This arcade-style revision quiz is designed for AQA A-level Sociology students studying Families and Households. Students enter their initials like an old-school arcade machine, then work through five timed levels based on the AQA specification: the relationship between the family, social structure, the economy and state policy; changing patterns of marriage, cohabitation, divorce, childbearing and family diversity; gender roles, domestic labour and power; childhood and the changing status of children; and demographic trends in the UK since 1900. The quiz includes sociologists and concepts commonly used in AQA Families and Households, including Murdock, Parsons, Fletcher, Engels, Zaretsky, Delphy and Leonard, Ansley, Donzelot, Murray, Chester, the Rapoports, Giddens, Beck and Beck-Gernsheim, Carol Smart, Stacey, Weeks, Allan and Crow, Young and Willmott, Oakley, Boulton, Duncombe and Marsden, Pahl and Vogler, Dobash and Dobash, Aries, Wagg, Postman, Palmer, Gittins, Mayall, Brannen, Punch, Hirsch and Harper.
Families Boss Battle
AQA A-level Sociology Paper 2 revision for Families and Households. Battle through five timed levels, each with 20 questions and a fresh five-minute timer.
Enter your initials before starting
Before you begin the AQA Families and Households Boss Battle, type your initials or short name into the arcade display. You cannot start the quiz until you have entered a player name.
This activity focuses on the main specification areas for AQA Families and Households.
- Level 1: Family, social structure, economy and policy
- Level 2: Changing family patterns and family diversity
- Level 3: Gender roles, domestic labour and power
- Level 4: Childhood and the status of children
- Level 5: Demography, migration and globalisation
5 levels. 100 questions. 5 minutes per level. Top 10 leaderboard saved on this device.
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