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GCSE Sociology – 3 year curriculum overview
Family Unit 1:
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Forms and functions
of the family
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Conjugal roles
Link to research methods
Assessment 7 – Family
forms and functions
Social Stratification Unit
1:
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Functionalist vs.
Feminist views on
social stratification
Assessment 8 ‐
Functionalist vs. Feminist
views
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Power and Authority
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Power Relationships
Crime and Deviance Unit
2:
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Social class
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Ethnicity
A
ssessment 9 ‐ social
class/ethnicity
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Crime trends (data)
(Linked to research
methods)
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Dark figures of crime
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Prison systems
Education Unit 2:
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Process of education
(streaming, setting, mixed
ability teaching, labelling
and the self‐fulfilling
prophecy)
A
ssessment 10 ‐
educational processes
.
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Education and
capitalism
Family Unit 2:
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Changing relationships
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Criticisms of the
family
Assessment 11 – Family
criticisms
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Divorce
Revision and Intervention
Year 10 mock exams
Work Experience
Year 11
Aut 1
Aut 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Social Stratification Unit
2:
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Socio‐economic
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Life chances
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Poverty
Assessment 12 – All Social
Stratification Unit
Revision 1 for Paper 1:
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Education
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Family
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Research Methods
‐
Theoretical
Perspectives
Year 11 November Mock
Exams – AQA Paper 1
Revision 2 for Paper 2:
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Crime
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Social Stratification
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Research Methods
‐
Theoretical
Perspectives
Revision for all topics and
sub‐ strands.
PPEs – AQA Paper 2
Revision for all topics and
sub‐ strands.
Year 11 GCSEs.