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Inquiry Topics - Resources for Teachers

This Guide has been created as a space to share great resources with teachers, based on their Inquiry Topics.

Essential Questions

  • Why do we make rules and laws and why are they important?
  • What is the difference between a rule and a law?
  • How do rules and laws promote safety in the community?
  • Who is responsible for creating rules and laws?
  • How can local government contribute to community life?

Squiz Kids Podcast - The Sensational World of Civics!

Politics … a total snoozefest, right?  Wrong!

How our government works and the decisions it makes reaches into almost every part of our everyday lives. How and why you go to school, the sports you play, the roads you drive on, the hospitals you rely on, the kind of society you’re going to grow up and live in, and so much more...

So settle in as we explore the history of Australian democracy and pull apart how our system of government works .. it’ll be heaps more fun than it sounds. Promise!

4 great episodes to listen to:

1 Why Canberra? (11 minutes)     

2 What's an election? (11 minutes) 

3 What happens in Parliament? (9 minutes)  

4 How can kids get involved? (8 minutes) 

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