FRIENDSHIP COLLEGE GIRLS
SCHEME OF WORK 2020
TERM:
1st
GRADE/SECTION
12
SUBJECT:
SOCIOLOGY(Main)
NUMBER OF PERIODS/WEEK:
10
PRESCRIBED TEXTBOOK(S):
WEEK
TOPICS/SUB
TOPICS
1
Introduction
1
Key concepts
Cambridge International AS&A Level Sociology Student’s Book by Haralambos and Chapman
LEARNING OUTCOMES/OBJECTIVES
PEDAGOGICAL
STRATEGIES
EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES
FORMATIVE
EVALUATION
Lecture
Teacher notes
Give examples of
each concept
Lecture
-Reading p.3-5
-Teacher
outlines
Give examples of
each concept in any
society
Reading p. 814
Teacher notes
and outlines
Discuss the relevance
of functionalism and
Marxism today.
Reading p.913
Teacher notes
Reading p.1519
Teacher notes
and outlines
Compare and
contrast Weber and
Marx view
How do Interactionist
views differ from
structural
perspectives?
Reading p.2021
Assess the postmodernist view
about society.
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2
Structural
perspectives
3
Structural
perspectives
(continued)
4
Interactionist
perspectives
To describe basic sociological
concepts such as norms, values
and status
To explore the following concepts:
 Inequality and opportunity
 Power, control and resistance
 Social change and development
 Describe functionalist theory of
society
 Explain Marxist theory of society
 Describe the feminism theory of
society

Contrast theory of Max Weber
with Marxism

Describe symbolic interactionism,
labeling theory and the
dramaturgical approach to study of
human behavior in society
Describing post-modernist views
about society
Discussing the relevance of these
perspectives in Sociology

5
Postmodernism

Discussion
Lecture
Concept map
Discussion
Lecture
Discussion
Lecture
Discussion
Questioning
Discussion
REMARKS
6
Assessment
7
Socialization
8
Importance of
socialization
8
Nature vs
Nurture debate
9
Social Control
9
Social identity
10
Common
Assessment
11
Remedial Work
Name of Educator:
Students will be assessed on the chapter
‘Sociological perspectives
 To define culture and its elements
 To distinguish between mass, folk
and high culture
 To discuss the importance of
culture in society
 Distinguish between primary and
secondary socialization
 Describe agencies of socialization
such as school, peer group and
media
 Describe the influence of biology
on human behavior
 Examine the biological argument
about human behaviour
 Describe the formal and informal
agencies of social control
 Discuss their relative influence on
conformity
 Examine the influence of social
class and gender on identity
 Explain the influence of
globalization on identity
Pupils will be assessed on the chapters
‘Sociological Perspectives’ and
‘Socialisation’
 To analyse the strengths and
weaknesses of students and
address their weaknesses
Questioning
Case study
Discussion
Reading p.2634
Teacher
outlines
Describe the
importance of
culture in modern
society
Questioning
Lecture
Case study
Reading p.3539
Teacher
outlines
Explain the influence
of social institutions
in influencing
people’s behaviour
Questioning
Discussion
Reading p. 4041
Discuss the influence
of biology on human
social behaviour
Lecture
Case study
Discussion
Reading p.4451
Questioning
Case study
Discussion
Reading p.5372
Discussion
Signature of Educator:
Vetting by HOD
Name of HOD:
Signature of HOD:
Date:
Department: