Commerce Years 7-10

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Links to Making a difference Core 2.1 Law and Society – Learn about: Core 2.1 Law and Society – Learn to:

Federal page (Where’s my rights?)

How laws are made

  • common law

  • statute law

  • constitution

investigate the difference between judge-made law and parliament-made law using cases

examine how a bill becomes a law using a contemporary example

distinguish between the role of the federal and state constitutions in guiding law-making

Links to Making a difference Option 6: Political Involvement – Learn about: Option 6: Political Involvement – Learn to:

Local page (Where’s my park?)

Design your own (Right here, right now)

Structure of government

  • federal, state and local

  • levels of government responsibility

describe the roles and responsibilities of the various levels of government

Local page (Where’s my park?)

State page (Where’s my morgue?)

Federal page (Where’s my rights?)

Design your own (Right here, right now)

Political action

  • issues that concern the community

identify key issues at different levels of government that affect the lives of individuals, young people and groups

Local page (Where’s my park?)

State page (Where’s my morgue?)

Federal page (Where’s my rights?)

Design your own (Right here, right now)

Toolkit

how to take action on political issues

  • individual action

  • political parties

  • lobby groups

  • media

research and report on methods of political action taken by individuals and groups

Local page (Where’s my park?)

Decision-making

organisations which make decisions that impact on the community

  • government organisations

  • businesses

  • welfare organisations

  • media

identify the impact of decisions made by various organisations on different groups in the community

discuss the influence of particular organisations in the community on different groups

Local page (Where’s my park?)

processes involved in decision-making

explain how governments make decisions

State page (Where’s my morgue?)

Participation in the democratic process

right to vote

identify which individuals have the right to vote

State page (Where’s my morgue?)

methods of voting

  • first past the post

  • preferential

  • optional preferential

  • proportional

investigate how an election is conducted

outline the range of voting methods

State page (Where’s my morgue?)

role and function of political parties

identify the major similarities and differences between political parties

State page (Where’s my morgue?)

role and strategies of pressure groups

identify key pressure groups and the strategies they use to achieve a goal

Design your own (Right here, right now)

rights and responsibilities of individuals and groups in the democratic process

design an appropriate action plan to influence the decision-making process for an important community issue

Design your own (Right here, right now)

Current issues

current issues involving the political process

identify, monitor and report on a current issue relating to the political process

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