Topic guides
A Level Sociology, topic by topic.
32 free guides covering Education with theory and methods, Families and households, Crime and deviance, Beliefs in society, Global development and The media - each with a plain-English explanation, a worked example, practice questions and exam-style questions with full mark schemes. Every guide links to a free printable worksheet, no card or account needed.
Education with theory and methods
Functionalist and New Right Perspectives on the Role of EducationYear 12-13 (A Level)Marxist Perspectives on Education and the Correspondence PrincipleYear 12-13 (A Level)External Factors in Class Differences in Educational AchievementYear 12-13 (A Level)Internal Factors in Class Differences in Educational AchievementYear 12-13 (A Level)Gender Differences in Educational AchievementYear 12-13 (A Level)Ethnic Differences in Educational AchievementYear 12-13 (A Level)Education Policy: Selection, Marketisation and PrivatisationYear 12-13 (A Level)Researching Education: Methods in ContextYear 12-13 (A Level)
Families and households
Functionalist and Marxist Perspectives on the FamilyYear 12-13 (A Level)Feminist, New Right and Postmodernist Perspectives on the FamilyYear 12-13 (A Level)The Personal Life Perspective and Late Modern Family DiversityYear 12-13 (A Level)Demographic Change: Birth Rates, Death Rates and the Ageing PopulationYear 12-13 (A Level)
Crime and deviance
Subcultural and Strain Theories of Crime and DevianceYear 12-13 (A Level)Left Realist Criminology and Community-Based Crime PreventionYear 12-13 (A Level)Globalisation and Crime in a Global AgeYear 12-13 (A Level)Green Crime and State Crime as Categories of HarmYear 12-13 (A Level)Victimology: Explaining Patterns of VictimisationYear 12-13 (A Level)
Beliefs in society
Religious Organisations: Churches, Denominations, Sects and CultsYear 12-13 (A Level)New Religious Movements, New Age Movements and ReligiosityYear 12-13 (A Level)Functionalist Definitions of Religion and Civil ReligionYear 12-13 (A Level)Marxist and Neo-Marxist Perspectives on Religion as IdeologyYear 12-13 (A Level)Feminist Perspectives on Religion and PatriarchyYear 12-13 (A Level)Religion, Science and Ideology as Competing Belief SystemsYear 12-13 (A Level)Religion as a Force for Political and Social ChangeYear 12-13 (A Level)Class, Gender, Ethnicity and Age: Patterns of ReligiosityYear 12-13 (A Level)Measuring Religiosity: Defining and Operationalising Religious BeliefYear 12-13 (A Level)
Global development
The media
Work, poverty and welfare
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