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GCSE Sociology – 3 year curriculum overview
Year 9
Aut 1
Aut 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Introduction to Sociology:
What is it?
Key theories
Key theorists
Outcome: booklet
Assessment 1
Test paper: theorists and
their theories
Crime and Deviance Unit
1:
‐
Age
‐
Gender
Assessment 2 –
Age/Gender
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Media and Crime
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Delinquent
Subcultures.
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Social control
Assessment 3 – Crime and
Subcultures
Crime and Deviance Unit
1 continued:
Social construction of
crime
Assessment 4 ‐ Crime
overall
Introduction to Research
methods:
Sampling
Key words
Link to Crime unit.
Research Methods
continued:
‐
Sampling
‐
Key words
Year 9 Mock Exams
–
Crime and Research
methods based questions
Education Unit 1:
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Roles and functions of
education.
Assessment 5 ‐ roles and
functions.
Link to research methods.
Education Unit 1
continued:
‐
Educational
achievement (including
class, gender and
ethnicity)
Assessment 6 –
Educational achievement
Link to research methods.
Year 10
Aut 1
Aut 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2