This worksheet covers the Interactionist theory of religion for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes theories from Berger’s sacred canopy to Stark and Bainbridge’s religion as a compensator.

This worksheet covers the secularisation thesis for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes definitions of secularisation and arguments for and against secularisation in the US and UK. Arguments in favour include rationalisation and disenchantment, structural differentiation and religious diversity. Arguments against include cultural defence and cultural transition, post-modernism, the growth of new religious movements and the growth of religious fundamentalism.

This worksheet covers the distinction between ideology and religion for the Beliefs in Society topic in A Level Sociology. It includes definitions of ideology put forward by pluralist theory, Marxism and Neo Marxism and feminist perspectives. It also discusses the distinction between religion and ideology sociologically.

This worksheet covers Alternative families on families and households including same sex families, one person households, Living Apart Together (LATs), reconstituted families and lone parent families.

This worksheet covers Feminist perspectives on on families and households including Liberal, Socialist, Radical and Difference Feminist approaches.

This worksheet covers the arguments for and against the question of whether the nuclear family is universal. It includes Murdock, New Right, The Nayar, same sex families, lone parent families and communes and religious beliefs.

This worksheet covers the darker side of the family which refers to domestic and child abuse. It includes statistics on both areas and explanations from Radical and Marxist Feminists as well the materialist perspective.

This worksheet covers the Personal Life Perspective (PLP) on families and households including Nordquvist and Smart.

This worksheet covers the different types of questionnaires in Sociology for the research methods topic, including open and closed questions

This worksheet covers family policy passed by various past and previous governments and the impact this had on families and households in the UK

This worksheet includes key definition for families vs households, the types of marriages and types of families that students should be aware of on the A Level Sociology course

This worksheet covers the reasons why death rates are declining in the UK as part of the families and households topic in A Level Sociology

This worksheet covers the reasons why divorce is increasing in the UK as part of the families and households topic in A Level Sociology

This worksheet covers the reasons why there has been a decrease in birth rate and decrease in family size in the UK as part of the families and households topic in A Level Sociology

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.

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

This worksheet covers the different types of experiments in sociology including lab and field experiments as well as the comparative method

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