How to Revise A-Level Sociology: A Topic-by-Topic Guide
Sociology at A-Level has a reputation for being "just essay writing," but the students who do best treat it like a subject with content to learn, not a subject you can waffle your way through. You need theorists, studies, concepts and evaluation points on tap, and you need to know how to apply them to the exact question in front of you. Here is a topic-by-topic way to revise it properly. Know your papers before you revise a single topic Most students in England sit AQA Sociology, which is split roughly like this: Paper 1 covers Education, with Theory and Methods woven in; Paper 2 covers Families and Households plus a second topic (often Beliefs in Society, or another optional topic your school has chosen); Paper 3 covers Crime and Deviance, again with Theory and Methods woven in. If you are on a different board, the topic list will look similar but the paper structure may not — check your own specification on your exam board's website and highlight exactly which topics...