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The HSC course provides an indepth study of social justice and human rights issues that relate to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples from the 1960s onwards.
During the course, students will undertake consultation with the local indigenous community and will study national and international Indigenous communities in order to complete a major research project and case studies using research and inquiry methods.
Examinable outcomes
Part I: Social Justice and Human Rights Issues (50% of course
time and 40% of internal assessment and 60% of external assessment)
In Social Justice and Human Rights Issues
- You need
to be able to discuss facts and figures from
- Your local Indigenous and non-Indigenous community
- A national community either the Lardil of Mornington Island or the Tiwi of Bathurst and Melville Islands and their non- Indigenous counterparts
- An International
Community either the Maoris of Auckland New Zealand or The Three
Affiliated Tribes of New Zealand and their non- Indigenous counterparts.
- Note that you have studied national facts and statistics about Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and national facts and figures about the Maoris of New Zealand and non-Indigenous New Zealanders. These figures are similar/correlate to the local and national community figures studied. So if you have difficulty finding statistics you can say that you are assuming the figures to be similar.
A Global perspective of social justice and human rights issues will be studied, using the focus topics of Health and Criminal Justice to complete comparative studies:
In Health use the following communities:
- Your local or own Indigenous community
- The Lardil of Mornington Island
- The Maoris of Auckland New Zealand
In Criminal justice use the following communities:
- Your Local or own Indigenous Community
- Tiwi of Bathurst and Melville Islands
- Three Affiliated Tribes USA
Part II:
Heritage and Identity (20% of course time and 20% internal assessment
and 30% external assessment.)
The focus will be on:
- Contemporary aspects of Aboriginal heritage and identity
- Government policies and legislation
- Non-Aboriginal responses
The Local Aboriginal Community or own indigenous community
Part III: Research and inquiry Methods (30% of course time and 40% of internal assessment and 10% of external assessment)
Major Project
This forms the internal assessment. The project topic is based on the student's area of interest. (25 marks for the project + 15 marks for the logbook)
Students are given 4 weeks of class time to begin their major project. Further work must be done in their own time.
Contact Teachers on :
(02) 9383 0341
Vittoria (02) 9383 0340
(02) 9383 0348
