This is a lesson with activities to introduce qualitative methods. These is a lot of content in this so you may want to split into two. The basic content could also be adapted for psychology too. Students need to understand PERVERT for an exercise included here but it is fully explained in a slide you can use or print out as a "mat" for lessons

This is a revision/synoptic lesson which has an overview of Marxist theory plus an excercise to draw together marxism themes from the whole course

This is an 11 page handout (At 11pt) full of an in depth notes and tasks related to all aspects of sampling in sociology. It covers all the key terms they need to know, a critique of all sampling frames plus some notes on bias too. There are tasks included which relate to crime and deviance but you could modify these to suit your chosen focus.

A level Sociology (AQA or OCR) for the research methods questions at AS. It is a summary of all the key information which students need to know by heart to enable them to answer research questions in the AS exam

This is a 24 page comprehensive booklet covering all aspects of religious organisations using various resources including Haralambos 2013 edition.

A lesson looking at news values and how news is made. You will need a supply of newspapers for the activity

this is complete material for 3 lessons to introduce education for AQA syllabus. It looks at the purposes of education from three different theoretical perspectives: Functionalist, New Right and Marxist.

This is a presentation and lesson on how disability is presented in the media. It could be supplemented by one of the many interviews given by Liz Carr (Of Silent Witness Fame)

WARNING: Images which may cause some people distress students affected by the issue need to be screened first. It focuses on celebrity and well know acts of suicide plus Durkheim's classification

This is a short video 4 minutes long summarising the key issues we face today with traditional religious activity and secularisation in the northern hemisphere as it tends to affect christianity.

This asks the question who is most religious ? and can be used as an intro to your lesson or a discussion starter

Note only first two paragraphs now visible This is a teacher written essay, written in the simplest, most straightforward style. It is not elegant or advanced, but good to illustrate a structure for those who have to learn how to write good essays. Assess the view that the nuclear family is good for society and the individual. "The nuclear family is the traditional family of the industrial society in the UK. It is seen as ideal and another name for it is the cereal packet family because the ideal is like the families represented in adverts. Familial ideology suggests it is better than any other type of family and is good for society and the individual. In this essay these assumptions will be evaluated." TIP: I give my students 4 coloured highlighters, one for supporting arguments, one for criticism , one for correctly idetified theoriests and theroetical terms and one for concluding or summative commentary. we go through the essay comparing the colour patterns at the end. It is a great confidence booster for them

Many lower ability A level students get "pushed" toward sociology because there is a perception in some quarters at least, that it is an easy subject.It is not, especially if literacy is a weakness. I have used this presentation along with some work sheets I developed to help weaker students grasp two essential elements of the sociological writing: 1. presenting competing arguments 2. writing in an analytical/ detached style