Media and meaning making
Develop media literacy and critical thinking skills.
This matrix has a wide variety of engaging activities to support media making and development of critical thinking skills.

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This matrix has a wide variety of engaging activities to support media making and development of critical thinking skills.
Identify local volunteering opportunities.
Celebrates the life and work of Joan Child, the first woman to become Speaker of the House.
Use this provocation to explore ways to create sustainable change.
Civic engagement with Kirli Saunders on looking after local Country.
We are a living museum of Australian political and social history.
How Australian politicians have addressed disability in Parliament.
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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