Week 35
Students revised for their end of year exams
Week 34
Students presented on aspects of the the dark side of the family
Week 33
Students identified the social construction of childhood in the family and the role of Grandparents
Week 32
We explored the different types of family and marriage arrangements
Week 31
We evaluated the assessment and discussed the different views of the family
Week 30
Students sat their assessment on Social Inequality
Week 29
We began our new topic on Family by exploring new terminology and discussing the types of family we are in
Week 28
Students described the attributes of each class and the debate around prolaterianisation
Week 27
Students described the attributes of each class and debate around prolaterianisation
Week 26
Students investigated the various explanations of social class
Week 25
Students explored why certain groups (ethnicity, sex etc) experience more poverty than others
Week 24
Students explored public shaming, and then discussed the complexities of defining poverty, while creating a questionnaire for exploring peoples views
Week 23
Students examined the alternative views on the welfare state
Week 22
Students explored the reasons for, and characteristics of, the rich and poor - identifying how inequality occurs
Week 21
Students began their third topic on inequality by looking at examples of social stratification, and the effects on your life chances according to gender, ethnicity, and class
Week 20
Students prepared for, and sat their end of topic assessment
Week 19
We looked at how age, ethnicity, roles, social class, and gender affect identity
Week 17
We looked at the ways in which childhood is socially constructed
Week 16
We explored social control through various rewards and sanctions; and then identified the norms and values of subcultures, explaining what causes their manifestation
Week 15
We started our new topic on Culture, Identity and Socialisation. We identified ways of socialising and the agencies involved.
Week 13
Students practiced exam questions before sitting their first their first exam style assessment
Week 12
Students completed a quiz, identified areas in need of improvement, and developed their writing technique while analysing the Milgram Experiment
Week 11
Students continued their work on methods by completing worksheets and answering their first exam question
Week 10
Students answered several questions on research methods while exploring different case studies associated with them
Week 8/9
Students created their own worksheets on the various methods of sociological investigation
Week 7
We looked at two ways of studying society: Positivism and interpretivism. We also explored sociological perspectives on current news stories, created a checklist on how to approach an investigation, and watched a documentary on the Stanford Prison Experiment.
Week 6
We began our new topic on Theory and Methods. Discussing the differences between a structuralist and interpretivist view of society. Students also sat an assessment.
Week 5
We took a detailed look at conflict theories and then made an outline of the IGCSE Sociology course
Week 4
We took a detailed look at functionalism
Week 3
We began to explore the 4 perspectives of Sociology
Week 2
We introduced key terminology, including the definition of Sociology