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CSEC Social Studies

A complete CSEC Social Studies plan: the current syllabus and papers, family, society, development and regional integration section by section, your option, the SBA research project, timed past papers, the mock and exam day.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for CSEC Social Studies, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

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📝 Caribbean School Exams

CSEC Social Studies

Studying CSEC Social Studies: the individual, family and society, development, regional integration and the SBA research project.

  1. Current CSEC Social Studies syllabus and paper format check
  2. Diagnostic Paper 01 for Social Studies
  3. Two-year Social Studies study plan
  4. Choosing your Social Studies option
  5. Command words and the shape of a Paper 02 answer
  6. Reading tables, graphs and maps in Social Studies questions
  7. Weekly Social Studies study sessions
  8. Social Studies key terms recall cards
  9. Caribbean current affairs and examples log
  10. Monthly timed Paper 01 practice
  11. Monthly Paper 02 structured question practice
  12. Social Studies mistakes and feedback log
  13. Termly progress review with your Social Studies teacher
  14. Social groups, institutions and the individual in society
  15. Family types, unions and functions in the Caribbean
  16. Changing family roles and the challenges families face
  17. Culture, socialisation and Caribbean cultural diversity
  18. Government, constitutions and the Westminster system
  19. Elections, political parties and citizens' rights and responsibilities
  20. Social problems, deviance and social control
  21. Development and how it is measured
  22. Population, the census and population pyramids
  23. Migration, push and pull factors and the Caribbean diaspora
  24. Labour force, employment and unemployment
  25. Education, training and human resource development
  26. Natural resources, conservation and environmental problems
  27. Natural hazards, disasters and preparedness
  28. Sustainable development and the barriers to development
  29. Caribbean integration from the Federation to CARICOM
  30. The CSME, free movement and the OECS
  31. Regional institutions that serve the Caribbean
  32. Benefits, obstacles and your role in Caribbean integration
  33. Communication option on media, technology and influence
  34. Consumer Affairs option on rights, protection and spending
  35. Tourism option on types, impacts and sustainable tourism
  36. Choosing the SBA research topic and statement of the problem
  37. Designing the SBA questionnaire and data collection plan
  38. Collecting, presenting and interpreting SBA data
  39. SBA findings, recommendations and final submission
  40. Examiner reports and mark schemes for Social Studies
  41. Full Social Studies mock exam under exam conditions
  42. Final eight weeks Social Studies revision timetable
  43. Last full past paper and the final week
  44. CSEC Social Studies exam day plan
  45. Parent support for a CSEC Social Studies student
  46. Family history interview on family, migration and culture
  47. Teacher or tutor tracker for a CSEC Social Studies class
  48. Paper 032 alternative for private Social Studies candidates
  49. Grade I answers using Caribbean case studies
  50. Results, review requests and the next step after CSEC Social Studies

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Current CSEC Social Studies syllabus and paper format check

CSEC Social Studies is examined through a multiple-choice Paper 01, a written Paper 02 covering the core and your chosen option, and either the SBA research project as Paper 031 or the alternative Paper 032 for private candidates, and syllabus editions do change the detail. One evening with the current syllabus and the CXC timetable means every later project in this area is aimed at the exam you will actually sit.

First tasks

  • Check the current syllabus and timetable on the CXC website and note the paper format
  • Write the syllabus edition year inside the cover of your Social Studies folder
  • List the core sections and the options on one page in syllabus order
  • Ask your teacher which option the class takes and how the SBA is organised
  • Recheck the syllabus edition at the start of each school year @recurring(yearly)

Diagnostic Paper 01 for Social Studies

Social Studies feels familiar because so much of it is everyday life, and that is exactly why students underestimate it until marks come back. Sitting one past Paper 01 early, without notes, shows which ideas you hold precisely (nuclear and extended family, GDP and HDI, CARIFTA and CARICOM) and which you only half recognise, sorted by syllabus section.

First tasks

  • Get a past or specimen Paper 01 from your teacher or the CXC online store
  • Sit the paper in one go at a clear desk with no notes
  • Mark it and tally the wrong answers by syllabus section
  • Circle the three sections with the most errors on your plan

Two-year Social Studies study plan

Most schools teach CSEC Social Studies across Forms Four and Five, with the SBA research running through the second year and the exam in May or June. A month-by-month plan that places each section, the option, the SBA stages and the revision weeks prevents the familiar crush where regional integration and the option are still untouched at Easter.

First tasks

  • Ask your teacher for the scheme of work for both years
  • Place each section and the option in the month it will be taught
  • Mark the SBA stages and mock exam weeks on the plan
  • Compare where the class is against the plan @recurring(monthly:26)

Make it yours.

Install CSEC Social Studies, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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