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2 Unit Society and Culture aims to help students become socially literate. There are 5 key concepts: the individual, society, culture, environment and time. Through an understanding of each of these, students develop a greater understanding of themselves, their own culture as well as other societies and cultures and times. |
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They learn a number of valuable
skills such as social research. When the students are in
Year 12, they have to submit a Personal Interest Project
which counts for 30% of their final mark. In it they must
demonstrate that they have read widely, designed
questionnaires, conducted interviews and explained their
findings in just |
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Here are a few of the research topics chosen by our students: € "Snorting Coke": citizen empowerment and the Corrimal Coke Works € "The Power of Music": mosh pits, church choirs & music therapy € "The Battle for the Beach: surfers vs lifesavers" € "Housewives of the new millennium" (Teenagers leaving home) € P.O.W.s and war veterans: how did
they fit back into society?
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