YEAR 8: CIVICS AND CITIZENSHIP COURSE

GOVERNMENT

Timing Content Descriptor Teaching and Learning Page No. Assessment 2019 Expansion

W1 ACHCK061 - The freedoms that
enable active participation in
Australia's democracy within the
bounds of law, including freedom of
speech, association, assembly,
religion and movement
 What is Democracy? ONENOTE Relate to contemporary federal
 What is the Law? Year 8 OXFORD election – suggestions
 Why do we need Freedom of: Pg 366-379  Speech – political campaign
- Speech advertising, group protests
- Association (Stop Adani, Resistance
- Assembly Now)
- Religion  Association – political parties
- Movement and pressure groups are
associations. Investigate one
new political party – UAP
 Assembly – School Strike 4
Climate
 Freedom from Religion? –
 Movement – migration
in/out and within Australia

W2-3 ACHCK062 - Citizens can participate
in Australia's democracy, including
use of the electoral system, contact
with their elected representatives,
use of lobby groups and direct
action
 What are elections?
 Focus on House Of Representatives:
- Majoritarian System
- Preferential Voting
- Representing their Electorate
- Focus on CANNING and Andrew Hastie
 Influencing Representatives through:
- Direct Contact
- Direct Action
- Lobby Groups
ONENOTE Election 18 May – what will happen?
Year 8 OXFORD  151 electorates – larger
Pg 380-383 states have more electorates
– why? (one vote-one value)
 What are Andrew Hastie and
Mellisa Teede saying in this
campaign? Are there any
candidates?
 How will the Canning
candidate win?
 What is your relationship to
your representative? – List
the things that you want
Hastie or Teede to get on to
after the election?
W3-4 The role of political parties, and
independent representatives in
Australia's system of government,
including the formation of
government
 What is a Major Political Party? ONENOTE List the major and minor parties
 What is a Minor Political Party? Year 9 OXFORD contesting the 2019 election
 What is an Independent? Pg 456-469
 How is Government formed in W.A. and List three independents in the current
Australia? election. Which seats are they
running in?

How does the winner, win? Forming

government?

W4-5 How citizens' choices are shaped at  What are elections? ONENOTE What were the major issues of the
election time (e.g. public debate,  Focus on: Year 9 OXFORD 2019 federal election?
media, opinion polls, advertising, - Debate Pg 470-477
interest groups, political party - Media How did the parties try to shape
campaigns) - Opinion Polls public opinion?
- Advertisement
How social media is used to - Social Media Media – traditional, new. Examine
influence people's understanding of some YouTube UAP. Collect and
issues collage PP ads

W5-6 ACHCK066 - Different perspectives
about Australia's national identity,
including Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander perspectives and
what it means to be Australian
 What does it mean to be an Australian? ONENOTE Assessment: TBD What is an Australian in 2019? –
 What does it mean to be an Indigenous- Year 8 Oxford Contested views and identity
Australian? Pg 384-397
Focus on indigenous, migrant and
Muslim perspectives