Sociology Curriculum Plan

Year 12

Term

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Topic title

Education/Families and household

Education/Families and households

Education/Family and households

Education/Family and households

Theory and methods

Revision.

Knowledge & Skills

·         Develop a wide understanding of education and the role of class differences

·         Be able to evaluate the relative importance of internal and external factors in causing social class difference in educational achievement.

·         Be able to evaluate the patterns of ethnic differences in educational achievement.

·         Be able to analyse perspectives and evaluate their usefulness in explaining the relationship between families and social policy.

Homework

Students will be given wider reading, podcasts, research, exam questions to complete.

 

Year 13

Term

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Topic title

Social construction of crime and deviance.

Beliefs in society

Offending and victimhood.

Beliefs in society

Crime prevention

Beliefs in society

Corporate crime.

Beliefs in society

Revision

Exam

Knowledge & Skills

·         Explain what is meant by religion, ideology and science and the difference between them.

·         Explain how postmodernists see religion in contemporary societies.

·         Identify and evaluate strategies for controlling and preventing crime including the theories behind them.

·         Explain how victimisation is socially constructed.

Homework

Students will be given wider reading, podcasts, research, exam questions to complete.