ESH360 Assessment Task 1.1

Port Arthur (Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority, 2016) What are children learning?  Over the next four weeks’ students in 6S will be broadening their learning about civics and citizenship, expanding through citizenship learning in the context of an aspect of Australian history. Through the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA] (2019), students will examine Australia’s various connections with other countries and places throughout the world, how these are changing, and the effects of these interconnections (interconnections, change). In particular, we will be looking at the world’s cultural diversity, including that of its indigenous peoples (ACARA, 2019).   Why they are learning  According to Gilbert and Hoepper (2014) integrating civics, citizenship and history within the classroom can promote a holistic way to learning therefore strengthening comprehension and furthermore allowing studen...

Grade 5 - Civics and Citizenship  (everydayfeminism, 2018). What are we learning? This term year 5 students learn about civics and citizenship (CC), furthermore exploring the democracy of Australia. This unit of work enables students to become active and informed citizens (Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority [ACARA], 2019). As a class, students will learn about the importance of the key values of Australian democracy; freedom, equality, fairness and justice), (ACARA, 2019), preparing them to understand a complex and changing world. Within this unit of work students develop their own opinions, beliefs and values on both a local and national scale. ( MCEETYA, 2008). Why are we learning this? Civics and citizenship education (CCE) is about ensuring that students have the skills and values to become active and informed citizens (Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians, 2008). Students achieve this through gene...