Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: Marx and false class consciousness Religion as a force of alienation Religion as a conservative force Evaluation points

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: Functions of religion Durkheim, totemism and collective conscience Criticisms of Durkheim Malinowski, Parsons and Bellah (Neo-functionalism), with criticisms

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: Gender paradox Religious laws and customs Walby and De Beauvoir, Holm and Bowker, Aldridge Places of worship Religious organisations and the stained glass ceiling Sacred texts Radical feminist perspective Marxist feminist perspective Muslim feminist perspective Criticisms

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: religion and consensus religion and capitalism religion and patriarchy religion as a force for social change the protestant work ethic and the spirit of capitalism criticisms of Weber

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: The civil rights movement Bruce- taking the moral high ground, channeling dissent, acting as an honest broker, mobilising public opinion Nelson Neo-Marxist views- Gramsci and Maduro Liberation Theology Religious Fundamentalism Religious Fundamentalism as a force for change

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: Wallis World-affirming NRMs World-accommodating NRMs World-rejecting NRMs Criticisms of Wallis

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: New Age Movements Heelas Woodhead Reiki Crystal Therapy Links to Postmodernism Criticisms of Postmodernist seculatisation theory

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: The decline in church attendance amongst White Christians African-Caribbeans and Pentecostalism Asian religious groups and ethnic identity Why are ethnic minorities more religious? (cultural defence, cultural transition, religious socialisation etc.) Davie, Stark and Bainbridge, Jacobson and Mirza Criticisms- why ethnic minorities are not more religious

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: Facts and Figures Are older people more religious than the young? Voas and Crockett- the ageing effect, the generational effect, religious socialisation Opposing viewpoints Arweck and Beckford- virtual collapse of religious socialisation

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: Social and cultural diversity Church attendance statistics and reliability Surveys and social desirability Surveys and reliability Ethnocentric bias

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Research Methods module. Includes: Positivism and Interpretivism Primary and Secondary data Qualitative and Quantitative data Factors influencing choice of methods (Practical, Ethical, Theoretical etc.)

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: Key Terms Comte, Weber and Marx Durkheim- rationalism and disenchantment Parsons- structural differentiation Bruce- “God is Dead”

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: Key Terms Characteristics of open belief systems Characteristics of closed belief systems Popper- science as an open belief system Khun- science as a closed belief system

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Research Methods module. Includes: Positivism Interpretivism Triangulation Ethical Issues

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: Reigious Organisations The Church Denominations Religious Cults

MODEL ANSWER Applying material from Item B and your knowledge of research methods, evaluate the strengths and limitations of using covert participant observation to investigate pupils with behavioural difficulties (20)

MODEL ANSWER Applying material from item A and your own knowledge. Evaluate the claim that factors outside the school are the main cause of some ethnic minority’s underachievement. (30 marks)

MODEL ANSWER Applying material from Item A, analyse two reasons for the decline in traditional religious belief in the U.K (10)

MODEL ANSWER Applying material from Item I, analyse two ways in which religion benefits the ruling class (10 marks)