Differentiation in Hass Curriculum Year 8

DIFFERENTIATION IN HASS CURRICULUM – YEAR 8

All students are entitled to rigorous, relevant and engaging learning programs drawn from the Western Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences. Teachers take account of the range of their students' current levels of learning, strengths, goals and interests and make adjustments where necessary. In order to cater for the diverse needs of students across Western Australia and to personalise their learning, the skills required in understanding the curriculum content differ in each course. These skills will be the focus of lesson activities and assessments in each course.

In Year 8 Course 3, the application of all Questioning and Researching, Analysis and Communicating and Reflecting skills are reinforced with the further development of Analysis skills to enhance understanding of content. These skills include:

 Identify points of view/perspectives, attitudes and/or values in information and/or data (e.g. from tables, statistics, graphs, models, cartoons, maps, timelines)  Translate information and/or data from one format to another (e.g. from a table to a graph)  Apply subject‐specific skills and concepts in familiar and new situations YEAR 8 SOCIAL SCIENCES COURSE 3 CIVICS & CITIZENSHIP PROGRAMME 2017 C&C Year 8 Key concepts Learning activities / formative assessment etc Summative Assessment Democracy and law in Week One- Democracy and Participation action  Introduction to democracy The freedoms that enable  Origins of democracy active participation in  Influences on government today Australia's democracy within the bounds of law,  How citizens can participate in Australia's democracy including freedom of speech, association, Week One- Creating your own representative democracy assembly, religion and movement (ACHCK061)  Creation of Wizarding World complete with electoral boundaries How citizens can participate in Australia's  Introduce the concept of representation democracy, including use of  Australian electorates the electoral system, contact with their elected representatives, use of Week Two- How citizens can participate in Australia's lobby groups and direct democracy action (ACHCK062)  Electoral diversity and boundaries  Electoral representation and how they communicate with the public  Voting  Graphing Australian data

Week Two- How Parliament works  Introduction to the Australian Constitution and the creation of a Constitution for the Wizarding World.  Representation in Parliament  Explore the Australian Constitution in more detail.

How laws are made in Australia through Week Three- Government and Representatives parliaments (statutory law) (ACHCK063)  Introduction to roles and functions of governments  Introduction to the concept of Ministerial Responsibility  Introduction to Ministerial Portfolios  Investigate a Minister of Parliament and their Portfolio  Week Four- Making Laws  Introduce the rules and structures in Parliament  The role of government as a law-making body  The process of a Bill  Propose a new law that affects them as teenagers

How laws are made in Australia through the Week Five- Proposal of Bills courts (common law)  Debating a Bill (ACHCK063) Assignment – Making Laws  Amending and voting on a Bill Campaign Task The types of law in  Assessment Task Australia, including criminal law, civil law and Week Six- Amendments of Bills the place of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander  Introduce the idea and skills of debating customary law  Introduce the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal (ACHCK064) National Party- their beliefs and values Different perspectives  Understand why they would oppose each other in about Australia's national Parliament. identity, including Aboriginal and Torres  Amend an Australian Bill Strait Islander perspectives and what it means to be Week Seven- Ministerial Accountability Australian (ACHCK066)  Introduce the concept of accountability  How Ministers are held to account in the media  How Ministers are held to account in Parliament

Week Seven – Exam Revision Students to make revision ppt using revision guide given in class. Students to create Quizlets and Kahoots on allocated topics. Semester Two Exam

Week Eight & Nine – Exams