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Crosswords to print:
Election crosswords
(printable)
Our two Australian election crosswords to print out:
- Voting Terms (print)
- Election Synonyms (print)
Interactive versions are also
available on the above page.
(See Note for teachers).
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Word searches to print:
Election word searches (printable)
Our three Australian election word searches to print out:
- Preparing for an Election (print)
- Counting the Votes (print)
- Parliament and Elections (print).
Interactive versions are also available on the above
page.
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Quizzes to print:
Election
fun quiz (printable)
Our fun quiz for election time consists of fifteen multiple choice questions, each with two alternative
answers.
See also our Parliament quizzes section.
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Interactive activities:
See our separate Interactive activities page (interactive word
searches, crosswords, jigsaws).
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Activity collections:
Democracy Rules: An electoral education resource (AEC)
(Provides pdf files to download.) Investigations and activities
for students on the meaning of democracy, decision-making,
having your say, being represented, voting, electorates, voting
by Indigenous Australians, voting in East Timor.
Education
Resources (AEC)
The various electoral education
resources provided by the Australian Electoral Commission.
Running an election in your school (AEC)
Civics and Citizenship Education (DEEWR)
See
Teaching and Learning Activities. Examples:
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Voting - choosing your parliamentary representatives:
Introduction
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Voting:
Should you have to?
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Electoral events timeline
- Poster
power
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The Secret Ballot - Voting in Australia
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Electric electorate
- Votes
for women
- The
1967 referendum
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Voting and belonging: Introduction
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Videos:
BTN (Behind the News)
See our Videos
page.
See also our Parliament videos
section.
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Using data:
ICT (Computing) activities: data use suggestion
The three csv-format data files of divisions, parties and
polling places at
Federal
Election Media Feed (AEC) could be used in classroom spreadsheet and
database activities.
- For more csv files see our
Election Results Data
section, in
particular the AEC's Official Federal Election Results download files in csv-format.
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Units:
See separate page for Discovering Democracy units:
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Lists of further activity resources:
Government & election teaching resources (TESAustralia)
A long list of resources for teachers. Access to most
resources requires registration
but this is free.
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