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Develop, select and evaluate a range of questions to investigate Australia's political and legal systems (ACHCS082)

Elaborations
  • selecting key questions to investigate an aspect of Australia’s political and legal systems (for example, the role of juries)
  • posing questions which evaluate Australia’s democracy such as ‘how equal?’, ‘how representative?’ and ‘how accountable?’
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
ScOT terms

Law,  Politics

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