Curriculum Area (Faculty): Social Subjects
Staff
1. Miss K Anderson
2. Mr A Clark
3. Mr A Millar
4. Ms N Stobie
5. Ms A Tkach
S1 Curriculum
The following Units are taught throughout the year in S1 Social Subjects by a number of teachers.
• Independence and Nationhood – the formation of India, the United States of America, Scotland and the UK (History)
• Global Geographical Skills – Map skill in America, Natural Hazards in India and Physical Geography in Scotland (geography)
• Social and International Issues – Rights, responsibilities and decision-making in Scotland, Immigration in America and Inequalities in India (Modern Studies)
Staff
- Mr A. Clark
- Ms N. Stobie
S2 Curriculum
• Ice, Ice, Baby (Location of Antarctica and its Climate, The Race to Antarctica, Impacts of the climate on health, Working in Antarctica, , Animals and their Adaptations)
Term 2 (October – December)
• Japan (Relief and Climate through maps, Exploring Japan through GIS (Geographic Information Systems), Perceptions of Japan, Ageing Population, Transport, Car Brands/ School Fieldwork, Environmental Research Task)
Term 3 (January – April)
• Thailand (Introduction, Slums, Tourism and its Impacts, Tsunamis, Islands)
Term 4 (April – June)
The Japan and Thailand Units will overlap terms and so during term 4 the Thailand Unit is completed. With more advanced classes there is potential to cover:
• The Geography of Crime (What is crime, Rural and Urban Crime, Fear of Crime, Mapping, Jack the Ripper, Piracy, Crime in Shanty towns, Crime in the Ghettos)
Term 1 (August - October)
S3 Curriculum
Term 1 (August - October)
- Natural Hazards (plate tectonics, volcano structure, real time eruption hazard planning)
- The Tropical Rainforest (climate graphs, key facts, the location and layers of the rainforest, animal adaptations, the impacts of deforestation and mining, tribes)
Term 2 (October – December)
- The Tundra (climate graphs, key facts, the location, animal adaptations, the impacts of oil drilling, permafrost, Inuit’s)
- Glaciation and avalanches (how glaciers are formed, processes of erosion, features of a glaciated landscape, how avalanches form, the impacts and solutions)
Term 3 (January – April)
- Development and Health (why is Bolivia the poorest country in South America, why are some places more developed than others, a water borne disease and the impacts it can have on people and a country, disease research task)
Term 4 (April – June)
- Population (collecting data, population pyramids, birth rates and death rates, demographic transition model, fertility policies e.g. one child policy, Singapore)