Law Making in Australia (Year 6 HASS)

Help your students understand an essential part of Australian democracy by exploring how laws are made in Australia. This comprehensive Australian civics and citizenship resource explores how bills are prepared, how they are passed through parliament and how they are applied. It includes a wide range of teaching and learning resources including information sheets, activities, interactive notebook resources and an assessment task.

This mini-unit is also available as part of the Creating Laws in Australia Mini-Unit Bundle and the Creating Laws in Australia Complete Bundle

This mini unit is written to suit the Australian Curriculum and is written for Australian students. Elements will work for other parts of the world, but check the preview to see if it will work for you

This resource includes:

⭐ Extended Teaching Notes

⭐ Cover Page

⭐ Introductory Activity - Think, Question, Reflect (Worksheet and Task Cards)

⭐ 2 Note Taking Sheets

⭐ Preparing a Bill - Information Sheet (in colour and black and white), Note Taking Sheet, Interactive Notebook Resource, Task Cards and Quick Check Activity

⭐ Steps of Preparing a Bill - Worksheet and Interactive Notebook Resource

⭐ Getting Feedback on a Bill - 4 Question Sheets, 1 Question Sheet with a Blank Space, 1 Recording Page (2 to a page), 1 Managers Notes Sheet, Proposed Rule Cards, Job Cards in colour and black and white

⭐ Passing a Bill - Information Sheet (in colour and black and white), Diagram (in colour and black and white) Note Taking Sheet, Interactive Notebook Resource, Task Cards and Quick Check

⭐ Create Your Own Law Making Diagram - Worksheet, Task Cards and Interactive Notebook Resource (in colour and black and white with teacher notes)

⭐ Design a Law Making Machine - Task Sheet, Design Sheet and Task Cards

⭐ Applying a Law - Information Sheet (in colour and black and white), Note Taking Sheet, Interactive Notebook Resource, Task Cards and Quick Check

⭐ Asking the Questions - Worksheet, Interactive Notebook Resource and Task Cards

⭐ Real Life Situation - Worksheet, Writing Sheet and Task Cards

⭐ Pamphlet Activity

⭐ Quick Check Cloze Activity

⭐ Is it Important to Know How Bills Are Passed? - Task sheet, Writing Sheet and Task Cards

⭐ Create a Poster - Task Sheet, Design Sheet and Task Cards

⭐ Flip book

⭐ Assessment Task

⭐ Answer keys and marking rubric

This resource contains Australian spelling in A4 format. It is a PDF file, 87 pages long.

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