Lesson 3. Laws Resource 3 – 1. Brainstorm - Why do we need laws? Complete a PMI chart outlining the advantages, Parliamentary Education Office (PEO) 2016, Types of disadvantages and interesting things about a lawless society. Share and discuss responses as a Law information sheet, viewed 30 May 2017, class group. 2. Introduction to law making. In small groups, brainstorm some examples of laws in Australia. Explain to students that laws are Alternatively, Resource 5 presents this using real made in different ways. Using the Types of Law information sheet in Resource 3, go through each, footage for an older audience. briefly discussing the differences between each and identifying previous brainstorm ideas as common, statute or delegated laws. This could be done as a table on the board or a group activity Resource 5- or small/whole group discussion. State Library of Laws Are Made NSW, 2015, “How – viewed 17 May 2017, Parliament”, 3. Discuss (this could be done as a whole group or small group activity such as a jigsaw task – where group leaders report elements of their to the whole group). group’s discussion Why do we need laws? How might our values influence a lawless society? Can you think of examples where values are also laws? To what extent might vales, rather than law influence decision-making? Teachers may choose to focus on discussing one law to model how to people’s explore decision making and concepts. Brainstorm - Make a list of some current laws that have recently been passed e.g. legalising marijuana for medical purposes, using animals for research. Groups may focus on one of these issues and discuss considerations that need to be investigated in deciding law-making around this issue. Students list these considerations then rank them in importance and explain their reasoning behind the ranking. How do the rankings differ within the class? What are some possible reasons for the different views? TEACHING NOTES LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Lesson 3. Laws 1. Brainstorm - Why do we need laws? Complete a PMI chart outlining the advantages, disadvantages and interesting things about a lawless society. Share and discuss responses as a class group. 2. Introduction to law making. In small groups, brainstorm some examples of laws in Australia. Explain to students that laws are made in different ways. Using the Types of Law information sheet in Resource 3, go through each, briefly discussing the differences between each and identifying previous brainstorm ideas as common, statute or delegated laws. This could be done as a table on the board or a group activity or small/whole group discussion. 3. Discuss – (this could be done as a whole group or small group activity such as a jigsaw task where group leaders report elements of their group’s discussion to the whole group). Why do we need laws? How might our values influence a lawless society? Can you think of examples where values are also laws? To what extent might vales, rather than law influence people’s decision-making? Teachers may choose to focus on discussing one law to model how to explore decision making and concepts. Brainstorm - Make a list of some current laws that have recently been passed e.g. legalising marijuana for medical purposes, using animals for research. Groups may focus on one of these issues and discuss considerations that need to be investigated in deciding law-making around this issue. Students list these considerations then rank them in importance and explain their reasoning behind the ranking. How do the rankings differ within the class? What are some possible reasons for the different views? Resource 3 – Parliamentary Education Office (PEO) 2016, Types of Law information sheet, viewed 30 May 2017, Alternatively, Resource 5 presents this using real footage for an older audience. Resource 5- State Library of NSW, 2015, “How Laws Are Made – Parliament”, viewed 17 May 2017, LEARNING ACTIVITIES TEACHING NOTES