Social Subjects S1/S2

 

BGE Social Subjects:

Learning in the Social Subjects will enable me to:

• develop my understanding of the history, heritage and culture of Scotland, and an appreciation of my local and national heritage within the world

• broaden my understanding of the world by learning about human activities and achievements in the past and present

• develop my understanding of my own values, beliefs and cultures and those of others

• develop my understanding of the principles of democracy and citizenship through experience of critical and independent thinking

• explore and evaluate different types of sources and evidence

• learn how to locate, explore and link periods, people and events in time and place

• learn how to locate, explore and link features and places locally and further afield

• engage in activities which encourage enterprising attitudes

• develop an understanding of concepts that stimulate enterprise and influence business

• establish firm foundations for lifelong learning and for further specialised study and careers.

 

At St Modan’s in S1 and S2 we cover:

S1

          Kettle’s Koffee

          Rainforests

          Democracy and Elections

          Chronology, Wars of Independence and Local History

 

S2:

          Big Brands and Ethical Trading

          Earth Forces and Climate Change

          The UN and International Issues

          Genocide

 

Pupils learn through a range of learning and teaching strategies and are regularly set homework through our IRIS (Improving Reading in Social Subjects) homework.  Pupils will be given a current news article to read and complete activities on. These are differentiated into activities everyone MUST complete, activities everyone SHOULD complete if they can and activities they COULD complete if they want to stretch themselves.