Media And Meaning Making

This matrix has a wide variety of engaging activities to support media making and development of critical thinking skills.

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Explore ways to actively participate in democracy.

Active voice

Analyse how each type of media works – why it was made, who for, and how to read and understand it.

Media literacy thinking hats

Use this activity to support students to use their voice in the classroom, school or local community.

Use your imagination and turn some toilet rolls into puppets.

Hear stories of the people and events that shaped Australian democracy in the very place it happened.

Journalist Gay Davidson was the first woman to head a press bureau in Parliament House.

Your guide to misinformation and democracy.

How a majority government can lose a vote in the House of Representatives.