Text Year 9: Our democratic rights

TLF ID M020829

This collection of resource sheets focus on the movement of peoples in the early period of the Western Australian colony, including the operation of Parkhurst Apprenticeship scheme. Guided research activities explore key features of Australia's court system and the key principles of the Australian justice system. The resources are designed to provide pre- and post-visit activities following an excursion to the Old Court House in Perth but would also be of value as part of classroom units of work in civics and citizenship. Activities include research, vocabulary building, creative responses and include assessment tasks. Teacher resources are accessible using the password FrancisBurt2015.





Educational details

Educational value
  • hese resources provide opportunties to explore legal and human rights within the context of Australian History relating to the establishment of the Swan River colony in Western Australia.
  • The resources will also provide opportunties to explore the Aboriginal and Torres Strai Islander Peoples and Histories cross-curriculum priority.
Year level

9

Learning area
  • Civics and citizenship
  • History
  • Humanities and Social Sciences

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Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: The Law Society of Western Australia
  • Organization: The Law Society of Western Australia
  • URL: https://www.lawsocietywa.asn.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: The Law Society of Western Australia
  • Organization: The Law Society of Western Australia
  • Description: Publisher
  • URL: https://www.lawsocietywa.asn.au/
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Text
Rights
  • © The Law Society of Western Australia. This material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.