Teachers are best placed to choose teaching and learning activities that are appropriate for their students, taking into consideration students' home circumstances and the resources available to them.
Students could:
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use their understanding of ethical concepts such as obligation, freedom, rights and responsibilities as part of an analysis of texts encouraging compliance, for example compliance with social distancing
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use perspectives on ethical obligation and given guiding ethical principle/s to assist in analysing decisions between competing government spending needs (for example, spending needs in areas such as science, health, arts and business), as part of a study of resource allocation
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respond independently to short ethical dilemmas sourced from fiction and, following discussion with peer/s and/or family members, reflect on why ethical dilemmas are difficult to resolve
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source media articles highlighting good citizenship and, as part of the analysis of the text, identify ethical concepts and actions that assist in explaining what is valued about citizenship (why it is good), such as kindness shown in helping people in the local community who are lacking resources
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listen to a podcast about ethical questions, such as the
ABC’s ‘Short and Curly’ podcast, pause at given points to reflect on the issues raised and, following the podcast, discuss their ideas with a peer
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as part of a study of healthy communities or individual wants and needs, reflect on the link between wellbeing and behaving ethically, including what current experience is helping us to understand about the nature of wellbeing (for example, the most important contributors to wellbeing) and what we value
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include an ethical perspective when analysing the importance of fact-checking and the role of the media in times of crisis.