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Sociology AS Task 1 You will hopefully all have access to Moodle and so will be able to find all of the resources and PowerPoint’s from there but you can also use your textbook for help and guidance. As the exam is just around the corner, the best thing for you to be doing now is practicing exam questions. I have included a list of possible questions for each of the topics that we have studied. If you could complete the questions, you could either email them to me and I could mark them and get them back for you with comments. If this is not feasible, then you could hand them back in when back in lessons. There are also a number of AQA resources that you could complete on Moodle that will get you thinking about a number of topics. The Family, Structure and Social Change The functions of the Family The family, Morality and State Policy Assess the view that the Nuclear Family is the only type of family that creates social solidarity (24 marks) Explain how changes in society created the traditional Nuclear family (24 marks) Examine how Marxists would criticise the rise of the nuclear family as a positive force within society (24 marks) Assess the view that the functionalists view on the family cannot be used as it discounts the Dark side of the Family (24 marks) Explain why the feminists view on the functions of the family is seen as very negative (24 marks) Examine how Social Policy has lead to a more diverse family structure (24 marks) Assess the view that the family is just changing and is not in decline (24 marks) Explain why the New Rights Familial Ideology is dangerous for society (24 marks) Demographic trends and family life Marriage, Divorce and Family Diversity Power and Control in the Family Explain effect that population growth and decline has had on the family (24 marks) Explain the effect that ethnic families structures have had on modern families (24 marks) Assess the sociological reasons and outcomes of the rise in fertility rates (24 marks) Assess the view that the rise of cohabitation had led to a more happy and contented relationships (24 marks) Examine the sociological reasons for the increase in divorce (24 marks) Explain how marriage has become less of an important institution in society (24 marks) The Nature of Childhood Key terms Assess the sociological view that the domestic roles within the family are now much more joint (24 marks) Examine Parsons view that segregated roles are a biologically inevitable. (24 marks) Assess the feminist view that the nuclear family will continue to maintain a patriarchal ideal (24 marks) AO1 and AO2 Assess the view that childhood is socially constructed. (24 marks) Examine the New Right and Functionalist view that children can be constructive and reflective contributors to the family ( 24 marks) Make sure you go through the textbook and learn your key terms. From looking at model answer, it is clear that students who get the best results include as many key terms as deemed necessary. Sociology @ Carr Hill - Work in event of school closure When you have answered these questions, make sure you look back at your answer and ensure you have included as much AO2 as you can. Remember to always refer back to the question after all the points that you raise. Miss P Gray Sociology AS Task 2 Our Education unit also requires us to look at Sociological research methods. This is the ways in which sociologists gather their findings which they then use to go onto create their theories. As we are looking at education, I want you to think about how you could include this into your work on sociological methods. They are divided into two ways of gathering data, qualitative and quantitative. I would like you to become sociologists and plan for a piece of research. When a sociologist is choosing a topic to study, they create something called a Hypothesis. This is a statement that they then need to either prove or disprove. Your hypothesis is… “Pupils from working class families will not have the same opportunities in education and will therefore NOT achieve as well as pupils from middle and upper class families.” You need to choose one from the Qualitative list and one from the Quantitative list and create an example of that which relate to the question. For Example, you could create a questionnaire from the quantitative list and plan some covert observation for the qualitative research. Qualitative Research Closed Question Interviews Questionnaires Surveys Case Studies Experiments (although this is not as commonly used in sociology as we are unable to control the variables in a way that an experiment calls for) Quantitative Research Covert observations Overt observations Focus groups Open question interviews Using the textbook, make sure you consider the following; Are there any ethical implications? Will there be a problem with bias? How will you make sure that your piece of research will be answered or filled in by the correct people? You also need to consider the five key areas that sociologists need to address when doing a piece of research; Generalisability Validity Reliability Representativeness Objectivity My email address for any students experiencing problems is [email protected] Sociology @ Carr Hill - Work in event of school closure Miss P Gray Sociology A2 Task 1 You will hopefully all have access to Moodle and so will be able to find all of the resources and PowerPoint’s from there but you can also use your textbook for help and guidance. As the exam is just around the corner, the best thing for you to be doing now is practicing exam questions. I have included a list of possible questions for each of the topics that we have studied. If you could complete the questions, you could either email them to me and I could mark them and get them back for you with comments. If this is not feasible, then you could hand them back in when back in lessons. There are also a number of AQA resources that you could complete on Moodle that will get you thinking about a number of topics. Science, Religion and Spirituality Sociological Perspectives on Religion Religious Organisations Assess the view that enlightenment means that religion has no more use in contempory society (33 marks) Assess the view that science is nothing more than its own belief system (18 marks) Assess the view that scientific fact is not convincing enough for use to discount all religion (18 marks) Critically examine the view that religion is a way to promote social solidarity and collective consciousness (33 marks) Assess the Marxist view that religion is the opium of the people (18 marks) Examine the social actionist’s argument that religion helps us make sense of upsetting situations (33 marks) Religion and Social Change Assess the view that Sects and Cults are too short lived and free thinking to be classed as true religion (33 marks) Examine the negative relationship between Church and Sect (18 marks) Assess the view that sects are too disengaged to become conventional Churches (33 marks) Gender and religion Assess the view that New Age and New Religious Movements are a direct product of a post-modern society (18 marks) Examine the belief that New Ageism is another pathological movement that masks the true problems that people have (33 marks) Assess the view that religion can only act as a mechanism for preventing social change (33 marks) Critically examine Weber’s view that the Calvinist movement helped form capitalism as we know it. (18 marks) Explain some of the ways that religion has brought about social change (18 marks) Critically assess the view that women are still seen as second class citizens in most of the mainstream religions (33 marks) Explain why women are more likely to attend religious ceremonies and services (18 marks) Examine the belief that women are much closer to having equal roles within religion than ever before (18 marks) Ethnicity and Religion Age and Religion Secularisation Assess the view that ethnic minorities only keep up their religion to ensure that they do not lose their identities (18 marks) Explain why religion is not in decline in more Eastern Countries (33 marks) Assess the view that religion is completely out of touch with the needs and wants of young people (33 marks) Examine the reasons why older people are more likely to attend church than younger people (18 marks) Assess the view that religion as lost all of its importance and significance on an individual level (33 marks) Assess the view that religion is not declining but is just changing (33 marks) Explain why the US is excluded from the secularisation debate (18 marks) New Age and New Religious Movements Sociology @ Carr Hill - Work in event of school closure Miss P Gray Sociology A2 Task 2 Did you really think that Miss Gray would be nice enough to allow you to go sledging, have snowball fights and generally have fun on this glorious event known to many as a Snow day? I think NOT!!! Do you not know be at all by now? We will need to know a number of perspectives views on Crime and Deviancy, some of which we have not looked at before. Using your textbooks and elsewhere, create a presentation on your given perspective and their attitudes on Crime and Deviance. The table below gives the names and the perspective that I have assigned to each person. You will also need to come up with an activity that will ensure that the other members of the group have understood your perspective. There are some ideas at the bottom of this sheet. You will be presenting these back to the group when lessons continue so it may be worth trying to complete sooner rather than later as it may be unclear as to when we will be back in school. Leanne Collier Jess Gill Cara Glendinning Lauren Jackson Dec McSpirit Functionalism P244 in AQA Sociology by Nelson Thornes Subcultural Theory P247 in AQA Sociology by Nelson Thornes Environmental Theory P251 in AQA Sociology by Nelson Thornes Social Action Theory P255 in AQA Sociology by Nelson Thornes Social action theory; Mental illness P257 in AQA Sociology by Nelson Thornes Rebekah Sandiford Betsy Seed Philippa Sharples Natasha Skelhorn Marxism The New Criminology New Left Realism Right Realism P261 in AQA Sociology by Nelson Thornes P263 in AQA Sociology by Nelson Thornes P264 in AQA Sociology by Nelson Thornes P244 in AQA Sociology by Nelson Thornes Some ideas for small tasks that will checks student’s progress could include... Dominoes Odd one out Missing words Hot seating Who Am I? Blockbusters Quizzes Planning for an exam question I am sure there are loads more that you can think of yourself. Make them quite difficult, this is A level after all. Sociology @ Carr Hill - Work in event of school closure Miss P Gray