AC9HC9K05
Year 9
Humanities and Social Sciences
AC9HC9K05 | Year 9 Civics and Citizenship: Citizenship, diversity and identity
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor how and why individuals and groups, including community, religious and cultural groups, participate in and contribute to civic life in Australia and to global citizenship
Strand
Knowledge and understanding
Substrand
Citizenship, diversity and identity
This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 9 Civics and Citizenship. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration researching the work of an Australian non-government organisation (NGO), philanthropist, community group or religious group and the extent to which they contribute to the Australian community; for example, volunteers that support communities ravaged by natural disasters such as the State Emergency Service (SES), the Salvation Army, the Red Cross, Sikh Volunteers Australia
- • Elaboration researching examples of young people who are acting as global citizens, such as Malala Yousafzai and Greta Thunberg, and Australia’s Amelia Telford, Mackinley Butson and Bassam Maaliki, or UNICEF Australia’s Young Ambassadors
- • Elaboration collaborating with peers to plan a citizenship campaign on an issue related to sustainability or climate change
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Start freeAchievement standard statements this supports
Read the full Year 9 Civics and Citizenship achievement standard