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NSWAboriginal StudiesPart 1: Social Justice and Human Rights Issues
Quick questions on Social justice and human rights concepts in HSC Aboriginal Studies
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What is applying the concepts to lived experience?Show answer
You apply social justice and human rights by linking the principles to real events and outcomes. The 1967 referendum, in which over 90 percent of voters approved removing two discriminatory references to Aboriginal people from the Constitution, advanced equity and rights. The Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992) decision and the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) recognised rights to land that the doctrine of terra nullius had denied. The Bringing Them Home report (1997) documented the human rights violations of the Stolen Generations.
What is apply both lenses to the same event where you can?Show answer
A top answer shows that Mabo, the 1967 referendum or the Uluru Statement can each be analysed through social justice (equity, access, rights, participation) AND human rights (a specific entitlement, often traceable to UNDRIP), rather than only ever using one lens.
What is read a comparative dataset like a scientist?Show answer
For a data/stimulus item, DESCRIBE the pattern first (the figures, the range, any trend), then EXPLAIN it using the principles or rights, then note what the pattern implies about progress or its limits.
What is q1?Show answer
Define "social justice" and name two of its four principles. [3 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Explain how UNDRIP applies the concept of human rights to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' lived experience. [6 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Assess the extent to which the Uluru Statement from the Heart represents an exercise of self-determination and participation. [8 marks]
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