Appendix 1

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level: 6 Time: 1pm Date: Monday 10th Students’ Prior Knowledge:
June 2019

Learning Area: Humanities and Social Sciences: Year 5

CIVICS

Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum
CIVICS AND CITIZENSHIP
Knowledge and understanding
The key institutions of Australia's
democratic system of government based on the
Westminster system, including the monarchy, parliaments
and courts (ACHASSK143)
Who can be an Australian citizen, the formal rights and
responsibilities, and shared values of
Australian citizenship (ACHASSK147)
Questioning and Researching:
Building on concepts of democratic values, justice
and rights and responsibilities as they further develop
their understanding of laws, including how they are
enforced and how they affect the lives of citizens.
Students were introduced to the concept of the
Westminster system as they explore the
key features of Australia's electoral process.
Year 6
Lesson1 on Magna Carta
Lesson2 on Westminster system and democracy
Lesson3 on System of Government
Lesson4 on Parliament and voting
Lesson 5 on Voting and Poster
Last lesson on Voting and Citizenship

Record selected information and/or data using a variety of

methods (e.g. use graphic organisers, paraphrase,
summarise) (WAHASS53)

Analysing:

Interpret information and/or data collected (e.g. sequence

events in chronological order, identify cause and effect,
make connections with prior knowledge) (WAHASS56)

General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)

Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical Personal and Intercultural

competence creative behaviour Social understandin
thinking competence g
Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Asia and Australia’s engagement Sustainability
Islander histories and cultures with Asia
Proficiencies:(Mathematics only)
Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb)

As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:

• identify the roles and responsibilities of each level of the Australian government.
• Demonstrate research, organisation, analysis and synthesis skills.

Teacher’s Prior Preparation/ Organisation: Provision for students at educational risk:

- Understanding prior knowledge of students Worksheet for Year level for Lily-same worksheet
- Short presentation PowerPoint
- Triarama Worksheets and fact sheets For Extension students- Encourage more capable
- paper students to draw and add additional responsibilities to
- Plickers cards their triaramas.
- Straws

LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)

Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:

Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:

[OFFICIAL USE ONLY] Comments by classroom teacher, HOPP, supervisor:

LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking key, etc, as relevant)

Resources/References
Time
Align these with the segment where they
1:00pm Ask students to handout students to pass out plickers will be introduced.
cards.
(5 min)

Motivation and Introduction:

1:05pm Hand out Plickers cards
Short revision on previous lesson.
(15 min) Activity for plickers quiz:

- Plickers quiz recap previous lesson on concepts of voting

rights and responsibilities.

End of plickers recap -5 questions.

Show slide on revision notes. PowerPoint.

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 Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies &
Key Questions):

Introduce three levels of Parliament. Powerpoint

1:20pm
(5 min) - WALT- Learning to understand concepts of three levels of
government in Australia.

WILF- identify the roles and responsibilities of each level

of the Australian government.

Tuning in
1:25pm Students watch and listen to the Levels of Government
(15min) video https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/levels-of-
government/10524692
on the BTN website. After watching the video, ask the
students:

• What are the three levels of government in Australia?

• Why does Australia have three levels of government?
• When did Australia form the three levels of government?

Teacher instruction:

Display and discuss slides 5-8 of The Roles and

Responsibilities of Australia's Three Levels of
Government PowerPoint. Ensure that the students
understand that the roles and responsibilities of
the services in Australia are split between the federal,
state and local governments.

As a class, complete the activity on slide 9 using the list

created in the previous lesson.

Activity:
1:40pm
Display slide 10 and explain the independent task to the
students. Provide them with a copy of
(20 min) the Australia's Three Levels of Government Triarama
Activity and the necessary resources. Using the
templates provided in the activity and the Responsibilities
of Australian Federal, State and Local
Governments Fact Sheets, ask the students to create a
triarama that summarises the roles and
responsibilities of each level of government in Australia.

Show video of tiarama on screen as scaffolding.

https://www.teachstarter.com/au/teaching-
resource/australias-three-levels-government-triarama-
activity/

• Monitor and support the students as they complete the

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 independent task. Ask guiding questions, such as:
2.00pm
(40min) • What is the federal government responsible for?
• What are the state governments responsible for?
• What are the local governments responsible for?

• Once the students have finished, gather together as a

class. Provide them with an opportunity to
2:40pm view each other's triaramas.

(20 min) Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)

Using the list of government services from the triarama
activity, randomly call out services for
the students to identify as either a federal, state or local
government responsibility.
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Plickers
If there is time, have a plickers recap activity. (10min)

Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next

lesson?)

End Dismiss end of school duty students earlier.

3:00pm Tell students that next week will be Law.

Students pack up Plickers cards and clean up table. Ask

students to put names on triarama and leave on table.

Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will

these be judged?)

- Assessment objectives in plickers and student work

samples for review.
- Mentor observation feedback.