THINKERS KEYS:

WHAT MAKES AUSTRALIA

FREE?
HASS: Civics & Citizenship
Year 7

 What is civics?
Civics is the study of the rights and duties of citizenship.

What is citizenship?
Citizenship the position or status of being a citizen of a particular country.

 Can you come up with some

examples?

What are the 3 levels of government in Australia?

Local
State
Federal

Can you come up with some examples?

 Can you come up with some examples?

(Think about hair and eye colour in this classroom)

What is the difference between migrants and refugees?

A migrant is a person who chooses

to leave their own country to seek a
better life elsewhere.
A refugee is a person who is forced
to leave their country because they
are at risk, usually lacking in human
rights or safety.
Can you come up with some examples?

 Fairly straight forward, dont you agree?

What is an illegal immigrant?

An illegal immigrant is a person who
enters a country without meeting the
legal requirements for entry (for
example, not having a visa).
What is BAR?
Bigger
Add
Remove/Replace

Can you come up with some examples?

What is an referendum?
A referendum is a vote by the general
voting population. This is normally a
question which the government believes
should be answered by the people, not the
politicians.

How old do you have to be to vote in

Examples
of referendums:
Australia?

Changing the flag.

Leaving the British
Monarchy/Commonwealth.
Marriage equality.
Can you come up with some examples?

 Does this look like a coat of arms?

What do you think this is a coat of arms for?
What are the two animals?
How do they move?

What is inclusion?
Inclusion is the act of including or of being included.

What is equality?
Equality: having equal status, rights, or opportunity.

What is fair go?

Fair go is an Australian term which suggests that
everyone should have a reasonable or fair chance.

 What would influence your vote?

 Fairly straight forward

(and ridiculous),

dont you agree?

What is a commonality?
Commonality: sharing features with something else.

What is freedom?
Freedom is the power to act, speak or
think as you want.
What is democracy?
Democracy is a system of government by
the whole population.
From the Greek words:
dmos
= the people
kratia = power / rule

 Fairly straight forward, dont you agree?

 Fairly straight forward, dont you agree?

This will be turned into a speech in the near future.

 Fairly straight forward, dont you agree?

What is a constitution?
A constitution consists of rules and principles
about how a country is put together, how elections
happen, how laws are made and who makes the
laws. Basically, a rule book to governing a country.

 If you were a politician but kept losing in elections, what

are some things you might change in order to fix your
chances of winning?

 What are some modern-day ideas?

(DONT GIVE AWAY YOUR BEST IDEA)

 Pretend you are an investigative journalist.

Now ask some questions!

 Fairly straight forward, dont you agree?

GOODLUCK
& BE CREATIVE!
ANY QUESTIONS?