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.
What we can learn from personal papers.
An engaging way to explore democratic concepts with students.
Inspire students to develop and share a love of reading.
Discover how referendums work with this graphic story by cartoonist David Conley.
What can clothes symbolise and what can they tell us about other times and people?
Deep dive into stories about Old Parliament House, Australian history and democracy.
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