AQA GCSE Sociology
View Course TimetableTheme 1: The Sociological Approach
Understanding Sociology (5 lessons)
Explore understanding sociology in Sociology.
What is Sociology?
Explore the nature of sociology as a social science and its key concepts and perspectives.
Start LessonSociology as a Social Science
Explore how sociology uses scientific methods to systematically study human society and social behaviour.
Start LessonThe Development of Sociology
Explore how sociology emerged as a discipline through key thinkers and historical events.
Start LessonKey Sociological Concepts
Explore key sociological concepts including socialisation, culture, identity and social structures.
Unlock Full CourseSociety and Social Structures
Explore how societies organise themselves through social structures, institutions and stratification systems.
Unlock Full CourseSociological Perspectives (10 lessons)
Explore sociological perspectives in Sociology.
Introduction to Sociological Perspectives
Explore the three main sociological perspectives and how they interpret society differently.
Unlock Full CourseFunctionalism - Basic Principles
Explore how functionalism views society as an interconnected system maintaining social stability and order.
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Explore key functionalist thinkers and their theories about how society maintains stability and order.
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Explore how Marxism explains class conflict, exploitation and economic inequality in society.
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Explore Marx, Engels and Neo-Marxist thinkers who shaped sociological understanding of class conflict.
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Explore feminist theory, its key principles and how it analyses gender inequality in society.
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Explore key feminist thinkers across different waves and their contributions to sociological theory.
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Explore how everyday interactions create meaning and shape our social identities and relationships.
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Explore how Interactionist thinkers explain social meaning through everyday human interactions.
Unlock Full CourseComparing Sociological Perspectives
Explore how different sociological theories analyse society and compare their key strengths and limitations.
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Explore classical sociologists in Sociology.
Emile Durkheim - Life and Context
Explore Durkheim's life, education and the social context that shaped his sociological theories.
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Explore Durkheim's theories on social facts, solidarity, anomie and functionalist perspective.
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Explore Marx's life, family background and the historical context that shaped his revolutionary theories.
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Explore Marx's key theories on class conflict, capitalism and revolutionary social change.
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Explore Weber's life, historical context and influences that shaped his sociological theories.
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Explore Weber's social action theory, authority types and rationalization concepts in sociology.
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Compare Marx, Durkheim and Weber's theories on social structure, change and inequality.
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Explore key concepts in Sociology.
Socialisation
Explore how we learn society's rules and develop our social identities through socialisation.
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Explore how norms and values shape social behaviour and vary across cultures and time.
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Explore how social roles and status positions shape our identities and interactions.
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Explore how societies maintain order through formal and informal methods of social control.
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Explore how power works in society and the different forms of legitimate authority.
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Explore how social labels create stereotypes and lead to various forms of discrimination in society.
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Explore how socialisation, social control and social mobility shape human behaviour and society.
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Explore key social issues including poverty, inequality and discrimination in modern society.
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Explore conflict vs consensus in Sociology.
Understanding Consensus Theory
Explore how shared values and social institutions maintain stability in society through consensus theory.
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Explore how conflict theory explains social inequality and power struggles between competing groups.
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Explore how consensus and conflict theories offer contrasting explanations of social order and change.
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Explore how conflict and consensus theories explain social order and mechanisms of change.
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Explore how conflict and consensus theories explain modern social issues and institutions.
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Explore review and assessment in Sociology.
Review of Sociological Approaches
Explore major sociological theories and critically compare their approaches to understanding society.
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Master sociological perspectives and apply them effectively in exam questions.
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Master key sociological concepts and techniques for answering different types of exam questions effectively.
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Master exam techniques for answering different sociology question types and structuring essays effectively.
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Master techniques for answering different question types in Theme 1 Culture and Identity assessment.
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Functions of Families (12 lessons)
Explore functions of families in Sociology.
What is a Family?
Explore the sociological definition of family and its diverse forms in modern society.
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Explore how families serve vital social functions and how these roles have evolved over time.
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Explore how families regulate sexual behaviour and reproduction across different societies and times.
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Explore how families fulfill their reproductive role in society and how this function has evolved.
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Explore how families function as economic units in society through production and consumption.
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Explore how families educate children and support their formal learning through cultural capital.
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Explore how families perform primary socialisation according to Parsons' functionalist theory.
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Explore how families provide emotional support and stability according to Parsons' functionalist theory.
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Explore how functionalists view family roles and their contribution to social stability.
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Explore how feminist perspectives critique traditional family functions and gender inequality.
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Explore how Marxists view the family as serving capitalism through economic and ideological functions.
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Compare how different sociological theories explain the functions of families in society.
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Explore family forms in Sociology.
Types of Family Structures
Explore the diverse types of family structures and how they function in modern society.
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Explore the structure, functions and sociological perspectives on nuclear families in modern society.
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Explore extended family structures, their functions and their changing role in modern society.
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Explore reconstituted families, their formation, dynamics, challenges and sociological perspectives.
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Explore the causes, challenges and sociological perspectives on lone parent families in the UK.
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Explore how single-sex families function, their social context and impacts on children's development.
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Explore the diverse family structures in modern Britain and how they've evolved over time.
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Explore diverse family structures worldwide and how culture and economics shape them.
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Explore the Rapoports' five types of family diversity and their impact on sociological understanding.
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Explore the different types of family structures and how diversity has evolved in modern society.
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Explore the social, economic and cultural factors driving increasing family diversity in society.
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Explore different perspectives on family diversity and evaluate its impact on society and individuals.
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Explore conjugal role relationships in Sociology.
Understanding Conjugal Roles
Explore how partners divide household tasks, responsibilities and decision-making in relationships.
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Explore how partners share household tasks and decision-making in modern family relationships.
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Explore how traditional families divide tasks between partners with distinct gender roles.
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Explore how household tasks are divided between partners and how these roles have changed over time.
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Explore how traditional gender roles shaped family life and the division of household responsibilities.
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Explore how gender roles in families have evolved and the factors shaping modern domestic relationships.
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Explore how power and gender influence decision-making patterns within modern family structures.
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Explore how families control finances and how this reflects power and gender dynamics.
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Explore how dual career families balance work and home responsibilities in modern society.
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Explore how child-rearing responsibilities are shared, shaped by gender roles and social change.
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Explore how gender shapes leisure time, activities and experiences in contemporary society.
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Explore how Ann Oakley's research challenged conventional family gender roles and housework division.
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Explore how feminist theories challenge and explain gender roles and power in family relationships.
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Explore how functionalists view gender roles in marriage as complementary and beneficial for society.
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Explore how Marxist theory explains gender roles in marriage as serving capitalism's interests.
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Critically examine evidence for equality in modern relationships and evaluate different perspectives on conjugal roles.
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Explore changing relationships within families in Sociology.
Pre-industrial Family Relationships
Explore how family structures and relationships functioned before industrialisation transformed society.
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Explore how industrialisation transformed family structures, roles and relationships in society.
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Explore how family structures and relationships have evolved in contemporary society.
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Explore how parenting styles and social factors impact child development and family dynamics.
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Explore how teenager-adult relationships have evolved in modern families and their sociological impact.
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Explore how families adapt to care for disabled and elderly members in changing social contexts.
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Explore arranged marriage traditions, their evolution and impact on family dynamics across cultures.
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Explore how family roles have evolved towards more equal sharing of responsibilities and decision-making.
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Explore how Willmott and Young's research revealed the evolution of family structures in Britain.
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Explore how family changes spread through social classes at different rates and patterns.
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Explore feminist and Marxist critiques of family symmetry and the persistence of gender inequality.
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Explore how family structures and relationships have transformed in contemporary society.
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Explore criticisms of families in Sociology.
Dark Side of Family Life
Explore how families can be sites of violence, abuse and power imbalances in society.
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Explore how family structures can create isolation and its impact on different family members.
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Examine how society promotes unrealistic family ideals and their harmful social impacts.
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Explore how families have lost traditional functions to other social institutions over time.
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Explore how modern families have become isolated from extended kinship networks and its social impacts.
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Examine how feminist perspectives critique traditional family structures and women's changing roles.
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Explore how marital breakdown affects families, children and society from sociological perspectives.
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Explore how families can become sites of harm rather than support and protection.
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Roles and Functions of Education (15 lessons)
Explore roles and functions of education in Sociology.
What is Education?
Explore the definition, types and key sociological functions of education in society.
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Explore how education systems prepare students for work and support economic development.
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Explore how education functions as a pathway for social mobility and its real-world limitations.
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Explore how education creates social unity through shared values, identity and citizenship.
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Explore the diverse types of primary and secondary schools in the UK education system.
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Explore how state and private education systems reflect and reproduce social inequalities.
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Explore different types of alternative education and their social impacts in the UK.
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Explore home schooling as an alternative educational approach and its sociological implications.
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Explore how the de-schooling movement challenges traditional education systems and proposes radical alternatives.
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Explore Durkheim's theory on how education creates social solidarity and maintains social order.
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Explore how Parsons views education as a bridge to adult roles in a meritocratic society.
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Explore how functionalists view education as maintaining social stability and allocating roles in society.
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Examine how feminist theories analyse gender inequality in educational systems and practices.
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Explore how Marxists view education as reproducing inequality and serving capitalism's needs.
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Compare theoretical perspectives on education's role in society and inequality.
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Explore education and capitalism in Sociology.
The Correspondence Principle
Explore how schools mirror workplace structures to prepare students for capitalist society.
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Explore how education reproduces inequality and prepares students for capitalist workplaces.
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Explore how schools teach unspoken values that prepare students for roles in capitalist society.
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Explore how education systems prepare students for future roles in capitalist economies.
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Explore how education systems potentially shape students into compliant workers for capitalist economies.
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Explore how education systems maintain social inequality through hidden curriculum and cultural capital.
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Explore how students resist and challenge the capitalist structure of education systems.
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Explore major criticisms of Bowles and Gintis's correspondence theory of education and capitalism.
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Explore how modern education systems reflect, reinforce and sometimes challenge capitalist economic structures.
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Explore educational achievement in Sociology.
Factors Affecting Achievement - Class
Explore how social class creates educational inequalities through material and cultural factors.
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Explore how gender influences educational outcomes and the social factors behind achievement patterns.
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Explore how ethnicity influences educational outcomes and the factors behind achievement gaps.
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Explore how lack of resources impacts educational achievement and widens inequality.
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Explore how cultural factors impact educational success and create achievement gaps.
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Explore how cultural knowledge and skills influence educational success and social inequality.
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Explore how language codes and linguistic capital impact educational achievement and success.
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Explore how parental attitudes and involvement significantly impact educational achievement and success.
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Explore how social class creates educational inequalities through Halsey's influential research and theories.
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Explore how social class shapes school choice and reinforces educational inequality.
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Explore how market forces in education affect achievement and create winners and losers.
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Explore how market principles in education affect school performance and social inequality.
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Explore how functionalists view education as a meritocratic system serving society's needs.
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Explore how feminist theories explain gender patterns in educational achievement and experiences.
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Explore how Marxist theory explains class inequality in educational achievement and outcomes.
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Critically assess different explanations for educational achievement gaps in sociology.
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Explore processes within schools in Sociology.
School Organisation and Achievement
Explore how school structures and organisation directly impact student achievement and educational outcomes.
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Explore how streaming affects student achievement, identity and educational inequality in schools.
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Explore how ability grouping affects student outcomes and reinforces social inequalities.
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Explore mixed ability teaching approaches, benefits, challenges and classroom strategies in schools.
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Explore how teacher expectations shape student outcomes through labelling processes in schools.
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Explore how teacher expectations can shape student performance through the self-fulfilling prophecy process.
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Explore how teacher expectations shape student achievement through self-fulfilling prophecies and labelling.
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Explore how teacher expectations influence student outcomes through labelling and self-fulfilling prophecies.
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Explore how student subcultures form in schools and impact educational achievement and identity.
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Explore how pupils form anti-school subcultures and resist educational values and norms.
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Explore how working-class boys actively participate in reproducing their social position through school resistance.
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Explore how anti-school subcultures develop and impact educational achievement across different social groups.
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Explore how pro-school subcultures form, their characteristics and impact on educational achievement.
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Explore how everyday classroom interactions shape student identities and educational outcomes.
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Explore how functionalists view schools as institutions that maintain social stability and order.
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Explore how feminist theories analyse gender inequality in schools and educational processes.
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Explore how Marxists view schools as reproducing inequality and serving capitalism's needs.
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Explore how schools teach unwritten rules, values and behaviours through everyday practices.
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Explore how school culture and teacher expectations shape student achievement and outcomes.
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Critically assess how school practices impact student outcomes and educational inequality.
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Social Construction of Crime and Deviance (17 lessons)
Explore social construction of crime and deviance in Sociology.
Defining Crime and Deviance
Explore how societies define criminal and deviant behaviour through social construction and power.
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Explore how societies define crime through power, culture and historical context rather than objective rules.
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Explore how societies have redefined criminal behaviour throughout history and why.
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Explore how different cultures define crime and deviance based on their unique values and traditions.
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Explore how social strain and normlessness drive crime in Merton's and Durkheim's theories.
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Explore how social pressures create conditions for crime through Merton's Strain Theory.
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Explore how people adapt to social strain through Merton's five response patterns to societal pressures.
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Explore how society creates deviance through labelling and its impact on identity and behaviour.
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Explore how Becker's labelling theory explains deviance as a social construction rather than inherent behaviour.
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Explore how deviant labels can become a person's defining identity and shape their life path.
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Explore how social structures and inequalities shape patterns of crime and deviance in society.
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Explore how subcultures form in response to social pressures and create alternative value systems.
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Explore how crime is socially constructed through interactions, labels and social reactions.
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Explore how functionalists view crime as normal and potentially beneficial to society.
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Explore how feminist theories explain gender patterns in crime and challenge patriarchal justice systems
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Explore how Marxists view crime as a product of capitalism and class inequality.
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Explore competing sociological explanations for why crime occurs and how society responds to it.
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Explore social control in Sociology.
Understanding Social Control
Explore how societies regulate behaviour through formal and informal social control mechanisms.
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Explore how institutions like law, police and education formally regulate society's behaviour.
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Explore how everyday interactions and relationships shape our behaviour through unwritten social rules.
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Explore how different social institutions enforce norms and regulate behaviour in society.
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Explore how police powers and strategies function as mechanisms of social control in society.
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Explore how courts function within the criminal justice system to maintain social control.
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Explore how prisons function as social control mechanisms and their effectiveness in modern society.
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Explore community-based punishments as alternatives to prison and their role in social control.
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Explore how unwritten social rules and sanctions shape our everyday behaviour and maintain social order.
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Explore how families shape behaviour through formal and informal social control mechanisms.
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Explore how schools enforce social norms and prepare students for societal roles.
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Explore how media shapes behaviour, creates moral panics and functions as a powerful agent of social control.
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Explore how patriarchal control shapes female behaviour and reduces female criminality.
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Explore how patriarchal systems control women through family, work, media and cultural practices.
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Explore how society controls gender through formal rules and informal expectations.
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Evaluate the effectiveness, fairness and impact of different social control methods in society.
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Explore criminal and deviant behaviour in Sociology.
Factors Affecting Criminal Behaviour - Class
Explore how social class influences criminal behaviour, policing and justice system outcomes.
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Explore how gender shapes crime patterns and the sociological explanations behind offending differences.
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Explore how ethnicity influences crime patterns and criminal justice system experiences in the UK.
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Explore how age influences criminal behaviour patterns, youth offending and desistance from crime.
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Explore how media, moral panics and politics shape our understanding of crime and justice.
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Explore how violent crime is portrayed, perceived and its impact on society and individuals.
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Explore the aims of punishment and debates around different sentencing approaches in criminal justice.
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Explore how the UK youth justice system balances welfare and punishment approaches for young offenders.
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Explore key debates about prison systems, punishment versus rehabilitation approaches and alternatives to incarceration.
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Explore how media shapes our understanding of crime through representation and moral panics.
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Explore how Albert Cohen explains youth crime through status frustration and delinquent subcultures.
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Explore how rejection of middle-class values leads working-class youth to deviant subcultures.
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Explore how poverty and economic marginalisation influence women's pathways into criminal behaviour.
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Explore how gender and social class shape patterns of crime and society's responses to deviance.
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Explore how social bonds and self-control prevent criminal behaviour in Control Theory.
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Explore modern crime types from cybercrime to terrorism and their sociological explanations.
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Explore data on crime in Sociology.
Sources of Crime Data
Explore different sources of crime data and evaluate their reliability and limitations.
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Explore how official crime statistics are collected, their limitations and social patterns they reveal.
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Analyse how police crime statistics are collected, their limitations and sociological value.
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Explore how self-report studies reveal hidden crime patterns beyond official statistics.
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Explore patterns in crime statistics across age, gender, ethnicity and social class in the UK.
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Explore how crime statistics differ by gender and the sociological explanations behind these patterns.
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Explore how crime patterns vary by age and what the age-crime curve reveals about society.
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Explore how crime statistics vary by social class and why these patterns exist.
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Explore how unreported crimes create a gap between official statistics and actual crime rates.
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Explore why many crimes go unreported and how this affects our understanding of crime patterns.
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Explore why many crimes go unreported and how sociologists measure this hidden data.
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Explore why crime statistics are unreliable and how sociologists measure the dark figure of crime.
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Explore how crime statistics are collected, analysed and used to shape policy and policing strategies.
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Learn to critically evaluate different crime data sources and understand their strengths and limitations.
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Functionalist Theory of Stratification (7 lessons)
Explore functionalist theory of stratification in Sociology.
What is Social Stratification
Explore how societies are divided into social layers and why inequality exists according to functionalists.
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Explore how Davis and Moore explain social inequality as necessary and functional for society.
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Explore how functionalists explain social inequality through the effective allocation of roles in society.
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Explore how functionalists explain social inequality through performance and reward distribution.
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Explore how functionalists explain social inequality through the concept of functionally important roles.
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Examine key criticisms of Davis and Moore's functionalist theory of social stratification.
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Explore competing theories of social stratification beyond the functionalist perspective.
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Explore socio-economic class in Sociology.
Understanding Social Class
Explore how social class shapes life chances and inequality in modern society.
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Explore how society is divided by class and how this affects life chances and opportunities.
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Explore Marx's theory of class conflict between bourgeoisie and proletariat in capitalist society.
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Explore Weber's three-dimensional approach to social class, status and power in society.
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Explore modern approaches to social class and the role of different forms of capital in society.
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Explore how socio-economic factors shape working class identity and experiences in Britain.
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Explore how middle class identity forms through education, consumption and cultural practices.
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Explore how the upper class and elite maintain wealth, power and privilege in society.
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Explore life chances in Sociology.
Factors Affecting Life Chances - Class
Explore how social class shapes life opportunities in education, health and employment in the UK.
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Explore how gender shapes opportunities in education, employment, income and social life.
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Explore how race and ethnicity shape opportunities in education, employment, health and housing.
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Explore how age, disability, location, sexuality and religion shape opportunities and social experiences.
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Explore how Devine's research challenges assumptions about social mobility and class inequality.
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Explore how social factors shape life opportunities and the movement between social classes.
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Explore poverty as a social issue in Sociology.
Defining Poverty
Explore different approaches to defining poverty and how measurement affects our understanding of this social issue.
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Explore absolute and relative poverty concepts, measurements and their social impacts worldwide.
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Explore how the culture of poverty theory explains persistent inequality through generational values and behaviours.
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Explore how material deprivation affects daily life and creates cycles of disadvantage in society.
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Explore how governments tackle poverty through welfare systems, wages and social policies.
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Explore how unemployment creates and perpetuates poverty cycles across different social groups.
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Explore how global economic systems impact poverty levels and wealth distribution worldwide.
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Explore how Townsend's relative deprivation theory revolutionized our understanding of poverty measurement.
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Explore Murray's controversial theory of the underclass and its impact on welfare debates.
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Explore how New Right theorists explain poverty through underclass theory and dependency culture.
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Explore power and authority in Sociology.
Types of Power and Authority
Explore different types of power and authority systems that shape social control and relationships.
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Explore Weber's three types of authority and how they function in different societies.
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Explore how traditional authority operates through customs, history and inherited power structures.
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Explore how charismatic leaders gain authority through exceptional personal qualities and inspire followers.
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