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DOWEN COLLEGE LAGOS
TERMLY PLAN- ACADEMIC YEAR 2014/2015 SESSION
TERM: CHRISTMAS
DEPARTMENT: HUMANITIES
SUBJECT: SOCIOLOGY IGCSE CLASS: SSS1
WK
1
TOPIC
SUB-TOPIC
The
concept of
sociology
 Definition
 Branches of
sociology
 The Emergence
of sociology
 Definition
 Subculture
 Characteristics of
culture
 Components of
culture;
 Norms
 Value
 Belief
 Ideology
 Cultural diversity
 Social roles
 Multiple roles
 Role conflict
 Social status
 Relationship
between
relationship and
society
 Structuralist and
interactionist
view of the
relationship
between the
society and
individual
2
Culture
3
Social roles
and cultural
diversity
4
Individual
and society
CURRICULUM
OBJECTIVE
 To describe the subject
matter of sociology
 To explain the various
branches
 Basic definition of the
concept of culture
 Define the components
of culture
 Describe cultural
universals and diversity
 Definition of social roles
and role conflict
 Describe social status
 Comparison between
structuralist and
interactionist views
 Examine the various
perspective of the study
of human behaviour
 Distinguish between
biological,psychological,
and social explanations
of human behaviour.
5
Diversity of
human
behaviour
and culture
variation
6
Socialization
7
Social control
 Approaches to
human behaviour
 Biological
 Psychological
 Social
 Cultural
difference
 Cultural
differences in
conception of
childhood,
adolescence,
gender role, and
gender
characteristics
 Factors in the
construction of
social differences
 Roles, age,
gender, ethnic
group, and class
 Concept, agents
and processes of
socialization
 Primary and
secondary
socialization
 Importance of
socialisation
 Gender role
socialization
 Meaning of social
control
 Agencies and
processes of
social control
 Differentiate between
human behaviour at the
different stages of life
 Describe how these
stages affect behaviour
 Define the term
socialisation
 Explain the process and
the agents of
socialisation
 Highlight how we learn
to be human
 Describe the concern of
nature/nurture:
examples of so-called
‘feral’ children might be
used here and
discussion of Aries’ work
on childhood.
 Explain social control
 Differentiate between
formal and informal
social control
 Recognise the
8
Social
institution
Social
stratification
9
Social class
and mobility
 Conformity and
non-conformity
 Laws and rules of
laws
differences between
conformity and nonconformity.
 Provide examples of
how the different
agencies persuade or
force individuals to
conform
 Structure and
functions of
social institutions
 Types of social
institutions
 Introduction
 Definition
 Forms of social
stratification:
Slavery, estate,
caste class, age,
ethnicity and
gender
 Social status;
ascribed and
achieved status
 Enumerate the various
social institution
 Explain the functions of
each institution
 Types of social
class
 Characteristics of
social class
 Measuring social
class
 Approaches to
social class
 Define social
stratification
 Explain the various form
of stratification
 Introduce the concepts
of wealth, power, ethnic
group, and gender and
provide examples of
each.
 Distinguish between
ascribed and achieved
status
 Distinguish between
stratification systems in
both traditional and
modern industrial
societies.
 Explain the extent in
which mobility is
possible in modern
industrial societies.
10
Social
mobility
Poverty
11
Revision
12-13 Examination
 Changes in class
structure
 Intergenerational
social mobility
 Intragenerational
social mobility
 Reasons for
social mobility
 Absolute poverty
 Relative poverty
 Poverty line
 Poverty trap
 Explain the nature,
extent and significance
of social mobility
 Appreciation of the
implications of social
class for chances in
employment, health and
lifestyle
 Differentiate between
the various types of
poverty.