Active participation and young people
Use this provocation to explore the ways young people can participate in democracy.
Discuss the ways students can read up, dress up, stand up, speak up and show up.

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Discuss the ways students can read up, dress up, stand up, speak up and show up.
Examine four political cartoons from the First World War about Billy Hughes.
Find activity sheets and resources for use in your classroom.
Hear arguments for and against conscription.
Support your students to become active citizens in the very place history was made.
Practical resources and ideas to use in the classroom across civics and citizenship, media literacy and more.
Visit MoAD from your classroom and get young people talking about democracy, leadership and sustainability.
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