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- Political parties and social movements: Introduction
Political parties and social movements: Introduction
Key learning area: Studies of Society and Environment
Year level: Lower Secondary
Lesson duration: 4 hours (4 lessons)
Unit topic: Political parties and social movements
Lesson topic: Evaluating strategies for change
Lesson's overall aim
Students will evaluate the strategies employed by four historical and four contemporary Australians who have been/are involved in political parties and social movements to bring about change. Students will then consider strategies that they can employ to bring about change for a school or community issue that is important to them.
Curriculum Links
Links to the Australian Curriculum
Intended student learning objectives/outcomes
Knowledge:
- Investigate ways in which non-government organisations can contribute to communities and influence government decisions.
- Develop skills to become involved in or influence representative groups in the school or community.
- Participate in a campaign to raise awareness about a significant issue.
- Investigate individuals who have campaigned for human rights and democracy.
Skills
- Research
- Analysis and evaluation
- Action planning
Values
- Care and Compassion
- Fair go
- Freedom
- Integrity
- Responsibility
- Understanding, tolerance and inclusion
Resources:
- William Spence biography handout (pdf format)
- Jessie Street biography handout (pdf format)
- Pearl Gibbs biography handout (pdf format)
- Douglas Nicholls biography handout (pdf format)
- Political parties and social movements (Then) handout (pdf format)
- Political parties and social movements (Now) handout (pdf format)
- Evaluating the success of strategies employed handout (pdf format)
- Scissors
- Glue sticks
- Bernie Banton article
- Australian of the Year website, Trisha Broadbridge
- World Vision Australia, Tim Costello
- Clean Up Australia Day website, Ian Kiernan
- Biographybase, Eddie Mabo
- Australian Biography, Lowitja O'Donoghue
- Australian Biography
- Australian Story
- Famous Australians
- Dictionary of Australian Biography
- Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
Note to teachers
Please be aware that the digital resources may contain references to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who may have passed away. This may cause distress to some Indigenous students.
Introduction | Activity One | Activity Two
