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YEAR 10

CIVICS AND
CITIZENSHIP

TERM 2, 2024
TERM 2 SCHEDULE – ASSESSMENT
DATES!

 Term 2, Week 2: Start C&C content

 Term 2, Week 7, Wednesday: HASS CAT

 Term 2, Week 8, Monday: Inquiry task handed out

 Term 2, Week 10, Friday: Inquiry task due


TERM 2 SCHEDULE - TOPICS

 Week 2: Features of Australia’s system of government

 Week 3: The role of the High Court

 Week 4: Features of Australia’s system of government in comparison with another system of government in Asia

 Week 5: Threats and Safeguards of Australia’s democracy

 Week 6: CAT Revision

 Week 7: CAT

 Week 8: Australia’s Global Responsibilities

 Week 9: Inquiry

 Week 10: Inquiry

 Week 11: Choice of activity


BEFORE THE CAT WE WILL…

 Examine the key features of Australia’s system of government

 Discuss the role of the High Court

 Compare the key features of our system with that of another


country in Asia
 Explain the threats to our democracy

 Explain the safeguards of our democracy

 Learn a case study to do with Australia’s global responsibilities


1. Use an A4 sheet of paper
2. Create a brainstorm with ‘Civics’ in the middle
3. Branch off different concepts you remember learning about
RECAP CIVICS
across Year 7-9. Ideas could include ‘democracy’, ‘voting’,
YEARS 7-9 ‘Prime Minister’, ‘separation of powers’, ‘juries’, ‘the
constitution’, the ‘High Court’ etc.
1. Try to remember and write down as much as you can, no matter
how small it might be
HOW DID YOU
GO?
DID YOU GET ANY OF THESE…?
SOME MAJOR CONCEPTS FROM YEAR 7-9

 Democracy  Criminal law, civil law, customary law

 Separation of powers  Different perspectives on the law

 Division of powers  Political parties

 Bicameral Parliament  The influence of social media on politics

 Juries  Interpretation of laws

 Voting  The court system

 Participation in democracy  How principles of justice can be undermined

 Legislation and the legislative process  The Constitution and the High Court

 Statute law (more powerful) and common law


DOES IT LOOK
LIKE THE 2013
WHAT DOES ELECTION
LIBERAL
GOVERNMENT LOOK CANDIDATE FOR
LIKE IN AUSTRALIA? THE SEAT OF
GREENWAY,
JAYMES DIAZ?
Mr Diaz would go on to be defeated at the 2013
election 😭😭
QUICK QUIZ!

 Who is the Prime Minister of Australia and which party are they
from?
 Who is the Premier of Western Australia and which party are they
from?
 Who is the Governor-General of Australia?

 Who is Australia’s Head of State?

 Name as many Australian political parties as you can!


QUICK QUIZ!

 Who is the Prime Minister of Australia and which party are they from?
 Anthony Albanese, the Australian Labor Party

 Who is the Premier of Western Australia and which party are they from?
 Roger Cook, the Australian Labor Party

 Who is the Governor-General of Australia?


 Currently David Hurley, but the new Governor General, Samantha Mostyn, will take her office from 1 July!

 Who is Australia’s Head of State?


 King Charles III

 Name as many Australian political parties as you can!


 ALP, Liberal Party, Greens, National Party, Katter’s Australia Party, One Nation, the Pirate Party, the Animal Justice Party…
AUSTRALIA IS A ‘LIBERAL DEMOCRACY’

What does this mean?


AUSTRALIA IS A ‘LIBERAL DEMOCRACY’

 Liberal = free
 Democracy = people power – we vote to elect our representatives
WHAT DOES DEMOCRACY LOOK LIKE IN AUSTRALIA?

You have two tasks:


 In discussion with students around you, write down in your notes:
1. What are some things you can do in Australia that you might not be able to do in other countries?
Think about democracy, personal freedoms etc.
2. Are there any countries where you think people might not have the same rights and freedoms as in
Australia?
KEY FEATURES OF AUSTRALIA’S SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT

 Australia’s government can be described as a constitutional monarchy, a federation, a


parliamentary democracy…. But what do any of these actually mean?
 There are some ‘key features’ that define the way that our government is run

 Democracy does not happen by accident! Without the following key features,
Australia would not be a democracy!
KEY FEATURES OF AUSTRALIA’S SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT

 The Key Features we will be learning about are:


 Constitutional monarchy
 The Constitution and the High Court
 Bicameral Parliaments
 Federalism and Division of power
 Accountability
 Representative government
 Protection of rights
 Separation of powers
KEY FEATURES OF AUSTRALIA’S SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT -
ACTIVITY

Now, you will have to work individually and in groups to learn and trade information about Australia’s
system of government
1. You will each be assigned some information on a piece of paper. Take down that information and then
hand the piece of paper back to the teacher
2. Then, you will form groups to learn about the other features of Australia’s system
3. Listen to each member of your group and write down their information about their key feature
4. Continue this until your whole sheet is filled out
WHAT DOES GOVERNMENT LOOK LIKE IN AUSTRALIA?

 Does it look like ‘charismatic’ MP for the seat of Kennedy in Queensland, Bob Katter?

 (He formed his own party and called it ‘Katter’s Australia Party’! How fun!
HE’S EVEN GOT AN ELECTION AD WHERE HE PUMPS IRON!

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