Darts is a Feminist Issue
For many of us, our perception of Darts – if we give it any thought at all – is probably of large, sweaty, men in smoke-filled pubs with a pint in one hand and a miniature arrow in the other trying desperately to “hit a double out” and failing miserably. And yet Darts, as seemingly […]
GCSE Sociology Resources
Although iGCSE Sociology is a different exam to the conventional GCSE Sociology studied in the majority of English schools, the Specification content is very similar for both in terms of the general areas studied (Inequality, Family, Methods and so forth) and the specific content studied within each area. This, as you may be starting to […]
Types of Cultural Capital
If you need a short, relatively simple, student-friendly outline / overview of cultural capital this should fit the bill. Written by Nikki Cole, the article is useful because it breaks the concept down into three easy-to-understand component types: Embodied involves thinking about the cultural capital individuals acquire simply though living – their socialisation, education, experiences […]
Flipping Good | 1. The Structure of Social Action
This is a simulation I’ve slightly adapted from Renzulli, Aldrich and Reynolds’ “It’s Up In The Air – Or Is It?”, where they use the game of “Heads or Tails?” to show “How social structures can constrain individual actions”. They apply these ideas to an understanding of social inequality, while here I mainly want to […]
Podcasts With Pictures | GCSE
I’ve been meaning to do a post on the growing number of teachers creating video resources for some time and now I’ve finally managed to drag myself away from Far Cry 5 make a bit of time I thought I’d start with a set of GCSE resources from MTO Sociology aimed at the AQA Specification. […]
Sociology Flipbooks
A Flipbook is a way of displaying a pdf document online so that it has the look-and-feel of a paper-based magazine, one whose pages you can turn using a mouse (desktop) or finger (mobile). That’s it, really. I could talk about stuff like whether this creates a greater sense of engagement among students than the […]
Sociology in Focus for A2: Theory Resources
It’s been a while since I posted anything (busy is as busy does) and since I’ve just finished editing a new sociological methods film I thought I’d turn my hand to posting the final set of resources designed to enhance your experience and enjoyment of the free A2 textbook. This set focuses squarely on sociological […]
Sociology Revision Cards
Back in the day, before the invention of Learning Tables / Knowledge Organisers, students had to make do with Revision Cards – lists of all the key ideas and concepts you might need to know for an exam (you’ll find a selection here if you want to take a trip back to a time before […]
Marxism Sim
This is a slightly weird one because it seems to be an unfinished, abandoned, web site dating from 4 or 5 years ago created by Chris Deakin (who has another sociology blog you might find useful). It has precisely two blog posts. One of those posts – “Using simulation to illustrate basic Marxist theory” – […]
Risk: Ulrich Beck
If you want the concept of Risk Society clearly and concisely explained, who better to ask than the person who invented the idea? So we did. By interviewing him. And this is what he had to say. That’s about it really. Oh Yeah. The clip’s only about a minute long. Which is hopefully enough for […]