Citizens working for change
Describe how citizens with shared beliefs and values work together to achieve a civic goal, through actions such as petitions, campaigns, advocacy and volunteering
Lesson
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“Citizens working for change means how citizens with shared values work together toward a civic goal. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.”
Bring to the table
- Civic action cards: petition, campaign, advocacy, volunteering
- Shared goal card
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Worked example. Neighbours wanting a safer crossing might volunteer, start a petition, or campaign together. Shared values fuel civic goals.
Optional challenge. For Citizens working for change, add petition or advocacy.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: action + goal; support used. This session samples civics, not mastery of activism history.
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Citizens working for change means how citizens with shared values work together toward a civic goal. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.
Spend about 12 minutes matching civic actions to a shared goal, then checking one fresh action.
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Check understanding
- Describe how a group of citizens achieved a civic goal (e.g. a local petition for a pedestrian crossing, Clean Up Australia or a campaign for a new playground)
- Identify the shared beliefs and values that brought the group together
- Plan a class campaign for a civic goal, choosing methods such as a petition, a letter to a representative or an awareness poster
“Does your child know how people work together to change things in the community — like starting a petition for a new crossing — and could they plan a campaign of their own?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Personal & Social Development
- Domain
- Responsible Decision-Making
- Age range
- Ages 10–11
Standards