Year 10’s upcoming assessment tasks

For the small class (10M):

Your essay is due next Tuesday 13th September (double). The test is on Friday 16th September.

For the bigger class (10V)

Your essay (for cover sheet – see below) is due next Friday 16th September (earlier for those going on exchange – hand to Morey Reception) The test is on Monday 12th September.

Film Analysis Good Will Hunting

The test is on: Homeschooling, Democratic Schooling (‘free range learning’), Indigenous Education and one ‘unseen article’. You must know the first three articles as they will not be available during the test. They are on this blog (see ‘homework post’.)

Thank you, Ms Roulston

Education and Sudanese Migrants/Refugees

Hard Lessons in a New Land

Copy of ‘Social Network’ Questions

The Social Network questions

Year 9 Sociology Resources

Here are the resources you may use for revision/assignments to help you:

Social Differences

social differences

Examples of layout of Magazine/Radio assignment (front page is the only creative part of the assignment…)

Youth Magazine

Youth Magazine Part – charter

 

Year 10 Sociology – Homework

Dear Year 10 students,

Here is what you are supposed to have completed for homework while Ms McDonald was with us.

Question on either homeschooling/democratic schools

Questions on ‘Defiant Poets Society’ on education for women in Afghanistan

Questions on Indigenous Education

Hand to me by Friday 2nd September (one week). ‘Defiant Poets Society’ no longer available online. However, you were given a hard copy in class. Organisation is the key to success!

Questions missing face and poets

Free Range Learning Questions

Indigenous Education – article for questions given in class

Homeschooling – article for question

Democractic schools – article for question

Indigenous Education – copy of questions

1. What kinds of conditions in Indigenous communities of Northern Australia would education change, according to Dean?
2. What is Pearson’s view on Indigenous Education? What are Pearson’s recommendations for improving Indigenous Education?
3. What problems face Indigenous Education that there is no ‘easy solution’ for, according to Dean?
4. Why is it so disturbing that Australia allows its indigenous people to live in ‘poverty and ignorance’?
5. How can the delivery of well-educated VCE students to universities and TAFEs be achieved?
6. Some Indigenous students experience ‘culture shock’ and lack of family support when at University. How can this problem be overcome, according to Dean?
7.  What conditions could boost school attendance in Indigenous Communities?

Unit One: Youth unemployment climbs to a nine year high

Youth unemployment levels are on the rise, not just in Australia but worldwide. Read about this here:

youth-unemployment-rises-to-9year-high-20100813-1221e.html

Unit Two: Repeating grades fails students

Evidence suggests that repeating grades does not help students but only damages self-esteem. Read about this here:

Repeating grades fails students

Unit One Youth: Social Differences

Download this Powerpoint you have seen once in class to revise ‘social differences’ over the holidays.

social differences

Goodies for the Unit One Exam: Powerpoints, handouts etc…

• POWERPOINTS
• popular culture & high culture
• Subcultures esp Youth
• Stereotypes
• HANDOUTS
• Rise of a Youth Peer Culture from answers.com
• Adolescence in Depn and WW II from answers.com
• definitions and key terms sociology
• Stereotypes

Unit 1 (Year 9) Exam Revision List, May 2011

Definitions and Key Terms (print from the Blog if you haven’t already)
What is a stereotype?( Worksheet)
Female stereotypes (article) and ‘dumb males’ workbook questions
Questions on Gender Stereotypes in the workplace(workbook)

Gender Stereotypes in the Workplace – Link to Article

Individual Subculture Research Presentation

High Culture and Popular Culture Ppt (Blogged)

Subcultures Ppt (Blogged)
Worksheet and questions on Mean Girls

Stereotypes and Subcultures Test

Rise of Youth Peer Culture (Info sheet and questions)

Adolescence in the Depression and World War 2 and Postwar Teen Culture (Info sheet and questions)

The Making of Australia: The Australian Child :notes from documentary

Media File (look over teachers’ assessment notes)