Tag: 10 mark
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Analyse two reasons why the media portray minority ethnic groups negatively. [10 marks]
Read Item M below and answer the question that follows. Applying material from Item M, analyse two reasons why the media often portray minority ethnic groups negatively. [10 marks] Commentary on the question A non-standard question about representations, focusing on ‘why’ rather than on ‘how’ one group is represented. There are two clear hooks in…
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Outline and explain two ways in which the new media may be creating a global popular culture. [10 marks]
Outline and explain two ways in which the new media may be creating a global popular culture. [10 marks] Commentary on the question This seems to be a good question – there are some obvious links between new media and global popular culture, and two obvious points can be made – contrasting the neophiliac perspective…
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Applying material from the item, analyse two reasons why younger people are generally less religious than older people
This is one possible example of a 10 mark ‘with item’ question which could come up in the AQA’s A level sociology paper 2: topics in sociology (section B: beliefs in society option). Read the item, and then answer the question below. Item Older people are more likely to both attend church and express religious…
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Applying material from the item, analyse two criticisms of the view that religion is merely a tool of oppression
This is one possible example of a 10 mark ‘with item’ question which could come up in the AQA’s A level sociology paper 2: topics in sociology (section B: beliefs in society option). Read the item, and then answer the question below. Item Karl Marx famously argued that religion was the ‘opium of the masses’…
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Applying material from the item, analyse two reasons for gender differences in the membership of religious organisations.
This is one possible example of a 10 mark ‘with item’ question which could come up in the AQA’s A level sociology paper 2: topics in sociology (section B: beliefs in society option). Read the item, and then answer the question below. Item Feminists have criticized many traditional religions such as Christianity and Islam for…
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Applying material from Item C and your knowledge, evaluate the view that conflict approaches are more useful than consensus approaches to our understanding of society (20)
How to get full marks for a 20 mark theory essay in A-level sociology
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Analyse two ways in which deviant subcultures may respond to the difficulties of achieving mainstream goals (10)
How to get full marks for a 10 mark ‘item’ question in sociology A-level.
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Applying material from Item A, analyse two effects of increased parental choice on pupils’ experience of education.
How to get full marks for a 10 mark ‘item’ question in sociology A-level.
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AQA A-Level Sociology: Guidance on 10 Mark with Item Questions – Education with Theory and Methods
Examples of actual student responses marked by the AQA, showing you the standards expected to get certain marks!
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Outline and explain two criticisms other theories of development might make of dependency theory (10)
World Systems Theory (WST) criticises dependency theory (DT) because there is evidence that poorer, ex-colonies can develop within the modern world capitalist system. Dependency theory tended to see the ‘root cause’ of underdevelopment as rich world governments (or nation states) – they believed poor countries remained poor following a history of colonialism where powerful countries…
