HSC Studies of Religion Question Thread

[bernardm]

Just thought I'd get some other people's opinions with this...

What is the structure for you guys' Inner Peace essays?

Reason I'm asking is because our teacher has told us that we should use the same structure as our World Peace essay's, but I'm not sure if that is the best call. Basically she has told us to emphasise (1/2 of the paragraph) on examples of Religious traditions living out their teachings through organisations and their initiatives. I understand how this is a great idea for World Peace, but after reading inner peace responses from different schools they don't seem to be doing this...

[mjorfian]

Just thought I'd get some other people's opinions with this...

What is the structure for you guys' Inner Peace essays?

Reason I'm asking is because our teacher has told us that we should use the same structure as our World Peace essay's, but I'm not sure if that is the best call. Basically she has told us to emphasise (1/2 of the paragraph) on examples of Religious traditions living out their teachings through organisations and their initiatives. I understand how this is a great idea for World Peace, but after reading inner peace responses from different schools they don't seem to be doing this...

Hey Bernard,

For religion and peace our teachers said that organisations are still examples of adherents achieving inner peace as by contributing, they gain some sort of satisfaction or benefit that's religiously linked, and by achieving that, they hope to achieve inner peace as well. I think your teachers would be correct to say use them as examples in half of the paragraphs, because the key is to link beliefs to how they work toward peace. the orgs for inner peace however, can vary to the ones that you use for world peace.  And you could also use different practices that are more personal and on a micro level ie. prayer either private or communal.

 i think essentially the only difference between structuring world and inner peace essays is just your topic sentences and how you formulate your argument. for example for christianity, your argument for IP would be to emulate the life of jesus and integrate his teachings into daily practice. For world peace, it'd be that without inner peace there wouldn't be world peace and then you would place the focus on that. I think. Someone should verify this, but that's just my understanding!


Hope it sort of helps!

[winstondarmawan]

Hello!
For the short answers section, I always find myself overwriting for some questions and underwriting for some other questions, based on the information that I have studied.
For example, I will write more on a 6 marker based around bioethics in general rather than an 8 marker which specifies the significance of Baptism for the community.
How do I fix this? And any general guides for words/lines to marks would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

[mjorfian]

Hello!
For the short answers section, I always find myself overwriting for some questions and underwriting for some other questions, based on the information that I have studied.
For example, I will write more on a 6 marker based around bioethics in general rather than an 8 marker which specifies the significance of Baptism for the community.
How do I fix this? And any general guides for words/lines to marks would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Usually what helps is to deconstruct the question to figure out where marks are allocated.

 ie. in a question as such as 'Explain ..... (6 marks)' you would know one mark would be for identifying the correct 'cause', and the next would be to describe clearly the 'effect'. In doing so, you would need at least 3-4 quotes to explain! In saying so, I would usually allocate a little over a hsc booklet page for a 5/6 marker, and around two pages for an 8 marker. You would need a mini introductory statement, 2 paragraphs and a closing statement. In the paragraphs it's standard to have around 3 quotes in each with sufficient religious detail. It's pretty much a mini essay so treat it like one.

To further combat this and not overspend, I suggest dividing up your time to figure out exactly how much time you must spend on every little sub question. ie. if you're giving yourself 30 mins to gain  the 15 marks, then that's 2 minutes a mark. For a 3 mark question, you would spend around 6 mins!

Hope that helps!

[bernardm]

Hope it sort of helps!

Yeah I understand what you're saying, and that is what I've tried to do within my practice responses. You're 100% right in saying they both contribute significantly to each other.

Will definitely focus on the topic sentences/argument, as well as using the stimulus effectively as I feel that is a key to SOR

Thank you!!

[Thebarman]

When it comes to the religion and peace essay, how should we go about mentioning organisations involved in working towards world peace? Should we structure our essay paragraphs around them? How much detail should we go into?

[Zizzle]

Hello,

Does anyone know what year the White Australia Policy was abolished? I'm seeing 2 different years: 1966 and 1973.

Thanks!

[mjorfian]

Hello,

Does anyone know what year the White Australia Policy was abolished? I'm seeing 2 different years: 1966 and 1973.

Thanks!

I'm pretty sure it was 73? abc is always a good source http://www.abc.net.au/archives/80days/stories/2012/01/19/3415230.htm

[mjorfian]

When it comes to the religion and peace essay, how should we go about mentioning organisations involved in working towards world peace? Should we structure our essay paragraphs around them? How much detail should we go into?

You can use an organisation as a focus but make sure you link it to the beliefs / teachings of the religion and how it helps achieve peace. you could also place the focus on the teachings in each paragraph, and then use organisations as examples of how they use the teachings to work towards world peace! entirely up to you.

[dancing phalanges]

Hey guys, a quick question, when referencing quotes from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, will I lose marks if I do not include the number line it is from like you quote a Bible reference? Eg. CCC 2358-59 Thanks

[Zizzle]

Hi,

Does anyone know of the best resources for current global religious distribution? (the stats and trends and stuff for Religion & Non-Religion)

Thanks!

[bernardm]

Hey guys, a quick question, when referencing quotes from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, will I lose marks if I do not include the number line it is from like you quote a Bible reference? Eg. CCC 2358-59 Thanks

Very much doubt it!

[angelahchan]

Hi, idk about other schools but for our school we're recommended to choose a paradigm for each religion to talk about. would doing the "greater jihad" for Islam be too controversial or is it ok?

[samanthaakiss]

Hi! I do SOR 1 and the do Marriage as one of the components for Christianity. I just can't seem to understand what we actually have to know for marriage? What my school has taught as the main points of it (Purpose, Sacred Texts, Marriage Vowels and the belief in marriage) is not what i've found on other online notes where people have gone through ind detail the actual practices within the ceremony and talked about each's significance to individual/community? So i'm just confused on what the core elements of marriage are and hence how would i structure an essay around it? If anyone could shed some light that would be great!

[sophiegmaher]

Hey guys, does anyone have a table of all the census data from the first census to the most recent 2015 one that includes changes in denominations as well as between religions?