Complete set of presentations for the first unit, tried and tested with real classes. No textbook needed. Includes worksheets and end of unit assessment. Mini-whiteboards would be ideal and access to ICT is required for a couple of lessons - one laptop/computer between two students. Created inline with AQA's recommended scheme of work.
This is a lesson I use as an introduction to the AQA A-level Sociology course and to the sociological imagination or line of inquiry. The lesson includes:
an overview of the course, exam and curriculum
activities to introduce students to Sociology and sociological thinking/ inquiry.
suggested reading, podcasts, revision websites youtube channels that students can use to develop their knowledge and understanding of key ideas and concepts.
Expectations
Can be easily edited to meet your needs, e.g. specification, expectations and can also be used as an introduction to AQA GCSE Sociology .
This is the entire unit for the beliefs in society topic in A level sociology. This includes topics on:
Theories of beliefs
Ideology, science and nationalism
Social change
Religious organisations, movements and members
Religion and globalisation
Secularisation
Alternatives to secularisation
Features of the lesson includes (Not included for all lessons):
Exam practice
MWB match up
Video tasks
Explain why task
Application task
Essay plan task
Complete set of presentations for the second unit. All have been tried and tested with real classes. Mini-whiteboards would be ideal alongside student workbooks. Created to fit with with AQA’s recommended scheme of work.
This is a large pack of resources for learning and revision of the “Families” section of AQA Sociology GCSE. The pack includes:
The Functionalist Perspective
The Marxist Perspective
The Feminist Perspective
Different Families
Rapoport & Rapoport
Conjugal Role Relationships
Changing Families
Changing Households
Wider Family Relationships
Marriage and Divorce
Theories of Divorce
Criticisms of Families
Is the Nuclear Family Still Important?
Knowledge Organisers
Practice Exam Questions
Revision booklet for students to fill in and condense their knowledge of this topic. Previously my students have loved these as it has all of their knowledge in one place, and they can create their own revision guides.
For the AQA GCSE Sociology Specification
The Complete Media Bundle for A Level Sociology offers a full, engaging, and exam-focused set of resources covering every topic required by the specification. It enables students to master the sociological study of the media through in-depth PDF summaries, visually dynamic PowerPoint presentations, and a range of skills-based and assessment-focused materials. Core content areas include: Media Ownership and Control, The New Media, Globalisation and the Media, Media Representations (of class, gender, ethnicity, age, and disability), Media Content and Audiences, and Media Effects and Audience Theories.
Each topic is supported by comprehensive PowerPoint slides that break down theoretical perspectives (Marxist, Pluralist, Feminist, Postmodernist), key sociologists, and contemporary examples such as streaming services, citizen journalism, media moral panics, and the impact of digital algorithms on consumption. The bundle explores how media both reflects and shapes society, power structures, and identities, and how audiences actively interpret or resist media content.
To build exam confidence and critical writing skills, the pack includes connectives worksheets, skills-based activities (e.g. PEEL paragraph practice, media text analysis, theory-application tasks), and essay planning templates. Each major topic comes with a focused podcast episode, offering accessible summaries of key theories, debates, and sociological applications—ideal for independent revision or flipped learning. The question bank features a wide range of exam-style questions and model answers, including 10- and 20-mark essay questions such as “Evaluate the view that media owners control media content for ideological purposes” and “Assess the impact of new media on audience behaviour.” A series of interactive quizzes reinforces key terms, theorists, and concepts through fun and formative assessment.
Altogether, this full-course Media bundle equips students with the theoretical depth, real-world application, and analytical skill needed to excel in the media unit of A Level Sociology. It’s ideal for teachers delivering the course or students seeking a structured, content-rich, and engaging way to revise.
These revision powerpoints are made to help with last minute revision - they are summaried to a point where it is still easily understood/able to develop. Also comes with a checklist to aid your revision.
This is followed by the A-Level - AQA - Sociology specification
This is for the theory and methods section of the papers - which comes under Paper 1 AND Paper 3
BUT - this is WITHOUT the methods - for the methods I have made a separate sociology revision powerpoint lablelled as ‘research methods’
this powerpoint includes the following topics:
Sociology and science
Objectivity and values in sociology
Functionalism
Marxism
Feminist theories
Action theories
Globalisation, modernity and postmodernity
Sociology and social policy
great resource for revision or lessons - these are quick, concise but understandable notes
covers all research methods content - WITHOUT CONTEXT!!
topics:
Types of data that sociologists use
Practical issues
Ethical issues
Theoretical issues
Research process
Experiments
Questionnaires
Interviews
Observations
Official statistics
Documents and content analysis
downloaded as a microsoft ppt - with animations
AQA A-level/AS level
This bundle contains a complete series of workbooks made for GCSE Sociology students. It includes the four new workbooks made for each of the four main sections of the course (Family, Education, Crime & Deviance, and Social Stratification) and, as a bonus resource, my very popular Research Methods workbook.
The workbooks were designed for the AQA specification and adapted for the WJEC/EDUQAS specification (two versions of each workbook are included in this resource pack).
Each of the four main workbooks contains the following:
Student Progress-Check Tasks
A Personal Learning Checklist
Activity 1 - Mind-Map Overview Task
Activity 2 - Reading Comprehension
Activity 3 - Key-Work Match & Listing Tasks
Activity 4 - Online Research Tasks
Activity 5 - Reading Comprehension
Activity 6 - Bare-bones Essay Planning Task
Activity 7 - Creative Tasks (Posters & Poetry)
Activity 8 - Investigate & Report (Newspaper Article Task)
Activity 9 - Reading Comprehension
Activity 10 - Essay-Planning Activity
Activity 11- Essay Assessment
Extension Tasks (Many!)
Each contains 25+ sides of activities and is designed to be printed as a double-sided workbook. The files are in editable Word (.doc) format in-case you wish to make any amendments (e.g. changing the exam questions).
The workbooks are not designed to be a comprehensive: they each include selected readings and cover some (not all) of the topics listed in the specification.
UPDATE: This bundle has now been enhanced with four additional workbooks: these ‘video-learning workbooks’ help students to learn from online video resources more effectively.
If you are happy with your purchase and leave a review and rating for this TES bundle, please email me ( godwin86@gmail.com ) and I will send you a FREE ‘Revision Strategy Battle Planner’ which will be useful for your Year 11 students.
Copyright Adam Godwin (2020) - strictly not for redistribution.
Detailed but summarised notes, following the specification
Highlighted points for easy revision and better memorisation
A/A* notes- I got an A* in my a level
Real life case studies/examples researched & summarised
Created using a combination of the textbook, teacher notes, mark schemes, online resources
No need to waste time making notes- revise straight away!
A full GCSE Sociology lesson from the Social Stratification module of AQA Sociology, although compatible with other exam boards. Contains a presentation and all the resources that you would need.
Every lesson begins with a recap quiz and will have a combination of independent tasks and teacher-led discussion. There will always be a discussion of an exam question.
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A lesson on ethnicity and crime, as part of Crime and Deviance for A-level Year 13 students on the AQA Specification
Activities include:
‘Stop and search’ decision-making
Crime statistics data digging
Brixton Riots and Stephen Lawrence - video notes
Key theories discussion
Walk the line debate
NWA lyric analysis
Evaluation web
Example exam questions
Model answers
(Lesson follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)
Complete set of presentations for the sixth and final unit of the new AQA specification, tried and tested with real classes. Mini-whiteboards would be ideal and access to ICT is required for a couple of lessons - one laptop/computer between two students. Created to fit with AQA’s recommended scheme of work.
Complete set of presentations for the fourth unit of the new AQA specification, tried and tested with real classes. Mini-whiteboards would be ideal and access to ICT is required for a couple of lessons - one laptop/computer between two students. Created to fit with AQA’s recommended scheme of work.
Complete set of presentations for the fifth unit of the new AQA specification, tried and tested with real classes. Mini-whiteboards would be ideal and access to ICT is required for a couple of lessons - one laptop/computer between two students. Created to fit with AQA’s recommended scheme of work.
Presentation sets for all six topics of the Education unit for AQA A-level Sociology. Contains key knowledge, a range of engaging activities and assessments. Any questions, email info@thesociologyteacher.com
Complete set of presentations for the third unit of the new AQA specification, tried and tested with real classes. Includes a full assessment of this chapter, and the previous chapter, and a full feedback lesson. Mini-whiteboards would be ideal and access to ICT is required for a couple of lessons - one laptop/computer between two students. Created to fit with AQA’s recommended scheme of work.
This bundle pack includes introductory lessons to help support learners who are new to GCSE Sociology, understand the main sociological theories and theorists. These include:
Functionalism and Emile Durkheim
Marxism and Karl Marx
Interactionism and Max Weber
Feminist Theory
New Right Perspective
All PowerPoints go through the basics of each of the theories and theorists and have a range of activities included to ensure that the lesson content is interactive. All PowerPoints have a ‘Quick Check Questions’ section which helps consolidate the learning of your students.
This also includes a Key Words test sheet based on the key terminology covered after Functionalism and Marxism has been completed. This is a useful tool to support spelling and test students’ knowledge on the key concepts needed for the exam.
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