Assignment Task

Learning Outcome

a. Define and apply key sociological concepts to contemporary social issues

b. Analyse the influence of socialisation on social roles, beliefs and values

c. Discuss and apply sociological concepts, including: gender; class; status; power; structure and agency; and analyse how these contribute to social inequality

d. Explore diversity within social environments and analyse historical patterns of social inequalities

e. Describe and discuss the roles of the social sciences in contemporary society

Assessment Details and Instructions

This assessment involves two parts:

Part A, a group presentation (15 minutes); and

Part B, an individual summary of the presentation. Collectively this assessment contributes of your grade for this unit.

In groups of 3-4, students will produce and submit 8-10 PowerPoint slides which, using visual material (images, graphs, art, original creative video etc), illuminate a contemporary social issue relating to inequality. Groups will then outline an explanation and analysis of this using at least two sociological concepts and a historical overview of how this inequality emerged.

Some suggestions of contemporary social issues you might consider are a recent debate or event related to:

• level of unemployment benefits
• environmental issues
• same-sex marriage
• youth curfews
• older women and the growing number who are homeless
• exploitation of workers on temporary visas

Part A: Visual/PowerPoint presentation (group)

In the slideshow presentation, you need to include:
A title page that informs the audience of the social issue you have selected, your names,

Part B: Visual/PowerPoint Presentation Summary (individual)

To accompany the PowerPoint slides students are to submit an individual presentation report in the form of a word document no more than 1,200 words long. This complements the largely visual power point presentation you have created with your group. This will report on the content of the presentation.

Using text, appropriately define and apply the two sociological concepts featured in the PowerPoint slides to the social inequality issue featured in the PowerPoint slides. Your written outline should briefly describe the historical roots of the selected social equality issue and the social contexts within which it emerged.

Assessment Criteria (PowerPoint Slide Show)

The presentation will be marked according to the following criteria:

1. A slide that clearly informs the audience of the social issue selected, the student team names, student numbers and the name of the student’s academic teacher

2. Clear representation of the contemporary social issue related to inequality using pictures, graphs, creative arts etc.

3. Demonstration of familiarity with at least two key social or human science concepts in
relation to your selected issue and the historic context of this.

4. Appropriateness, creativity, and quality of visual/power point presentation.

5. Reference list for Power Point slideshow at the end.