Handout 19

Case report for History Mystery Case #present day

1 What is Australias form of government called? 2 Use Handout 18 to help name three ways in which Australias form of government is like that of Great Britain. 3 Name three ways in which Australias form of government is different from that of Great Britain. 4 Who is Australias head of state? 5 Who represents the monarch in Australia? 6 What are the names of Australias two Houses of Parliament? 7 How do the people of Australia have a say in parliament? Case summary report Write a paragraph to summarise your findings. Your report will answer the question: Who has the power to make the rules by which people are governed today? Dont forget to use your title, Detective Inspector, to sign your report.

Final report This is the final report on the History Mystery: Who has the power to make the rules by which people are governed? Consider the three cases you have investigated as you write this final report. Your final tasks: Explain the difference between absolute monarchy and representative parliamentary democracy. Write about how the power to make rules changed from 1215 through 1640 to 1649 up to the present day. Provide a diagram to support your description, showing the main events. In your opinion who should have the power to make the rules by which people are governed? Support your argument with evidence (reasons) drawn from the History Mysteries.

Discovering Democracy Upper Primary Units - Parliament versus Monarch

Commonwealth of Australia 2002