Year: 11 (Stage 1) – Elective
Length: Semester (10 SACE Credits)
Contact Person: Jacob Hayes
Recommended Background: Strong literacy and research skills preferred.
Content: Through the study of the chosen topics, students develop skills in various approaches of investigating and analysing current social issues. They become familiar with the limits and potential of these approaches and methods, and with the ethical issues associated with them.
Topics covered include:
- One topic with a focus on an Australian context
- One topic with a focus on a global context
Topics could be chosen (but are not limited to) the following:
- A current social or cultural issue
- Forces for social change or continuity
- The media/popular culture
- Power and authority in society
- Prejudice and discrimination
- The social impact of environmentally sustainable practices and environmentally unsustainable practices
- Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander societies
- Societies in rural and urban Australia
- Cultures and subcultures in Australian society
- Refugee and migrant experiences and contributions
- Peace and conflict
Assessment: Students are assessed using the SACE Performance Standards. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
- Assessment Type 1: Sources Analysis
- Assessment Type 2: Group Activity
- Assessment Type 3: Investigation