SACE Stage 2 Aboriginal Studies case studies
SACE Stage 2 Aboriginal Studies · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Aboriginal Studies is one of the subjects listed in the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) suite published by the SACE Board of South Australia, the body whose site hosts the subject catalogue, assessment, moderation and results information referenced here. This page is an independent study resource for students preparing for Stage 2 Aboriginal Studies within that certificate; it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the SACE Board, and it is not an official statement of assessment requirements. The SACE Stage 2 Aboriginal Studies case studies are 5 cases and about 3,220 words.
1Interpreting a Shared Oral Account in a Native Title Context
A Year 12 student is preparing an inquiry into connection to Country for a coastal group. She records an Elder's account describing a freshwater spring that moved after a flood in the 1950s, and notes that a neighbouring group tells a version placing the spring elsewhere.
616 words, about 3 min2Choosing Between Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence for a Community Profile
A student is writing a 1,500-word community profile of an Aboriginal-controlled health service in a regional town of about 12,000 people. She has three sources: (a) Census data showing that 6.8% of the town's population identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, with a median age of 22 compared with 41 for the town overall; (b) the service's annual report, which states it delivered 9,400 episodes of care and employs 31 staff, 24 of them Aboriginal; and (c) two interviews with staff who say clients avoid the local hospital because of past treatment.
630 words, about 3 min3Periodisation and Agency in a Mission History Source Set
A student is analysing a mission established in 1898 on the edge of a pastoral district. The source set contains: a mission annual report from 1912 describing 'civilising' progress and school attendance of 40 children; a government inspector's report from 1931 recommending closure because the soil is 'exhausted'; a photograph from 1954 showing a football team; and an oral history recorded in 1998 in which a former resident says the mission was 'a place where we were safe from the police, but we still had no say'.
636 words, about 3 min4Consultation, Consent and Authorship in a School Exhibition
A class is mounting an exhibition for NAIDOC week in the school library. Students have gathered material from public websites, including photographs of rock art, a recording of a song from a commercial album, and a map of language groups downloaded from a university site.
690 words, about 3 min5Statistical Comparison and the Risk of Deficit Framing
A student is comparing educational outcomes for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students in a state, using Year 12 completion data. The figures show 62% completion for Aboriginal students and 81% for non-Aboriginal students.
648 words, about 3 min