Activity:

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Targeted year
Year 6, Civics & Citizenship
level:
Overview of Activity
In this activity students will demonstrate their understanding of the three
different levels of the government by going through local and national
Newspapers and identifying different levels of the law. They are to then
cut and paste into a book and demonstrate why they classified the piece.

Learning Objectives
In this activity students will:
Students will identify and analyse a Newspaper article's to
determine level of government. (ACMSP148)
Demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of what identifies
a level of government.
Demonstrate knowledge of the three different government levels.
(ACHCK036)
Learning Intention
The learning intention of this activity is to allow students to recall and
demonstrate their understanding of the three government levels whilst
analysing a real world issue.
Literacy & Numeracy Requirements
Literacy: Students will be engaged
Numeracy: Depending on the article
with reading and analysing
read a student may have to
newspaper articles with varying
interpret data and information.
degrees of complexity. Thus a
(ACMSP148)
competency is needed to complete
this task.

Background Knowledge
To be able to complete this activity students require background
knowledge of:
Ability to understand and comprehend a texts purpose and
audience.
Ability to identify language features that help identifies a level of
government.
Knowledge about the three levels of government.
How to demonstrate their understanding in an effective manner.
Resources

Newspapers

Highlighters
Writing equipment
Books
Scissors & glue sticks

Assessment
As: students are given 60 seconds are encouraged to a '60 second think'
for them to reflect on what they know and what they're identifying.
For: Throughout the activity the educator can provide feedback and
discuss with students about their article by asking questions "what makes
you think it is this?" "Can you identify any key words?"
OF: this activity can be turned into a summative piece assessment by the
analysing of the end product of the activity. It allows the educator to
understand how and what students are identifying.
Modification
To modify this task for students with lower literacy levels, the
educator can supply newspaper articles at their level.
To assist with students with low literacy levels, the educator can
provide assistance in comprehending the text.
To assist students with concept troubles they are able to utilize
C2B4me
Students with physical impairments that may not allow them to
write may use ICT or be assisted by a school officer to help.
Students can refer to the wordwall for assistance in locating words
that help define a level.