KS4 Curriculum Booklet 2017 - 18

GCSE Sociology – 3 year curriculum overview 

Family Unit 2:  ‐ Changing relationships ‐ Criticisms of the  family  Assessment 11 – Family  criticisms  ‐ Divorce 

Revision and Intervention 

Education Unit 2:  ‐ Process of education  (streaming, setting, mixed  ability teaching, labelling  and the self‐fulfilling  prophecy)  A ssessment 10 ‐   educational processes .   ‐ Education and  capitalism  

Crime and Deviance Unit  2:  ‐ Social class  ‐ Ethnicity   A ssessment 9 ‐ social  class/ethnicity  ‐ Crime trends (data)  (Linked to research  methods)  ‐ Dark figures of crime  ‐ Prison systems 

Family  Unit 1:  ‐ Forms and functions  of the family  ‐ Conjugal roles  Link to research methods 

Social Stratification Unit  1:  ‐ Functionalist vs. 

Feminist views on  social stratification  

Year 10 mock exams 

Assessment 8 ‐  Functionalist vs. Feminist  views  ‐ Power and Authority  ‐ Power Relationships 

Work Experience 

Assessment 7 – Family  forms and functions

Year 11 

Aut 1 

Aut 2 

Spring 1 

Spring 2 

Summer 1 

Summer 2 

Revision for all topics and  sub‐ strands. 

Revision for all topics and  sub‐ strands. 

Revision 2 for Paper 2:  ‐ Crime  ‐ Social Stratification   ‐ Research Methods  ‐ Theoretical  Perspectives  

Revision 1 for Paper 1:  ‐ Education ‐ Family ‐ Research Methods ‐ Theoretical  Perspectives 

Social Stratification Unit  2:  ‐ Socio‐economic  ‐ Life chances ‐ Poverty

PPEs – AQA Paper 2 

Year 11 GCSEs.

Assessment 12 – All Social  Stratification Unit  

Year 11 November Mock  Exams – AQA Paper 1