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Year Level: 5-7 |
SOSE Outcome Levels: 3 and 4 |
The first term of the school year is the period when a number of important school community decisions are made. These decisions include the election of school captains, councillors, sports captains and executive positions on the Parents and Citizens Association.
The process of electing students and parents to these positions provides the opportunity for the principles of democratic decision-making to be modelled for the whole school community. Students from years 5 to 7 will be participants in the school elections.
From this unit students will learn why we vote, how we vote, the key stages in the voting process and how to manage a candidate's election campaign in the real-life role of a campaign manager.
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Year Level: 8 |
SOSE Outcome Level: 5 |
On the surface, ideas of citizenship, racial conflict and multiculturalism are often vague and unimportant to most 12 and 13 year olds. They do, however, know more than we think and, if questioned, hold many strong views.
This unit, Who? Me? Citizen! (from Denial and Disharmony to Pluralism), seeks to crystallise knowledge, values and opinions on our Aboriginal heritage, fictional 'peaceful settlement', British cultural and legal influences, racism, multicultural nationhood and citizenship for the future.
Students will be encouraged to participate in practical activities within a school and community setting. These experiences could result in more abstract, critical reasoning with an important benefit being a build up of 'social capital', thus creating better citizens for the future.
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Year Level: Middle Secondary |
SOSE Outcome Level: 5 |
Community attitudes towards voting at elections range from support of the present election system to cynicism about its value. Elections are always controversial and because of the nature of Australia's political system most electors are obliged to vote for candidates of political parties at election time. This unit is designed to assist students to learn about voting, the role of the voter and political parties in Australia's political system. They will learn how electors determine voting patterns, how this is reflected in the composition of the Parliament and the way these practices control the way our Parliament operates.
This unit is designed to reflect community attitudes and is adapted within a Queensland context. It is designed to be used using computer resources. Each lesson should take two 40-minute segments.
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