Modern Studies is the Social, Political and Economic study of local, national and international issues.

It seeks to engage students in a dialogue with the world around them. It helps develop confidence and personal opinion as active contemporary issues are explored. It questions how society is organised and how power is distributed; promoting citizenship and challenging prejudice. Its principles are at the core of the new curriculum for excellence, helping to nurture political, creative thinkers for Scottish society in the 21st Century.

 

Staff

Mrs N Mitchell (PT History and Modern Studies

Mr T Beattie

 

S1 – A variety of courses are studied including a country study.

• The power of the Media and Protest
• Scottish Politics – an introduction
• G20 World Power Country Study – Brazil
• Human Rights and the Rights of the Child

S2 – Similar to S1 in structure and variety.

• Global development issues
• Law and Order in Scotland and the UK
• Global Conflict
• G20 World Power Country Study – India
• UK Politics Introduction

S3 – This course prepares pupils for skills used in National Modern Studies.

• Scottish and UK Politics
• Inequality in the UK
• Modern World Issue – Israel and Palestine Conflict
• G20 World Power Country Study – USA
• G20 World Power Country Study – China

National 3, 4 and 5

• Politics in Scotland
• Crime and Law
• The USA

Higher Modern Studies

• Politics in the UK
• Social Issues in the UK
• China