AQA A-Level Sociology 2023: Families & Households Complete Revision Notes

This is a resource made by myself, predicted A* in A-Level AQA Sociology. This pack includes in-depth Cornell-style notes for each individual topic according to the official specification and textbook. The notes involve key ideas and theories/theorists on the left side and condensed explanations on the right hand side, with evaluation running throughout on some pages. In PDF form and GoodNotes (upon request). Topics include:

Sociological perspectives

• Functionalist view on families
• New Right view on families
• Marxism view on education
• Feminism view on education
• Personal life perspective view on education

Couples

• Division of Labour
• Couple (in)equality
• Decision making in families
• domestic violence

Changing Family Patterns

• Divorce
• Impact of Divorce & Theories
• Marriage
• Alternative Relationships (Cohabitation, Same Sex, One-Person households, Childbearing, Lone parent families, Reconsituted families)
• Ethnic differences and extended family

Family Diversity

• Modernism & nuclear family (Functionalism, New Right, Neo-Conventional, Rappaports)
• Postmodernism and family diversity

Childhood

• Childhood as a Social Construct
• Future of Childhood
• Has Childhood Improved?

Demography

• Births
• Deaths
• Ageing population
• Migration

Social Policy

• Perspectives on Family Policy (Functionalism, Marxism Feminism, New Right)
• 20 marker plan on social policy

Other

• 20 marker plans
• 10 marker plans with explanations
• Full 20 marker on social policy