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Civics and Citizenship 7-10 / Year 7 / Skills / Questioning and researching
Curriculum content descriptions
develop questions to investigate Australia’s political and legal systems, and contemporary civic issues (AC9HC7S01)
Elaborations
- developing a key question related to a specific investigation; for example, “What is the ‘rule of law’ and how does it apply to Australia’s legal system?” or “How does Australia’s federal system of government divide powers between states and territories?”
- using current events to generate questions that apply to the wider investigation; for example, “How is Australians’ freedom of expression protected and limited in cases of incorrect information being published or distributed?”
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Inquiry-based learning, Research questions