This online resources provides students with important information about their rights and responsibilities. They cover issues such as:
- living independently
- alcohol
- discrimination
- consumer rights
- tattoos
- graffiti
- bullying.
These facts sheets and publications are printable and are easy to read as they are written for children by The Legal Services Commission. They have been written to provide legal assistance for South Australians.
Structure and features
The 'Legal Education for young people and workers factsheets and publications' webpage provides:
- 21 printable facts sheets written for students on a range of legal topics
- 10 publications that provide details of legal and judicial processes
- opportunities for extending research into other areas such as criminal law, family law, legal aid and more.
For teachers
- The 21 fact sheets provide many opportunities to customise and provide a selection for your student cohort.
- Teachers could use the resources available to allow students to explore their rights and responsibilities as an introduction and then to explain why those rules and laws exist.
- Possible risks, hazards and dangers that exist for young people could be generated and used to produce a summative assessment task.
- Teachers can use this information to extend learning into the legal system and judicial processes that deal with crimes that relate to the legal rights and issues discussed in the fact sheets.
Teacher notes
This resource can be used by teachers to plan learning for the ‘Civics and citizenship’ strand for years 7 to 10.
