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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 Critical and creative thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
ScOT terms

Delegation,  Social role,  Group dynamics

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Get involved

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Explore the ways ordinary Australians can get involved in the work of Parliament with this short video (6:25 min). Find out how you can get informed about the work of the Parliament, the role of petitioning and ways to participate in parliamentary inquiries.

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Australian Civics and Citizenship Curriculum Year 5 unit of work

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The eight lessons in this unit of work will help develop students' understanding of democracy and how citizens can participate in a democratic society. It includes two informal assessment items, a formal assessment item with marking rubric, background information for teachers and a list of resources.

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Be the change

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This is an interactive about becoming an effective agent of change through civic action in a local community. Users learn a number of practical ways to take democratic action on issues. The context is an abandoned block of land located in an area with a range of issues, such as youth unemployment and environment concerns. ...

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Creating a wildlife habitat: planting

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This learning activity is the fourth part of a sequence of 5 individual learning activities focused on creating a wildlife habitat. The order of these learning activities are: research, vision, design, planting and monitoring and care. OUTCOMES of this learning activity are for children to: understand the steps involved ...

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Discovering democracy: people power

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Interact with a slideshow of images and text to explore the struggles for equal rights in Australia. Look in particular at the Eureka Stockade, 1891 Shearers' strike and the Freedom Ride. Complete a related task.

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Giving it: resources for primary schools

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This series of resources explores the concept of philanthropy, and considers why and how active citizens participate in communities. Through a series of video case studies students are introduced to a variety of people who give and the contributions they make. An interactive 'Giving Wheel' provide a stimulus for researching ...

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Civic citizens card game

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This resource supports your students in learning about the democratic values and beliefs that come with the responsibility of Australian citizenship.

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Civic virtue

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This resource has a collection of behaviours or expectations that show how effective citizens might demonstrate good civic virtue. Students match the behaviours/expectations with the three underlying elements of Rights and Liberties, Democratic Principles; and Australian Law.

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Secret Postcard Project

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This lesson plan provides ideas for raising money for a local or national charity with a whole school arts project. Use it to support learning in Civics and Citizenship about how individuals and groups can make a positive difference in their community.

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Notable colonials

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In this learning sequence, students investigate the significance of colonial painter Tom Roberts. With strong links to visual arts, students reproduce part of a Tom Roberts painting and explain its significance. The second activity is an independent inquiry into an individual who had a significant part in shaping the colony ...

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Sustainable Development Goals: Issues cards

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This set of issues cards unpacks some of the Sustainable Development Goals, asking questions that make the content accessible to students.

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SDG Lesson Plans for New Zealand Teachers

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This book aims to provide teachers with practical activities to fuel classroom engagement and discussion about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Each lesson plan focusses on an important theme inherent in the SDGs (“Sustainable food”, “Cities”, “Women and equality” etc.) and provides multiple activities ...

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The Human Impact of Climate Change

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Find a Teacher Guide, detailed lesson plans and associated resources for teaching about topics such as the links between climate change and human rights. Support development of understandings of the unequal impacts of the climate crisis in different places in the world and explore how communities around the world are responding ...

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Sustainable Foundations: A guide to teaching the Sustainable Development Goals

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This extensive guide drills down into each of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and includes useful links and examples of action for each Goal.

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The World’s Largest Lesson!

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This resource promotes use of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in learning. Find lesson ideas, videos and posters that explore each of the SDGs in detail.

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Go Goals

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The Go Goals game is a board game that aims to help teach students around the world about the Sustainable Development Goals in a simple and child-friendly way. You’ll find questions and answers, game rules, dice and rules on how to play the game.

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Rebuild a community - teacher resource kit

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This activity kit encourages students to think about what makes a community, identify the people in our community who help us, and how to rebuild after a disaster. Activities are guided by the design thinking process, and scaffold students to brainstorm what makes a community and consider how a disaster might affect their ...

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Design a flag with Pencil Code

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Design your own Australian flag by firstly examining common elements of flags, creating a step by step process (algorithm) to program your design after exploring a ‘block-based’ turtle drawing program such as Pencil Code.

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Paying It Forward Years 5-6

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This is a cross-curricular unit about the values that underpin Australia’s democracy, the freedoms they enjoy and their role and the role of the government as duty bearers of rights. Students learn to appreciate the role of volunteers and Australia’s three levels of government in supporting the community. Students will ...

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