Australian Democracy Features Complete Bundle | Year 5 HASS Government Civics

Explore types of government, democracy and voting in Australia with this Year 5 HASS civics and citizenship bundle. This Australian government resource includes three democracy and voting units,assessment tasks and a word wall and poster set. This is the perfect resource for teaching the importance of democracy and government in Australia.

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This bundle contains:

Types of Government Mini Unit

This resource includes:

✫ Teacher Notes

✫ Cover Page

✫ Brainstorming Activity

✫ 2 General Note Taking Sheets

✫ Information Sheet on Democracy (in black and white and colour)

✫ Note Taking Sheet for Democracy

✫ Questions about Democracy (in worksheet and interactive notebook format)

✫ Organising Statements Activity (in single black and white format and colour small group/whole class format)

✫ Information Sheet on Monarchy (in black and white and colour)

✫ Note Taking Sheet for Monarchy

✫ Questions about Monarchy (in worksheet and interactive notebook format)

✫ 5 Things You May Note Know About Monarchy Activity

✫ Information Sheet on Dictatorship (in black and white and colour)

✫ Note Taking Sheet for Dictatorship

✫ Questions about Dictatorship (in worksheet and interactive notebook format)

✫ Difficulties in Dictatorships Drawing Visual Representations Activity (two versions)

✫ Pamphlet of Three Types of Government

✫ Quick Check

✫ Letters from . . . (2 different sizes)

✫ A Letter from Activity (in single and group/whole class formats)

✫ Research Task

✫ Feature Sort (in single and group/whole class formats)

✫ Flip Book

✫ Assessment Task

✫ Answer Keys, Sample Responses and Making Rubric

Features of Australian Democracy Mini Unit

This resource includes:

✫ Teacher Notes

✫ Cover Page

✫ If I Ran Australia Warm Up Activity

✫ Discussion Questions: Teacher Notes, Poster (in black and white and colour) and Discussion Cards

✫ 2 General Note Taking Sheets

✫ Information Sheet on Australian Voting (in black and white and colour)

✫ Note Taking Sheet for Australian Voting

✫ Questions about Australian Voting (in worksheet, interactive notebook and task card format)

✫ Create True/False Statements about Voting in Australia: worksheet, interactive notebook, task card

✫ Information Sheet on Roles of Representatives (in black and white and colour)

✫ Note Taking Sheet for Roles of Representatives

✫ Questions about Roles of Representatives (in worksheet, interactive notebook and task card format)

✫ Write a Job Description Activity: Task Sheet, Task Card and Writing Sheet

✫ Information Sheet on Values of Australian Democracy (in black and white and colour)

✫ Note Taking Sheet for Values of Australian Democracy

✫ Questions about Values of Australian Democracy (in worksheet, interactive notebook and task card format)

✫ What Human Rights do Children Have? Task Sheet and Task Cards

✫ Reflection Task: Worksheet, Interactive Notebook Activity and Task Card

✫ Quick Check

✫ Creating Fair Elections Activity: Teacher Notes, Worksheet, Interactive Notebook Activity, Small Group Brainstorming Sheets

✫ Flip Book

✫ Assessment Task

✫ Answer Keys and Making Rubric

Why Is It Important to Vote? Mini Unit

This resource includes:

✫ Teacher Notes

✫ Cover Page

✫ Think Pair Share Introductory Activity

✫ 2 General Note Taking Sheets

✫ Information Sheet on Views of Voting (in black and white and colour)

✫ Note Taking Sheet for Views of Voting

✫ Questions about Views of Voting (in worksheet, interactive notebook and task card format)

✫ Investigating a Primary Source - Worksheet, Source Sheet and Task Cards and Interactive Notebook Resource

✫ Information Sheet on Is Voting Worthwhile? (in black and white and colour)

✫ Note Taking Sheet for Is Voting Worthwhile?

✫ Diagram Sheet Activity for Is Voting Worthwhile? Worksheet and Task Cards

✫ Collect Views on Voting: Task Sheet and Task Cards

✫ Information Sheet on Making Democracy Work (in black and white and colour)

✫ Note Taking Sheet for Making Democracy Work

✫ Questions about Making Democracy Work (in worksheet, interactive notebook and task card format)

✫ Write a Letter About Something You Care About Task Sheet and Task Cards

✫ Why Is It Important to Vote Comic Strip

✫ Quick Check

✫ You Should Vote Because . . . Worksheet, Group Activity Cards and Interactive Notebook Resource

✫ Flip Book

✫ Assessment Task

✫ Answer Keys and Making Rubric

Key Features of Australian Democracy Assessment Tasks

This resource includes:

✫ Teacher Notes

✫ What I’ve Learned Page

✫ Reflection Questions - Worksheet and Task Card (in colour and black and white)

✫ Key Features of Australian Democracy Test - Test Worksheet and Test Questions

✫ Assessment Task - Create a Diagram

✫ Assessment Task - What Would Happen if No One Votes (extended and condensed version)

✫ Answer Key for Test

✫ Marking Rubric

Key Features of Australian Democracy Word Wall and Posters

This resource includes:

✫ Teacher Notes

✫ Word Wall Vocabulary List

✫ Key Features of Australian Democracy - Title Poster (in colour and black and white)

✫ 62 Word Wall Cards (in colour)

✫ Vocabulary Interactive Notebook Activity

✫ Word Wall Definitions (2 Definitions to a Page)

✫ Word Wall Brainstorm (2 Brainstorms to a Page)

✫ 5 Types of Government Posters (in colour and black and white)

✫ 9 Features of Australian Democracy Posters (in colour and black and white)

✫ 1 Why Should We Vote Poster (in colour and black and white)

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These resources are written to suit the Australian Curriculum and are written for Australian students. Most elements will work for other parts of the world, but check the previews of the individual units to see if they will work for you

This resource contains Australian spelling in A4 format. It contains PDF files, 278 pages long.

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