Social Education Lesson Plan Name: Erin Baudinette

Unit Title: Australian Parliament and Electoral System

This is lesson 9 of my sequence of 12

Level Humanities What other disciplinary content is integrated in this lesson?

discipline(s)
5-6 English (VCELY338): Participate in informal debates and plan,
Civics and rehearse and deliver presentations to a target audience.
Citizenships
Lesson overview: Brief summary of the story of this lesson in your own words
Students will run an election to vote for a classroom 'Prime Minister'. Students will be split into group of 2-3
students and together they will create and name a party. They will then discuss and plan a list of campaign
promises to sway the other students to vote for their party. Students will have to explain the reasoning
behind their party name and suggest reasons why students should vote for their party. Students will create
a poster/brochure/pamphlet with their election promises (this will be added to their portfolio).
Victorian Curriculum statement that is developed in this lesson plan
VCCCG1010- Identify and discuss the key features of the Australian electoral system.
Discuss which of the Five Es is focused in in this lesson and how it is expressed.
The E that this lesson represents in the Five Es Model is Extend. This lesson allows student to extend on
the previous knowledge they have developed about the structure of the Australian/ Victorian parliamentary
system and the electoral process. Students will be able to use their knowledge to plan a list of campaign
promises which will appeal to their fellow voters. This lesson allows for students to physically participate in
a representation of the Australian electoral process which was discussed in previous lessons.
Your key educational objectives for this lesson:
Knowledge - Students should reinforce their understanding of the electoral process by participating in
their own classroom election. Key vocab/ concepts- ballot, election, democracy, secret voting, campaign,
electoral promises, party member, Prime Minister.
Skills Students should practice persuasive writing, language and vocabulary, working cooperatively and
collaboratively and planning an oral presentation.
Values Students must work cooperatively and collaboratively, they will need to share and listen to the
ideas and opinion of their peers/ group members whilst also staying focused and motivated to the task.
Action Students will show they are being active citizens by developing their understanding of the
election process and understanding the requirements of voting as an Australian citizen when they reach
the age of 18.
List of materials and resources needed for this lesson (their correct references will be included in
your unit plan reference and resource list):

iPads
A3 paper
Portfolio
Stationary (pens, pencils, etc)
Time Sequence and procedure Useful focus questions Resource use
allowed

5 minutes Group introduction: What was the reasoning/ thought A3 paper

Students will spend 5 minutes
in their groups of 2-3 and
create a party name. Write
down on A3 paper
process behind your party name?
Does your part name reflect the
beliefs or views of your party?

10 minutes Development How do you vote using the ballot Youtube Video-
paper for the legislative assembly? https://www.youtube
Students will watch the How
.com/watch?v=5fKP
Parliament Elections Work How do you vote using the ballot
JPFqPho
Video paper for the Legislative Council?
How do they count the votes?

30 minutes Body of lesson What do you think your fellow iPads

students want? What will appeal to
Students will work in groups A3 Paper
them?
to plan/brainstorm their
Stationary
election promises. These will How are you going to argue that that
be written on a mind map on promise is important/ needs to be Portfolio
the A3 paper changed?

10 minutes Drawing things together
Students will begin to list their
election promise in order from
most important to least
important. Discuss with
students about how when
they are trying to convince
people to vote for them, it is
best to start and finish with
your most convincing
arguments.
Which promise do you think your iPads
fellow students will find most
A3 Paper
interesting/ convincing/ appealing?
Stationary
How will you convince others that
they should vote for you? Have you Portfolio
thought of any persuasive language
to use? Are you going to use
statistics, images or graphs?

5 minutes Closing procedure What sort of party will you be? iPads
Students will tell the class What are your aims/ beliefs? A3 Paper
about their team name and
What do you want to change in our Stationary
why they selected it
school/classroom?
Portfolio
My plans for the format and style I will use to assess objectives set for this lesson.
Knowledge: Teacher will assess student learning by observing and listening to student discussions
(listening to vocabulary, prompting discussion about ideas)
Skills: Skills will be assessed/ observed during the planning phase and then again during the oral
presentation.
Values: Students will be assessed on the behaviours they display and the effort they put into participating
and working as a group.
Action: The teacher will be able to document and visualise students learning about the importance of
voting in the students portfolio.