Belongong

Area of study:
BELONGING
Perceptions and Ideas of belonging vary:
Shaped by personal/cultural/historical/social contexts: a sense of belonging emerges from connections with PEOPLE, PLACES, COMMUNITY GROUPS and the LARGER WORLD
Aspects of belonging include notions of EXPERIENCES, IDENTITY, RELATIONSHIPS, ACCEPTANCE and UNDERSTANDING

Texts explore many of these aspects including: the potential of an individual to enrich or challenge a community/group
Reflection of the way attitudes towards belonging are modified over a period of time
Choices not to be long / barriers preventing belonging are also explored
Textual representations of such perceptions are constructed through a variety of language modes, forms, features and structures.
Engagement with the text; experience/understanding derived from:
SUMMARY OF RUBRIC
Possibilities presented by a sense of belonging to, or exclusion from the text and the world it represents.
Our engagement is influenced by how perspectives are varied or omitted from a text.

Different texts explore varying perspectives of the concept of belonging
Representations of belonging / not belonging are influenced by context
Composers use a range of language and stylistic techniques to convey varying representations of belonging
Responders feel a sense of belonging or exclusion from texts and the world represented in them as a result of the perspectives presented or excluded from texts
Contemplation of our sense of belonging can deepen understanding of oneself and the world at large
Affiliation     Association
Connection     Attachment
Relationship           Affinity
Alliance           Connection

Belonging: “fitting in” by having “the right qualities” to be “appropriately placed”
Texts examine human relationships and connections to other INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, SOCIETIES and OUR ENVIRONMENT.
Notions of identity, acceptance, and understanding are dealt with in texts, thus issues of conformity and individuality become...