Studies of Society and Environment Assessment Tasks

Week / Assessment items / Details of assessment/resources
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  • Table of five examples of laws/rules/customs.
  • Island scenario task.
  • Pictorial representation of punishments.
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  • Table of five examples of laws/rules/customs.
  • Island scenario task.
  • Pictorial representation of punishments and written discussion of how they have changed.

2 /
  • Earliest Laws crossword.
  • Hammurabi Code and Ten Commandments activity.
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  • Earliest Laws crossword.
  • Activity from Hammurabi's Code (Lower Secondary Units, pp 43–5).

3 /
  • What are the sources of Australian law? (Lower Secondary Units, pp 46–50).

4 /
  • How do we make laws today? (Lower Secondary Units, pp 52–5).
  • Research activity (Lower Secondary Units, p 54).

5 / 'Schooly Mac' questions. /
  • 'Schooly Mac' questions (Heinemann English Links One, pp 4–5).
  • Rabbit-Proof Fence Worksheet.

6 /
  • A3 poster 'Types of laws'.
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  • Students to use a newspaper and identify five different laws being broken; cut out the article/photograph and identify which type of law is being broken.

7 /
  • Stolen Generation: A3 brainstorm.
  • Oral presentation to class about an aspect of Ngarrindjeri lifestyle and culture.
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  • Students to read about an aspect of Ngarrindjeri life and report back to the rest of the class.
(Resource: The Ngarrindjeri People: Aboriginal Peoples of the River Murray, Lakes and Coorong).
  • Questions from Aboriginal Law: The Dreaming handout.
  • Questions from the Ngurunderi handout.
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  • Questions from Aboriginal Law: The Dreaming handout.
  • Questions from the Ngurunderi handout.
(Resource: The Ngarrindjeri People).
  • Journal reflecting on guest speaker’s discussion.

9 /
  • The place of customary law.
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  • Activity 3: The place of customary law (Lower Secondary Units, pp 51–2).
  • Journal reflecting on guest speaker’s discussion.