Education Checklist for AQA A Level Sociology
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Sociology in the News: British Boys at Risk of Modern Slavery
New research by the Centre for Social Justice think tank in conjunction with the charity Justice and Care has found that almost half of the victims of criminal exploitation are boys under the age...
Exploring Beliefs: The Moonies as a Long-Term Sect
The Unification Church of South Korea, more commonly known as the Moonies fits the typology of a sect in many ways.
Multi-faith Peace Walk
Muslims, Jews, Christians, Hindus and Buddhists walked side-by-side from Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square and back in solidarity with people affected by the conflict in the Middle East.
Churches "critical" in supporting Ukraine's people
An article from 2023 demonstrates that even in an arguably secularising UK, churches still play positive functions in our society. Durkheim and Parsons, amongst other functionalists, pointed to the...
tutor2u launch The Outlet
tutor2u has been around for a while now. And some of our resources have reached that point where, having done their duty in the classroom, they've been replaced by newer versions! Not to worry...
Our First Secular Christmas?
A recent Guardian article questions the future of Christmas, now we have reached the point of less than 50% Christianity in the UK. It points out that “the religious aspects of Christmas have long...
2023 Festive A-Level Sociology Quizzes
Here are this year's festive quizzes. We've gone to town a bit this year and included a quiz for every topic, including all optional topics. There's also the tutor2u Christmas quiz if you feel the...
2023 Festive GCSE Sociology Quiz
Here is our eagerly awaited GCSE Sociology Christmas Quiz for 2023 - it contains loads of our fab festive templates geared towards the GCSE content - each topic is presented as a different round.
Pedagogy & Sociology with Andrew Jones
Returning guest Andrew Jones joins Katie in the Sociology Staffroom for a fascinating look at applying sociological theory to pedagogy.
Secularisation in the UK: Is Collective Worship Archaic?
This 2023 article tells us that ‘more people under 40 in England and Wales now declare “no religion” than profess to be Christian – the first time the UK’s dominant religion has been pushed into...
Religious Education? Jodi Turner-Smith as God, a Sociological Analysis
For those of you in Year 13 who have turned eighteen, you may have watched the most recent series of Sex Education on Netflix. In Season 4 of Sex Education, Eric (played by Ncuti Gatwa) grapples...
Sociology in the News
A post-lunch quick scroll through the news threw up two interesting news articles that would be really useful for the Families unit - both at GCSE and A-Level...
A sculpture of a woman wearing a hijab - called "The Strength of the Hijab" - is due to be revealed in Birmingham this month. It is believed to be the first sculpture in the world of a woman...
GCSE Sociology: Families Halloween Quiz
Here is a Halloween-themed quiz to use in the run-up to half term to recap the families unit with your new Year 10 cohort or with your Year 11s as part of their mocks preparation. Completely free -...
GCSE Sociology Induction Pack
It's always tricky to know how to start the GCSE course with students - do you spend an hour relaying expectations and explaining the assessment structure and content or do you just plough straight...
OCR wants your thoughts on its redeveloped A Level Sociology spec (first teaching 2024)
As some of you may know, OCR has been working on its A Level Sociology specification which is due to begin being taught from September 2024. They want teachers to have a look at it, and some...
Year 13 Sociology students will find themselves no stranger to Professor Linda Woodhead’s research on religion and religiosity. Described in this article as a leading academic, Woodhead predicts...
Rental reform - no-fault evictions to be banned
Back in the 1980s the Conservative Government's Right To Buy scheme allowed many low income families to get onto the property ladder by being able to buy their council house at a discounted price....
Welcome to Part 3 of this blog series, exploring the ‘any other religion’ option of the 2021 Census (the religion data was released in November 2022). “No religion” was the second most common...
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