S3 & N3/N4 People in Society 

What will you learn?

People and Society aims to study themes within a range of social subjects, allowing for personalization and choice throughout. 

Unit 1:  Investigation Skills

With this course learners can exercise personalization and choice to select their topic/theme for the unit.  

Learners will use a range of sources to show investigation skills. Showing their knowledge and understanding of people and society to give basic, factual descriptions relating to a theme, issue or topic from the perspective of two social subject disciplines

Unit 2:  Compare and Contrast

Unit supports personalization and choice for the learners. 

Learners will develop routine skills of using information to compare and contrast. Learners will develop these skills through choosing, with support, key ideas for study which will allow them to acquire basic knowledge and understanding of people and society.

Unit 3:  Making Decisions

Unit supports personalization and choice for the learners. 

Learners will develop routine skills of using information to make decisions and develop a basic knowledge and understanding of aspects of People and Society. Learners will use these skills and draw on their basic knowledge and understanding of a topic or issue in an inter-disciplinary way, from the perspective of at least two of the social subjects.

Learners will also have the opportunity to complete units or courses in History, Geography, Modern Studies and RMPS at National 3. 

Examples of Topics Covered in S3/4

1. People and Society: Human Trafficking, Comparing WW1 to Afghanistan, Death Penalty

2. History: Making of Modern Britain, Hitler & Nazi Germany, Civil Rights, WW1

3. Geography: Weather, Rivers, Ebola, How Cities Work, Where People Live

4. Modern Studies: Democracy in Scotland, Syria, Drugs Trade

Learner Experiences