Voices of Australia: Activity sheet 5 - rightsED

Voices of Australia - Activity sheet 5

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For each of the categories below, make a list of those rules and laws that are important for everyday living in a harmonious and respectful society.

Me (how I like to behave)	My community (eg. rules for sports teams, street parades, festivals, places of worship, events such as ANZAC day)
My family (rules of my house)	My state or territory (eg. rules/ laws that you know of)
My class (rules of the classroom) NB. Not all schools and communities have the same rules/ codes of behaviour. Try to think of things that are unique to your school or class.	My country (laws that apply to all of Australia)
	My world

Some examples needed to complete the activities above are:

respect the rules of the game
be nice to other people
no fighting with my brothers and sisters
respect for elders
Anti-Discrimination Act 1988 (Tasmania)
Racial Discrimination Act (Cth) 1975 (RDA)
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986
clean my room before going out on the weekend
International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination 1965 (ICERD)
no running after the lunch bell
United Nations Declaration of Human Rights 1948 (UNDHR)
International Convention of Civil and Political Rights 1966 (ICCPR)
Convention of the Rights of the Child 1989 (CRC)
no drinking alcohol until 18 years of age.