Voices and Values: Citizens - You and Me

Stage of Schooling

Upper Primary

Learning Focus

Systems, Resources and Power (Asia Scope and Sequence for Studies of Society and Environment, p26)

Elaborations

Students understand the diversity of informal ways in which people in communities in Asia and Australia can express their citizenship (e.g. volunteering, co-operation, commitment to the family and the community).

Students can investigate examples of collective action that have benefited local communities in a country in Asia.

Students consider and implement ways in which they can participate in classroom or community activities that identify and celebrate individual and collective rights.

Resources

• In Our Own Backyard(Curriculum Corporation, 2007)
• Australia Kaleidoscope (Curriculum Corporation, 2003)
• Voices and Values: Citizenship in Asia (Curriculum Corporation, 1998)
• Look Global (Curriculum Corporation, 1999)
• Environments: Asia-Pacific (Curriculum Corporation, 2003)
• Map of Asia

Focus questions

Are there core values and core aspects of active citizenship shared by all cultures? If so, what are some examples?

Overview

This unit focuses on the exploration of core universal values and rights, aspects of citizenship and the development of intercultural understandings and skills. It provides students with the opportunity to explore rights, values, responsibilities and active citizenship in differing cultural contexts, comparing them with their own values and concepts of citizenship. Opportunities are also provided for students to join collaborative citizenship projects via email.

Duration

This activity should be completed over 10 hours, consisting of two, one-hour blocks per week, especially as time is required for online research.