This worksheet is designed to help students see how the personal life approach could be used when answering questions about other topics within the Families and Households unit of AQA’s A Level Sociology. There is a list of 11 ideas from the personal life approach and a list of other topics within the unit for students to make links to. An example has been done to illustrate a possible link. (The example shows how people viewing pets as part of their family could be related to changing patterns of childbearing. This activity could prove helpful for revision purposes to show how the personal life perspective could be used in ten mark questions on almost anything, or to evaluate/explain aspects of other topics.

This resource is a set of 30 different quiz-quiz-trade cards. Each card has a question and answer on the compulsory parts of Edexcel A’s “Changing Landscapes of the UK” (component 1, topic 1, key ideas 1.1 & 1.2). Content includes characteristics of different rock types, their UK distribution, the role of past tectonic processes, human landscape impacts and lots more. All the cards are attractively designed with clear text and marked scissor lines to assist with cutting up. This active and engaging Kagan cooperative learning activity is useful for reviewing and revising learning.

This pop-up rock pedestal can be used in class but it’s also great as a homework task. The powerpoint slides explain how to make it, and the separate pupil worksheet also has its own clear instructions. This activity is useful for bringing desert landforms to life at KS3. The instruction sheet includes a challenge task for more able pupils, which involves adding their own features to the pop-up, e.g. cactus.

This resource is a set of 40 different quiz-quiz-trade cards. Each one has a question and answer on an aspect of KS3 Rivers, including erosion processes, waterfalls, meanders, river basin terminology and lots more. There are enough cards for a very large class, or for smaller classes pupils could have more than one card each. This active and engaging Kagan cooperative learning activity is useful for reviewing and revising pupil learning, and it could even be used at the start of a unit to identify or recap prior knowledge in KS4. There are so many cards that the activity could be used in more than one lesson with a class by changing which of the 40 cards are used or not used on each occasion. All the cards are attractively designed with clear text and marked scissor lines to assist with cutting up.

This resource features a photograph for stimulus, followed by a range of GCSE exam-style questions, including a calculation, a definition and some explain-type questions, ranging in value from 1 to 4 marks. They have been developed to meet the requirements of Edexcel Geography A, but may also be suitable for other specifications. It is suitable for use as homework, in class, as a practice timed question, as exam revision etc.

This resource is a set of 30 different quiz-quiz-trade cards. Each card has a question and answer on an aspect of social action theory, including labelling, Goffman’s dramaturgical theory, Mead, phenomenology, ethnomethodology and lots more. The content is designed for the AQA A Level Sociology Theory and Methods unit. There are enough cards for a class of 30, or for smaller classes students could have more than one card each. This active and engaging Kagan cooperative learning activity is useful for reviewing and revising learning. There are so many cards that the activity could be used in more than one lesson with a class by changing which of the 30 cards are used or not used on each occasion. All the cards are attractively designed with clear text and marked scissor lines to assist with cutting up.

This crossword focuses on 20 key terms for political power and processes within the Social Stratification unit of AQA’s GCSE Sociology (for Paper 2). Terms used include constituency, communism, pressure group, class alignment, charismatic authority and fascism. The crossword can be used in various ways, including as a revision activity and for homework. Interestingly, there are so many political key terms listed within the AQA specification that it has become necessary to create TWO crosswords in order to use all the terms! This is crossword number 1. Crossword number 2 is available separately, featuring another 20 different political key terms.

This resource is a set of 30 different quiz-quiz-trade cards. Each card has a question and answer on the compulsory parts of “The UK’s evolving physical landscape" in Edexcel’s B specification (component 2, topic 4, key ideas 4.1 & 4.2). Content includes characteristics of different rock types, their UK distribution, the role of past tectonic processes, human landscape impacts and lots more. All the cards are attractively designed with clear text and marked scissor lines to assist with cutting up. This active and engaging Kagan cooperative learning activity is useful for reviewing and revising learning.

This crossword focuses on 20 key terms for political power and processes within the Social Stratification unit of AQA’s GCSE Sociology (for Paper 2). Terms used include neoliberalism, interest groups, bureaucratic authority, direct action, liberal democratic values and proportional representation. The crossword can be used in various ways, including as a revision activity and for homework. Interestingly, there are so many political key terms listed within the AQA specification that it has become necessary to create TWO crosswords in order to use all the terms! This is crossword number 2. Crossword number 1 is available separately, featuring another 20 different political key terms.

This is a useful revision and knowledge-recall activity using key words and terms on UK Challenges from the Edexcel A GCSE Geography specification (component 3). Pupils can match the terms to their meanings by drawing lines in between. Nineteen key terms have been chosen, deliberately including some tricky terms from the specification such as bridging the gap, stakeholders and uncertainties. There is a separate answer sheet showing the correct matching. Understanding the meanings of these terms is vital for pupils to correctly interpret exam questions and resources on paper 3.

This GCSE Sociology crossword contains all the main ideas on Frances Heidensohn’s use of social control theory to explain female conformity in “Women and Crime” (1985). Although designed for the AQA course, it is also suitable for Eduqas. The crossword has 16 different words to fill in, with the clues covering the relevant key terms and concepts such as separate spheres, sexual harassment at work, fewer opportunities to commit crime, fear of rape, fear of loss of good reputation etc. A separate teachers’ answer grid is included. This crossword can be used in many ways: to reinforce the learning of a vital key study, as a knowledge retrieval exercise, as a homework task, or for revision purposes.

With 19 clues, this crossword covers many important ideas on rainforests, with clues about structure, nutrient cycling, plant and animal adaptations, causes and effects of deforestation, ecotourism, climate change (drought) and more. It is designed for GCSE pupils (specifically Edexcel A and Edexcel B specifications) and can be used as homework or in class. The completed answer grid is provided in the second page of the document.

This crossword contains all the important ideas on Fiona Devine’s “Affluent Workers Revisited” for GCSE Sociology. Although designed for the AQA course, it is also suitable for Eduqas. The crossword has 16 different words to fill in, with the clues covering the relevant key terms (such as privatised instrumentalism) as well as Devine’s findings and the earlier research by Goldthorpe and Lockwood. A separate teachers’ answer grid is included. This crossword can be used in many ways: to reinforce the learning of a vital key study, as a knowledge retrieval exercise, as a homework task, or for revision purposes.

This GCSE Sociology crossword contains all the main ideas on Davis and Moore’s (1945) functionalist explanation of social stratification through unequal reward for role allocation, as expressed in “Some principles of stratification”. Although designed for the AQA course, it is also suitable for Eduqas. The crossword has 19 different words to fill in, with the clues covering the relevant key terms and concepts such as meritocracy, functionally important roles, role allocation and deferred gratification. Some criticisms of Davis and Moore are included e.g. Marxist views, feminist views and criticism by M.W. Tumin. This resource can be used in class or as homework. It is a good way to revise and review Davis and Moore’s work. A correct answer grid is included in the second page of the document.

This resource is a set of 30 different quiz-quiz-trade cards. Each card has a question and answer on an aspect of Functionalism, including the organic analogy, Durkheim, latent functions, anomie, Parsons, functional prerequisites, Merton’s internal critique, evaluation points and lots more. The content is designed for the AQA A Level Sociology Theory and Methods unit. There are enough cards for a class of 30, or for smaller classes students could have more than one card each. Quiz-quiz-trade is an active and engaging Kagan cooperative learning activity which is useful for reviewing and revising learning. There are so many cards that the activity could be used in more than one lesson with a class by changing which of the 30 cards are used or not used on each occasion. All the cards are attractively designed with clear text and marked scissor lines to assist with cutting up.

This crossword is for AQA A Level Sociology, which includes the Personal Life Approach as part of the Families and Households unit. With 18 missing words, this crossword is great for homework, knowledge retrieval, part of a revision lesson, a starter and lots more. The answers are included as well.