KS4 Curriculum Booklet 2017 - 18

GCSE Sociology – 3 year curriculum overview 

Year 9 

Aut 1 

Aut 2 

Spring 1 

Spring 2 

Summer 1 

Summer 2 

Education Unit 1  continued:  ‐ Educational 

Research Methods  continued: 

Education Unit 1: 

Crime and Deviance Unit  1 continued:   Social construction of  crime   Assessment 4 ‐ Crime  overall  Introduction to Research  methods: 

Crime and Deviance Unit  1:   ‐ Age  ‐ Gender  Assessment 2 –  Age/Gender  ‐ Media and Crime  ‐ Delinquent  Subcultures.  ‐ Social control  Assessment 3 – Crime and  Subcultures

Introduction to Sociology:   What is it? 

 Key theories   Key theorists 

‐ Roles and functions of  education.  

achievement (including  class, gender and  ethnicity) 

‐ Sampling   ‐ Key words  

Outcome: booklet 

Assessment 5 ‐  roles and  functions.  

Year 9 Mock Exams –  Crime and Research  methods based questions

Assessment 1  Test paper: theorists and  their theories 

Assessment 6 –  Educational achievement  Link to research methods. 

 Sampling    Key words   Link to Crime unit. 

Link to research methods. 

Year 10 

Aut 1 

Aut 2 

Spring 1 

Spring 2 

Summer 1 

Summer 2