ACHASSI102

Work in groups to generate responses to issues and challenges

Elaborations

• undertaking a project that responds to an identified challenge or issue with strategies to be used that will achieve desired outcomes (for example, bush fire readiness plan, a school fundraising activity, an ecological preservation project, a school-based opinion poll about a relevant issue) (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding)
• using communication technologies to exchange information and to facilitate the development of a collaborative response (Skills: Literacy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability)
• participating in a relevant democratic process (for example, in class votes, mock parliament, school decision-making processes such as student councils) (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding)
• discussing the priorities and ethics evident in past decisions (for example, in clearing of native vegetation for farming, in stealing food to survive) (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding)
• applying enterprising and collaborative behaviours in a group activity (for example, working with others to make decisions about the best way to compare prices of products) (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding)

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