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Curriculum content descriptions

How people with shared beliefs and values work together to achieve a civic goal (ACHASSK118)

Elaborations

discussing how and why people volunteer for groups in their community (for example, rural fire services, emergency services groups and youth groups)
using social media to share and discuss ideas about how people can work together as local, regional and global citizens(for example, as communities for a local environmental issue or project)
examining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and the services they provide
discussing ways people resolve differences (for example, through negotiation and Reconciliation)

General capabilities

Critical and creative thinking
Personal and social capability
Ethical understanding

ScOT terms

Delegation, Social role, Group dynamics

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