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Active participation and young people

Use this provocation to explore the ways young people can participate in democracy.

Discuss the ways students can read up, dress up, stand up, speak up and show up. 

People being active participants: two people recycling bottles and paper, a person growing a plant, one person wearing a t-shirt that reads 'Student Voice', and another person wearing a t-shirt that reads 'Share ideas' in front of microphones and a camera.

Resources

Active participation and young people – activity sheet

An illustration with people doing different activities like riding a bike, reading a scroll, holding a poster and holding a video camera.
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More civic participation

Democracy poster

Democracy poster

An engaging way to explore democratic concepts with students.

Democracy poster
Illustrated guide to how referendums work

Illustrated guide to how referendums work

Discover how referendums work with this graphic story by cartoonist David Conley.

Illustrated guide to how referendums work

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School visits

School visits

Support your students to become active citizens in the very place history was made.

The Museum of Australian Democracy acknowledges Australia's First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We respectfully acknowledge the role that First Nations people continue to play in shaping Australia's democracy. We also acknowledge the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the region in which MoAD is located.

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