UnitThreePoliticalSystem

Lesson7PoliticalSysteminCanada,AustraliaandNewZealand

LearningcontentsLearningObjectivesStarterTextsstudyPre-readingTextAPOLITICALSYSTEMINCANADATextBPOLITICALSYSTEMINAUSTRALIAANDNEWZEALANDLessonReviewCaseStudySupplementaryReading

1.Acquireageneralideaaboutthepoliticalsystemsofthesethreecountries.2.Learnaboutthefunctionsofthestateleadersandpartyleadersinthesecountries.3.Makeacomparisonofthepoliticalsystemsbetweenthesecountries,andanalyzetheinfluenceofBritishandAmericanpoliticalsystemsonthesecountries.4.AcquireageneralknowledgeabouttheCommonwealth.LearningObjectives

Starter

Talkaboutthefollowingpicturesandsayasmuchasyoucan

TheCoatofArmsofAustraliaTheCoatofArmsofAustraliaistheofficialsymbolofAustralia.TheinitialcoatofarmswasgrantedbyKingEdwardVIIon7May1908,andthecurrentversionwasgrantedbyKingGeorgeVon19September1912,althoughthe1908versioncontinuedtobeusedinsomecontexts,notablyappearingonthesixpennycoinuntil1966.

ParliamentHillofCanadaParliamentHillisasceniclocationonthesouthernbanksoftheOttawaRiverindowntownOttawa,Ontario.ItsGothicrevivalsuiteofbuildings–theParliamentBuildings–servesasthehomeoftheParliamentofCanada;thebestknownofthesebuildingsistheCentreBlock,withitsprominentPeaceTower,anationalsymbol.ParliamentHillattractsapproximately3millionvisitorseachyear.

TheCoatofArmsofNewZealandTheCoatofArmsofNewZealandistheofficialsymbolofNewZealand.TheinitialcoatofarmswasgrantedbyKingGeorgeVonthe26August1911,andthecurrentversionwasgrantedbyQueenElizabethIIin1956

Pre-reading:Trytoanswerthefollowingquestionswithoutreferringtothetexts.Whataretherespectivepoliticalsystemsinthethreecountries?Whatisthepoliticalrelationshipbetweenthesethreecountries