St Chad's Culture Faculty Options

1. St. Chad’s Catholic & Church of England High School
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Culture Faculty
Religious Education Sociology
PSHE
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Religious Education

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Religious Education
As a joint faith school Religious Education is a core subject, therefore all
students will study RE as a GCSE.
Topics
1) Christianity
2) Judaism
3) Themes
An in-depth study of Christianity.
This unit of work is split into two
sections
1) Christianity Beliefs and teachings
2) Christianity practices
An in-depth study of Judaism. This
unit of work is split into two sections
1) Judaism Beliefs and teachings
2) Judaism practices
Within this unit we study four topics
o Issues of relationships
o Issues of life and death
o Issues of Good and Evil
o Issues of Human Rights

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How is it assessed?
Skills taught
Exam 1
Themes paper (4 units)
2 hour examination
Exam 2
Component 2 : Study of Christianity
1 hour exam
Exam 3
Component 3: Study of Judaism
Define Describe Explain Evaluate

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Evaluation
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Creative mind mapping…

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Visual learners

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Pathways
You will study the key ideas, themes, concepts and theories behind Philosophy and Religion.
The Philosophy unit discusses key questions such as ‘Does God exist?’, ‘Should we fear
death?’ and ‘Is there such thing as fate?’. In the Ethics unit you will be discussing questions
such as ‘Is abortion wrong?’, ‘Is scientifically experimenting on animals wrong?’ and ‘Should
we bring back the death penalty?’. While in the Study of Religion unit you will be
investigating a range of religions and discussing questions focusing on ‘Does religion and
science oppose each other?’, ‘Are the morals and principals in one religion similar to that of
another?’ and ‘Has the expression of religious identity changed for the better?
Students who study Religious Education at A
Level also study the following subjects!
• Sociology
• Psychology
• English literature and English Language
• History
• Law and politics
Religious studies allows not only
for deepening your own self-
knowledge, but it also provides
the foundational knowledge and
opportunity to understand other
people's worldviews and religious
beliefs.

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Religious Education would help you get a job in the following areas:-
Teaching Journalism
Police
Armed forces
Politics Nursing
Health and social
care

10. St. Chad’s Catholic & Church of England High School
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Sociology

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Sociology
WJEC Eduqas GCSE Sociology includes two papers.
Both papers last for 1 hour 45 minutes.
Each paper is worth 50 percent of the total mark.
Paper 1: Understanding Social Processes (Family, Education and Research
Methods)
Paper 2: Social Structures (Crime and Deviance, Research Methods and
Culture and Media)
You are required to Describe, Explain, Evaluate, Discuss as key assessment
objectives.

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Sociology
Paper 2:-
You will examine theories and scholars
in relation to the work that they have
published.
Equality and inequality to class
Factors which influence a persons
chances and power e.g. wealth,
stereotyping, sexism, racism and
religious beliefs.
Poverty as an issue
Crime and deviance – examining
patterns in criminal behaviour.
Paper 1
Family – nature and nurture, different
family types , one child policy in
china, norms and values , genetic
make up of families.
Examine sociological theories
Education – patterns of academic
achievement, labelling theory, -
gender and class.
Research methods – questionnaires /
surveys / interviews.

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Example of a research task
Case study 1:
Oxana Malaya
Case study 2:
France Victor
Case study 3:
Animal experiments
Case Study 4: Genie Case Study 5: Edik from The
Ukraine 1999
Who is Oxana? Describe her family
background.
Oxana Malaya is a woman who is
mostly well known for being a feral
child who was “raised by dogs”.
Oxana was born in a village called
Nova Blagovishchenka in the Ukrainian
SSR. She was born a normal child but
at age three she was neglected by her
alcoholic parents and ended up living
surrounded by dogs.
What sort of animal behaviour
did Victor learn?
Victor proved that he had
become accustomed to the cold.
Victor also could not talk and is
described as walking on all fours
and walking like a wild animal.
Victor also learned to fend for
himself in the wild as many
animals do.
What were the findings of
the Kellogg’s experiment?
Dr Kellogg discovered that
the chimpanzee Gua was
able to adapt to many
human ways. She wore
shoes and walked upright
like a human. She was also
able to open doors and
drink out of a glass even
before the boy could. Gua
was also able to climb and
jump before the son. The
chimpanzee was able to
respond to different
phrases but could never
use actual words or phrases
herself.
How was Genie treated by
her ‘family’? What human
behaviour did Genie not
learn?
Genie was locked up from
the age of two years old by
her father, who kept her
locked up for 11 years ‘to
protect her from what he
considered the dangers of
the outside world’. She was
harnessed all day to a
baby’s potty seat and at
night she slept with her
arms restrained inside a
sleeping bag which was a
kind of crib/cage. Genie
did not properly learn how
to stand up properly and
walked with a stooped
posture. She also was very
silent and did not have an
ability to use language.
Who is Edik? Describe Edik’s
‘family background’.
Edik was a four year old boy in
Ukraine who was found living with
dogs. For two years these dogs
were his only company. He was
found living in a run-down
apartment in a poor area of
Ukraine.

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Year 11 review questions

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Example of Year 10 prepare to learn task

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Pathways
Sociology could progress you into studying A levels and then go on to
university or many apprenticeships as employers and colleges know
the depth of the study you do at Sociology GCSE level and the many
academic skills you will gain from it.

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Future Careers
This course would help you get a job in….
Journalism
Teaching
Social research
Police work
Criminology
Care sectors (Nursing, Medicine)