Year 9 – Sociology

Head of Subject: Ms C Simmonds

Intended Outcomes

Students will start to understand the basics of sociology by applying newly learnt knowledge to the real world, specifically to Family and Education. 

  • Course Implementation

    Introduction to Sociology 

    Students will be introduced to foundational sociological knowledge by exploring key concept and key thinkers. There is no formal assessment for this but there will be mini knowledge test as the content learnt now will be needed for the rest of the course. 

    Families and Households 

     

     

    Students will begin exploring why families are the way they are and consider the sociological reasons used to explain what role the family has in society. Mini knowledge quizzes and writing tasks that lead to an end of unit assessment. 

    Education (Part 1) 

     

     

    Students explore why education works the way it does and what sociologists believe is the purpose of education in society today. This unit is started in year 9 and completed in year 10. Mini knowledge quizzes and writing tasks that lead to an end of unit assessment. 

     

Learning Impact

This year will focus on getting the basics correct so much of the assessment will be around key concepts with an ability to apply it to real life. This will be done via quizzes, recall tests and writing activities.  


This assessment will be reported by following school data drop policy and calendar. 

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