|
|
Originally published in 2005, this complete textbook covers Introduction to Sociology, Family Life, Education, Work, Welfare and Poverty, Mass Media, Research Methods. |
|
This second edition, originally published in 2010, covers Introduction to Sociology, Culture and Identity, Family Life, Education, Work, Welfare and Poverty, Research Methods. |
|
Originally published in 2006, this complete textbook covers Religion, Power and Politics, World Sociology (Global Development), Sociological Theory, Crime and Deviance, Social Stratification. |
|
Take the “Big Ideas” that characterise a particular subject, in this case Sociology, (The Psychology Book is also available if you're interested) and explain them clearly and concisely – or as the Publisher’s blurb puts it: “The Big Ideas Simply Explained series uses creative design and innovative graphics, along with straightforward and engaging writing, to make complex subjects easier to understand.” In other words, select a range of well- |
|
Once you get past the rather primitive visuals and general design of this American textbook it covers pretty much all of what you’d expect from an A- |
|
This has always been something of a standard in this field and even though this version is over 10 years old there’s still plenty here to interest a- |
|
The 2007 version, edited by Georges Ritzer, consists of short articles on a very wide range of topics. Probably more a teacher’s than a student text. |
|
This American High School textbook, published in 2002, is a little dated in terms of content if not necessarily design - |
|
An updated (circa 2008) version of the textbook that boasts a new design and some updating of the text. As with its predecessor, you can either use the main link to download the complete textbook (around 200mb...) or you can download single chapters if you don't want the whole textbook. A range of supporting materials - |
|
One of the new breed of Sociology A- Resources: The text was supported by a range of resources (revision maps, activity answers, worksheets, teaching and exam tips) you might like to explore: |
|
Companion volume to Sociology in Focus for AS that covers Beliefs in Society, Crime and Deviance, Mass Media, Sociological Theory and Sociological Methodology. Resources: The text was supported by a range of resources (revision maps, activity answers, worksheets, teaching and exam tips) you might find useful: |
|
This is a more conventional sociology textbook from Wikibooks built around the Wikipedia “open content” principle that it can be edited by anyone – something that’s both a towering strength and obvious potential weakness. You can download the pdf version of the book or, if you prefer, simply view it online (which will give you some idea of both content and general format). As a general rule it’s text- |
|
American textbook from 2009 that covers most of the areas (crime, religion, family, education, social inequality and the like) familiar to a- |
|
Less a textbook (there are no pictures, test questions, key words...) and more just a 2003 book of text (did you see what I did there?). Which, given the title, is fair enough. |
|
A more- |
|
A Cliffs Notes textbook from 2000, which basically means it’s a revision text from back in the day when “revision text” meant big long lists of “essential information” and pictures were for wimps. |
|
Some chapters from my best- |
|
In broad terms this isn’t a textbook, as such, but rather an Activity Book. In other words, all the usual chapters (family, education, deviance, religion…) are illustrated through a series of activities – usually around 10 per chapter. It’s something you might find useful as both a source of inspiration and ready- |
|
A Popular US textbook (it says here), this version, the 12th, hails from 2010 but if you want an earlier version (the 10th) for some reason, that’s also available too. It has everything you’ve come to expect from an Introductory textbook in terms of content (Media, Religion, Education etc.) but this version is a little weird in that it seems to be some sort of hyperlinked pdf effort. Whether this is something someone’s put together or, more- |
|
The 10th edition (2013) of this widely popular US textbook that’s just fine- |
|
This is a fully- |
|
Although very similar to Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World (they’re by the same author), this takes a slightly different approach by initially focusing on a “Social Problem in The News” and examining it in the light of sociological knowledge. It’s an interesting and slightly- |
|
While this might seem a little over- |
|
Although not specifically aimed at sociology teachers / students there’s plenty here – from Media Efforts to the development of new media technologies – that make it interesting and worthwhile. |
|
Free textbook focused on the cultural impact of different types of media, both old (books, newspapers, film and television) and new (video games, entertainment, the Internet and social media). Each type is given their own discrete chapter which, among other things, looks at their broad development, relationship to culture and, perhaps most- |
|
The Real World |
Although this is a fairly conventional High School sociology textbook in the sense it has chapters covering all the basic stuff you might expect (Culture, Methods, Education, Deviance, Inequality…), it stands out from The Crowd by its inclusion of extensive “Applications to the Real World”. Hence, I guess, its title. These encourage students to apply the stuff they’ve just learnt to situations and examples drawn from "real life" (or as close as you can get to it in a textbook. Now approaching its 7th edition, the two options available here are the 2nd (2008) and 5th editions (2016). |
|
Another perfectly- |