LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level: 7 Time: Week 3 Lesson 4 (60 mins lesson) Students’ Prior Knowledge:
Learning Area:
 The Australian Constitution
Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS)  The Division of Power

Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum

ACHCK048
General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical Personal and Intercultural
competence creative thinking behaviour Social understanding
competence
Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability
histories and cultures
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:

 List the main responsibilities of each level of government
 List the main role the House of representatives and the Senate

Teacher’s Prior Preparation/Organisation: Provision for EAL/D, educational-risk and special

need students:
 Students with visual difficulties are seated
 PowerPoint towards to the front of the classroom - students
 Worksheet are aware of the seating plan
 Visual aids are used to make connections
 Glossary Sheet between the key concepts and vocabulary
 Glossary sheet provided – available for all
students

Classroom Layout
Smartboard/ Whiteboard

Teacher’s desk

Student desk’s
- Students are
sitting in pairs

1
 LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking key, etc, as relevant)
Resources/Reference
Time Motivation and Introduction:
 Roll Call
10  Think/pair/share about the role of parliament, the house of representatives and
minutes
senate
Gage student prior knowledge of the political system, encourage students to share their
knowledge about the role of parliament, the lower house or upper in different countries PowerPoint
Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key Questions):

Oxford Big Ideas

 Jigsaw Activity:
Humanities and Social
Science Year 7
40 - Students will split into groups of four
minutes
- Each student in the group will fill out one section of the worksheet

- After 5 mins students will rotate, so that each student was contributed to
each to each section of the worksheet Worksheet

Explicitly model the task first to students, so they have an understand what is expected of
them

 Review jigsaw activity

 PowerPoint summarising the learning content from week 2 and 3 (separation of

powers, division of powers, role of the house of representatives and the senate)

Students to add information missing from their jigsaw from the PowerPoint

Whilst students are completing worksheets, circulate around the classroom to assist
students and gage their understanding of the topic.

10
Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)
minutes
 Exit ticket – one topic students that they still don’t understand or would like to
spend more time one
 Make sure to remind students about class test next week and provide students
with topic checklist