Assessment Students should contribute to an individual assessment folio that provides evidence of their learning and represents their achievements over the year. The folio should include a range and balance of assessments for teachers to make valid judgments about whether the student has met the achievement standard. Unit 1 Examining how political and legal systems enable change Unit 2 Sustaining democracy — Australia’s — Australia’s The assessment will gather evidence of the ability to: The assessment will gather evidence of the ability to: student’s student’s evaluate features of political system, and identify and the influences on compare and evaluate the key features and values of systems of government, and global Australia’s people’s electoral Australia’s choices roles and responsibilities explain the key principles of system of justice and the role of court system the role of the High Court and explain how international legal obligations influence law and Australia’s Australia’s Australia’s government policy a range of factors that influence identities and attitudes to diversity a range of factors that sustain democratic societies a range of questions to investigate political and legal systems and information gathered Australia’s assessment from different sources for relevance and reliability evaluate a range of questions to investigate political and legal systems and critically analyse Australia’s information gathered from different sources for relevance, reliability and omission compare and account for different interpretations and points of view on civics and citizenship issues account for and evaluate different interpretations and points of view on civics and citizenship issues take into account multiple perspectives, use democratic processes, and negotiate solutions to an issue Develop as part of a plan for action take account of multiple perspectives and ambiguities, use democratic processes, and negotiate solutions to an issue as part of a plan for action develop and present evidence-based arguments on civics and citizenship issues using appropriate texts, subject-specific language and concepts develop and present evidenced-based arguments incorporating different points of view on civics and citizenship issues ways they can be active and informed citizens in different contexts. use appropriate texts and subject-specific language and concepts evaluate ways they can be active and informed citizens in different contexts. Consistency of Identify opportunities to moderate samples of student work at a school or cluster level to reach consensus Identify opportunities to moderate samples of student work at a school or cluster level to reach consensus teacher judgments and consistency. and consistency. judgments feedback and Making Content descriptions for Years 9–10 Civics and Citizenship
Develop assessment Assessment Students should contribute to an individual assessment folio that provides evidence of their learning and represents their achievements over the year. The folio should include a range and balance of assessments for teachers to make valid judgments about whether the student has met the achievement standard. Unit 1 — Examining how Australia’s political and legal systems enable change Unit 2 — Sustaining Australia’s democracy The assessment will gather evidence of the student’s ability to: evaluate features of Australia’s political system, and identify and the influences on people’s electoral choices explain the key principles of Australia’s system of justice and the role of Australia’s court system a range of factors that influence identities and attitudes to diversity a range of questions to investigate Australia’s political and legal systems and information gathered from different sources for relevance and reliability compare and account for different interpretations and points of view on civics and citizenship issues take into account multiple perspectives, use democratic processes, and negotiate solutions to an issue as part of a plan for action develop and present evidence-based arguments on civics and citizenship issues using appropriate texts, subject-specific language and concepts ways they can be active and informed citizens in different contexts. The assessment will gather evidence of the student’s ability to: compare and evaluate the key features and values of systems of government, and Australia’s global roles and responsibilities the role of the High Court and explain how Australia’s international legal obligations influence law and government policy a range of factors that sustain democratic societies evaluate a range of questions to investigate Australia’s political and legal systems and critically analyse information gathered from different sources for relevance, reliability and omission account for and evaluate different interpretations and points of view on civics and citizenship issues take account of multiple perspectives and ambiguities, use democratic processes, and negotiate solutions to an issue as part of a plan for action develop and present evidenced-based arguments incorporating different points of view on civics and citizenship issues use appropriate texts and subject-specific language and concepts evaluate ways they can be active and informed citizens in different contexts. Making judgments and feedback Consistency of teacher judgments Identify opportunities to moderate samples of student work at a school or cluster level to reach consensus and consistency. Identify opportunities to moderate samples of student work at a school or cluster level to reach consensus and consistency. Content descriptions for Years 9–10 Civics and Citizenship
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