This pack of lessons includes the whole topic of socialisation and the creation of identity on the Cambridge international specification. Includes the following: • The process of learning and socialisation • Culture, roles, norms, values, beliefs, customs, ideology, power and status as elements in the social construction of reality. • The importance of socialisation in influencing human behaviour, including the nurture versus nature debate. • Agencies of socialisation and social control, including family, education, peer group, media and religion. • Social control, conformity and resistance • The role of structure and agency in shaping the relationship between the individual and society, including an awareness of the differences between structuralist and interactionist views. • Factors explaining why individuals conform to social expectations, including sanctions, social pressure, self-interest and social exchange. • The mechanisms through which order is maintained, including power, ideology, force and consensus. • How sociologists explain deviance and non-conformity, including subcultures, under-socialisation, marginalisation, cultural deprivation and social resistance. • Social identity and change • Social class, gender, ethnicity and age as elements in the construction of social identity. • How social class, gender, ethnicity and age identities may be changing due to globalisation, increased choice and the creation of new/hybrid identities. Can be used for other specifications (GCSE and A Level)

Complete lesson that includes all the sociological perspectives- Functionalism, Marxism, Feminism, New Right, Postmodernism and Social Action Theory. Lessons can be used for Cambridge International, AQA, Oxford AQA. It can also be used for GCSE, IGCSE and A level.

Complete lesson on Functionalist perspective of Family. Links to AQA, Cambridge International and Oxford AQA Family topic Can be used for both GCSE and A level Sociology.

Complete lesson on Feminist perspective of Family. Links to AQA, Cambridge International and Oxford AQA Family topic Can be used for both GCSE and A level Sociology.

Complete lesson on Marxist perspective of Family. Links to AQA, Cambridge International and Oxford AQA Family topic Can be used for both GCSE and A level Sociology.

Perspectives on the role of the family • Functionalist accounts of how the family benefits its members and society and how the functions of families have changed over time, including the ‘loss of functions’ debate. • Marxist accounts of how the family benefits capitalism, including ideological control, reproduction of labour and consumption. • Feminist responses to functionalist and Marxist accounts of the role of the family. Made for the Cambridge International course, but can also be used for AQA and Oxford AQA. Can also be used for GCSE and A Level

Complete lesson on Marxism. Can be used for both GCSE and A level Sociology.

A cheat sheet for students to help with the structure of evaluation (AO3). Complete with acronyms and sentence starters.

Complete lesson on Functionalism. Can be used for both GCSE and A level Sociology.

Complete lesson on Postmodernism. Can be used for both GCSE and A level Sociology.

Help mat that gives a breakdown of the AQA A level Sociology exam, complete with sentence starters and structure for each question

Complete lesson on Feminism. Can be used for both GCSE and A level Sociology.

Complete lesson on New Right. Can be used for both GCSE and A level Sociology.

A ready to print essay plan for 30 mark Social action theory essay.

Complete lesson on Social Action Theory. Can be used for both GCSE and A level Sociology.