Pacific Studies
What should I have already achieved?
To have gained Level 1 Literacy, and have taken a literacy based semester subject in Year 11.
What will I learn?
How will this course be assessed?
This course will be assessed through four internal individual assessments.
Topics
Pacific Navigation
Students will explore indigenous knowledge of traditional Pacific Navigation. Unpacking the deliberate and purposeful techniques used by people of the Pacific to make connections to different places, people, and lands.
Pacific Paradise - Climate Change in the Pacific
Students will explore the importance and economic benefits of Climate Change in the Pacific, while also exploring its impacts on social, political, and environmental actions and reactions. Local connections to International.
Tattooing in the Pacific
Students will have the opportunity to look at tattooing in Pacific Society around the world and understand their meanings, values, and relation to life today.
Will there be any FAO? (Further Assessment Opportunities)
No, there will be no opportunities to complete any Further Assessment Opportunities in Pacific Studies.
Will there be resubmissions?
Resubmissions will only be allowed that take a student from a Not Achieved to an Achieved grade.