Australian+Civics

== =PRIMARY YEARS ONLINECIVICS AND CITIZENSHIP = = = =__ Lower Primary __=

The Australian Nation
> Click the stars and Union Jack in the correct sequence and the Australian national anthem will be played. > Links to teaching and learning material. (Parliamentary Education Office, Parliament of Australia)
 * Australia Day Memory Game> Celebrate what’s great about being Australian with the Australia Day Memory Game. (National Australian Day Council)
 * Freedom to choose

Citizens and Public Life
> Learn about different workers in the community. American (Scholastic Books, United States) > Find out how a painter, builder fire fighter, doctor and others contribute to a community. (Sunshine Online, New Zealand)
 * Community Club
 * What do I do?

= __ Middle Primary __ =

Who rules?
> Click on a number on the crossword to answer questions about Australian citizenship. (Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, Australian Government) > The Australian Citizenship Quiz encourages young Australians to think about the values underpinning Australian citizenship and the responsibilities and privileges of Australian citizenship. (Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, Australian Government)
 * Australian Citizenship Quiz A fun online quiz that can be used to test your knowledge of the privileges and responsibilities of being an Australian citizen. Celebrate Australian Citizenship Day on 17 September.(Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, Australian Government)
 * Australian Citizenship Crossword
 * Citizenship – Get Into It Quiz

**Laws and Rights**
> Follow Sal's story of how she tried to change things using the school council. (British Broadcasting Commission, United Kingdom)
 * School Democracy

Citizens and Public Life
> How can a group of young people launch a campaign to clean up their local park. Will the process be the same for your school’s Clean Up Australia Day? Links to teaching and learning material. (British Broadcasting Commission, United Kingdom) > Can you make the creek healthy by taking out the things that do not belong? (WaterWatch Queensland, Natural Heritage Trust, Australian Government)
 * Pantz Park
 * Clean the creek

> The Neighbourhood Watch Game is a zipped file that can be downloaded and extracted to your hard drive. It is a good idea to create a new folder called NHW Game and extract the two files from this folder. > > =__ Upper Primary __=
 * Neighbourhood Watch Game

The Australian Nation
> Links to teaching and learning material. (Parliamentary Education Office, Parliament of Australia)
 * Signatures of OZ> Learn some simple facts about some of Australia’s parliamentary artefacts - the past people, places, events and objects.

Citizens and Public Life
> Links to teaching and learning material.(Parliamentary Education Office, Parliament of Australia) > Feeling clever? Well, this game will test you! Who was Australia's first indigenous parliamentarian? Where did our first federal Parliament meet? Links to teaching and learning material. (Parliamentary Education Office, Parliament of Australia)
 * Parliament House - Our House> Meet the various groups who work at Australia’s Parliament House – explore the roles and responsibilities of the various groups.
 * The Parliamentary Quiz

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