AC9HC8K04 Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HC8K04 – Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences: Laws and citizens

Strand

Knowledge and understanding

Substrand

Laws and citizens

This Content Descriptor from Year 8 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 Descriptor

the types of law in Australia, including criminal law and civil law, and the place of First Nations Australian customary law

Elaborations

• explaining the fundamental difference between criminal law and civil law and their role in the protection of rights and freedoms
• distinguishing statutory and common law from executive law (delegated law) and identifying how the houses of parliament can disallow delegated legislation
• examining the significance of customary law for First Nations Australians through selected case studies
• evaluating the opportunities and limitations of Native Title law for First Nations Australians

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 8 ASHASCIVY8

Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 8, students explain how Australians are informed about and participate in their democracy. They describe the roles of political parties and elected representatives in Australian government. They explain the characteristics of laws, how laws are made and the types of law in Australia. Students identify ways in which Australians express different aspects of their identity and explain perspectives on Australia’s national identity. Students develop questions and locate, select and organise relevant information from different sources to investigate political and legal systems, and contemporary civic issues. They analyse information and identify and describe perspectives and challenges related to political, legal or civic issues. They explain the methods or strategies related to civic participation or action. Students use civics and citizenship knowledge, concepts, terms and references to evidence from sources to create descriptions, explanations and arguments.