Democracy and Government in Australia: Secondary Civics

A brilliant introduction or review activity for anyone teaching the key features of democracy and Australia's system of government for Secondary Civics and Citizenship.

This easily adaptable resource can be used with Year 7, 8 or 9 students.

Use with Year 7s to introduce key concepts for their civics work, and extend their knowledge by exposing to ideas which will come up again in future studies. Use with Year 8 students to succinctly review their Year 7 civics work and introduce the concept of democratic freedoms. Finally, use as a review activity with Year 9 students before delving into their more in depth work.

Suits the Government and Democracy Civics and Citizenship Knowledge and Understanding strand of the Australian Curriculum, and can easily be adapted to suit your Year 7, Year 8 or even Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) class.

What's included:

✅18 slide Key Concepts in Civics: Democracy and Government in Australia which covers the role of parliament, the concept of democracy, history of democratic freedom in Australia, the two houses of parliament, three levels of government.

✅Embedded YouTube videos carefully preselected suited to lower secondary civics studies.

✅7-page PDF student worksheet containing 12 different activities directly related to the PowerPoint presentation.

✅Answer Key for the student worksheet.

✅Lesson plan, with suggestions for adaptations which can be made for Years 7. 8 or 9 classes, plus all the web links used.

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If you like this resource, check out other Secondary Civics:

• Year 9 Civics: Political Parties in Australia PPT and Research Activity
• FREEBIE! Introduction to Australian Civics: Who’s Who and What’s What?
• Australia’s Political and Legal System Crossword and Wordsearch Activities

Updated: February, 2023.