Sociology — Year 3 to GCSE

49 lessons, each with practice questions, a printable worksheet and an end-of-chapter test. Free to browse.

• What Is Sociology? Years 7–11 · Sociology is the systematic study of society, groups and human behaviour, using evidence…
• Sociological Perspectives Years 8–11 · Sociologists use different perspectives — functionalism, Marxism, feminism and…
• Research Methods Years 8–11 · Sociologists gather evidence using questionnaires, interviews and observation, each with…
• Types of Data & Sampling Years 9–11 · Sociologists use primary and secondary data, quantitative and qualitative data, and…
• Doing Good Research Years 10–11 · Good research is reliable, valid, representative and ethical, avoiding bias so its…
• Culture, Norms & Values Years 7–11 · What culture means to sociologists: the norms, values, beliefs and customs a society…
• Nature vs Nurture Years 8–11 · The debate over whether human behaviour is inborn (nature) or learned (nurture), and why…
• Socialisation: How We Learn to Belong Years 8–11 · How we learn our culture: primary socialisation in the family and secondary…
• Roles, Status & Identity Years 9–11 · Ascribed and achieved status, the social roles we play, role conflict, and how our sense…
• Social Control & Conformity Years 9–11 · How societies keep order: formal and informal social control, positive and negative…
• Subcultures & Youth Years 10–11 · What subcultures are, how peer groups shape young people, and how young people build…
• Social Stratification & Class Years 7–11 · How societies are layered into ranked groups, what social class means, and why people's…
• Wealth, Income & Poverty Years 8–11 · The difference between wealth and income, what absolute and relative poverty mean, and…
• Social Mobility Years 8–11 · How people move up or down in society, the difference between open and closed systems,…
• Gender & Society Years 9–11 · How sociologists study gender roles and inequality, how roles have changed, and how…
• Ethnicity & Society Years 9–11 · What ethnicity and cultural diversity are, why prejudice and discrimination are harmful,…
• Age & Society Years 10–11 · How age shapes life chances and identity across the life course, and what ageism is and…
• What Is the Family? Years 7–11 · Defining the family, telling family and household apart, and why sociologists call the…
• Types of Family Years 8–11 · The main family types sociologists identify — nuclear, extended, lone-parent and…
• Functions of the Family Years 8–11 · What families do for society and their members — socialisation, care, support and…
• Marriage & Changing Family Patterns Years 9–11 · Marriage, divorce and cohabitation trends, why family patterns have changed, and…
• Roles & Relationships in the Family Years 9–11 · Conjugal roles, how roles inside families have changed over time, and the debate about…
• Childhood & the Family Years 10–11 · How the idea of childhood differs across societies and over time, and why sociologists…
• The Role of Education Years 7–11 · Why societies run schools, and how functionalists and conflict sociologists disagree…
• Types of School & Education Systems Years 8–11 · Comparing state and private schools, selective and comprehensive systems, and formal…
• Achievement: Who Does Well & Why Years 8–11 · How home background, social class, gender, ethnicity and the school itself shape how…
• The Hidden Curriculum Years 9–11 · The lessons schools teach beyond the timetable, and how labelling can create a…
• Education & Inequality Years 10–11 · How education can both open opportunity and reproduce inequality between social groups,…
• Crime & Deviance Years 7–11 · Crime breaks the law; deviance breaks social norms. What counts as deviant changes…
• Why Do People Commit Crime? Years 8–11 · Sociological explanations of crime include poverty and strain, subcultures, labelling,…
• Measuring Crime Years 8–11 · Crime is measured by official statistics, victim surveys and self-report studies. Much…
• Patterns of Crime Years 9–11 · Crime statistics suggest patterns by age, gender and class, but the data is limited and…
• Social Control & Punishment Years 9–11 · Social control can be formal (police, courts, laws) or informal (family, peers).…
• The Media & Crime Years 10–11 · The media shapes public views of crime through moral panics and folk devils, often…
• What Is the Media? Years 7–11 · The media are the channels that carry messages to large audiences, from traditional TV…
• Who Controls the Media? Years 8–11 · Media ownership is concentrated in few hands; editors act as gatekeepers deciding the…
• The Media & Society Years 8–11 · Sociologists debate media effects: the hypodermic-needle model sees audiences as…
• Representation in the Media Years 9–11 · The media represent groups by gender, age, ethnicity and religion, sometimes through…
• The Media & Young People Years 9–11 · Social media and screens bring real benefits and real risks for young people; healthy,…
• The Digital World Years 10–11 · The internet connects society but raises challenges: fake news, the digital divide, and…
• What Is a Community? (Year 3–5) Years 3–5 · Discover what makes a group of people a community — your family, your class, your street…
• Same and Different (Year 3–6) Years 3–6 · Explore how families around the world celebrate, speak and eat in different ways, and…
• Working Together and Getting Along (Year 4–6) Years 4–6 · Learn why cooperation and sharing make groups stronger, and pick up three simple steps…
• How Do We Find Out About People? (Year 4–6) Years 4–6 · A first, friendly introduction to finding things out about people fairly — asking good…
• Is Everyone Treated the Same? (Year 4–6) Years 4–6 · A gentle first look at fairness — why some families have more than others, why that does…
• Families Come in Many Shapes (Year 3–5) Years 3–5 · Discover that families look different from house to house — big or small, one parent or…
• Growing Up and School (Year 3–5) Years 3–5 · Discover that school teaches you far more than facts and sums — it also teaches…
• Rules, Breaking Them, and Making Things Right (Year 4–6) Years 4–6 · A gentle look at why we have rules, what it feels like when one gets broken, and the…
• How We Get News and Stories (Year 4–6) Years 4–6 · A first, friendly introduction to media literacy — where stories, news and videos come…