Discovering+Democracy

During Term 1, we will be studying how and why Australia has the particular type of democracy we experience today. There are four focus questions:
 * 1) Did Australia always have states and territories?
 * 2) What were the arguments for and against Federation?
 * 3) How did the people make the nation?
 * 4) How does the Australian federal system of government work?

In addition, each student will participate in a role play where they will become members of federal parliament. Some students will join a ficticious party, either the Advance Australia Alliance (AAA) or the Go Australia Party (GAP). Some students will not be part of either party but instead will be independent (IND) members of the class parliament.

=Did Australia always have states and territories?=


 * Our Australian Nation
 * A letter from the past [|Worksheet 1]
 * Colony to Federation timeline [|Worksheet 2]

=What were the arguments for and against Federation? =

Introducing the arguments [|Worksheet 3] A letter to the Federation Herald (use [|Worksheet 1] again) *Assessment activity = = How did the people make a nation?