Loss & Grief links to Civics and Citizenship

Grief in a zoo community: funerals and grief rituals

Exploring grief page 42

Newspaper article (handout) page 44

Funerals page 43

Newspaper article (handout) page 45

Research - funerals in other cultures - page 43

Level 5 Community engagement

At Level 5 students participate in school events, or with the school in local or community events. They express opinions based on evidence and context and debate ideas about the effectiveness of civic institutions and legal processes. They explore democratic processes through research and use appropriate information-gathering techniques, including interviews. They work with others and participate in decision making.

Level 6 Community engagement

At Level 6 students articulate and defined their own opinions and contest, where appropriate, the opinions of others. They draw on a range of resources, including the mass media, in relation to social, environmental and economic issues in personal and global contexts. They develop an action plan which demonstrates their knowledge of an issue and suggest strategies to raise community awareness of it. They participate in a range of citizenship activities at a school and in the local community, and with a national global perspective.

Controversial issues: the way people die

Defining euthanasia - page 62

Discussion and sample questions - page 63

Level 5 Civic knowledge and understanding

At Level 5 students explain the origins and features of representative government. They compare representative government with other forms of governance. They explain the importance of political rights and describe how they were achieved in Australia. They describe the purposes of laws and the processes of creating and changing them. They identify and discuss the qualities of leadership through historical and contemporary examples. They identify and question the features and values of Australia’s political and legal systems. They use a range of sources for their inquiries, including the mass media, and present viewpoints based on evidence.

Level 6 Civic knowledge and understanding

At Level 6 students describe the origins and nature of Australia’s federal political system and present a considered point of view on an issue about change in the political system. They explain how the Constitution affects their lives, and identify human right issues, both national and international. They explain how citizens influence government policy through participation in political parties, elections and membership interest groups. They describe democratic values and evaluate how well they are expressed in aspects of the Australian political system. They understand the development of a multicultural society and the values necessary to sustain it. They describe the election processes in Australia and how to vote, and evaluate their own support of democratic values. They take a global perspective when analyzing an issue, and describe the role of global organisations in responding to international issues.

Responding to help seeking

A friend in need - page 65

What can you do to help? - pages 66–67

What if? Scenarios
Getting help - page 67

Mapping school & community services A friend might need help when… (OHT) - page 68

What can you do to help? (handout) - page 69

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.