This pack contains a 24 question quiz that tests student knowledge of DEMOGRAPHY. The quiz is scored out of 37 points and is perfect for use as a starter task and/or plenary task. Included: QUIZ Answer sheet

This pack contains a 20-question multiple choice quiz that will test your students knowledge and understanding of RESEARCH METHODS The quiz is perfect for a Starter Task/Plenary when you reach the end of the RESEARCH METHODS module

This pack contains a 25 question quiz that tests student knowledge of Educational Achievement: Girls The pack contains: QUIZ Answer sheet This quiz is a great Starter Task / Plenary.

This pack contains a 17 page PowerPoint and accompanying student booklet This PowerPoint offers a basic introduction to the Paper 3 Crime & Deviance paper. The lesson covers: Break down of Paper 3 this looks at question types, structure of the paper, past paper is included in the PowerPoint and booklet Past paper activity can be used to drive a Q&A or a ‘deep dive’ with students discussing potential answers to questions so the teacher can assess pre-existing knowledge Key terms defined: CRIME / DEVIANCE (with examples of each) Discussion of the distinction between Crime and Deviance Student led activity / debate - students are presened with SIX questions and are asked to discuss and feedback - this task could be used to guide a debate between groups of students Consolidation task students to research, define and provide examples for a list of key terms that will be used througout the module Booklet - gapped handout, areas to fill in, space for note, all key information is recorded in the booklet

This pack contains a 16-slide Power-Point that introduces FUNCATIONALISM, and an accompanying booklet. The pack also contains a a consolidation test to test student knowledge at the end of the session. The lessons introduces students to: Introduction to Social Institutions What is a ‘theory’? Definition of ‘structural theories’ Definition of Conflict and Consensus theories Functionalism definition - Structural/Consensus theory Social Cohesion Social Control The Organic Analogy Tasks based around the above topics Consolidation quiz with answers provided. There are TWO copies of the lesson - one formatted for MAC and one formatted for PC.

This lesson is an introduction to the Nature Vs. Nurture debate and has been designed for the AQA specification. The lessons covers: Gender Socialisation starter quiz **Starter tasks **- questions about nature/nuture. This is designed to foster debate and talking point before we explore the debate in more detail What are genes? Defining: Nature/Nurture Student task to expand upon understanding Arguments in favour of nature: Darwin, Watson Sociological evidence: Feral Children Documentary / video links included - tasks to follow screening of short documentary about feral children [Oxana Malaya] Genetic Evidence: separated twins: The Jim Twins Nature/Nurture ‘evidence’ task Essay question - includes question, item and an essay plan.

This pack contains a 16-slide Power-Point that introduces FEMINISM, and an accompanying booklet. The lessons introduces students to: * Definition of Feminism Class discussion: what do students already know? What is their understanding of feminism? Discussion and definition of Patriarchy Feminism as a Structural/Conflict theory Brief history of Feminism - tasks included “Good Wife Guide” Equal Pay Act Contraceptive pill Feminism in the 70s, 80s Women in the media Bechdel Test Plenary: task and discussion There are TWO copies of the lesson - one formatted for MAC and one formatted for PC.

This pack covers Dark Side of the Family: Domestic Abuse - Radical Feminist, Materialist perspectives The PowerPoint covers: Definition: domestic violence What do sociologists say? Kathryn Coleman What does Domestic Violence occur? Radical Feminist Explanation Materialist Explanation Plenary - 10 mark assessment This pack also contains: Handout/booklet to accompany the PowerPoint - students use this in class, it contains all info they need Assessment handout

This pack contains a 16-slide Power-Point that introduces Post-Modernism and Social Action theories, and an accompanying booklet. The pack also contains a a consolidation test to test student knowledge at the end of the session. The lessons introduces students to: Starter: Re-cap Functionalism, Marxism & Feminism Revisiting Structural Theories - re-cap Define: Social Action Theory - discussed in relation to Structural approaches Social Action Theory Intro to Post Modernism Grand-Narratives - Social Institutions give legitimacy Status Quo/Norms - how they are reinforced and challenged. Plenary Task There are TWO copies of the lesson - one formatted for MAC and one formatted for PC.

This pack contains a 16-slide Power-Point that introduces MARXISM, and an accompanying booklet. The pack also contains a a consolidation test to test student knowledge at the end of the session. The lessons introduces students to: * Definition of Marxism Marxism as a Conflict/Structural Theory How Marxism differs from Functionalism Tasks that explore the characteristics of the Proletariat / Bourgeois Discussion of the Super-structure Plenary/Consoldiation quiz - handout and responses provided There are TWO copies of the lesson - one formatted for MAC and one formatted for PC.

This pack contains the following: Complete lesson: Starter task (re-cap key terms) What is a Questionnaire? Types of questions: closed/open Strengths of questionnaires Weaknesses of questionnaires Pilot Studies Plenary assessment tasks Booklet Sample response to exam question

**This pack is designed for the AQA Paper 1 - Education, Theories, Methods Paper. This pack contains a 54 slide PowerPoint presentation that covers the following:** *** Slides 1 - 11 -** Break down of the exam, types of questions students will face and discussion of marks awarded for each question Slide 12 - PEEEL - how to structure answers to 10 mark questions *** Slides 14 - 19 -** How to plan and write a ten mark response to the question: ** Outline and explain two ETHICAL problems faced by sociologists using laboratory experiments** Slides 21 - 23 break down of another 10 mark question RESEARCH METHODS question (unstructured interviews) Slides 25 - 28 - break down of another 10 marks question RESEARCH METHODS non-Participant Obervations SLIDES 35 - 54: How to answer 20 mark questions **20 mark Research Methods question: ** Applying material from ITEM A and your knowledge, evaluate how far different factors may affect sociologists’ choice of research methods [20 marks] **20 mark Research Methods in Context question: ** Applying material from ITEM B and your knowledge of research methods, evaluate the strengths and limitations of using written questionnaires to investigate working-class educational achievement. [20 marks] Both 20 mark questions have slides that explain: how to read and interpret the item structure of 20 mark responses Exemplar responses ** The pack also contains a 20 page booklet containing 10 exemplar 10-mark questions (with P.E.E.E.L planning activities for each question.) ** The booklet also contains 10 20-mark questions with space for essay planning. ** An additional booklet is also attached - this booklet contains a sample response with assessment notes for the questio**n Applying material from ITEM B and your knowledge of research methods, evaluate the strengths and limitations of using written questionnaires to investigate working-class educational achievement. [20 marks] **The additional booklet also contains 2 additional RESEARCH METHODS IN CONTEXT questions with planning a tasks. **

This pack covers and contains: an introduction to the Research Methods in Context exam question Re-cap of Research Methods key terms/factors Exemplar question - task and teacher led discussion of how to answer the question Exemplar question - task; students to repeat the previous task using another question Sample response anlaysis task Extended Research Methods in Context plenary activities Assessment that can be set as homework (with sample answer) In-depth student handout - gapped section, re-cap of Research Methods, activities and sample response(s) Methods in Context textbook scans Methods in context CRIB SHEET All resources needed

This Powerpoint introduces students to EDUCATION. Included: PC and MAC formatted lesson, booklet/handout. Link to documentary This lesson will contextualise the study of education through the following tasks/areas: Student experiences of education tasks - students discuss and share their experiences Education and the four areas of study Class differences Role of education Why some pupils achieve more than others Role of education and its role in society The student experience in school Impact of Government policy Cultural Capital Cultural Deprivation Plenary/conslidation task: David Harewood’s Will Britain Ever Have a Black Prime Minster documentary - note taking and discussion tasks The lesson is 23 slides long.

This pack contains the following: Observations complete lesson covers: Observation starter task Two short ‘observations’ video tasks Discussion re: questionnaires & Interviews vs. Observations Types of Observations (each explored individually) Covert/Overt Non-Participant Participant Strengths of observations Limitations of observations Case Study - Football Hooligans - documentary available on Youtube Tasks for completion following documentary screening Plenary - observation research task - students to research and present a case-study based on one of four existing sociological studies. Handout, documentary links and all resources are included.

Functionalist view of Family, complete lesson and handout. The pack covers: Re-cap of Functionalism George Peter Murdock (1949) Stable satisfaction of the sex drive Socialisation of the young Reproduction of the next generation Meeting its members’ economic needs Criticisms of Murdock Parsons’ Functional Family Fit The Nuclear Family** Extended Family Function of the Nuclear and Extended Family TWO BASIC AND IRREDUCTABLE FUNCTIONS The Family as the ‘Peaceful Haven’ Critiques of the Functionalist View

This pack contains two Powerpoint presentations: 1 - 39 Slide PowerPoint that covers the Functionalist View of Religion AND ‘Civil Religion’ 2 - 5 slide PowerPoint that covers evaluation of the Functionalist view The lessons are accompanied with detailed handouts that students complete during the sessions The lessons cover: Starter task - symbols and meaning Introduce key theorists Define: Value Consensus, Order, Solidarity Define and introduce: The Sacred, The Profaine Short reading and summative task to consolidation knowledge and understanding of The Sacred, The Profaine Totemism - case study: Arunta Clan What is a ‘Totem’ Totemism and Clans Task - students to create their own clans, rules and totems that symbolise the values of the clan Reading / consolidation task The Collective Consciousness Critiques of Durkheim’s view point Malinowski Social Solidarity - explored and expanded upon Trobriand Islanders of the Western Pacific case study ‘God of the Gaps’ Religion ‘At a time of life crisis’ Parsons - Independent Reading task - Positive functions of religion Robert Bellah - Civil Religion Civil Religion in the USA Civil Religion in the UK Gapped handout- task Assessment - 10 mark assessment task

This pack contains a 20-slide PowerPoint and accompanying booklet. The lesson is the first in a series of lessons designed to cover ‘Beliefs in Society’ module of AQA’s Paper 2. The lesson covers: Starter students asked to define religion Students asked to identify religious symbols - discussion of what students already know about selected global religions [mainstream and NRMs] Debate: Is religion a force for good or force for evil in the world? Benefits and Drawbacks of religion Discussion of ‘Why we are studying Religion’ What is Religion? Substantive Definition Functional Definition Constructionist Definition All three definitions are explored in detail. The strengths and limitations of each definition are discussed in a task Summary Assessment - 10 mark question Planning activity included

This lesson covers Educational achievement and Social Class The lesson is 38 slides long and covers: (approx one week of lesson time) This pack contains a complete 36 lesson PowerPoint presentation, accompanying student handout, text book scans needed for task, sample response, mark scheme and an article covering Basil Bernstein’s Restricted/Elaborated Codes The lesson covers: Starter - middle class vs. working class achievement External factors Cultural Deprivation: language, parents’ education, working class sub-cultures Speech codes: Restricted/Elaborated Parents education: parenting style, educational behaviours Cultural Deprivation - working-class sub-cultures Bary Sugarman Myth of Cultural Deprivation Material Deprivation and Poverty Cultural Capital / Pierre Bourdieu Summary Assessment

This pack contains a 31 slide PowerPoint covering both INTERNAL and EXTRENAL factors. Poor Literacy Globalisation and the Decline of male jobs Feminisation of Education Laddish sub-cultures The Moral Panic about boys Shortage of Male primary school teachers Mini-assessment plenary 11-page work booklet This pack has been designed for the AQA spec.