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    The document provides information about two civic options for students: petitions and speeches. It outlines the steps to create a petition on an issue in their school and have other students sign it. It also describes how students can write and deliver a speech to present a plan or scrutinize existing plans on a school issue. The learning intentions are to define statutory and common law, and describe how each type of law is made. It then provides details on how statutory law is made through parliament, and how common law is created through precedents set in past court rulings. The document concludes with instructions for a parliamentary role play activity on developing plans to address a school issue involving toilets.

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    The document provides information about two civic options for students: petitions and speeches. It outlines the steps to create a petition on an issue in their school and have other students sign it. It also describes how students can write and deliver a speech to present a plan or scrutinize existing plans on a school issue. The learning intentions are to define statutory and common law, and describe how each type of law is made. It then provides details on how statutory law is made through parliament, and how common law is created through precedents set in past court rulings. The document concludes with instructions for a parliamentary role play activity on developing plans to address a school issue involving toilets.

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    The document provides information about two civic options for students: petitions and speeches. It outlines the steps to create a petition on an issue in their school and have other students sign it. It also describes how students can write and deliver a speech to present a plan or scrutinize existing plans on a school issue. The learning intentions are to define statutory and common law, and describe how each type of law is made. It then provides details on how statutory law is made through parliament, and how common law is created through precedents set in past court rulings. The document concludes with instructions for a parliamentary role play activity on developing plans to address a school issue involving toilets.

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    8 CIVICS WEEK 7

    PETITIONS/SPEECHES
    OPTION 1: PETITIONS OPTION 2: SPEECH
    1. Choose an issue within the school that 1. Choose an issue within the school that
    you would like to be addressed. Create you would like to be addressed. Create
    a plan to address your chosen issue a plan to address your chosen issue
    2. Read the petitions fact sheet 2. Read the question time fact sheet
    3. Use the scaffold provided to create a 3. Write a short speech to present your
    petition about your chosen issue plan, and/or to scrutinise plans that are
    already in place
    4. Prepare a short speech to convince
    other people to sign your petition 4. Watch videos of people speaking in
    parliament so that you know what sort
    5. Class vote: you can only sign 3 of language and tone to use
    petitions
    5. Perform your speech
    LEARNING INTENTIONS

    1. Define the terms ‘statutory law’ and ‘common law’

    2. Describe how statutory law and common law is


    made
    STATUTORY LAW
    Laws that are made and passed by parliament
    STATUTORY LAW:
    FLOWCHART
    1. Read pages 402 and 403 of the textbook
    2. Create a flowchart to show how statutory law is made
    3. Play the ‘pass the bill’ interactive and add to your flowchart
    https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-
    and-laws/pass-the-bill/
    COMMON LAW
    Laws that are created when a judge makes a ruling about a
    case that is not covered by statutory law

    Happens when statutory law is not clear about how a case


    should be resolved

    Based on precedent: follow past decisions by other judges


    PRECEDENT
    A decision made by a judge in a previous case which is used
    as a guide for making a decision in a similar case
    PARLIAMENT ROLE PLAY
    Situation:
    Toilets being vandalised or left in a mess, students asking to go to
    the toilet and missing a lot of class, students hanging around in the
    toilets and being late etc.

    INSTRUCTIONS
    1. Groups of 4
    2. Create 2 different plans to deal with the situation above. Explain
    each part of your plan in detail
    3. Flip a coin – winner is the government
    4. Prepare speeches to support or criticise the government’s plan
    5. Act out a debate and vote on the plan. Follow the steps in the
    image on the right

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