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SOCIOLOGYWritten examination
Tuesday 17 November 2020 Reading time: 3.00 pm to 3.15 pm (15 minutes) Writing time: 3.15 pm to 5.15 pm (2 hours)
QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK
Structure of bookSection Number of
questionsNumber of questions
to be answeredNumber of
marks
A 8 8 40B 4 4 40
Total 80
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Materials supplied• Questionandanswerbookof24pages,includingassessment criteria for Section Bonpage24• Additionalspaceisavailableattheendofthebookifyouneedextraspacetocompleteananswer.
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©VICTORIANCURRICULUMANDASSESSMENTAUTHORITY2020
SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HEREVictorian Certificate of Education 2020
STUDENT NUMBER
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SECTION A – continued
SECTION A
Instructions for Section AAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.
Australian Indigenous culture
Use the following information to answer Questions 1 and 2.
Representation 1
50 words: From hello to kangaroo, new map of Indigenous languages of AustraliaJackBuckskinhad‘noidea’whathewasgettingintowhenhesignedup14yearsagotolearnhispeople’s‘sleeping’language.SpokenforthousandsofyearsbytheAboriginalpeopleofAdelaideandtheAdelaidePlains,nobodyhaduseditineverydaylifefornearly150years.Now50wordsofKaurnahavebeenincludedandvoiced1byMrBuckskinonanewIndigenouslanguagemappingprojectcalled50words.online.…Launchedaweekago,the50wordsmapaimstoshowcasethediversityofIndigenouslanguages,startingwith50words(orfewer,ifmorewordsaren’tavailable).Thereare15languages,includingKaurna,andthehopeistoincludeeveryIndigenouslanguage.…BeforeBritishsettlement,thereweremorethan250Indigenouslanguages,theAustralianInstituteofAboriginalandTorresStraitIslanderStudies(AIATSIS)estimates.Approximately120[languages]arestillspokenacrossAustralia,butonly18arebeinglearnedasafirstlanguageeveryday.Manylanguagesaredowntotheirlastfewspeakers.LedbylinguistsProfessorRachelNordlingerandAssociateProfessorNickThiebergerfromMelbourneUniversity’sResearchUnitforIndigenousLanguage,theinteractivewebsiteisdesignedtoshowcasethediversityandnumberofIndigenouslanguages.…Mostpeopledidn’tknowtherewasmorethanoneIndigenouslanguage,saidProfessorThieberger.Otherpeoplethoughttherewereonlyafewwordsineachlanguage,wheneachhadthousands.Surprisingly,thesoundsystemsusedinAustralianIndigenouslanguageswereverysimilar,saidProfessorThieberger.Sometimeswordswereverydifferentinlanguagesspokeninthesameregion.Oftentherearesimilaritiesinwordsspokenbypeoplethousandsofkilometresapart.IntheBilinarralanguageoftheNorthernTerritory,thewordforrainisyibu,whichisverysimilartoyipu,thewordforraininGurindji,alanguagewhichisspokennottoofaraway.… InKaurna,manyaisusedforrainandcoldweather,saidMrBuckskin.That’sbecauseitrainswhenitiscoldinwinterinAdelaidesothetwogohandinhand,hesaid.‘Whenpeopletalkaboutaconnectiontocountry,languagegivesyouthat,’hesaid.‘Itgivesyouanunderstandingofwhattheenvironmentandtheculturewaslike,’hesaid.
1voiced–recorded
Source:JuliePower,‘50words:Fromhellotokangaroo,newmapofIndigenous languagesofAustralia’,Sydney Morning Herald,4August2019
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Question 1 (4marks)InRepresentation1,MrBuckskinsaysthatlanguagegivespeopleanunderstandingofwhatculturewaslike.
Definetheterm‘culture’,includingitsmaincomponents.Howislanguageconnectedtoculture?
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Question 2 (6marks)ExplainwhythereisapublicmisconceptionthatallAustralianIndigenouspeopleshareoneculture.Inyourresponse,refertoRepresentation1andmaterialthatyouhavestudiedthisyear.
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Ethnicity
Question 3 (4marks)Whydosociologistsprefertofocusontheconceptofethnicityratherthanontheconceptofrace?
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Question 4 (6marks)Explainthetheoryofethnichybridity.Usingat least twoexamples,showhowhybridityconnectstotheexperienceofethnicityinAustraliatoday.
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Community
Use the following information to answer Questions 5 and 6.
Representation 2
Play and stay: Ridgetoun’s new playground opensTheRidgetouncommunityhasrecentlyconstructedanewchildren’splaygroundafterreceiving$100000offundingfromtheVictorianstategovernment.In2017,morethan70Ridgetounresidentssignedapetitioncallingforanupgradetothetown’sageingplayground.Theresidentswantedtocreateamoreflexibleandwelcomingspace.Thetown’sChiefExecutiveOfficersaidthatthemodernplaygroundwouldboostcommunityconnectedness.Hecommendedthecommunityfortheirenterpriseanddedicationinpushingfortheproject.Hesaidthathavingexperiencedaperiodofdrought,thecommunitywouldbenefitfromthepositiveandhappyplayareathatthenewplaygroundwouldoffer.FollowingconsultationwithjuniorstudentsatRidgetounP–12College,adetailedplanfortheplaygroundwasdeveloped.Theplancreatedanature-basedspacewithcubby1-makingopportunities,asandpitandawaterfeature,alongwithmodern,age-appropriateplayequipmentandsocialfacilities.TheCommunityDevelopmentManagersaidtheinspirationformanyelementsoftheplaygroundhadcomefromthejuniorstudentsofthecollege,whohadallbeenveryenthusiasticabouttheproject.ThelocalChamberofCommercerepresentativewelcomedtheinitiative,particularlybecauseithadinvolvedcommunitycollaboration,butshewasdisappointedthatthenewplayground,whileneeded,didnotbenefitthewholecommunity.Localbusinesseshadhopedthatadedicatedskateparkmighthavebeenincludedintheplan,providingskateboarderswithapurpose-builtvenueandtakingpressureofftownbuildingsandinfrastructure.
1cubby –children’splayhouse
Representation 3
2016 census data for Ridgetoun
people 299
male 48.2%ofthepopulation
female 51.8%ofthepopulation
medianage 50
childrenatpre-school 7
childrenatprimaryschool 14
childrenatsecondaryschool 22
peopleaged20–24years 7
peopleaged25–29years 7
childrenaged0–14years 14.9%ofthepopulation
peopleaged65yearsandover 29.8%ofthepopulation
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SECTION A – continued
Question 5 (4marks)WithreferencetoRepresentation2and/orRepresentation3,provideat least twoexamplesofhowtheRidgetounplaygroundmayhaveasocialimpactontheexperienceofcommunity.
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Question 6 (6marks)WithreferencetoRepresentation2andRepresentation3,discussthefactorsthatmayinfluencecommunitymembers’feelingsofinclusionandexclusionresultingfromtheconstructionoftheRidgetounplayground.
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Social movements and social change
Question 7 (4marks)Outlinetwotheoriesthatdescribewhysocialmovementsarise.Provideexamplestosupportyourresponse.
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Question 8 (6marks)Socialmovementscanbedescribedasalternative,redemptive,reformativeorrevolutionary.
Comparethepurposeofalternativeandrevolutionarysocialmovements.Provideexamplestosupportyourresponse.
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SECTION B
Instructions for Section BAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.Yourresponseswillbeassessedaccordingtotheassessmentcriteriasetoutonpage24.
Question 1 (10marks)ExaminehoweitherhistoricalsuppressionofAustralianIndigenouscultureorreconciliationhasshapedviewsofAustralianIndigenousculture.
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Question 2 (10marks)‘Individualsoftendefinethemselves,orothers,asmembersofatleastoneethnicgroupbasedonacommonheritagethatgivesthemauniqueidentity.’
Analysetheexperienceofoneethnicgroupthatyouhavestudiedthisyearbasedonitsmaterialand non-materialculture,includingculturalactivitiesthatgivethisgroupauniqueidentity.
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Question 3 (10marks)AnalysetheimpactofinformationandcommunicationstechnologyonthetraditionalconceptofcommunityasdescribedbyFerdinandTönniesin1887.
SECTION B – Question 3–continued
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Question 4 (10marks)Examinetheinterrelationshipbetweenthenature,purposeandcurrentstageofasocialmovement.Refertoonesocialmovementthatyouhavestudiedthisyear.
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Extra space for responses
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Ananswerbookisavailablefromthesupervisorifyouneedextraspacetocompleteananswer.Pleaseensureyouwriteyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedonthefrontcoveroftheanswerbook.At the end of the examination, place the answer book inside the front cover of this question and answer book.
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Assessment criteria for Section BTheextended-answerquestionsinSectionBwillbeassessedagainstthefollowingcriteria,asappropriate:• explanationandapplicationofsociologicalconcepts,theoriesandmethods• knowledgeand/oranalysisand/orevaluationofsociologicalexperience,perspectivesandchange• useand/orevaluationofarangeofrelevantevidence/sources• synthesisofevidencetodrawconclusions
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