Self-paced online learning

Want to deliver informative and engaging parliamentary civics and citizenship education to students from Years 3 to 10? Learn online at your own pace with these civics and citizenship teaching modules.

This comprehensive self-paced course is aligned to the Australian Curriculum and is suitable for primary and secondary teachers. Complete all the modules or pick and choose the ones that suit you. Each module contains detailed content information, with links to further resources, discussion questions and engaging classroom activities.

These modules address the following AITSL standards:

  • 2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area.
  • 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice.

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Our democracy

Topics covered include: democracy, federation, the Australian Constitution and three levels of government.

Duration: 2 hours

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Our people

Topics covered include: elections, representation, and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.

Duration: 1.5 hours

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Our Parliament

Topics covered include: formation of government, political parties and independents, law-making, scrutiny and the role of the media.

Duration: 2.5 hours

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