Bound for Success Scope and Sequence Statements

STUDIES OF SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENTSystems Resources and PowerConcept In Year 1the student:In Year 2the student:In Year 3the student:In Year 4the student:In Year 5the student:In Year 6the student:In Year 7the student:In Year 8the student:In Year 9the student:• Knows that good leadershave certain qualities (e.g.says “he is a good leaderbecause he is fair”).• Identifies leaders in thecommunity such as thepoliceman, mayor,Aboriginal elders,teachers.• Knows that leaders should‘show the way’ and be agood example.• Identifies the leaders intheir own lives – thosethat they know personallyand others they know byreputation oradvertisement.• Knows the names andresponsibilities of localgovernment leaders andofficials.• Knows Queensland’spolitical leaders (i.e.leaders of the majorpolitical parties) and otherlocal/state leaders e.g.Elders, sports leaders.• Identifies tyrannicalleaders in the worlds’history (e.g. SaddamHussein, Adolf Hitler,Milosovic) and explainswhy they were not goodleaders.• Knows Australia’s majorleaders in the FederalParliament, includingleaders of the majorpolitical parties, PrimeMinister, Speaker of theHouse, Leaders of theOpposition, ministers).• Describes whatAustralia’s politicalleaders through history areremembered for, inparticular, their strengthsand weaknesses.• Knows who Queensland’smajor leaders in StateParliament are, includingleaders of the majorpolitical parties, Premier,Leader of the Oppositionand ministers).• Knows who the stateGovernor is.Institutions andfeatures ofgovernment.• Knows that there aredifferent levels ofgovernment (local, stateand Federal).• Describes the decisionmakingprocesses used bylocal government.• Knows different types ofgovernance (e.g.monarchy, aristocracy,tyranny, democracy).• Knows what aconstitutional and absolutemonarch are.• Knows that Australia is ademocracy (i.e. governedby the people) and has keyfeatures includingelections, parliaments,political parties, aconstitution, freedom ofspeech and citizens’participations.• Knows that the role ofParliament is to representpeople, make laws andpublicly debate issues.• Knows what the majorpolitical parties are inQueensland and inAustralia and who theirleaders are.• Knows some of the majordemocracies in the worldand which countries haveconstitutional monarchs.• Explores the functions ofthe three levels ofgovernment.• Describes the structureand function of theQueensland Parliament.• Examines the role of keyinstitutions and principlesof Australianrepresentative democracy(e.g. Parliament, head ofstate, political parties, freeand fair elections, secretballot, universal adultsuffrage).• Compare democraciessuch as Australia’s tocountries with other formsof government.• Identifies different typesof political systemsaround the world and theirkey features.• Knows the majorstructures of theAustralian Parliament andhow that compares withthe QueenslandParliament.• Knows the role of theGovernor General inFederal Parliament, andthe name of the currentincumbent.• Describes the role of theConstitution in Australia’spolitical and legal systems• Identifies divisions andresponsibility inAustralia’s three-tierpolitical structures (local,State/Territory andCommonwealth.• Explores significantfeatures and principles ofdemocracy in Australiaincluding the commongood, separation ofpowers, governmentaccountability andparliamentary elections.• Considers the role ofgovernment in developingpolicy and formulatinglegislation• Understands howAustralia’s system ofgovernment is similar toand different from otherdemocracies.- Influencingdemocratic decisionmaking.• Knows that ads on TV areused to get our attentionand try and make us dothings.• Lists examples of mediaand the types ofinformation theycommunicate (e.g.billboards, advertisements,newspapers).• Lists the mediaadvertisements that theylike and say why they likethem (e.g. says “I reallylike the ad aboutMcDonalds because I likethe girl and boy in it andthey look like they like thefood they are eating”).HPE• Knows that through themedia we receivedifferent types ofinformation such as aboutthe people and the culturalgroups they belong to. A• Explores the ways inwhich the mediacommunicates messages toinfluence people (e.g.through televisioncommercials that warn usabout smoking, or TVnews programs informingus of a natural disaster, orsigns telling us not to droplitter).• Identifies examples of howviews and ideas arecommunicated through themedia and ICT (e.g.advertisements promotinga political party in anelection OR newspaperarticles informing parentsof the new starting age forschool OR internetwebsites providinginformation about newwater restrictions in a• Knows what values areand can list some of thevalues that their familyhas or that the school has(e.g. respect, compassion)and can explain in theirown words, what thesevalues mean.• Knows there are ‘twosides to every story’ andcan role play to see thingsfrom different points ofview. HPE• Engages with values thatare important toAustralian democracy.• Compares the ways that anissue or event can beportrayed in the media andhow this can influencepeople’s views andactions. T• Identifies the values thatare portrayed in the media(e.g. on watching an adabout fast food on TVsays “that ad makes it lookcool to eat food fromSubway” or, on reading abillboard showing rubbishon the beach surroundedby pigs says “that admakes it look messy anddirty to leave rubbishlying around”). A• Follows an issue throughthe media from when it israised until when it diesdown and describes how itis represented by differentgroups (e.g. compares thetreatment by a TVnetwork with that by thenewspaper). A• Reflects on ways in whichchanging values caninfluence the law.• Analyses media portrayalof current issues toexplore viewpoints, biasand stereotypes. A• Investigates ways inwhich the media and ICTsare used to influencecitizens’ views in localcontexts. A ICT• Describes how and whyelectors may changegovernments.• Examines and describesthe treatment by the mediaof the war in Vietnam andother issues in Australia’shistory where the mediahave influenced publicopinion. A• Knows the role of lobbygroups in representinginterest groups andshaping/influencinggovernment policy.• Evaluates ways in whichindividuals, groups andgovernments use themedia and ICTs to shapeopinion and managecontroversy. ABound for Success Scope and Sequence Statements V2 Page 75 Working Document Semester One 2007