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

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 is a methods in context revision notes covering secondary sources of data used in sociological research

This is a methods in context revision notes covering case studies and longitudinal studies used in sociological research

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

Worksheet / notes summarising the Interactionist or commonly known as labelling perspective on education policy

Worksheet / notes summarising the Sociology of education policy including the New Right, New Labour and Coalition governments

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

Functionalist perspectives on education including Durkheim, Parsons, and Davis and Moore

This worksheet covers the Anarchist view on society, including the contribution made by key thinkers and the different strands of the ideology. It covers both AQA and Edexcel specifications.

This worksheet covers the Anarchist view on human nature, including the contribution made by key thinkers and the different strands of the ideology. It covers both AQA and Edexcel specifications.

This worksheet covers the origins of Anarchism as an ideology. It covers both AQA and Edexcel specifications.

This worksheet briefly summarises the types of anarchism so students can make sense of how they come together. It covers both AQA and Edexcel specifications.

This worksheet discusses some key exam questions within Anarchism in the form of a table to summarise content for students. It also includes synoptic links to other topics in politics for students to make sense of how Anarchism applies in western politics. For AQA

This worksheet covers a comprehensive insight into Individualist Anarchism which includes Anarcho Capitalism with the contribution of Rothbard, Friedman and Egoism advocated by Stiner. It covers both AQA and Edexcel specifications.

This worksheet covers Interactionism / labelling theory on crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It includes: Becker’s social construction of crime, Lemert’s primary and secondary labelling, Young’s effects of labelling and Goffman’s deviance within institutions. Overall evaluation is included for each Sociologist. 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 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 explanations put forward by sociologists to explain crime control, prevention and punishment for crime and deviance in A Level Sociology. It includes: the types of punishment, functionalist perspectives on punishment and Marxism on punishment. This is followed by crime prevention and control theories put forward by Left Realism (social and community crime prevention), Right Realism (situational crime prevention and increasing social control), environmental crime prevention and Foucault on surveillance. 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 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.