARCH METHODS.
Each assessment is a 10 mark ‘Outline and explain’ style question, in total there are six assessments, complete with a generic marking grid.
The format can be easily adapted with changes to the question itself to expand the pack to cover all methods.
Included is a 10 mark Outline and explain two advantages of:
Covert observation
Documents
Questionnaires
and a 10 mark Outline and explain two disadvantages of:
Covert observation
Documents
Questionnaires
This is a student guidance booklet for undertaking an independent RESEARCH PROJECT into SOCIAL INEQUALITY for the OCR A Level Sociology (new specification) topic of RESEARCH METHODS & SOCIAL INEQUALITY.
It is designed to be given to students after having taught research methods and social inequality content, they can then undertake their own mini-research project to fully apply their understanding of methods in the context of social inequality. The student booklet outlines the steps they should take and points to consider for using a secondary data, questionnaires and interviews, and the analysis, write-up, presentation and evaluation of their own project.
Student could pick their own topic, I have a list of key areas that I tend to give to the students, for example age and poverty, gender and employment, ethnicity and education and so on, which guides them to a more narrowed down focus. Students can work in pairs and present their findings to the class which also adds to the overall class knowledge and understanding of specific inequalities.
Included in this pack:
Student/Staff booklet
*This could be easily adapted to meet the requirements of AQA Sociology for students to research an education topic for their methods in context skills.
*You could also adapt this for practicals in Psychology as A Level or GCSE, you would need to change a couple of the evaluation guidance points to cover GRAVEDS for Psychology, and if used for Pearson Edexcel A Level, then it’d need changes to specific methods as per the requirements of the specification for each topic; for example questionnaires for Social, experiments for Cognitive etc.
**OCR Sociology A Level
Exam Revision Questions **
Set of example questions students can use for targeted revision.
The questions include a breakdown of question type and AO spread for each section of the exam paper.
These are designed for students to engage in targeted revision in order to practice the exam style questions. You could also use them to build assessments in the run up to the exams.
Please note, these are not OCR questions, these are questions I have devised that follow the exam style of questioning, but also enable students to target a range of possibilities in question wording for exam practice.
There are a range of questions for:
Paper 1 Section A (Socialisation, Culture, Identity)
Paper 1 Section B (Youth Subculture)
Paper 2 Section B (Social Inequality)
Paper 3 Section A (Globalisation and Digital Media)
Paper 3 Section B (Crime and Deviance)
I have not included Paper 2 Section A Research Methods in Context as these are based on source materials, and I tend to use studies I have used from across the social inequality topic to tackle those questions and extend understanding, so I don’t have questions for that section in this pack.
Introducing Crime & Deviance
A Level Sociology
This introduction pack covers the core concepts of deviance, crime, the relativity of these, formal and informal social control and ways of explaining crime.
It is designed as a stand alone lesson for teacher delivery, or as flipped learning where students can be given the booklet and accompanying PPTs and directed to three introductory lessons that are pre-recorded and available on YouTube to go with this resource pack.
Includes:
1 x student booklet
2 x teacher PPTs (Student flipped learning PPTs)
1 x student activity
3 x recorded lesson videos (via YouTube ‘SocialScience911’)
Please note: the full teaching resource pack for the whole OCR A Level Sociology Crime and Deviance topic already includes these resources. There is also similar introductory resources in the AQA Sociology Crime and Deviance teacher resource pack that you could use with the YouTube lessons.
AQA SOCIOLOGY DEBATES: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEORY AND METHODS
This pack is designed for approximately three lessons to cover the debates content about theory and methods.
The relationship between theoretical perspective and preference for particular research methods and sources of data. e.g. Positivism and quantitative data Interpretivism and qualitative data
The powerpoint contains the links to the student booklets and gapped areas for them to complete from the presentation as you work through the lessons. The teacher booklet has the answers and relevant links back to the ppt.
The booklets and powerpoint usually take me three lessons, allowing time during these for students to recap on the pieces of research evidence they have covered in their topic areas to add them to their notes or an A3 mind map as examples of how and where the main ideas (positivism, interpretivism, micro, macro, pardigms and theoretical issues) may have influenced the research undertaken across sociology.
This packs contains:
1 x power point
1 x teacher booklet with answers
1 x student work booklet
This contains a range of assessments for the AQA A Level Sociology (new specification) CRIME AND DEVIANCE topic.
The assessments include marking grids to help with demonstrating to students where their strengths and improvements are needed, and they also help teachers with easier marking!
Can be used as class tests, or homework tasks.
This contains:
4 x large assessments (60 minutes, mixed question types)
8 x 10 mark essay assessments (either one or two essays per test)
11 x mini tests (a 4 and 6 mark question).
*If you are buying the crime and deviance teacher resource pack, these are included, you would not need these separately.
This resource contains some student assessments for OCR A Level Sociology (new specification) Culture, Socialisation, Identity (Paper 1, Topic A).
**These are all included in the teacher resource pack (see my shop), but they are also available here as a separate resource set. If you re buying the teacher resource pack, you will also get these.
Contains:
7 x class assessments that build in complexity from 6 marks to 12 marks
2 x Assessment skills PPTs
This packs contains assessments for the OCR A Level Sociology (new specification) Youth subculture topic (Paper 1, Option B).
**If you are purchasing the full set of teacher resources these are included, you do not need to download this set separately.
In this pack there are:
6x student assessments
3x assessment skills PPTs
Functionalist explanations of crime and deviance
A Level AQA Sociology: Crime and Deviance
This resource can be used for classroom teaching or for a flipped independent learning module with the accompanying pre-recorded lesson videos that can be found on YouTube. This can also be used for cover lessons, student catch-up or student recap and revision.
This pack contains:
1x teacher answer booklets
1x teacher PPT
1x student workbook
4x activity answer sheets
3x video lessons on SocialScience911 on you tube
This is designed for the AQA specification, but much of the content is transferable to OCR A Level Sociology Crime and Deviance as well, you would need to change the specification reference on page two of the booklet to match OCR content.
Please note: an AQA teacher resource pack that contains all resources for the Crime and Deviance topic includes this booklet, there is no need to also download this one if you have the full set.
Measuring Crime
A Level OCR Sociology: Crime and Deviance
This resource can be used for classroom teaching or for a flipped learning independent learning module with the accompanying pre-recorded lesson videos that can be found on YouTube.
This pack contains:
1x student workbook
4x video lessons (available on ‘SocialScience911’ on You Tube)
This is designed for the OCR specification, but much of the content is transferable to AQA A Level Sociology Crime and Deviance as well.
Please note: the full OCR teacher resource pack that contains all resources for the Crime and Deviance topic includes this booklet, there is no need to also download this booklet.
Full set of teacher and student resources used as the first few weeks to introduce students to the key features and main theories in OCR sociology. Designed for the OCR (new) specification, but could be used for any of the main examboards. You could ‘reduce’ the content down and simplify for use at GCSE level. Includes;
Teacher booklet
Student booklet
All PPTs
All activities
All homework
Teacher and/or student booklet for the topic of RESEARCH METHODS in AQA GCSE 9-1 Sociology. This can be given to students as it stands, or adapted for activities or lessons. Included is:
Teacher/student booklet
*There are some pages with headings where students make summary notes, I use sociology factsheets for these activities which I cannot attach as they are paid for resources, but students can also do independent research to find out about the key concepts or use textbooks for the same purpose.
Research methods for AQA A Level Sociology (new specification) topic of RESEARCH METHODS. This booklet includes the core methods for the AQA A Level course. This can be given to students as it is and they can work through, or can be adapted for lesson activities.
This pack includes:
Teacher/student booklet
I have added a couple of PPTs as well, but these don’t cover all the methods.
*methods in context is not included in the booklet
*there are some pages with headings and space for notes, the students use information Factsheets to complete those, but am unable to attach as they are paid for items.
*Due to lockdown and then no longer teaching this course, this resource pack contains the first four topic areas, but is incomplete as I never made it to the end! Mising from the pack is Power & Authority and Power & Relationships. Some of that content had been embedded in the first four topics, but please note there are not resources for the final two sections.
The pack contains all resources and activities needed to teach the following topics of AQA GCSE 9-1 Sociology STRATIFICATION:
Functionalist theory
Socio-economic class
Life Chances
Poverty as a social issue.
For each of these there is:
Teacher booklet
Student booklet
All PPTs
All Activities
*Please note this resource pack is partially complete. The last components were not fully updated due to lockdown and since then changing examboard.
This resource packs contains all the teacher and student resources you will need to teach the AQA A Level Sociology CRIME AND DEVIANCE.
The following topics are FULLY resourced with a detailed Teacher booklet, Student booklet, All PPTs, All activities, Assessments:
Introduction to crime, deviance and social control
Theories and explanations of crime
Media and crime
Social distribution of crime
The following is partially resourced with Teacher booklet:
Controlling crime
The following is partially resourced with a Student booklet and a PPT:
Official Statistics
The following has the beginnings of a Teacher resource booklet, but I never made it this far I’m afraid:
Contemporary crime (green, human rights, globalisation, state)
Also includes a range of assessments, all of which have marking grids and specification topic links for teacher tracking.