AC9HC10K03
Year 10
Humanities and Social Sciences
AC9HC10K03 | Year 10 Civics and Citizenship: Laws and citizens
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor the role of the parliament and the High Court of Australia in protecting rights under the Constitution, common law, and through federal and state statute law
Strand
Knowledge and understanding
Substrand
Laws and citizens
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 explaining the role of the High Court in interpreting and applying the law, using contemporary Australian examples
- • Elaboration exploring the concepts of express and implied rights through High Court cases such as the Stolen Generations Case (Kruger v the Commonwealth [1997]) and the Vicki Lee Roach Case (Roach v Electoral Commissioner [2007])
- • Elaboration investigating understanding of terra nullius and how the Native Title Act 1993 property rights were developed through High Court interpretation of common law and enshrined in statutory law
- • Elaboration comparing the effectiveness of a constitutional bill of rights, such as in the USA, with a statutory bill of rights, such as in New Zealand
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