NAGLE CATHOLIC COLLEGE 2015
RELIGION AND LIFE: ASSESSMENT TWO
UNIT 1DREL- KEY UNDERSTANDING 2
60 marks
(35%)
ASSESSMENT TWO
Outcome 1: Investigating the interplay between religion and life
Outcome 3: Religion in society
RELIGION AND LIFE CONTENT
The nature of religion
Religious belief systems
The concept of religion and how religion can be defined and described
Important religious beliefs that offer answers to the questions people ask about life and its meaning
Examples of people being guided by religion
Religious practices and structures
Experiences and structures provided by religions to people endeavouring to live moral and ethical lives
Religious inquiry and process
Investigative processes and research skills
How to locate relevant evidence
Techniques for recording information around key ideas
Interpreting, analysing and synthesising information
Techniques for summarising classified and grouped information
Techniques for identifying inconsistencies in details, information and evidence
How to use facts to support a point of view
Forms of communication that present findings and conclusions
A range of techniques and styles to communicate information and ideas about religion and life
Techniques for citing and referencing evidence and supporting sources
Techniques for editing a draft body of work
LEARNING CONTEXT:
Religion offers people assistance in life and Christian
decision making
Discussion: View film Seven Pounds and discuss questions about the main themes and issues.
Written Assessment: Investigate and discuss the significance of organ donation and the decision making
process involved.
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Fully explain how organ donation is organised in Australia, and what is the process to
register as an organ donor? (5)
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In Australia how are the recipients of organ donation selected – explain fully? (5)
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Myths and facts on organ donation. You are having a discussion on organ donation with
friends/family and they have many worries and concerns about becoming an organ donor.
Explain four of these myths and supply the facts to put their minds at ease. (4)
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(a)
Who needs transplants and why – explain 4 types of transplants and the reasons why
people have them? (4)
(b)
Profile the story of an organ recipient: a little about them – personal details, why they
needed the transplant, how long had to wait, the change it made to their life, and
what they are doing now. (6)
What is the Geraldton Donor Awareness Fountain, how did it come about – the story behind
it, its location, and its aims? (4)
What is the Catholic Church’s, and 2 other religions’ (don’t have to be Christian),
attitudes/teachings on organ donation and receiving of donor organs? (3)
Are there any that downright forbid either the donation of, or the receiving of organs,
tissue or blood products, and their reasons for this? (2)
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ORGAN DONATIONS – OPT IN OR OPT OUT?
You are the Minister for Health in Australia and are currently faced with a major shortage of
organ donations even after the Government has spent many millions trying to increase the
number of donors.
This results in many deaths, including those of young children, which could easily be
prevented if organ donation was more widespread.
A delegation from a peak medical body is lobbying you to put forward a change in the law to
help increase the supply of donor organs for transplants.
In Australia at present a person must positively indicate that he or she is willing to donate
organs (OPT IN SYSTEM), and even after they have signed up to be an organ donor their
family can overturn this decision. The new proposal is that each person be assumed to be
willing to donate their organs unless they have specifically stated otherwise (OPT OUT).
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What you need to do:
(a) Research and fully explain how the OPT OUT system of organ donation operates, and find
some countries – 2 different countries - that use this method of organ donation. Supply
some statistics from these countries on their improved organ donation rates, and
compare this to Australia’s current rate of organ donation. (6)
(b) Survey 4 friends/family members to find out their opinions on the OPT OUT method of
organ donation, and ask what their concerns would be regarding this method of organ
donation.
You must design a suitable survey form, in a medium of your choice, which your
participants are to fill in.
Please submit the completed survey forms/results of this survey, and your summing up
of their opinions and concerns. (8)
(c) Then answer the following ethical questions in regard to OPT OUT donation (as Minister
for Health for Australia)! You may need to do a little research for this.
Ethical questions:
 What would be the issues and ethics involved in setting up this new method of organ
donation in Australia, and problems you would need to overcome? (6)
 How best would you present this to win around the Australian public, “your sales pitch
for the OPT OUT method”? (4)
 What should you do – for the common good – what would work best in Australia, and
why? (3)
Student Declaration
I declare that:
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I have used my own words to write this assignment
I have not copied from books, websites or other students
I have clearly referenced ideas and/or quotations and/or images from works that I have
used for my assignment using the College’s referencing guide
I understand that there will be consequences if I do not follow the guidelines above.
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