Sociology: Lesson 15

Lesson 15 – Friday March 27

1. Media File due (16 articles including one about government policy relating to NESB or ATSI peoples)
2. SAC 1
__ confirm you have established contact, organised an interview and will attend a function
__ respond to question 1 about defining the community using in-text references (direct quote/paraphrase)
__ write your interview questions
__ tidy up your reference list
__ continue researching and working through questions 2-4
3. Changes to communities and identities due to globalisation and access to new information technologies

Sociology: Lesson 14

Lesson 14 – Tuesday March 24

1. The role of government agencies in promoting or eroding community
2. The place of community in the development of government policies affecting people of non-English speaking backgrounds or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
3. Collect final articles for Media File (due on Friday!!!)

Sociology: Lesson 13

Lesson 13 – Friday March 20

Catch up on work so far
1. Confirm your community for SAC 1 and complete the green confirmation sheet
2. Write a page on how your SAC 1 community can be defined (referencing theory)
3. Update you glossary (details below)
4. Finish the ABS research and Likert Scale report (old homework activities)

Weekly TV Guide

Weekly round-up of TV show relating to psychology or sociology. Highly recommended shows have an asterisk (*).

Sociology: Lesson 12

Lesson 12 – Tuesday March 17

1. SAC 1 details
2. Glossary (detail below)
3. The role of government agencies in promoting or eroding community
4. The place of community in the development of government policies affecting people of non-English speaking backgrounds or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
5. PowerPoint (link below)

Weekly TV Guide

Weekly round-up of TV show relating to psychology or sociology. Highly recommended shows have an asterisk (*).

Sociology: Lesson 11

Lesson 11 – Friday March 13

1. The way changes in economic, social and political institutions have affected the experience and representations of community
__ Read the articles and identify whether they report on a political, economic, technological or social change, then explain how it impacted on the community.
2. Factors that help both maintain and weaken a sense of community
__ Read the articles and explain how the events both maintained and weakened a sense of community
3. The dual or ambiguous nature of community as supportive and inclusive, and as obstructive and exclusionary
__ Think about the community you are investigating for SAC 1 and explain how it is both inclusive and exclusionary.
4. Expectations for Media File due on March 27

Sociology: Lesson 10

Lesson 10 – Tuesday March 10

1. The way changes in economic, social and political institutions have affected the experience and representations of community
2. Factors that help both maintain and weaken a sense of community
3. The dual or ambiguous nature of community as supportive and inclusive, and as obstructive and exclusionary
4. SAC 1 approval

Sociology: Lesson 9

Lesson 9 – Friday March 6

1. Media File check
2. Key Concepts check
3. SAC 1 research

Weekly TV Guide

Weekly round-up of TV show relating to psychology or sociology. Highly recommended shows have an asterisk (*).