Sample assessment outline Politics and Law– General Year 12 Unit 3 and Unit 4 Assessment Assessment type When/start and type weighting Assessment task (from syllabus) task submission date (from syllabus) weighting Semester 1 Task 1 Part A: Investigation of separation of powers doctrine in Australia and the USA 7.5% Week 3–6 An in-class validation essay on investigation findings Task 1 Part B: Investigation 15% Semester 2 Investigation of a criminal trial in Western Australia Task 8 Part A: 7.5% Week 10–13 Task 8 Part B: Class presentation of investigation findings Semester 1 10% Task 2: An in-class short-answer test on operating principles of a liberal democracy Week 4 Explanation 25% Semester 2 15% An in-class essay on compulsory voting Task 6: Week 3 Semester 1 Task 3: An in-class teacher-generated source analysis, using sources based on content 12.5% Week 8 related to influences on the political and legal system in Australian Source analysis 25% Semester 2 Task 7: An in-class teacher-generated source analysis, using sources based on content related to voting 12.5% Week 6 systems used in Australia Semester 1 An in-class test comprising short and extended answers and closed and open questions based Task 5: 10% Week 15 on a representative sample of content from Unit 3 Test 20% Semester 2 Task 9: An in-class test comprising short and extended answers and closed and open questions based 10% Week 15 on a representative sample of content from Unit 4 Semester 1 Task 4: A task set by the SCSA based on the following content from Unit 3 <teacher to insert – Externally set task 15% 15% Week 13 information provided by the Authority> Total 100% 100%
Sample assessment outline Politics and Law– General Year 12 Unit 3 and Unit 4 Assessment type (from syllabus) Assessment type weighting (from syllabus) task weighting When/start and submission date Assessment task Investigation 15% 7.5% Semester 1 Week 3–6 Task 1 Part A: Investigation of separation of powers doctrine in Australia and the USA Task 1 Part B: An in-class validation essay on investigation findings 7.5% Semester 2 Week 10–13 Task 8 Part A: Investigation of a criminal trial in Western Australia Task 8 Part B: Class presentation of investigation findings Explanation 25% 10% Semester 1 Week 4 Task 2: An in-class short-answer test on operating principles of a liberal democracy 15% Semester 2 Week 3 Task 6: An in-class essay on compulsory voting Source analysis 25% 12.5% Semester 1 Week 8 Task 3: An in-class teacher-generated source analysis, using sources based on content related to influences on the political and legal system in Australian 12.5% Semester 2 Week 6 Task 7: An in-class teacher-generated source analysis, using sources based on content related to voting systems used in Australia Test 20% 10% Semester 1 Week 15 Task 5: An in-class test comprising short and extended answers and closed and open questions based on a representative sample of content from Unit 3 10% Semester 2 Week 15 Task 9: An in-class test comprising short and extended answers and closed and open questions based on a representative sample of content from Unit 4 Externally set task 15% 15% Semester 1 Week 13 Task 4: A task set by the SCSA based on the following content from Unit 3 – <teacher to insert information provided by the Authority> Total 100% 100%
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