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Social and Cultural Continuity and Change

SAC-CORE is worth about 20 marks out of 100 in recent HSC Society and Culture papers. Practise 51 exam-style questions (multiple choice, short answer) with instant marking and a worked solution for every question.

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The HSC core, Social and Cultural Continuity and Change — the nature of change, the four social theories, research methods, and how to build a country study for Section I.

  1. 1What you need to know
  2. 2The language of change
  3. 3The four social theories
  4. 4Building your country study
  5. 5Research methods
  6. 6Common mistakes
  7. 7Exam tips
  8. 8Links to other topics
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Example questions

Example 1 · 1 mark · multiple choice

A school introduces a policy banning phones during class. At which level of society is this change mainly occurring?

  1. AMacro
  2. BMeso
  3. CGlobal
  4. DMicro

Example 2 · 1 mark · multiple choice

Which of the following is the best example of change at the macro level?

  1. AA family deciding to eat dinner together without screens
  2. BA local football club starting a women's team
  3. CA teenager deciding to stop using social media
  4. DA national parliament lowering the voting age to 16

Example 3 · 1 mark · multiple choice

In the Core, sustainability is best understood as

  1. Aa society's success in resisting all forms of outside cultural influence
  2. Bthe capacity of a society, its culture and its environment to continue into the future
  3. Ca society's economic growth continuing every year without recession
  4. Da society's success in protecting its natural environment from pollution

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