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GCSE Activities

A number of GCSE quizzes and revision jigsaws are available on this site. These include:

Quizzes

Individual and Society	Multiple-choice quiz	10 introductory questions about sociological ideas
Introduction to Sociology	Fill in the gaps	Choose from the words to fill in the gaps in the sentences
Age	Match the item to the statistic	The trends in age structure
Family Terms	Multiple-choice quiz	10 questions about concepts
Family Trends	Multiple-choice quiz	10 questions about trends
Marriage	Match the item to the statistic	The trends in marriage
Divorce and Cohabitation	Match the item to the statistic	The trends in divorce and cohabitation
Introduction to Methods	Multiple-choice quiz	10 questions about how sociologists do research
Introduction to Methods	Short-answer quiz	10 questions on how sociologists do research (harder than the multiple-choice)
Criteria for Choosing Methods	Multiple-choice quiz	10 questions about how sociologists choose which method to use in research

Hangman Games

Title	Description
Basic Concepts	10 sociological words to use when starting GCSE
Social Class	10 sociological words to use when studying social class

Wordsearch Games

Title	Description (all games have 16 or 17 words/phrases)
Introduction to Sociology	Useful terms when starting Sociology GCSE
Family Diversity	Useful terms and authors for studying family diversity
Ethnicity	Useful terms and authors for studying ethnicity
Education	Useful terms for studying education
Methods	Useful terms for studying research methods

Matching Games

Match the two terms to make them disappear. Improve your memory of sociological terms.

Families	10 terms used in studying families and households
Gender	10 terms used in studying gender
Ethnicity	10 terms used in studying ethnicity
Methods Definitions	10 sociological methods

Jigsaws

Revision jigsaws are a visual way of going back over terms, issues or authors for a topic. You link the concept or the author with a visual image to help you remember.
You can complete the jigsaw with the help of a grid which gives you clues about the shape of the pieces, or you can make it harder by doing it without the grid.
If you want to see the completed jigsaw, click "solve."
You can repeat the jigsaw by rescrambling the pieces.
Each jigsaw comes in two versions:

Basic - this includes a ghosted background image to help you complete the jigsaw. This is easier to do, and you may like to try this first.
Harder - this has no background image, although the grid provides clues by showing you the shape of the pieces.