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The Law Rules
At a glance
Focus question 1: How do you get a fair trial?
Content
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Activities
(Assessment activities are in bold italics.)
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Preparation
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- the need for laws
- evidence and facts
- courts, judges
and juries
- getting a fair
hearing
- principles of a fair trial
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- creating imaginary
dialogues
- listing and grouping
ideas
- interpreting visuals
- creating a poster
- commencing a retrieval chart
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- pairs or groups:
Handouts 1, 2, 3, 4
- whole class:
Handout 5
- OHT: Handout 6
- poster paper and
markers
- prepare four copies of the retrieval chart for use throughout the unit
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Teaching and learning activities
Focus question 2: Who makes the law?
Content
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Activities
(Assessment activities are in bold italics.)
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Preparation
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- British law comes
to Australia
- one-man rule in a
penal colony (Australia 1778- 1820)
- law making in a parliamentary democracy
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- completing a
retrieval chart
- interpreting visuals
and diagrams
- role-play
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- groups or pairs:
Handout 7
- pairs: Handout 8
- 'The Law Rules'
chart
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Teaching and learning activities
Focus question 3: Should the courts be independent?
Content
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Activities
(Assessment activities are in bold italics.)
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Preparation
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- Macquarie versus
Bent
- independence of
judges and juries today
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- interpreting visuals
and diagrams
- caption writing
- participating in a role-play (mock court)
- writing a letter
- using evidence
- imaginative recreation
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- whole class:
Handouts 5, 10, 11
- groups: Handouts
5, 9, 12, 13, 14
- OHT: Handout 15
- 'The Law Rules' chart
- Stories of Democracy CD ROM
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Teaching and learning activities
Focus question 4: Should people be equal before the law?
Content
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Activities
(Assessment activities are in bold italics.)
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Preparation
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- Myall Creek
massacre 1838
- modern legislation
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- retrieval chart
- creating group
responses
- creating a
newspaper article
- responding to
scenarios
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- groups: Handout 16
- half class: Handouts 17, 18
- 'The Law Rules'
chart
- Stories of
Democracy CD ROM
- Discovering
Democracy website
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Teaching and learning activities
Focus question 5: How does the law rule in Australia today?
Content
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Activities
(Assessment activities are in bold italics.)
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Preparation
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- retrieval chart
- conducting a class debate
- preparing a poster
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- groups: Handout 19
- 'The Law Rules' chart
- Stories of Democracy CD ROM
- chart (Activity 2): copy on to board or an OHT
- poster paper and markers
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Teaching and learning activities
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