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AC9HC10K01 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HC10K01 | Year 10 Civics and Citizenship: Government and democracy

Content Descriptor

Content descriptor the key features and values of Australia’s system of government compared with at least one other democratic or non-democratic system of government in the Asia-Pacific region
Strand
Knowledge and understanding
Substrand
Government and democracy

This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 10 Civics and Citizenship. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Elaborations

  • • Elaboration comparing the key institutional features of Australia’s system of government (for example, free, fair and frequent elections, the party system, the partial separation of powers, the rule of law, and the protection of human rights and freedoms) with the key features of a system of government of a country in Asia
  • • Elaboration researching and comparing the experiences of First Nations Australians in engaging with the political system with those of the Indigenous peoples in an Asian nation
  • • Elaboration exploring and reflecting on the cultural influences shaping the Australian political system and that of a comparison country

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