AC9HS6K07 Year 6 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HS6K07 – Year 6 Humanities and Social Sciences: Civics and Citizenship

Strand

Knowledge and understanding

Substrand

Civics and Citizenship

This Content Descriptor from Year 6 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 roles and responsibilities of the 3 levels of government in Australia

Elaborations

• sorting and categorising the roles and responsibilities of the 3 levels of government (local, state/territory and federal)
• identifying issues where federal and state parliaments both have the power to make laws, and recognising that federal law will override the state law if federal and state laws conflict on these issues
• investigating the origins of new laws; for example, from party policy, perhaps announced during an election campaign; from suggestions by members and senators; from interest groups in the community
• identifying instances where there may be multiple levels of government involved; for example, in relation to the environment such as management of the Murray–Darling river system
• categorising the different types of laws and regulations in their community, which level of government makes those laws, and who enforces them; for example, road laws, health laws, pollution laws

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 6 ASHASHASY6

Year 6 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 6, students explain the roles of significant people, events and ideas that led to Australian Federation, democracy and citizenship. They explain the causes and effects of migration to Australia since Federation. They explain the geographical diversity of places and the effects of interconnections with other countries. Students explain the key institutions, roles and responsibilities of Australia’s levels of government, and democratic values and beliefs. They explain influences on consumers and strategies for informed consumer and financial choices. Students develop questions, and locate, collect and organise information and data from a range of primary and secondary sources. They evaluate sources to determine origin, purpose and perspectives. Students evaluate a range of information and data formats to identify and describe patterns, trends or inferred relationships. They evaluate evidence to draw conclusions. Students propose actions or responses and use criteria to assess the possible effects. Students select and organise ideas and findings from sources, and use a range of relevant terms and conventions, to present descriptions and explanations.