SOCIOLOGY - Lammas School

Department of Social Sciences LAMMAS SCHOOL

SOCIOLOGY LEARNING JOURNEY

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Contents

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

Department Vision ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

Subject Intent ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2

Key Stage 3 Overview .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Key Stage 4 Overview .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

Sixth Form Overview ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Year 7 Full Termly Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6



Year 10 Full Termly Overview ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Year 11 Full Termly Overview ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Lower Sixth Full Termly Overview ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 11

Upper Sixth Full Termly Overview ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 12

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Department Vision The department of Social Sciences seeks to introduce and sustain a commitment to the pursuit of excellence by assisting students to develop a

capacity for independent thought and critical analysis, by nurturing the enquiring mind. We aim to promote the Social Sciences to prepare

students to become informed and responsible global citizens. Learning is promoted through skill development, designed to prepare students for

their role as future leaders.

Subject Intent Sociology is a subject that equips students with the appropriate knowledge and skills needed to be able to understand and explain the causes of

human behaviour and the impact of this behaviour on wider society. Through this subject, students can develop the opportunity to think

analytically and reach logical conclusions based on scientific evidence. Our students are introduced to a wide variety of viewpoints from

Sociologists throughout history that allow them the space to reflect, build on these perspectives and develop opinions and new ideas on social issues to better understand the world.

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KS4 Overview

Year Term Topic / Theme Main Learning 1 Main Learning 2 (Main Learning 3)

10 Autumn

Sociological approach and research methods

Develop an understanding of the sociological approach

Develop and demonstrate an understand methods of gathering research data, practical and ethical implications

Develop an understanding of opinions/perspectives on social issues

10

Spring Families and households

Explain the role of the family and changes to its structures in modern society

Develop an understanding of the changes in family patterns

Demonstrate and understanding of different perspective son family and households in the UK

10 Summer Education

Develop an understanding of the functions of Education

Develop an understanding the differences in Educational achievement for gender, Ethnicity and Class

Develop an understanding of policies and their possible impact on patterns of achievement

11 Autumn Crime and Deviance

Explain and outline the difference between crime and deviance

Analyse factors affecting criminal behaviour

Develop an understanding of alternative perspectives on crime and deviance in society

11

Spring Social Stratification Analyse factors affecting criminal behaviour

Consider and demonstrate an understanding of different forms of social stratification

Develop an understanding of the factors affecting life chances and analyse globalisation as a cause and effect of stratification

11

Summer Exam Practice and GCSE Exams

Review key content – Paper 1 and 2 Revision: Develop exam technique through practice papers and familiarising with mark schemes

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Sixth Form Overview

Year Term Topic / Theme Main Learning 1 Main Learning 2 (Main Learning 3)

12

Autumn Families and

Households

Understand the relationship

of the family to the social

structure and social change,

with particular reference to

the economy and to state

policies.

Consider and analyse the

impact of social change using

examples of key social

policies and how this may

impact an ageing population

12

Spring Research methods

Examine the different

research methods in

sociology

Analyse and assess the

strengths and weaknesses of

each approach to undertaking

research and the practical and

ethical issues that may arise

Develop an understanding of

the use of data in analysing

trends

12

Summer Education

Demonstrate an

understanding of the

significance of educational

policies, including policies of

selection, marketisation and

privatisation and policies to

achieve greater equality of

opportunity or outcome.

Consider the impact of

globalisation on educational

policy

Examine the differential

educational achievement of

social groups and processes

within schools

13

Autumn Media

Assess the functions of mass

media on audiences and

examine the differences

between traditional and new

media and society

Assess the role of the media

on its audiences

Demonstrate an

understanding of the

strengths and criticisms of the

different perspectives on the

role of the media

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13

Spring Crime and Deviance

Understand the different

perspectives in explaining

crime, deviance, social order

and social control.

Demonstrate an

understanding of key features

of sociological perspectives

in explaining crime and

deviance in society

Analyse differences between

social groups and crime

13

Summer

Review key content –

Paper 1, 2 and 3:

Preparation for A-

Level examinations

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Year 10 Sociology Full Termly Overview Autumn Spring Summer

Main Learning 1 Explore the concept of Sociology: Students examine the sociological approach

Explore the role of Families: Understand sociological perspectives of the family in society

Examine the functions of Education and as an agency of socialisation

Main Learning 2 Understand the different theoretical perspectives in sociology and methods of gathering research

Consider the changing patterns of family pre and explaining family post modernity

Understand the differences in Educational achievement for gender, Ethnicity and Class

Main Learning 3 Development of opinions and new ideas on social issues

Evaluate the different approaches to explaining changes in family patterns and conjugal roles

Education policies and their possible impact on patterns of achievement

Week Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term 1 The Sociological Approach: Students

consider how we define sociology and how it developed Looking at the world through the eyes of a sociologist: Students consider Marxism and why Marx was seen as a founder of Sociology and how he differed from Weber

Families: Introduction to Families and Households- Students will explore family diversity and the reasons for this through examining the Rapports five types of family diversity

Education: Students will explain the function of Education Why do we have schools? Functionalism and education (Durkheim and Parsons).

2 Functionalism, Marxism and Interactionism as a way of explaining society and evaluate their contributions

The Nuclear Family: Students to examine and analyse the role of the nuclear family and evaluate this concept

What is the relationship between education and capitalism? They will outline Marxist sociologists say about education? Criticisms of the Marxist view of education.

3 Feminism as a way of explaining societies norms and values and evaluate their contribution

Alternatives to the Nuclear family such as why people might live in a lone person household?

Compare and contrast views of Marxism and Functionalism and evaluate this

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4 New Right movements as a way of explaining societies norms and values and evaluate their contribution

Families in a global context Examine different types of education and consider the value of these structures- State or Private and alternative education

5 Social Stratifications- Class and Ethnicity: Students to explain and analyse forms of social stratification and structures such as class and ethnicity and social processes.

Analyse the different perspectives about the role of Families and how they differ in regards to explaining the functions

Educational achievement and how this is interpreted

6 Social Issues: Students to explain and analyse social issues that may arise from stratifications imposed on society

Relationships within families: Students will look at the role of family in contemporary/modern British society

External factors affecting educational achievement Outside the school what factors influence the chances of educational success? Gender socialisation. Material deprivation. Parental attitudes. Language development. Employment, for example, as a motivational factor. Government, for example, structural reforms to the education system.

7 Sociological debates: Conflict Vs Consensus theory, Quality Vs Quantity and Culture Vs Nature

Pattern of Marriage and Divorce rates in the UK and changes in contemporary British society

Internal factors affecting educational achievement Inside the school what factors influence the chances of educational success? School ethos. Hidden curriculum. Setting and streaming. Labelling and the self-fulfilling prophecy. Pupil subcultures.

8 Sociological debates part 2: Sex Vs Gender, Race Vs Ethnicity, Facts Vs Values

Analyse the consequence of divorce and discuss the impact on society/family as a unit

Social class and educational achievement

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9 Recap social stratification and assessment

Analyse theories about divorce from a Marxist, Feminist and Functionalist perspective

Gender and educational achievement (1)

10 The Scientific Method: What is a research design and explore practical problems :reliability and validity and sampling, and ethical issues

Conjugal Roles: Students will examine Oakleys perspective and his ideas on the family

Ethnicity and educational achievement

11 Different types of data: Primary, secondary, surveys, interviews, case studies

The Symmetrical Family: Studnets consider what the symmetrical family is and its functions. They will examine ideas of Young and Willmott and evaluate this perspective

Education policies and their possible impact on patterns of achievement

12 Different ways of gathering research- Observations, statistical data, Ethnography

Changing relationships within Families and how this has changed according to Marxist, Feminists and Functionalist theory- consider the practicalities of conjugal families and how relevant they are today

Recap Topic and Mind mapping

13 Recap Research methods and end of topic assessment

Recap Families and mind map- End of Topic assessment

End of Year 10 assessments (Paper 1)

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Year 11 Full Termly Overview Autumn Spring Summer

Main Learning 1

Explore and outline the difference between crime and deviance Different forms of social stratification

Review key content – Paper 1 and 2

Main Learning 2 Analyse factors affecting criminal

behaviour

Gain an understand in the factors

affecting life chances

Examine key knowledge through mind

mapping

Main Learning 3 Examine alternative perspectives on

crime and deviance in society

Analyse globalisation as a cause and

effect of stratification

Develop exam technique through

practice papers and familiarising with

mark schemes Week Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term

1 Crime and deviance- Outline the difference

between crime and deviance

Defining crime and deviance.

Time, place, culture and social situation.

Consider explanations of Social

stratification. Understand the different types

of social stratification:

• slavery

• caste

• estates

• class.

Recap the scientific method- Different

methods of collecting data/research.

Strengths and weaknesses of each method

2 Explore how is crime measured and the

strengths and weaknesses of each approach.

Outline and evaluate the functionalist view

on social stratification

Recap Education- practice questions and

exam technique 3 Factors affecting criminal behaviour (1)

Outline and evaluate biological,

psychological and social explanations.

Understand the meaning of socio-economic

class. Examine national statistics and the

classification of socio-economic class.

Recap Crime and deviance- Exam technique

and practice questions

4 How sociologists explain differences in

criminal behaviour between social classes

Explain the Marxist view of socio-economic

class?

Recap social stratification- Exam technique

and practice papers

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criminal behaviour: Gender and Ethnicity

What are the various factors affecting life chances? Is Britain a meritocratic society? Social class. Various other factors affecting life chances. For example: gender, ethnicity and age

Paper 1 exam practice- Familiarising with

mark schemes


criminal behaviour: Age

Paper 2 exam practice- Familiarising with

mark schemes 7 Understand informal social control and key

examples

Analyse the theory of embourgeoisement

and outline weaknesses

8 Analyse the treatment of young offenders

consider how society should respond to

criminal behaviour by young people

Understand the difference between social

mobility and poverty and relative

deprivation. Outline the underclass and the

ideas of Murray on welfare reform and the

underclass

9 Consider the prison system The prison

system and alternatives to prison. How

should society should respond to violent

crime

Examine the concept of the Welfare state.

Explain what the welfare state is and the

New Right perspectives on welfare.

.

10 Analyse media reporting of crime and the

accuracy of reporting crime by the media?

Outline the centre-left perspectives on

welfare. Consider the Marxist and feminist

perspectives on welfare and criticisms of

these perspectives

11 Outline and evaluate functionalist theories

about crime

Explain what is meant by political power.

Outline Weber’s view on political power

12 Alternative theories about crime.

Marxist sociologist’s explanation of

criminal and deviant behaviour and

criticisms of Marxist explanations.

Interactionist and Feminists sociologist’s

explanation of criminal and deviant

Develop an understanding of power

relationships and patriarchy in society.

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behaviour and criticisms of these

explanations.

13 Recap topic, Mind mapping and exam

practice

Globalisation and how this has impacted

stratification

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Lower Sixth Full Termly Overview Sociology

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Autumn Spring Summer

Main Learning 1 Develop an understanding of what

sociology is and key concepts.

Examine the different research

methods in sociology

Understand the significance of

educational policies, including policies

of selection, marketisation and

privatisation and policies to achieve

greater equality of opportunity or

outcome, for an understanding of the

structure, role, impact and experience

of education; the impact of

globalisation on educational policy.

Main Learning 2 Understand the relationship of the

family to the social structure and social

change, with particular reference to

the economy and to state policies.

Analyse and assess the strengths and

weaknesses of each approach to

undertaking research and the

practical and ethical issues that may

arise

Consider the role and functions of the

education system, including its

relationship to the economy and to

class structure.

Main Learning 3 The relationship of the family to the

social structure and social change, with

particular reference to the economy

and to state policies.

Consider the use of data in analysing

trends

Examine differential educational

achievement of social groups by social

class, gender and ethnicity in

contemporary society, relationships

and processes within schools – with

particular reference to teacher/pupil

relationships, pupil subcultures, the

hidden curriculum, and the

organisation of teaching and learning.

Week Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term

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1 Identify and understand what

functionalism is.

Outline the key concepts associated with

functionalism.

Evaluate the impact of functionalism.

Research Methods: Students will examine

the theoretical, practical and ethical

considerations influencing choice of topic,

choice of method(s) and the conduct of

research.

Review Functionalism.

Examine key Marxist concepts.

Outline work of Marx, Gramsci and

Althusser

2 Identify and understand what Marxism,

Feminism conflict V Consensus theory and

social action is.

Consider the key concepts associated with

each theory and evaluate it.

Examine quantitative and qualitative data.

They will examine the different types of

research methods such as Interviews,

questionnaires and observations.

Review Marxism.

Identify four types of feminism.

Examine key concepts of feminism.

3 Families and Households: Understand the different family types that exist.

Establish the key aspects of functionalism.

Identify the work of Murdock and Parsons

and consider comparisons

Identify the different types of statistics.

Establish the different types of documents

that exist- consider the strengths and

weaknesses of documents.

State the practical, ethical and theoretical

issues associated with each method.

Consider Consensus, conflict, structural and social action theories.

4 Examine the New Right, Marxist and

research and their research depicting

families

Discuss the New Right and their views on

the family.

Evaluate the New Right.

Methods in context and develop an

understanding of how sociologists research

education.

They will apply research methods to the

classroom.

Explore key issues in researching teachers

and parents

Review action theories.

Develop understanding of Phenomenology

and Ethnomethodology.

Examine Giddens and structuration theory

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5 Understand the feminist approach to the

family.

Identify key theorists.

Demonstrate an understanding of the

different types of feminism and analyse

counter-arguments

Identify key topics to be studied in

education

Establish a timeline of UK educational

policy.

Develop an understanding of Marketisation

and Review Education Reform Act.

Discuss New Labour policies.

Evaluate the key policies that seek to reduce

diversity.

Examine science as a theory. Identify what

science is and the similarities between

science and sociology.

Examine the work of Popper.

Understand the work of Kuhn.

.6 Feminism: Recall the key aspects of the

symmetrical family.

Review the work of Oakley and Boulton ,

and consider the theory of dual burden and

domestic violence

Education: Students will look at policy,

review policies that relate to gender and ethnicity.

Develop an understanding of recent

government initiatives - free schools,

academies, curriculum 2015.

They will assess the impact and significance

of key education policies.

Identify key topics associated with theory.

Develop an understanding of the requirements of the theory section in A-level

Paper 1 (7192/1

7 Explore the relationship of the family to

the social structure and social change, with

particular reference to the economy and to

state policies.

Establish Durkheim’s views on the role of

education.

Summarise key concepts associated with

Durkheim’s work – social solidarity and

specialist skills.

Evaluate key perspectives.

8 Examine the changing patterns of marriage

and explore trends in divorce rates.

Outline the Functionalist and New right

perspective and assess the value of the

approaches in understanding the functions

of education

mass media and its functions in society

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9 Changing of Family patterns through

cohabitation such as same-sex marriages

and child-bearing and the life course

Describe Marxism, neo-marxism and their

views.

Develop an understanding of Marxist views

on education.

Identify postmodern views of education.

Students will complete exam practice and

develop exam technique.

Key media institutions and develop and

understanding of key perspectives

10 Family diversity.

Summarise modernity and the postmodern

views of the family and how these have

changed the family structure.

They will also explore the five types of

family diversity.

Class as an external factor in educational

differences

Outline and evaluate theories on how the

media has been shaped by globalisation

11 Explore the work of Giddens, Stacey, Beck

and Weeks and analyse their view on family

diversity

Examine class as an internal factor in

educational differences and for example

identify notions of the self-fulfilling

prophecy.

They will Compare and contrast key

internal theories.

Develop an understanding of the key

theorists.

Assess Media effects on audiences

12 Examine Demography Identify key

terminology of demography.

Examine birth rates and death rates over

the last 100 years.

Review key content.

Compare and contrast external versus

internal factors and review key trends and

patterns.

Analyse theories relating to ownership and

control of the media

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They will identify trends in expectancy,

ageing population, and migration and

globalisation.

Summarise key external factors – changes

in the family, impact of feminism, changes

in women’s employment and changing

ambitions.

13 Examine the nature of childhood, and

changes in the status of children in the

family and society. Assess how the

interactionist perspective used to criticise

the social structure perspectives.

Students will Recap topic and focus on

exam technique

Ethnicity and gender in relational to

educational achievement and differences

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Upper Sixth Full Termly Overview Sociology

Autumn Spring Summer

Main Learning 1 Recap and assess the functions of mass

media on audiences and examine the

differences between traditional and new

media

Understand the different perspectives in

explaining crime, deviance, social order

and social control.

Review key content – Paper 1, 2 and 3

Main Learning 2 Assess the role of the media on its

audiences

Outline and evaluate sociological

perspectives in explaining crime and

deviance in society

Examine key knowledge.

Main Learning 3 Evaluate different perspectives on the

role of the media on society

Analyse differences between social

groups and crime

Develop exam technique

Week Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term

1 Recap and assess the functions of mass media

on audiences and examine the differences

between traditional and new media.

Assess the power of the media.

Understand the requirements of Crime and

Deviance section in Paper 3.

Outline the key topics to be studied in the crime

section.

Review key content – Education.



2 Review the eight key features of media

ownership.

Examine the pluralist approach to media

ownership.

Develop strengths and limitations of pluralism..

Understand the functionalist perspective on

crime.

Outline and evaluate the work of the

functionalist perspective.

Review key content – Methods in context.



3 Re-examine theories of ownership and control

of the media, for example the Marxist belief

that the media serves capitalism. The selection

Re-cap functionalism and evaluate these

theories.

Introduce key Marxist concepts.

Review key content – Theory and Methods


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and presentation of news stories to suit

political agendas.

Understand why Marxists see crime as

inevitable within capitalism.

Develop exam technique.

4 Identify what news values are.

Examine a variety of news articles to identify

key news values.

Review the work of Galtung and Ruge.

Understand why labelling theories regard

crime and deviance as socially constructed.

Understand the labelling process and its

consequences for those who are labelled.

Evaluate labelling theory

Review key content – Media



5 Establish what a moral panic is.

Explore contemporary examples of moral

panics.

Judge whether moral panics are still relevant in the new media age.

Examine and evaluate the key foundations of

realism as a contrast to labelling.

Explore right realism.

Identify key policy associated with right realism.

Review key content – Families and

households, Crime and Deviance



6 Develop an understanding of the impact of

journalist assumptions

Examine the main patterns of gender and

criminal behaviour.

Explore why these patterns exist.

Develop reasons to explain patters.

Review key content – Families and

households, Crime and Deviance



7 Review key concepts.

Examine femininity, violence and the media.

Summarise the key representations of each

group- age, social class, ethnicity, gender,

sexuality and disability

Review why women commit less crime.

Explore notions of differential treatment of

men and women within the criminal justice

system.

Understand key concepts; hegemonic

masculinity and body capital.

8 Identify the main representations of gender.

Examine the work of Connell and Wolf.

Understand how males and females are

stereotyped in the media and identify how

representations are changing.

Understand and be able to evaluate the debate

about the treatment of men and women in the

criminal justice system.

Be able to evaluate explanations of the

relationship between women and crime.

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9 Develop an understanding of how sexuality

and disability is represented within the media.

Explore negative representations of disability

and sexuality.

Identify the key trends and patterns in the

rates of offending by different ethnic groups

and explore the reasons behind the patterns.

Understand the relationship between the

criminal justice process and ethnicity.

Evaluate sociological explanations of the

relationship between ethnicity, offending and

criminalisation.

10 Outline the range of media effects models and

develop an understanding of the key criticisms

of these theories- cultural effects, two-step flow mo Develop an understanding of the selective

filter model.

del.

Outline key trends associated with class and

crime.

Examine the key reasons why working class commit more crime.

Apply key theories to the study of class and

crime.

11

Examine the uses and gratification model.

Develop an awareness of the similarities and

differences between the models.

Consolidate key terminology.

Know the main patterns of media

representation of crime and how these differ

from the picture of crime in official statistics.

Understand different views of the media as a

cause of crime and evaluate these different

views such as moral panics.

12 Identify what new media is.

Explore the similarities and differences

between new media and traditional media.

Examine the key features of new media such as

changes.

Review moral panics.

Evaluate the relationship between globalisation

and crime and identify what primary and

secondary green crime is.

Evaluate sociological explanations of

environmental harm and understand the

relationship between state crimes and human

rights.

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13 Identify what the cultural pessimist view is.

Outline the key concepts associated with this

view and analyse the relevance of this view

Review all knowledge.

Evaluate all perspectives.


Understand and be able to evaluate a range of

crime prevention and control strategies.

Understand and evaluate the different

perspectives on punishment.

Know the main trends in sentencing and

understand their significance, identify and

evaluate patterns of victim crimes

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