Welcome to the Courts Challenge – an inquiry-based approach to learning about courts. These materials for learners in the middle and upper primary years will enable them to develop skills, knowledge and understandings about the function of courts in South Australia.
Through group decision-making, discussion and problem solving, learners can build upon their own knowledge and understanding to form opinions about how courts operate, their key features and the role they play in society, and then make an assessment about their effectiveness.
For a complete set of the Courts Challenge pages click here (PDF) (810 KBs)
For individual pages click on the list below (last updated 5 January 2006)
Why
learn about courts?
Introductory teacher notes:
Connecting the
curriculum
Using the materials
Learner
activities: What
makes an effective decision?
What makes an effective judge?
Additional resources
FS
1: How judges are selected
T
1: Quality cards
T
2: Qualities of a judge
What makes an effective court?
Additional resources
FS 2: Disputes
and systems of trial
FS 3: The stages in
a criminal dispute in the Magistrate’s Court
FS 4: Who’s who in
a Magistrate’s Court criminal hearing
Teacher Resource: How to
facilitate a debate
What makes an effective
sentence?
Additional resources
FS 5: The sentencing
process
FS 6: Sentencing –
Factors a court considers
Learner activity: Moral dilemmas
How would you decide?
To read a copy of the speech given by Chief Justice Murray Gleeson of the High Court of Australia about the role of judges click here.
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