Assam ASSEB Higher Secondary Sociology study plan
Assam ASSEB Higher Secondary Sociology · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Sociology and Society: Introduction to Sociology, Basic Concepts (society, community, association, institution, social group, status and role, culture, socialisation) & Culture, Socialisation and the Individual: Norms, Values, Culture and Personality, Agencies of Socialisation
Define and contrast society, community, association and institution with one Assam-relevant example each
Distinguish status from role and ascriptive from achieved status, then map five statuses you personally occupy and the roles attached
Classify social groups by primary/secondary, in-group/out-group and reference group, writing a two-line justification for each classification
List the agencies of socialisation (family, peer group, school, mass media, workplace) and state one specific function of each
Explain the difference between norms, values and customs using a single everyday example that runs through all three
Your checkpoint
A 2-page concept sheet covering 12 basic concepts, each with a definition in your own words plus one example, self-quizzed to 90% recall
Social Institutions: Family, Marriage, Kinship, Religion, Education, Economy and Polity
Compare nuclear and joint family, and patrilineal and matrilineal kinship, noting one Indian example of each form
Outline the main forms of marriage (monogamy, polygamy, endogamy, exogamy) and explain cross-cousin marriage with reference to a tribal community
Describe the functions of religion using functionalist and conflict readings side by side
Trace how education and economy are linked, using one example of occupational change in contemporary India
Draw a one-page diagram linking family, marriage, kinship, religion, education, economy and polity as interdependent institutions
Your checkpoint
A hand-drawn institutions concept map plus 10 short-answer questions written and answered by you on family, marriage and kinship
Social Stratification and Inequality: Caste, Class, Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Social Mobility
Differentiate caste from class on at least four criteria and give one example of overlap between them
Explain the caste system's traditional features and identify two changes visible in modern India
Distinguish sex from gender and list three institutions through which gender inequality is reproduced
Define race and ethnicity and explain why sociologists treat race as a social construct rather than a biological fact
Classify social mobility into vertical, horizontal and intergenerational types with one illustrative case each
Your checkpoint
A comparison table on caste, class, gender and ethnicity (basis, example, one indicator of inequality) plus 15 objective-type questions you write and answer
Indian Social Structure and Society: Unity in Diversity, Tribal, Rural and Urban Societies, Village and Community Life
Explain unity in diversity using three concrete markers of regional, linguistic and religious variation in India
Contrast tribal, rural and urban societies on economy, kinship and social control
Describe the distinctive features of village community life and the changes brought by urbanisation and migration
Identify the major tribal communities of Assam and one feature of their social organisation
Analyse how the tea-garden labour system shaped Assam's rural social structure
Your checkpoint
One timed essay (about 400 words) on 'Unity in Diversity in India' written under exam conditions and self-marked against a checklist
Social Change in India: Processes and Factors, Modernisation, Westernisation, Sanskritisation, Secularisation
Distinguish social change from social evolution and identify four factors of social change
Define modernisation, westernisation, Sanskritisation and secularisation, and state one criticism of each concept
Explain Sanskritisation with reference to M. N. Srinivas and give one example of its limits in a tribal or Assamese context
Trace how modern education and transport changed Assamese village life
Distinguish secularisation as a state policy from secularisation as a decline in religiosity
Your checkpoint
A glossary of 8 change-related terms with definitions, one example and one criticism each, plus a 5-question self-test scored at 80% or above
Social Problems and Social Control: Deviance, Crime, Poverty, Unemployment, Inequality, Social Control and Agencies of Control
Define deviance and crime and distinguish them with two examples
Outline the types and causes of poverty and unemployment in India and name one government measure for each
List the agencies of social control (family, school, religion, law, public opinion) and classify each as formal or informal
Explain how inequality and social exclusion are connected, using one Indian illustration
Describe two mechanisms of social control operating in a traditional village setting
Your checkpoint
A 10-item question-and-answer bank on social problems and social control, each answer at least 60 words and checked against your notes
Sociological Thinkers and Perspectives: Functionalism, Conflict, Interactionism, and Key Contributions of Classical Sociologists & Research Methods and Techniques in Sociology: Observation, Interview, Questionnaire, Survey, Case Study
Summarise the core claim of functionalism, conflict theory and symbolic interactionism and state one strength and one weakness of each
State the key contributions of Durkheim, Marx and Weber, linking each thinker to one concept you already studied
Compare observation, interview, questionnaire, survey and case study on data type, cost and suitability
Identify the strengths and limitations of the questionnaire versus the interview for studying a village community
Explain the difference between participant and non-participant observation with one research scenario each
Your checkpoint
A one-page thinker-perspective matrix and a methods comparison table, both recalled from memory in a 20-minute closed-book check
Sociology and Society: Introduction to Sociology, Basic Concepts (society, community, association, institution, social group, status and role, culture, socialisation) & Social Institutions: Family, Marriage, Kinship, Religion, Education, Economy and Polity & Culture, Socialisation and the Individual: Norms, Values, Culture and Personality, Agencies of Socialisation & Social Stratification and Inequality: Caste, Class, Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Social Mobility & Social Change in India: Processes and Factors, Modernisation, Westernisation, Sanskritisation, Secularisation & Indian Social Structure and Society: Unity in Diversity, Tribal, Rural and Urban Societies, Village and Community Life & Social Problems and Social Control: Deviance, Crime, Poverty, Unemployment, Inequality, Social Control and Agencies of Control & Sociological Thinkers and Perspectives: Functionalism, Conflict, Interactionism, and Key Contributions of Classical Sociologists & Research Methods and Techniques in Sociology: Observation, Interview, Questionnaire, Survey, Case Study
Revise all nine domains using your own concept sheets, glossaries and tables rather than re-reading textbooks
Complete two full-length mock papers under timed conditions and mark them strictly
Re-teach your three weakest concepts aloud in under three minutes each without notes
Drill objective-type questions until you score 85% or above consistently
Build a final one-page revision sheet of the 20 most frequently confused pairs of terms
Your checkpoint
Two completed timed mock papers with error logs, plus a one-page final revision sheet of 20 confusable term pairs
Milestones
Week 2: Can define all 12 basic concepts and all 7 institutions from memory, with examples, scoring at least 80% on a self-made recall test
Week 4: Can write a full essay on unity in diversity and classify caste, class, gender and ethnicity distinctions without consulting notes
Week 6: Can explain Sanskritisation, secularisation and modernisation and name the agencies of social control, scoring 80% or above on a mixed 25-question test
Week 8: Two timed mock papers completed with scores of 70% or above and a written error log listing every recurring mistake