ACHCK048
The key features of government under the Australian Constitution with a focus on: the separation of powers, the roles of the Executive, the Houses of Parliament, and the division of powers
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ACHCK048 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHCK049
The process for constitutional change through a referendum
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ACHCK049 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHCK050
How Australia’s legal system aims to provide justice, including through the rule of law, presumption of innocence, burden of proof, right to a fair trial and right to legal representation
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ACHCK050 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHCK051
How Australia is a secular nation and a multi-faith society with a Christian heritage
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ACHCK051 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHCK052
How values, including freedom, respect, inclusion, civility, responsibility, compassion, equality and a ‘fair go’, can promote cohesion within Australian society
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ACHCK052 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHCK053
How groups, such as religious and cultural groups, express their particular identities; and how this influences their perceptions of others and vice versa
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ACHCK053 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHCS054
Develop a range of questions to investigate Australia's political and legal systems
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ACHCS054 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHCS055
Identify, gather and sort information and ideas from a range of sources
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ACHCS055 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHCS056
Critically analyse information and ideas from a range of sources in relation to civics and citizenship topics and issues
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ACHCS056 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHCS057
Appreciate multiple perspectives and use strategies to mediate differences
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ACHCS057 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHCS058
Use democratic processes to reach consensus on a course of action relating to a civics or citizenship issue and plan for that action
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ACHCS058 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHCS059
Present evidence-based civics and citizenship arguments using subject-specific language
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ACHCS059 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHCS060
Reflect on their role as a citizen in Australia’s democracy
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ACHCS060 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
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
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ACHCK061 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHCK062
How 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
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ACHCK062 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHCK063
How laws are made in Australia through parliaments (statutory law) and through the courts (common law)
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ACHCK063 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHCK064
The types of law in Australia, including criminal law and civil law, and the place of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander customary law
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ACHCK064 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHCK065
The values and beliefs of religions practised in contemporary Australia, including Christianity
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ACHCK065 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHCK066
Different perspectives about Australia’s national identity, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives, and what it means to be Australian
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ACHCK066 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHCK067
How national identity can shape a sense of belonging in Australia’s multicultural society
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ACHCK067 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum