Australian Political System Year 10 Humanities

* Each student must choose learning tasks that add up to 12 points. You must choose at least one task from sections A, B & C
1. How democracy works 2. Understand the ideologies of the main Political Parties in Australia 3. Know the main structure and function of our govt.
A) Remembering -1 point
Factual answers, recall and
recognition

When did Australia form its current

political system and what event
brought this about?

What political system did we

have prior to federation?
What political system does
China have?
What are the 5 key features of
a democracy?

Who was Australias first

Prime Minister?
Who was John Curtin?

What date were Women given the vote

in South Australia?&What date were
Indigenous Australians given the vote in
Australia?

How does an Aristocracy differ

from a Democracy?

Describe an Oligarchy and find out if there

are any countries today that operate under
this system.

A) Understanding 1 point
Translating, interpreting, showing

Find out who represents you at the

local, state and federal levels
(according to where you live)

B) Applying 2 points
Using information gained in
different familiar situations

Explain the role of the Senate

Explain the role of the Speaker

Explain how the House of

Representatives works

Provide 5 key differences between the

Australian and Chinese systems of
Government

B) Analysing- 2 points
Break into parts to examine more
closely

Identify and explain two main flaws in

the democratic system

Identify three countries that do

not have a democracy and
explain their alternative system
of government

Analyse the Education policies

of three Australian political
parties

Compare and contrast the main ideological

differences between Green, Labor and
Liberal

C) Evaluating- 3 points
Judge, use criteria, rank,
substantiate

Choose three key political issues that

you think are important and decide
which party has the best policies about
those issues. Justify your answer.

How are the policies of the

Palmer United party different
to Labor and Liberal?

Australian elections are held

too frequently. Discuss (200
words)

Voting should not be compulsory. Argue

your opinion (200 words)

C) Creating 3 points
Combining information to new
situations to form new products,
ideas etc

Create a new political party. Give it a

name that reflects your own values
and outline your top 5 policies in a
website or brochure (1 paragraph for
each policy)

Construct a powerpoint
explaining the political system
of China and how it is different
to Australia (at least 10 pages)

Decide who you would vote

for at the next election and
create a TV ad or Print ad for
that party

Write a letter to the editor of a national

newspaper supporting or opposing three
issues in the latest budget

Australian Political System Year 10 Humanities

You MUST put all your answers in your own words. Do NOT cut and paste or plagiarise. If your work is identified as not being your own, you will
automatically receive a D grade.
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