LEVEL: Stage 2
SACE Credits: 20 credits
LENGTH: Full Year
Recommended background: Satisfactory completion of Stage 1 Society and Culture
Content:
In this course, students further develop skills and use various methods of investigating and analysing contemporary social issues. This will include students learning how social, political, economic, environmental, historical and cultural factors affect societies and how people function and communicate across cultural groups.
Assessment:
Students’ performance will be determined according to the subject’s Performance Standards, as outlined by the SACE Board. Grades A+ to E- will be used for reporting purposes. Students understanding and skills will be assessed in a variety of tasks that may include:
- three folio tasks (50%) that explore the impacts of technology on youth culture across generations, social ethics and the impact of globalisation on a national and international level.
- two interaction and collaborative tasks (20%) into contemporary challenges for youth culture and social ethics and contemporary issues of importance to young people.
- one major investigation (30%) into a contemporary social or cultural issue of interest to students.