AC9HC10K01
Year 10
Humanities and Social Sciences
AC9HC10K01 – Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences: Government and democracy
Strand
Knowledge and understanding
Substrand
Government and democracy
This Content Descriptor from Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Content Description
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
Elaborations
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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
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2
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
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3
exploring and reflecting on the cultural influences shaping the Australian political system and that of a comparison country
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