There is more detail in the Unit Plan download, including links to resources

The following unit codes from the Australian Curriculum are covered in this unit:

Civics & Citizenship - Year 9:

ACHCK076: How citizens’ political choices are shaped, including the influence of the media

• examining a range of strategies used to persuade citizens’ electoral choices such as public debate, media, opinion polls, advertising, interest groups and political party campaigns

• discussing how social media is used to influence people’s understanding of issues

ACHCK079: How and why individuals and groups, including religious groups, participate in and contribute to civic life .

• investigating why a particular group advocates for change

ACHCK080: The influence of a range of media, including social media, in shaping identities and attitudes to diversity.

• analysing how media represent different groups in Australian society and assessing the impact those representations have on community cohesiveness

• investigating a human rights campaign that uses social media and how members of the public have engaged in the issue

ACHCK081: How ideas about and experiences of Australian identity are influenced by global connectedness and mobility.

• examining forms of global connectedness such as digital technology, arts, trade, language learning, employment, travel and immigration

• debating the concepts of ‘global identity’ and ‘global citizenship’ and their implications for Australian citizens

ACHCS083: Identify, gather and sort information and ideas from a range of sources and reference as appropriate

• developing categories for sorting information from surveys about people’s views on political or legal issues

• identifying why some information has greater accuracy and reliability than other information

ACHCS086: Recognise and consider multiple perspectives and ambiguities, and use strategies to negotiate and resolve contentious issues

• recognising that common issues may need to be seen through diverse cultural lenses

• recognising that people will not always agree and using strategies to accommodate difference and accept compromise

• using skills associated with the negotiation process (stating your position clearly, active listening, highlighting strengths, applying reason and logic, identifying common ground)

ACHCS089: Reflect on their role as a citizen in Australian, regional and global contexts

• considering Australian, regional and global futures and how students might contribute as active and informed citizens

• considering how digital technologies enables them to engage with a global community

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Civics & Citizenship – Year 10:

ACHCK091: The Australian Government’s role and responsibilities at a global level, for example provision of foreign aid, peacekeeping, participation in international organisations and the United Nations.

• exploring the types of participation that Australia has in the Asia region and internationally (for example, exchange programs, peacekeeping, election monitoring, health programs, disaster management

• investigating Australia’s involvement with the United Nations (for example, representation in the organisation and adherence to conventions and declarations that Australia has ratified

ACHCK093: How Australia’s international legal obligations shape Australian law and government policies, including in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

• listing some of the international agreements Australia has ratified and identifying examples of how each one might shape government policies and laws

• researching the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

• recognising that the obligations in international treaties only take domestic effect in Australia if they are implemented by statute, whether by the Commonwealth or state parliaments

ACHCK094: The challenges to and ways of sustaining a resilient democracy and cohesive society

• exploring the concept of ‘cohesive society’ using examples from contemporary events in Australia or in other countries to identify factors that support cohesiveness

• identifying the safeguards that protect Australia’s democratic system and society, including shared values and the right to dissent within the bounds of the law

• investigating processes by which individuals and groups resolve differences in Australian communities (for example, negotiation, mediation and reconciliation)

ACHCS096: Identify, gather and sort information and ideas from a range of sources and reference as appropriate

• conducting an opinion poll using information technologies and analysing the results

• referencing a range of sources using an appropriate referencing system

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All of the General Capabilities can be developed:

• Ethical Understanding

• Critical and Creative Thinking

• Literacy

• Numeracy

• ICT Capability

• Personal and Social Capability

• Intercultural Understanding

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All of the Cross-Curriculum Priorities can be addressed:

• Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Asia

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures

• Sustainability

 

This unit also has implications for:

Geography - Year 10:

ACHGK076, ACHGK079, ACHGK081, ACHGS072, ACHGS073, ACHGS074, ACHGS076, ACHGS077, ACHGS078, ACHGS079, ACHGS080

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History - Year 10:

ACOKFH022, ACOKFH023, ACDSEH146, ACHHS182, ACHHS184, ACHHS185, ACHHS189, ACHHS193