Civic engagement with Matt Cosgrove
Develop a growth mindset.
Use this resource with Matt Cosgrove’s fantastic Macca and Dharma series to help students discover how they can create the best versions of themselves.
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Use this resource with Matt Cosgrove’s fantastic Macca and Dharma series to help students discover how they can create the best versions of themselves.
What made the Watson government notable?
Explore curiosity and asking questions.
Use this provocation to explore the ways young people can participate in democracy.
Your guide to the voting method we use in Australia.
How a referendum compares to a plebiscite.
Australians were asked to vote on whether men in National Service could be deployed to fight in World War One.
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