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State and Federal Government

Texts

• Learning about the Law series: How Laws Protect You
  Macmillan, 1996
  
  
• Debatable Issues unit
  Upper Primary A, Rigby Heinemann, 1993
  
  
• Electoral Education
  Teacher Resource Folder, Australian Electoral Commission, 1992
  
  
• Law Makers Law Breakers unit
  Upper Primary A, Rigby Heinemann, 1993
  
  
• The Law and Change, Learning about the Law, You and the Law, Children and Laws
  The Law Pack (Connections series) Macmillan, 1993
  
  
• Parliament in NSW: How Does it Work?
  Parliament of NSW and NSW Department of School Education, 1989
  
  
• Government in Australia series: Federal Government, State Government
  Barwick, J. &j., Heinemann Library, 1999
  
  
• Prime Ministers in Australia
  Bruce, J.B. & Nathaniel, E., Kangaroo Press, 1996
  
  
• Settling Australia series:The Law Makers
  Gard, S., Macmillan, 1998
  
  
• Monarchy or Republic: Which Way Now?
  Gard, S., Macmillan, 1993
  
  
• Settling Australia series: The Making of a Nation
  Gard, S., Macmillan, 1998
  
  
• A Dictionary of Legal Terms: Strictly for Kids
  Hayes, S. & Williams, I., Jacaranda, 1992
  
  
• Governing Australia (series)
  McNab, N., Macmillan, 1997
  
  
• Who's Running the Country
  Nicholson, J.,Allen & Unwin, 1998
  
  
• Government in Australia series: How Government Works?, Federal Government in Australia
  Sydenham, S.
  
  
• State Government in Australia, Local Government in Australia
  Macmillan, 1994-9
  
  
• Teaching about Parliament, Civics and Active Citizenship
  Williams, R., Macmillan, 1999
  
  
• Understandings Australia - History, Politics, Economics and the Law
  Wormersley, J., Macmillan, 1997
  
  

Videos, CD-ROMs and Web Sites

• Our House
  Parliament House (video)
  
  
• Rules and Laws
  Classroom Video, 1994 (13 min, Years 5-7)
  
  
• Australian Government Database
  Know Ware Pty Ltd 1991 (IBM Disks)
  
  
• One Destiny
  Discovering Democracy, Curriculum Corporation, 1998 (CD-ROM)
  
  
• Election Time (Voting simulation)
  (1995) New Horizons, PC Disks
  
  
• Federation: A Three Part Journey to Nationhood
  Film Australia Limited, 1999
  http://www.filmaust.com.au/
  
  
• Parliament at Work Curriculum Corporation
  (CD-ROM)
  
  
• Stories of Democracy
  Discovering Democracy Project, Curriculum Corporation, 1998 (CD-ROM)
  
  
• State Electoral Office of NSW
  Includes: Information about the SEO; By-Election results; Did You Know?; School material; Voting methods; Electoral enrolment
  http://www.seo.nsw.gov.au/
  
  
• Parliament of New South Wales
  Includes: General Information; Legislative Assembly; Legislative Council; Hansard; Business papers; For schools
  Parliamentary Education Office http://www.peo.gov.au
  Includes: Profile of the Federal Government, terms and definitions, questions and answers and profiles of current members.
  http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/



• Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
  Includes: Immigration - The Facts; AMEP - 50^th Anniversary; Citizenship Schools kit (can be printed out as a resource) Olympics/Paralympics; Indonesia; Migrating to Australia; Visiting Australia; Studying in Australia; Help for Migrants
  http://www.immi.gov.au

Kits

• Electoral Education Teacher Resource Folder
  Australian Electoral Commission, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1994
  
  
• Australian Electoral Pocket Book
  Australian Electoral Commission, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1996
  
  
• Federal Election 96 Results Map
  Australian Electoral Commission, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1996
  
  
• Discovering Democracy Schools Material Project, Middle and Upper Primary units:
  Stories of the people and rulers; Rules and laws; We remember; Joining in; Parliament versus monarch; The law rules; The people make a nation; People power
  Curriculum Corporation 1998
  
  
• Australia's Constitution
  Parliamentary Education Office, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1995
  
  
• Class Parliament
  Parliamentary Education Office, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1995.
  
  
• How Parliament Works: A Learning Program on Parliamentary Government for NESB and Mainstream Students
  Parliamentary Education Office, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1991
  
  
• Parliament and the Government
  Parliamentary Education Office, Australian Government Publishing Service.
  
  
• The Parliament Pack
  Parliamentary Education Office, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1988.
  
  
• Three Levels of Government
  Parliamentary Education Office, Australian Government Publishing Service.