Worksheet
Independent Research Activity
As preparation for an extended response on
Changing Australian Communities
Assessment Activity: Extended response to be written in class.
Select a community and identify and outline three to five factors that have contributed to this community's sense of identity. Explain how this community has changed over time.
Choose three to five factors from the following list:
| Demographic characteristics | Socioeconomic status |
| Ethnicity | Aboriginality |
| Cultures | Gender and sexuality |
| Religion and belief | Kinship |
| Sporting allegiance | Work/occupation |
| Interest groups | Heritage |
| Affiliation with land, country, space | Governance |
| Popular culture | Rural/urban identity |
| Neighbourhood |
- In your response include a map you have drawn showing the location of your chosen community.
- Illustrate your answer with specific facts and figures.
- As evidence of your research, you are to bring to class one A4 information sheet (may be double-sided). This sheet may contain statistical information and summary points but MUST NOT be a copy of your extended response.
- The information sheet and map must be attached to your extended response.
You MUST register with your teacher the community you are going to research.
A copy of the marking criteria to be used is on the back of this sheet.