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Finding your way to the 'super-curricular' information via our CSF website

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Finding your way to the 'super-curricular' information via our CSF website

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Find recommended books, journal articles, videos, films and podcasts that are part of our departmental list of suggested super-curricular reading, watching and listening.

Find out about seminars, lectures and academic competitions linked to sociology.

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This short free online course provides students with an introduction to the key concepts they will study during their AQA A-level Sociology course.

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Introduction to AQA A-Level Sociology Getting Started

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This short online course provides students with an introduction to the key concepts they will study during their AQA A-Level Sociology course.

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Drawing on studies of social class, crime and deviance, education, work in bureaucracies and changes in religious and political organizations, this Very Short Introduction explores the tension between the individual's place in society and society's role in shaping the individual, and demonstrates the value of sociology for understanding the modern world.

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AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book One - Webb et al.

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Take a look at society and social behaviours from a new perspective by completing this task, inspired by sociologist C Wright Mills' concept of the 'sociological imagination'.

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Thinking Allowed is a long running BBC radio programme exploring new research on how society works. There is a vast archive available on BBC Sounds, covering loads of really interesting topics. Choose one that you're interested in and give it a listen!

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Here are a selection of documentaries, television programmes and TedTalks that might help you to get thinking sociologically. Try to dip in to a few over the summer break...

BBC iPlayer:

HyperNormalisation – this documentary by Adam Curtis is very long but also really fascinating. I would recommend watching it in three 1-hour chunks. It explores why modern society is like it is.

Britain’s Forgotten Men – explores masculinity and ideas of maleness in society today.

The Home that 2 Built – an interesting collection of clips looking at how British lifestyles have changed over the last 50 years.

How To Break into the Elite – exploring the role and importance of social class in Britain today.

Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends – a spot of light relief! See how Louis uses approaches exploring different groups in society.

Young, Welsh and Pretty Religious – an interesting look at religion in modern society.

Netflix

Wild Wild Country – looking at the experiences of a sect/cult in America

RBG – Looking at how the role of women has changed in society by following the story of Ruth Bader Ginsberg

Louis Theroux – again, lots to choose from!

TedTalks

There are so many excellent Ted Talks that you can find online, exploring some really interesting topics. Some suggested talks to watch include:

Do Schools Kill Creativity?

Why Open a School? To Close a Prison…

I don’t want children; stop telling me to change my mind!

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You can sign up to Seneca (Sociology) for free and you could even do some pre-learning by looking at some of the material on Education and Families & Households, your units in Year 12.

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Why does racism exist? Is Big Brother watching us? Why are women paid less than men?

Investigate society's hidden truths, from gender and identity politics to consumer culture with this insightful guide.

Heads Up Sociology explores a range of curious social phenomena, including poverty and class status, white-collar crime, religious beliefs and internet anxieties.

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Introducing Sociology: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides)

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Introducing Sociology traces the origins of sociology from industrialization, revolution and the Enlightenment through to globalization, neoliberalism and the fear of nationalism – introducing you to key thinkers, movements and concepts along the way. You will develop insight into the world around you, as you engage your ‘sociological imagination’ and explore studies of the city, theories of power and knowledge, concepts of national, racial and sexual identity, and much more.

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tutor2u Education Revision Guide

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tutor2u Families & Households Revision Guide

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AQA A-level Sociology Student Guide 1: Education with theory and methods - Dave O'Leary

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AQA A-level Sociology Student Guide 2: Topics in Sociology (Families and households and Beliefs in society) - Joan Garrod

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You will need 2 x A4 files/folders (with dividers) to store and organise your notes, along with lined paper and stationery that includes the following: pens and pencils, highlighter pen and ruler.