Years 8-9
Curriculum Knowledge and Understanding content covered:
- The freedoms that enable active participation in Australia's democracy.
- How citizens can participate in Australia's democracy.
- How citizens' political choices are shaped at election times.
- Key principles of Australia's court system (brief, when defining democracy).
Resources
- Activity - Aboriginal voting rights timeline - text A3 (PDF, 65KB)
- Activity - Aboriginal voting rights timeline - dates A4 (PDF, 36KB)
- Activity - Aboriginal voting rights timeline - answers (PDF, 72KB)
- Ballot paper (PDF, 187KB)
- Candidate prompt cards (PDF, 155KB)
- Facilitator notes (PDF, 992KB)
- PowerPoint presentation (9.1MB)
- Teacher instructions - voting and counting (PDF, 303KB)
Mock election theme: Characteristics of a good representative.