Sample 22: Formative assessment task

Formative assessment task description

Your task is to show your understanding of the three different levels of our Government. You can choose
how you might show this understanding.
Using colour, you might create a legend/code to demonstrate your knowledge of:

The responsibilities of each level

The leaders in each level

How each level is funded

Any connections between levels.

To achieve an Outstanding in this task you will need to show you have inquired further into the
responsibilities of each level of government, finding out information we have not discussed in class and
connecting to other elements of a democracy.
See if you can sort each of these government responsibilities and record it in your diagram.
Policies on immigration
Defence
Building permission
Swimming pools
Policies for Indigenous Australians
Primary and secondary school education
Universities and funding for schools
Police forces
Foreign Affairs
Transport (railways, buses, trams, state roads)
Transport (Aviation, shipping, national railways and roads)
Rubbish removal and recycling
Libraries
Healthy (hospitals)
Health (policies, Medicare, funding)
Maintaining footpaths
Trade
Taxation
Social Security
Parking
Protecting the environment
Tree planting and removal
Communications

Primary Years Programme

Primary Years Programme

The following example of student work was included in their individual portfolios

Sample 22: Formative assessment task

Primary Years Programme

Sample 22: Formative assessment task