Civics and citizenship / Year 8 / Civics and Citizenship Skills / Problem-solving and decision-making

Curriculum content descriptions

Use democratic processes to reach consensus on a course of action relating to a civics or citizenship issue and plan for that action (ACHCS072)

Elaborations
  • participating in a simulation to achieve consensus (for example, a mock court case or parliamentary committee)
  • working in groups to evaluate the options before deciding on any course of action (for example, to influence change relating to a current event or issue)
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

Democracy,  Consensus

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