Year 5 HASS - Civics & Citizenship - Australian Curriculum

This Australian Curriculum Year 5 HASS unit is a complete 9‑lesson program exploring the key values and features of Australia’s democracy, the electoral process, and the roles and responsibilities of citizens and elected representatives. Students learn how democratic decision‑making works through two highly engaging, hands‑on experiences: a mock election and a mock court case, both simplified to ensure Year 5 students can confidently enact each process.

With an editable planner, editable PowerPoint, editable grading guide, and editable learning intentions/success criteria, you get the structure and flexibility you need — while all worksheets, posters and lesson resources are provided as ready‑to‑use, non‑editable files.
A WA Curriculum version of the planner is also included which features an additional lesson.

✨ What Makes This Unit Exceptional

✔️ Editable Planner (Plus WA Curriculum Version)

A clean, succinct planner outlining each lesson in 5–6 simple steps. Includes Australian Curriculum links and a resources‑needed column. Fully editable so you can adapt it to your class and timetable.

✔️ Editable PowerPoint for Every Lesson

A matching PowerPoint that guides students through key ideas with:

• Learning intentions & success criteria
• Key discussion prompts
• Visuals and display resources
• Worksheets and answer keys shown at the right moment

Perfect for Smartboards and TVs — and optional if you prefer to minimise screen time.

✔️ Worksheets, Posters & Lesson Resources (Non‑Editable)

Includes 56 pages of lesson resources and answer keys, all provided as separate, ready‑to‑print files. No giant PDFs, no scrolling, no searching.

✔️ Editable Grading Guide

A huge time‑saver during reporting. Shows what A–E looks like using two tasks from the unit, aligned directly to the Year 5 HASS Achievement Standard.

✔️ Engaging, Hands‑On Learning

Lessons use a wide range of cooperative learning strategies. Some lessons feature worksheets, while others focus on discussion, role‑play, movement and collaborative inquiry — including the mock election and mock court case.

📘 What’s Included

• Editable planner (6 pages) + WA Curriculum version
• Lesson resources including answer keys (56 pages) (non‑editable)
• Editable PowerPoint presentation (100+ slides)
• Editable grading guide (1 page)
• Editable learning intentions & success criteria

🎯 Full Curriculum Alignment

Version 9 Outcomes

Civics & Citizenship

• The key values and features of Australia’s democracy, including elections, and the roles and responsibilities of elected representatives.
• How citizens with shared beliefs and values work together to achieve a civic goal.

Inquiry Skills

• Develop questions to investigate people, events, developments, places and systems.
• Locate, collect and organise information and data from primary and secondary sources.
• Evaluate information and data to identify patterns, trends or relationships.
• Develop evidence‑based conclusions.
• Propose actions or responses and assess possible effects.
• Present descriptions and explanations using relevant terms and conventions.

WA Curriculum Outcomes

Civics & Citizenship

• The key values and features of Australia’s democracy and the electoral process.
• The roles and responsibilities of electors and representatives.
• How regulations and laws affect the lives of citizens.
• How citizens with shared beliefs and values work together to achieve a civic goal.

Skills

• Identify current understandings, misconceptions and personal views.
• Develop and refine inquiry questions.
• Locate and collect information from appropriate sources.
• Record information using a variety of methods.
• Use ethical protocols when gathering data.
• Determine relevance of information.
• Analyse and interpret data.
• Identify different perspectives.
• Draw and justify conclusions using data from texts, tables, graphs and maps.
• Use decision‑making processes to assess possible effects.
• Present findings using subject‑specific terminology and concepts.

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