This worksheet covers the arguments in favour and against the view that the family has lost its function including functionalist perspectives like Parsons, Fletcher and Murdock as well as Ross, Litwak, Marxist and feminist perspectives.

Worksheet / notes summarising the gender differences in subject choice with specific focus on external and internal explanations

This worksheet covers the research process in sociology including the difference between an aim and hypothesis, types of social surveys, open and closed questions, pilot studies, sampling etc.

This worksheet covers the factors influencing sociologist when selecting research methods including practical, ethical and theoretical issues.

This worksheet compares the two key Methodological perspectives in sociology (positivism and interpretivism) in a lot of detail

Worksheet / notes summarising the ethnic differences in attainment or achievement and specifically why the Indian and Chinese students overachieve, while white, black, Pakistani and Bengali students underachieve with external and internal explanations

Worksheet / notes summarising the social class differences in attainment or achievement and specifically why the working class underachieve and the middle class overachieve with external and internal explanations

This worksheet gets teachers and students to think about how to link the sociology of education to research methods. For those teaching the AQA specification, this will help with the 20 mark essays.

This worksheet covers the types of observations in sociology including participant and non participant and overt and covert observations

This is a worksheet and revision notes covering the how sociologists choose topics. It covers primary and secondary data, qualitative and quantitative methods as well as triangulation

Worksheet / notes summarising the gender differences in attainment or achievement and specifically why boys underachieve with external and internal explanations

Worksheet / notes summarising the gender differences in attainment or achievement and specifically why girls outperform boys

Worksheet / notes summarising the New Right perspective on the sociology of education

This worksheet has suggestions on how A Level Sociology students can revise for the exam.

Worksheet / notes summarising the impact of education policy on social groups such as gender, class and ethnicity.

This worksheet covers the explanations put forward by sociologists to explain the role of the media in the social construction and promotion of crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It begins by explain why the media can be a problem and how they can distort our view of crime. Later, representations of crime is explored through agenda setting and newsworthiness, before looking into theories put forward by Greer on media distortion and exaggeration of crime, Cohen on deviancy amplification and Hall on policing the crisis. Cybercrimes are also explored. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

This worksheet covers the Marxist theory of crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Chambliss, Snider and Gordon. It examines the criminogenic nature of capitalism and asks: who makes the laws? Who does it benefit? Who breaks the law? Who gets caught? Why break the law? Why enforce the law? Overall evaluation of Marxism is also included. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

This worksheet covers the explanations put forward by feminists and other sociologists to explain gender patterns in crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It begins by exploring gender patterns for criminalisation, victimisation and representation in the criminal justice system. This is followed by explanations of low female criminality including: chivalry thesis and bias and double standards in the criminal justice system. Later causes of female crime is explored including: physiological explanations, Functionalism’s sex role theory, Heidensohn on patriarchal control, Carlen on class and gender deals and Messerschmidt on masculinity. Overall detailed evaluation is also provided of each perspective. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

This worksheet covers the explanations put forward by sociologists to explain ethnic patterns in crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It includes: racism within the criminal justice system, Left Realist explanations, Gilroy on the myth of black criminality, Hall on policing the crisis and also explores theories by Bowling and Philips as well as Alexander to explore Asian criminality. Overall detailed evaluation is also provided of each perspective. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.

This worksheet covers the explanations put forward by sociologists to explain state crimes and human rights violations committed by governments as part of the crime and deviance topic for A Level Sociology. It begins by outlining what state crimes are followed by four types that can emerge. The definition of state crimes are explored including: Green’s view, Michalowski on zemiology, labelling theory, the view of international law and human rights. This is followed by explanations to understand state crime including: Adorno’s authoritarian personality, Hamilton’s features of obedience, Bauman on state crimes in modernity and Marxism on the capitalist state.