Australian International Academy

Kellyville

Assessment Task
Cover Sheet
2019
Name: Showaib Sarwary
Year Level: 10 Date: 10.5.19

Subject: Humanities Word Count: 500

Task Name: Popular Culture
Unit Name: Street Art

Student Checklist and Declaration:

 Every student must complete and tick each section before submitting their work.
 This process is in accordance with the School’s Academic Honesty and Assessment Policies.
Yes
I confirm that this is my own work and is the final version.
Yes I have acknowledged each use of the words or ideas of another person, whether written,
oral or visual.
Yes I have completed and submitted all work requirements for this tasks.
All work has been submitted online via Managebac.

Teacher Declaration:
I confirm that, to the best of my knowledge, the individual oral commentary submitted is
the authentic work of the candidate.
TEACHER NAME: Mr. El Cheikh

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 Should internal combustion vehicles be banned completely?
Introduction
1) Create an open-ended question/idea about Popular Culture. Should vehicles be banned from city
centres worldwide? Should internal combustion vehicles be banned completely? Should electric
vehicles only be permitted?
2) What are you investigating? I ‘ll be investigating essentially the basic elements of pollution and I’ll
be researching and investigating necessary sub topics which relate to my open-end question. Finally,
I’ll be investigating “Should internal combustion vehicles be banned completely?”.
3) What are the aims of your investigation? To interrogate and research about a serious social issue and
compromise the important sources.
4) Why do you think your topic is important, relevant? This particular topic implements and represents
how pollution is affecting us personally, socially, mentally and it is affecting and disrupting our future
generations. The open-ended question is show casting how pollution is reality not an imagined social
issue.
Create an action plan based on your question
1) What are your focus questions/ sub headings? (These are designed to help you uncover your answer).
The key sub headings for this particular question are, reasoning, replacement of internal combustion
compartments and benefit of electric vehicles.
2) What methodologies did you use? E.g. survey, interview, observation etc. The methodologies I’ve
implemented for this assignment is interview because it displays different arguments and perspectives
from different point of views about the whole concept of pollution so they could persuade the audience.
3) Did you need primary or secondary sources? Why? For this particular question “Should combustion
vehicles be banned completely” I’ve implemented both primary and secondary sources because
pollution relates to most hydrocarbons most suspended particles is a primary pollutant. The secondary
sources are the different symbols for different elements such as, Sulphate, oxygen, hydrogen and
Nobelium.
4) Include a reference list.
Society, N.
Society, N. (2011). pollution. National Geographic Society. Retrieved 12 June 2019, from
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/enc
Air pollution - Environmental Justice Australia
Air pollution - Environmental Justice Australia. (2019). Environmental Justice Australia. Retrieved 12 June
2019, from https://www.envirojustice.org.au/our-work/community/air-pollution/
 Air Pollution Causes, Effects, and Solutions

Air Pollution Causes, Effects, and Solutions. (2019). Nationalgeographic.com. Retrieved 12 June 2019, from
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/pollution/

Evaluation of your work

1) Do you think you answered your question? Explain. Yes, I’ve answered the sophisticated question
thoroughly and I’ve justified every single element and sub topics to my finest potentials. I’ve
thoroughly researched and investigated throw each sub topic so they can all relate and consist
formative context.
2) What went wrong with your research? The sections that was quite difficult throughout researching
and investigating was finding sources which were written by Australian professionals so the
information could relate to Australia. Most of the wed sites contained similar content which confused
me in some areas.
3) What ways could you have improved? I should have firstly brainstormed my topics then the main sub
topics. Informing my teacher and discuss the relevant topics which relate to the social issue. Asking
professional which work with climate change for important information.
4) What worked well? This includes your formation and research. Researching and investigating

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information and context from these particular websites such as, national geographic of Australia,
Environmental Justice Australia and National Geographic’s worldwide. Discovering reliable sources
which were extremely beneficial and built confidence whilst writing and researching.
5) Was there conflicting information when you were researching? There was some distinctive
information but, it was the minority. Mostly there wasn’t conflicting information personally.

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