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Teach our Parliament

Become an expert in teaching about the Australian Parliament with our curriculum-aligned education materials and professional learning programs. Get your students involved in Parliament with interactive classroom activities, units of work and short quizzes.

Highlights

PEO teacher pack

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Teaching civics and citizenship: a classroom guide

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Unpack democracy

Curriculum links

Review all our resources which directly meet the Australian Civics and Citizenship and History Curriculums.

Classroom activities

Teach the key functions of and ideas relating to the Australian Parliament with these interactive and engaging activities.

Units of work

Lesson plans and assessments to meet the requirements of the Australian Civics and Citizenship Curriculum.

Education resources

News for teachers, printed publications, videos and quizzes to support teaching about the Australian Parliament.

Professional learning

The Parliamentary Education Office provides professional learning for teachers and pre-service teachers.

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Curriculum-linked classroom activities

Explore decision-making

Explore various forms of decision-making in your classroom with this activity.

Hold a referendum

Investigate a potential change to the Constitution and then decide—as a nation—whether or not the change should be made.

Make a law: Senate

Discover how bills – proposed laws – are introduced, debated and voted on in the Senate by turning your class into a Parliament and doing it yourselves!

Resources for the classroom

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The Constitution

This short video introduces the Australian Constitution—the rules by which Australia is run.

Quizzes

Test your students’ knowledge of civics topics with these quizzes.

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PEO poster pack

This set of large posters covers a range of parliamentary and Australian system of government topics. They are ideal for display in the classroom.