{"id":418,"date":"2022-10-07T09:56:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T23:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=418"},"modified":"2022-11-08T12:36:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T02:06:05","slug":"year-12-society-and-culture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=418","title":{"rendered":"Year 12 – Society and Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Length:<\/strong> Full Year (20 SACE credits)
Contact:<\/strong> HASS Leader<\/a><\/a>

Recommended Background
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Grade C or higher in any Stage 1 English subject.
Successful completion of Stage 1 Society and Culture will be an advantage.

Course Description
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Stage 2 Society and Culture enables students to become more informed about the social, political, economic and cultural factors that affect Australia and the world. The course is designed to develop students’ skills in analysis, evaluating arguments, use of evidence, building empathy and perspective-taking. The key focus throughout the course is understanding social change, power structures, and the interconnections among societies.

The course supports students to consider their role as a group member at a classroom level, national, regional and global level.

Society and Culture provides strong pathway links for students pursing social work, health, education, law, politics, social services, business, architecture and much more

Stage 2 Society and Culture explores the topics of:
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\u2022 Youth Culture
\u2022 Cultural Diversity and Integration
\u2022 Indigenous Inequalities
\u2022 Rural and Remote Communities
\u2022 Human Rights
\u2022 Social Action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Assessment<\/strong>

Students\u2019 performance will be determined according to the subject\u2019s Performance Standards, as outlined by the SACE Board. Grades A+ to E- will be used for reporting purposes.

School-based Assessment:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n