Social Subjects S1-S3

The following information represents broad timelines for where classes should be at various points in the year. At any given point an individual class may be slightly ahead of schedule or slightly behind – this is based on teacher judgement and will take into account the classroom teacher’s assessment of the need to consolidate certain aspects of learning with individual classes and pupils.

S1 RME

Date Target
August-September Beliefs and Values
September-October Symbols
October-November Local Christian Faiths- visiting the local Church of Scotland and hosting the local Baptist Church in the school
November- March Judaism
March-May Plastic Pollution

S1 Social Subjects

Single teacher delivery of discrete subjects.

Date Target
2/9/22 Complete What is History?
23/9/22 Complete Inspirational Women in World History
26/9/22 Start the Scottish Wars of Independence
3/10/22 – 7/10/22 Take a week out of Wars of Independence to do our section of the Remembrance IDL Project
25/11/22 Finish Scottish Wars of Independence
28/11/22 Start Modern Studies course
3/3/23 Finish Modern Studies course
6/3/23 to 9/6/23 Complete Geography course. All assessments to be completed by the end of course.

S2 RME

Date Target
August- November Study of Ernest Gordon. Understanding Christian values, analysing and evaluating moral issues raised in the story. 
November- February Study of Islam. Understanding and explaining the key beliefs in Islam. Comparing and contrasting Islam and Christianity. 
February- May Underdevelopment- 

Death of Jesus

Martin Luther King

S2 Social Subjects

Six rotas with subject specialist teachers.

The following are the rota dates for the S2 courses:

Rota 1 runs until 23rd September.

Rota 2 runs 26th September to 2nd December.

Rota 3 runs 5th December to 10th February

Rota 4 runs 20th February to 17th March

Rota 5 runs 20th March to 28th April.

Rota 6 runs 1st May to 2nd June.

The table below shows which class is with which teacher in each rota:

Rota 1 and 4 Rota 2 and 5 Rota 3 and 6
2SS1 History with G MacKay in B23 (T4, W3, Th2, F6) Geography with B Pace in B20 (T4, W3, Th2, F6) Modern Studies with S Levine in B7 (T4, W3, F6)

Modern Studies with S Mason in B22 (Th2)

2SS2 Modern Studies with S Levine in B7 (T4, W3, F6)

Modern Studies with SMason in B22 (Th2)

History with G MacKay in B23 (T4, W3, Th2, F6) Geography with B Pace in B20 (T4, W3, Th2, F6)
2SS3 Geography with B Pace in B20 (T4, W3, Th2, F6) Modern Studies with S Levine in B7 (T4, W3, F6)

Modern Studies with S Mason in B22 (Th2)

History with G MacKay in B23 (T4, W3, Th2, F6)
2SS4 History with S Mason in B10 (T6, W2, F2)

History with D Whiteford in B20 (Th4)

Geography with D Whiteford in B19 (T6

Geography with B Pace in B19 (W2, Th 4, F2)

Modern Studies with Connell Duffy in B21 (T6, W2, F2)

Modern Studies in B22 with H Ellis (Th 4)

2SS5 Modern Studies with C Duffy in B21 (T6, W2, F2)

Modern Studies in B22 with H Ellis (Th 4)

History with S Mason in B10 (T6, W2, F2)

History with D Whiteford in B20 (Th4)

Geography with D Whiteford in B19 (T6)

Geography with B Pace in B19 (W2, Th 4, F2)

2SS6 Geography with D Whiteford in B19 (T6)

Geography with B Pace in B19 (W2, Th 4, F2)

Modern Studies with C Duffy in B21 (T6, W2, F2)

Modern Studies in B22 with H Ellis (Th 4)

History with S Mason in B10 (T6, W2, F2)

History with D Whiteford in B20 (Th4)

S3 Geography

End of September Complete Environmental Hazards, including assessment
End of December Complete Climate Change
End of March Complete Africa – continent of contrast unit
April/May Enquiry skills unit, including Balfron investigation

S3 History

Date Target
28/10/22 Complete WWII topic
31/10/22 – 11/11/22 Class time to work on investigation
14/11/22 Start Mary, Queen of Scots topic
25/11/22 All investigations handed in
27/1/23 Mary, Queen of Scots topic finished
30/1/23 Start National 5 History course – World War II, starting with War With Japan
9/6/23 Complete to end of section 3 of WWII course – Life in Occupied Europe

S3 Modern Studies

24/6/22 Complete the causes of crime section
7/10/23 Class test completed
3/3/23 S3 Crime course completed
6/3/23 Start National 5 Modern Studies Course – Crime (Prisons and Alternatives to Prisons)
9/6/23 Complete National 5 Crime unit

S3 RME Course

Date Target
August- November Capital Punishment. Developing N4/5 skills in responding to moral issues- being able to analyse and evaluate responses to capital punishment.  
November- February Animal Issues. Further development of important RME skills including deeper analysis and evaluation. Using MTV skills to develop these skills further. 
February- May The Existence of God.

 

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