Assessment and exam practice.

Try this with Studies of Religion

1. Check the task format, time limit and permitted materials with your school.
2. Start with one timed section or task and record where you spent the most time.
3. Review errors before attempting another section. Separate missing knowledge from timing problems.

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Practice paper focus areas

• Exam 1 — Contemporary Aboriginal spiritualities and the Dreaming; Dispossession and the Stolen Generations; Native Title, Mabo and Wik
• Exam 2 — Significant person or school of thought in Buddhism; Buddhist ethical teachings; Pilgrimage, Temple Puja and Wesak
• Exam 3 — Significant person or school of thought in Christianity; Christian ethical teachings on bioethics; Baptism and Saturday/Sunday worship
• Exam 4 — Significant person or school of thought in Islam; Islamic ethical teachings; Friday prayer, Funeral ceremony and Hajj
• Exam 5 — Significant person or school of thought in Judaism; Jewish ethical teachings; Death and mourning, marriage and Synagogue services
• Exam 6 — Significant person or school of thought in Hinduism; Hindu ethical teachings on environmental ethics; Hindu marriage, pilgrimage and Temple Worship
• Exam 7 — Animism, polytheism and monotheism; Meaning, social cohesion and social transformation; Global distribution of the five major traditions
• Exam 8 — Denominational switching and secularism; Rise of New Age religions; Immigration and the current religious landscape
• Exam 9 — Impact of a significant person on a tradition; Sexual ethics across traditions; Significance of practice for individual and community
• Exam 10 — Effect of dispossession on Aboriginal spiritualities; Land Rights and the Dreaming; Changing patterns of adherence since 1945
• Exam 11 — Environmental ethics in two traditions; Ethical teachings and sacred texts; Practice as an expression of belief
• Exam 12 — Bioethics across the five traditions; Schools of thought and tradition development; Adherents' lived experience of practice
• Exam 13 — Kinship and ceremonial life; Obligations to land and people; Stolen Generations and separation
• Exam 14 — Materialism, science and ecological awareness; Disenchantment with traditional religion; Reasons for new religious expression
• Exam 15 — Significant people and the expression of tradition; Ethical decision-making sources; Practice, belief and community identity
• Exam 16 — Christianity as the major religious tradition; Australian census and religious adherence; New Age religions and spirituality
• Exam 17 — Depth study part (a) short response technique; Depth study part (b) explanation technique; Depth study extended response technique
• Exam 18 — Analysing stimulus quotations; Integrating sacred text citations; Structuring a 20-mark extended response
• Exam 19 — Global distribution statistics; Social transformation through religion; Agnosticism and Atheism distinguished
• Exam 20 — Whole-tradition treatment of a religion; Diversity within a tradition; Two-tradition requirement in Religion and Peace