Teaching Resource
Australian Citizenship Day 17th September
Teachers - celebrate Australian Citizenship Day 2007 with your students
You and your students will have loads of fun!
On the following pages you will find some lesson and classroom activity ideas that link to the Statements of Learning for Civics and Citizenship and are presented cross-curriculum in line with the Key Learning Areas.
For more information
See:
Civics and Citizenship Education
Curriculum Corporation
Black-line masters of this resource
Go to the citizenship site to access the black-line versions of this teaching resource, designed specifically for quick download and reduced toner use!
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Interactive student review quizzes
On the website you will find five Australian Citizenship Day interactives that your students are certain to enjoy as they explore the privileges and responsibilities of being an Australian citizen.
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Resources for students
Role-play an Australian citizenship ceremony in your classroom
Role-playing an Australian citizenship ceremony is an ideal way to engage your whole class in a citizenship activity. A print-friendly version of the role-play guidelines for teachers is available from
the website or by calling the Citizenship Information Line.
See: Resources for teachers
Telephone:
131 880
The guidelines give you all the information you need to conduct a classroom Australian citizenship ceremony.
FREE resources for teachers
Australian citizenship products, including posters, balloons,
bookmarks, CDs containing resource material and the
interactives, and Australian citizenship affirmation kits, can
be ordered free of charge on the citizenship website.
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Resources
Solutions to the Australian Citizenship Day 2007 student activities
4. a) Democracy, b) Privileges, c) Laws, d) Ceremony, e) Passport
5. a) Parliament, b) Defence, c) Australian, d) Secure, e) Citizenship
6. What a privilege it is to be an Australian citizen and to call
Australia home!