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Elaboration (1) ACHCK063

distinguishing statutory and common law from executive law (delegated law) and identifying how the Houses of Parliament can disallow delegated legislation

Elaboration (1) ACHCS069

collating a list of different sources of information and prioritising the list based on an assessment of usefulness and reliability

Elaboration ACHCS070

examining language choices in a range of texts to identify purpose, audience and reliability (for example, those used by candidates in an election campaign or by a lobby group)

Elaboration ACHCS073

using appropriate terms and concepts such as ‘freedoms’, ‘responsibilities’, ‘statutory law’ and ‘customary law’

Elaboration ACHCK064

explaining the difference between criminal law and civil law

Elaboration (1) ACHCS073

creating material for public distribution with a specific purpose and context (for example, an advertisement promoting participation in Australia’s democracy)

Elaboration ACHCK061

explaining how each freedom supports active participation in Australia’s democracy

Elaboration (1) ACHCK061

discussing how and why ‘the bounds of law’ can limit these freedoms

Elaboration (3) ACHCK062

analysing how opinion polls are conducted and the ways they are used in democratic debate

Elaboration (2) ACHCK063

discussing examples of recent laws passed through parliaments that enact government policy

Elaboration ACHCS072

participating in a simulation to achieve consensus (for example, a mock court case or parliamentary committee)

Elaboration (1) ACHCS072

working in groups to evaluate the options before deciding on any course of action (for example, to influence change relating to a current event or issue)

Elaboration ACHCK062

comparing the effectiveness of different forms of participation in Australia’s democracy

Elaboration (1) ACHCK062

exploring how elected representatives can advocate on behalf of citizens

Elaboration (2) ACHCK062

investigating examples where citizens have taken direct action such as organising a public demonstration or social media campaign

Elaboration ACHCK063

comparing some examples of statutes and common laws and the way they are made and outlining the hierarchy of these different types of laws (for example, that statutes will override the common law)

Elaboration ACHCK065

identifying Christian traditions that have influenced the development of Australian society, democracy and law

Elaboration (1) ACHCK065

identifying the values and beliefs of religions practised in contemporary Australia (for example, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism)

Elaboration (1) ACHCK067

exploring the extent of ethnic diversity in Australia

developing complex and open-ended questions to explore a civics or citizenship topic such as ‘freedoms’ (for example, ‘What do our freedoms mean in practice?’ and ‘What do you consider to be the most important freedom?’)

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