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The Price of Fashion
A documentary from the BBC investigating the fashion industry, focusing on aspects such as the impact of production process and impact on the environment.
Tutor2u Sociology Resources
This link takes you to the Tutor2u ‘Essential Sociology’ videos that are available on the Tutor2u website but also YouTube. They are freely available and will be incredibly useful as students...
The Top 20 Sociology Degrees Wall Display (2019 update)
Here's a fantastic wall display to encourage students to apply to study Sociology at university. Everything you need to recreate it yourself is included in this post.
Making Demography Come to Life
As we know when teaching ‘demography’ students often find this the most labour intensive topic. Partly, as it is dry statistics but it is something which can be brought to life by making it relate...
Holistic Marking in Sociology
When the new specification for A Level Sociology was introduced in 2015, a significant change was that the mark schemes for the longer essay questions became holistic.
Living below the Poverty Line: Summer Lunch Clubs
The following video provides an insight into a growing concern for many British families; that is, how to provide regular meals during holiday time. Approximately a third of families live below the...
Breast Feeding Survelliance
The video below highlights a newly emerging area within the Family and Households unit regarding surveillance. As we have entered a postmodern world new, social controls have been implemented to...
Gender Specific Toys
Many sociologists argue that gender stereotypes develop from a young age, starting with the toys that they are given to play with. The following BBC video turns this idea on its head and...
Should we surprised by the gender pay gap?
In mid-July the BBC released the salaries of their top-paid stars. Chris Evans is reported as being the best paid star, receiving over £2m in 2016-2017, compared to the highest paid female star...
Modern Day Slavery
It is estimated that over 21 million people are living as slaves around the world. The following video highlights the issue and could provide context for a discussion that would fit within a number...
A New Academic Year: An Introduction to Sociology
As the new academic year approaches attention turns to new cohorts of Sociology students who may be picking up the subject for the first time. One of the first questions Sociology teachers are...
Just the Facts
It could be easy to take the information presented to us by the media and government at face value, but in this world of 'fake news', should you believe everything you read or hear?
Identity Crisis? How To Be a Man
According to some sociologists, some men are experiencing a crisis of identity where they are struggling with the professional and personal demands placed on them in society.
Marxism and Mario
What could be better than putting Marxism and Super Mario together? Or even better, having a Mario style animation of some of Marx’s ideas?
Using Trump to Help Explore the New Right
The New Right is considered more of a political than a sociological perspective but its influence has been considerable in society, particularly in the USA and the UK since the 1950s.
Video Resource: Crash Course
Crash Course have been producing entertaining and free educational videos for a few years now but they have recently expanded their catalogue to include Sociology!
Emma Watson and the HeForShe Campaign
One of the difficulties that students can often experience when studying sociological theory is making contemporary links; some theories can appear quite abstract and even outdated.
British Schools Explained
For some students learning some of the structures of the British education system can be confusing, there are a complex web of policies involved and it can seem as if things change from year to year.
Useful Videos for Teaching Theory and Methods
Theory and Methods can be one of the more challenging topics for students to understand, as the ideas can be incredibly abstract. In many ways students are also examining key political, economical...
Video: Are Children Taking Over?
This short clip from a BBC documentary entitled ‘The British Family’ could act as a great introduction to one of the key areas in the AQA Sociology specification, which focuses on the changing...