SOCIETY AND CULTURE

2 UNIT SOCIETY AND CULTURE

Society and Culture is a subject based firmly in the modern world. It aims to develop students who are socially and culturally literate. This means students who are able to understand their own culture and how it interacts with other cultures in everyday life.

Students engage with current social issues in an informed and empathetic way, developing critical discernment of the media and other agents of change within our society. Students are encouraged to link their learning to their own personal experiences and interactions with current culture through their use of media, art, music, film and other cultural mediums.

This is a great subject for students who wish to work in a role that involves regular interactions with other people from law, management, politics and business through to journalism and the creative arts.

Course Content:

Year 11 Year 12

• The Social and Cultural World

• Personal and Social Identity

• Intercultural Communication

Cultural case studies include: The Amish, Mescalero Apache of North America and Tuareg of northern Africa

• Personal Interest Project

• Social and Cultural Continuity and Change

• Popular Culture – Hip hop

• Social Conformity and Nonconformity

Cultural case studies include: Rwanda, Hip hop and conspiracy theorists.

Through the study of Society and Culture, students will develop knowledge and understanding about:

• Personal, social, and cultural identity

• Interactions of persons, societies, cultures, and environments across time

• The role of power, authority, gender and technology in societies and cultures

• The methodologies of social and cultural research

They will also develop the skills to:

• Apply and evaluate social and cultural research

• Investigate and engage in effective evaluation, analysis, and synthesis of information from a variety of sources

• Communicate information, ideas, and issues in appropriate forms to different audiences.

• Study of human societies and cultures gives students an improved intercultural understanding and empathy as well as an understanding of the Christian basis for informed and active citizenship, ethical research practices and social justice issues facing the modern world.