People & Society
Top skills; sense making, communicating and curiosity
What is in this course?
People and Society will allow you to develop a greater understanding of society and your place in it. It is an interdisciplinary course which will give you the opportunity to study topics and issues from across several Social Subjects. Pupils will be given a say in what they want to study. Some examples of topics that could be studied are: ·
Kirkcaldy – Past and Present
The Developed World & Developing World
Scotland’s History and Scotland’s Future
Rights in the past and rights today
War in the past and war today
Slavery in the past and slavery today
Early Explorers
Antarctica and Everest
Crime and Punishment
Scotland and USA
Famous Scots
Earth Forces
Oppression
Democracy
The People and Society course is made up of three units. Pupils will develop routine skills of using information to make decisions & comparing and contrasting. Pupils will also develop investigating skills. Teaching and learning strategies used include group work, use of ICT, debates, class discussion, games, video and potentially educational excursions.
How will I know I am progressing?
Pupils will generate evidence for the three units throughout the year. All assessed work will be completed under ‘open book’ conditions to make it accessible for pupils
What SQA Qualifications can this lead to?
The S3 course will allow pupils to gain a National 3 qualification. Upon successful completion of all 3 units pupil will then progress on to National 4 in S4.
Additional considerations.
Pupils will gain a variety of transferable skills (e.g. making decisions, comparing, contrasting and investigating) as well as enhancing their literacy and numeracy skills.