Australian Elections and Campaigns Mini Unit Bundle | Year 5 HASS Civics

Explore Australian elections and campaigns with this Year 5 HASS civics and citizenship mini unit bundle.This Australian government resource explores elections and the electoral system in Australia and how Australian election campaigns work. It includes information sheets, a wide range of learning activities and assessment tasks. Great for understanding elections in Australia!

This bundle is also available as part of the complete Key Features of the Australian Electoral System bundle

These mini units 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

The two mini units which make up this bundle are:

✫ Australian Electoral System

✫ Running an Australian Election Campaign

Australian Electoral System

This resource includes:

✫ Teacher Notes

✫ Cover Page and Introductory Activity

✫ Note taking sheets

✫ Information Sheet on Secret Ballot (in black and white and colour)

✫ Note Taking Sheet for Secret Ballot

✫ Questions about Secret Ballot (worksheet, interactive notebook and task sheet)

✫ Secret Ballots and Open Ballots Positive, Negative and Interesting (worksheet, interactive notebook resource and task card)

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

✫ Note Taking Sheet for Compulsory Voting

✫ Questions about Compulsory Voting (worksheet, interactive notebook and task sheet)

✫ Compulsory Voting Discussion Questions (worksheets, interactive notebook resources and task cards)

✫ How Can We Make Sure Everyone Can Vote? (brainstorm and task card)

✫ Information Sheet on the AEC (in black and white and colour)

✫ Note Taking Sheet for the AEC

✫ Questions about the AEC (worksheet, interactive notebook and task sheet)

✫ What Does it Mean to Be Fair? (worksheet and task card)

✫ What Does Fair Look Like When We Vote? (worksheet and task card)

✫ Today We Voted (worksheet)

✫ Information Sheet on Who Can Vote and Run in Elections (in black and white and colour)

✫ Note Taking Sheet for Who Can Vote and Run in Elections

✫ Questions about Who Can Vote and Run in Elections (worksheet, interactive notebook and task sheet)

✫ Who Can Vote - Write a Blog Post (worksheet, writing paper and task card)

✫ Pamphlet of Electoral Systems (interactive notebook resource)

✫ Quick Check Cloze Activity (worksheet)

✫ Research Task (task sheet and task card)

✫ Why Should We Understand Electoral Systems? (task sheet and task card)

✫ Flip book

✫ Assessment Task

✫ Answer key and marking rubric

Running an Australian Election Campaign

This resource includes:

✫ Teacher Notes

✫ Cover Page

✫ Introductory Activity

✫ Note taking sheets

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

✫ Note Taking Sheet for Candidates

✫ Questions about Candidates (worksheet, interactive notebook and task cards)

✫ The Qualities of a Candidate (worksheet, interactive notebook and task card)

✫ Your Candidate - Create a Profile (worksheet and task cards)

✫ I Would Be a Great Candidate Because . . . (worksheet, interactive notebook and task cards)

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

✫ Note Taking Sheet for Policies

✫ Questions about Policies (worksheet, interactive notebook and task cards)

✫ Deciding on Policies (worksheet, interactive notebook and task cards)

✫ Your Candidate - Create a Policy Statement (worksheet and task cards)

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

✫ Note Taking Sheet for Campaigns

✫ Questions about Campaigns (worksheet, interactive notebook and task cards)

✫ Campaigning - Short Response (worksheet, interactive notebook and task cards)

✫ Your Candidate - Create Advertising Ideas (worksheet and task cards)

✫ Your Candidate - Create Advertising Leaflet and Social Media (worksheets, display sheets and task cards)

✫ Pamphlet of Election Campaigns (interactive notebook resource)

✫ Quick Check Cloze Activity (worksheet)

✫ Research Task (task sheet and task card)

✫ Why Are Election Campaigns Important? (task sheet and task card)

✫ Flip book

✫ Assessment Task

✫ Answer keys, sample responses and marking rubric

This resource contains Australian spelling in A4 format. It contains PDF files, 172 pages long.

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