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Alevel sociology pls help meee

Hello, wanted some help from people who do alevel aqa sociology. I need to pick my optional topics as im self-study and am paying for the exams myself. I've been informed that the easiest and most straight-forward topics are family + households and media, however, family + households is an entire chapter whilst the other topics are just small sub-topics, so wouldn't it be best to choose the shortest topic? As if I don't choose family + households, there's an entire chapter I wouldn't have to study? And if family and households is the longest, which is a better option to choose from the first bunch of optional topics? Help would be appreciated thank you.

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Original post by georgezra34
Hello, wanted some help from people who do alevel aqa sociology. I need to pick my optional topics as im self-study and am paying for the exams myself. I've been informed that the easiest and most straight-forward topics are family + households and media, however, family + households is an entire chapter whilst the other topics are just small sub-topics, so wouldn't it be best to choose the shortest topic? As if I don't choose family + households, there's an entire chapter I wouldn't have to study? And if family and households is the longest, which is a better option to choose from the first bunch of optional topics? Help would be appreciated thank you.


HIIII IM STILL DOING GCSE SOCIOLOGY BUT IM GETTING 8’s AND 9’s IN IT SO MAYEB I CAN HELP IDK 😭🫶. OK SO THERES A CHANNEL (FOR GCSE CONTENT ANG CRIME AND DEVIANCE, RESEARCH METHODS, SOCIAL STRAT, EDU, AND FAMILLIES SO ITS GOOD TO REVSIE THE BASICS) ITS CALLED ALL SOCIOLOGY JUST LITT GO YT AND WATCH THE VIDEO AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GUY IS SAYING OIEK NOT IN THE BG LIEK ACC TRY FOCUS ON WHAT HE SAYS. THEN IF THERES SMTH U DONT GET THEN ASK CHAT GPT OR SMTH TO EXPLAIN AND SIMPLIFY FROM THERE. THEN DO SOME QUESTIONS BASED ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE VIDEOS LIKE A 12 MARKER FOR CRIME AND DEVIANCE AFTER U WATCH A VIDEO ON C AND D OFC. SO LIKE THEN PICTURE DRAWINGS R SO USEFUL TO UNDERSTAND THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES LIKE MERTON’s STRAIN THEORY, BECKER AND LABELLING ETC ETC. SO I SAY LEARN THE PERSPECTIVES STUFF TGTH LIEK FEMINISM, MARXISM AND FUNCTIONALISM THOUGHTS ON IF SOCIETY IS MERITOCRATIC NOW OR NOT (OBV NOT IF YKYK) AND LIEK USE KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS U FIND ONLINE. THEN JUST REMEMBER SOCIOLOGY IS ALL LINKED SO U ACN LEARN THE SAME THING OVER JUST IN DIFF CONTEXTS LIKE THE WHITE ETHNICITY AND GENDER IS LINKED TO CRIME BCS BME’S ARE LOW REPRESENTED IN POSITIONS IN POWER LIKE WOMEN ARE LOW IN PERCENTAGE IN POSITIONS IN POWER SO THEY CANT MAKE REGULATIONS THAT BENIFITS THEIR GROUP SO THEN THE STEREOTYPICAL ‘WHITE MIDDLE CLASS MAN’ WOULD HAVE THE MOST ADVANTAGE IN LIFE BUT THIS WOULD LIKE TO CRIME RATE INCREASING BCS OF INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND PREJUDICE AND WTV BUT LIKE YH THSI IS LINKED TO LACK OF MERITOCRACY IN SOCIETY RN TOO. IDK IF U GET WHAT IM SAYING OR NOT BUT I DID JSUT RANT IG LOL.

OVERALL START W FAMILIES AND WORK FROM THERE BSC U LEARN STUFF FROM THERE U APPLY ELSEWHERE TOO (LIKE PRIMARY SOCIALISATION BEINGA. BASIC THING U LEARN).

VIDEOS FOR LESSONS/NEW INFO
NEWS/REPORTS FOR CONTEXT
DRAWINGS W MINIMAL WRITING (A SPEECH BUBBLE OR SMALL LABEL AT MOST) FOR UNDERSTANDING/RECALLING THE SOCIOLOGISTS STUDY OR IDEAS YK
EXAM Q’S PRACTICE (THE LONG ONES) AFTER LEARNING SO IT’S APPLIED (MAKE SURE U ASK A SOCIOLOGY TEACHER TO MARK IT TOO!!! IF THEY MARK U LOW DONT JUST LEAVE IT THERE FIND OUT WHY AND FIX IT EG NOT DEVELOPING SO CORRECT IT BY DEVELOPING AND DO IT NEXT TIME U PRACTICE)
AND JUST TRY PROPERLY UNDERSTAND IT BAC I DONT NEED TO REVSIE FOR EXAMPLE THE NOTES BSC I ASK AND UNDERSTAND LIEK HAVING A DEBATE OR CONVO YK WHEN IM TAUGHT IT THEN I ASK IF IM CONFUSED WRITE DOWN WHAT I DONT GET AND YH

SOZ IK ITS LONG BUT IT SHOULD HOPEFULLY BE USEFUL TO U JS LMK xx

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Original post by I.F.L.Y
HIIII IM STILL DOING GCSE SOCIOLOGY BUT IM GETTING 8’s AND 9’s IN IT SO MAYEB I CAN HELP IDK 😭🫶. OK SO THERES A CHANNEL (FOR GCSE CONTENT ANG CRIME AND DEVIANCE, RESEARCH METHODS, SOCIAL STRAT, EDU, AND FAMILLIES SO ITS GOOD TO REVSIE THE BASICS) ITS CALLED ALL SOCIOLOGY JUST LITT GO YT AND WATCH THE VIDEO AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GUY IS SAYING OIEK NOT IN THE BG LIEK ACC TRY FOCUS ON WHAT HE SAYS. THEN IF THERES SMTH U DONT GET THEN ASK CHAT GPT OR SMTH TO EXPLAIN AND SIMPLIFY FROM THERE. THEN DO SOME QUESTIONS BASED ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE VIDEOS LIKE A 12 MARKER FOR CRIME AND DEVIANCE AFTER U WATCH A VIDEO ON C AND D OFC. SO LIKE THEN PICTURE DRAWINGS R SO USEFUL TO UNDERSTAND THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES LIKE MERTON’s STRAIN THEORY, BECKER AND LABELLING ETC ETC. SO I SAY LEARN THE PERSPECTIVES STUFF TGTH LIEK FEMINISM, MARXISM AND FUNCTIONALISM THOUGHTS ON IF SOCIETY IS MERITOCRATIC NOW OR NOT (OBV NOT IF YKYK) AND LIEK USE KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS U FIND ONLINE. THEN JUST REMEMBER SOCIOLOGY IS ALL LINKED SO U ACN LEARN THE SAME THING OVER JUST IN DIFF CONTEXTS LIKE THE WHITE ETHNICITY AND GENDER IS LINKED TO CRIME BCS BME’S ARE LOW REPRESENTED IN POSITIONS IN POWER LIKE WOMEN ARE LOW IN PERCENTAGE IN POSITIONS IN POWER SO THEY CANT MAKE REGULATIONS THAT BENIFITS THEIR GROUP SO THEN THE STEREOTYPICAL ‘WHITE MIDDLE CLASS MAN’ WOULD HAVE THE MOST ADVANTAGE IN LIFE BUT THIS WOULD LIKE TO CRIME RATE INCREASING BCS OF INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND PREJUDICE AND WTV BUT LIKE YH THSI IS LINKED TO LACK OF MERITOCRACY IN SOCIETY RN TOO. IDK IF U GET WHAT IM SAYING OR NOT BUT I DID JSUT RANT IG LOL.
OVERALL START W FAMILIES AND WORK FROM THERE BSC U LEARN STUFF FROM THERE U APPLY ELSEWHERE TOO (LIKE PRIMARY SOCIALISATION BEINGA. BASIC THING U LEARN).
VIDEOS FOR LESSONS/NEW INFO
NEWS/REPORTS FOR CONTEXT
DRAWINGS W MINIMAL WRITING (A SPEECH BUBBLE OR SMALL LABEL AT MOST) FOR UNDERSTANDING/RECALLING THE SOCIOLOGISTS STUDY OR IDEAS YK
EXAM Q’S PRACTICE (THE LONG ONES) AFTER LEARNING SO IT’S APPLIED (MAKE SURE U ASK A SOCIOLOGY TEACHER TO MARK IT TOO!!! IF THEY MARK U LOW DONT JUST LEAVE IT THERE FIND OUT WHY AND FIX IT EG NOT DEVELOPING SO CORRECT IT BY DEVELOPING AND DO IT NEXT TIME U PRACTICE)
AND JUST TRY PROPERLY UNDERSTAND IT BAC I DONT NEED TO REVSIE FOR EXAMPLE THE NOTES BSC I ASK AND UNDERSTAND LIEK HAVING A DEBATE OR CONVO YK WHEN IM TAUGHT IT THEN I ASK IF IM CONFUSED WRITE DOWN WHAT I DONT GET AND YH
SOZ IK ITS LONG BUT IT SHOULD HOPEFULLY BE USEFUL TO U JS LMK xx

oh u absolute babe thank you so much ur so sweet for all these resources. best of luck to u i know ur gonna do amazing and thank you againnnn xxxx

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YESSS OFCCCCCC xx TYYYY YOU’LL DO GREAT TOOO JS TRUST URSELF 💕💕💕

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