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Fun Run Fundraising
A huge well done to all the students and staff who ran the Blackpool Beaverbrooks 10K last Sunday.
Olympic Spirit at Blackpool Sixth Form
The college will host its first community sports day with over 150 young people taking part, including pupils from at least...
Art students break “Out of the Frame” for exhibition in Thornton
Blackpool Sixth Form art and design students will be breaking out of the Frame for their exhibition at the Kiln House Gallery...
England Rugby coach speaks to Blackpool Sixth Form sport students
Brian Ashton, the head coach of the England rugby team that reached the final of the 2007 Rugby World Cup, delivered a...
Rugby Academy Boss prepares for Paralympic role
Paul Moran who heads up the Blackpool Sixth Form Rugby Academy has had a early insight into the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic...Announcements
Battle of the Bands
29th May 7.00pm
Performing Arts Musical Theatre Showcase
31st May 7.30pm
Pre-Sixth Form Conference
2nd July 8.45am - 4.00pm
Pre-Sixth tasks for Social Science
Below are the tasks for each course which we would like you to complete to prepare you for the start of term:
Politics
Find an interesting political article from a newspaper and write a critic about the content and opinions contained in the article. This needs to be completed and brought to the first Politics lesson after summer where it will be taken in an considered by the tutor.
Psychology
Pick a founder of a psychological perspective (behaviourist, psychodynamic & cognitive) and identify:
- How they explain behaviour.
- What research method they use from within that perspective to investigate behaviour.
Sociology
Task one
Define sociology in no more than 20 words.
Task two
Using the link below find a minimum of 4 areas of social life sociologists are interested in studying.
http://www.britsoc.co.uk/WhatIsSociology/what+do+sociologists+do.htm
Task three
Research one of the following famous sociologists and identify 5 facts about them and describe a key idea that they wrote about.
- Karl Marx
- Emile Durkheim
- Max Weber
Task four
Using YouTube research ‘feral children’ and identify three ways in which they act differently to other children bought up by their families. What might this tell us about human behaviour.
Bring your research to your first class … presented either as a poster/ information sheet or leaflet and we will put it up in your classroom.
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