BLOOMS TAXONOMY - DEMOCRACY

Knowing
List all the
candidates in the
House of
Representative
and which
electorate they
stand for.
Find out why the
electorate
borders are
where they are.

Create a ballot
paper for a made
up election.
Relate the
democratic
process to school
life. How do the
two compare.
Write a letter to
your local
member of
parliament about
a community
issue that affects
you.

Blooms Taxonomy:
Understanding
Applying
Outline your
Report back to
views on
the class on the
democracy so far
role of one or
and what it
more of the key
means to you to
people in the
live in a
parliament.
democracy.
Calculate using
Figure out the
population
numbers needed
statistics how
to win an election
many votes a
if everyone in the
party needs to
school voted.
gain a majority.
Draw the House
of
Record your own
Representatives
speech as a
and the Senate
candidate
rooms complete
running for PM.
with labels.
Outline the three
Examine the
levels of
communism and
government in
how it differs
Australia to your
from democracy.
understanding.
Describe in your
own words what
a dictatorship is
and how it differs
from a
democracy.

Construct a
media campaign
expressing your
views on key
political issues.

Six Thinking Levels

Analysing
Investigate other
countries around
the world that
are democratic
and ones that are
not.
Find out how a
preferential
voting system
works and
experiment by
making one up.
Identify
characteristics
that make good
leaders. List
effective leaders
that you know.

Creating

Evaluating

Create a poster
displaying all the
current members
of parliament in
your area.

Recommend
some issues that
could be brought
to the SRC for
discussion and
vote.

Devise a fair
voting system for
a school election.

Arrange all the

electorates on a
map of Australia.

Design a class
parliament.

Plan a campaign
for yourself or
someone else for
school captain of
201__.

Analyse other
peoples
speeches for PM.

Imagine you are

running for PM.
What would your
main policies be
and why?

Rate the qualities

needed to be a
good leader in
order from most
to least
important.
Investigate the
architecture
involved in the
Old or New
Parliament
House.
Write a debate
for a current
issue affecting
Australia.

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