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GLOSSARY OF KEY WORDS

What does it all mean?

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Account – give the reasons for

Example 1: Account for your attendance at school

-  The Olds made me come

-    I’ll get a detention for wagging it

-    To get a good mark in the HSC to get into Uni/get a job

Example 2: Account for the changing composition of religious adherence in Australia since 1945:

-   Post WWII immigration allowed non-English speaking migrants

-   Disbanding of White Australia Policy

-   Growth of multicultural Australia

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Analyse – identify the different parts and look at the different relationships between them

Example 1: Analyse the importance of attendance at school

-  The Olds will nag if I don’t go

-  Mum made me come because she wants me to do well in life

-  I want to get a good HSC result to get a good job and/or go to uni.

Example 2: Analyse the significance of land rights for Aboriginal spirituality.

-   Strong link between the land and Aboriginal Dreaming

-   Dispossession from the land removes the links to the Dreaming

-   Loss of Dreaming means culture and spirituality difficult to pass on

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Assess – make a judgement about a certain thing giving reasons such as quality, value, or results

Example 1: Assess the importance of school attendance

-          Mum likes me go, so when I co-operate it pays off because she lets me go to parties on the week ends

-          Going to school is a chance to get invitations to weekend parties

-   I can get class notes when I attend school

-   It allows me to be an active member of my school community

Example 2: Assess the importance of the formation of the Uniting Church to the ecumenical movement.

-   Showed the similarity of beliefs between variants especially Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregationalist

-   Showed the willingness of Christian variants to work together

-   Paved the way for other variants to examine common practices and beliefs

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Demonstrate - show by example

Example 1: Demonstrate how Year 12 is the best year at school

-          Year 12 students have developed good relationships with their teachers

-          It’s the last year of school before uni or the workforce

-          Year 12 are the leaders of the school

-          Most people in Year 12 have great 18^th birthday parties.

Example 2: Demonstrate how Baptism reflects the beliefs of Christianity

-          Baptism is necessary for salvation

-          Baptism imbues the individual with the Holy Spirit

-          Baptism is a spiritual rebirth in the name of Jesus.

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Describe – give the characteristics and features of something

Example 1: Describe the requirements to get a HSC.

                   - Have completed both preliminary and HSC courses in certain subjects

-   Registered with the Board of Studies

-   Completed examinations set by the Board of Studies

Example 2: Describe the progress of the Land Rights movement in Australia

-   Vincent Ligiari and the Tent Embassy

-    Mabo Decision (1992)

-   Native Title Act (1994)

-   Wik Judgement (1996)

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Discuss – identify issues and present points for and/or against

Example1: Discuss the relevance of school uniform to a successful HSC.

-   Order and discipline

-   Keeps your mind focussed on school work and not fashion

 however

-   more comfortable clothes means happier students

-   individuality is important and nurtures creativity

Example 2: Discuss the contribution of a significant person in Christianity drawn from ………

-   X contributed greatly to sacred texts

-   X acted as a role model

-   X was divisive and not always regarded positively in all variants

-   X is nor remembered in an increasingly secular society

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Evaluate – make a judgement (or determine the value of) based on a criteria

Example 1: Evaluate the importance of the Graduation Ball for the end of the HSC year.

-   Celebration and ritual for an important stage of life

-   A secular rite of passage

-   Allows parents to celebrate with their child

-   Therefore, it is a good thing to celebrate to be involved in

Example 2: Evaluate the significance of the Mabo case for the Land Rights Movement

-   Overturned legal doctrine of Terra Nullius

-   Focussed public attention on Aboriginal history and spirituality

-   Recognised the inextricable connection of Aboriginal people to the land

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Examine - Inquire into

Example 1: Examine the relationship between study and success at school

-          If I study for exams I achieve a better result than if I don’t

-          Study enables me to understand things better and I achieve better overall

-          If I have studied, I know how the questions the teacher asks are relevant

Example 2: Examine the relationship between the Dreaming and traditional aboriginal life

-          The Dreaming provides an inalienable link between the land and the people

-          The Dreaming defines the relationship between individuals with in a group

-          The Dreaming provides a link between the past present and the future.

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Explain – relate the cause and effect providing the why and/or how

Example 1: Explain the procedure if you are sick when an assessment task in the HSC is due to be handed in.

-   Contact school to let your teacher and/or Curriculum Co-ordinator know you are absent because you are sick or you will be penalised

-   When you return to school, hand in the task to your teacher or the Curriculum Co-ordinator  as soon as you arrive

-   If you have a number of days away you may need to have a medical certificate attached

Example 2: Explain the trends in religious adherence in Australian post 1945 as shown in the census figures.

-   Rise in no religion

-   Denominational switching

-   Secularisation

-   Importance of immigration

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Identify - recognise and name

Example 1: Identify the means of achieving a band 6 in the HSC

-   Attend School

-   Study and apply yourself consistently

-   Prepare for the exam by practicing your exam technique

-   Be able to use your knowledge to answer the question

Example 2: Identify the changes in the composition of religious adherence in Australia since 1945

-          The proportion of individuals identifying themselves as Christians has declined

-          There are more people who profess no religion

-          Adherence to Asian religions has increased since 1970

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Outline - Sketch in general terms; indicate the main features of

Example 1: Outline your normal school day

-          Arrive at school at 9.05am

-          Attend lessons with  breaks for recess and lunch

-          Go home and study for 5 hours

Example 2: Outline the main features of Christian Baptism

-          Anointing with oil

-          Anointing with water

-          Dressing in white garment

-          Lighting the candle from the Pascal candle

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 found from:  http://www.cofhslism.catholic.edu.au/re/Resources/Year%2012/Exam%20Prep/GLOSSARY__OF__KEY__WORDS%5B2%5D.doc.