History+of+Voting+in+Australia

** The History of Voting in Australia **
Today we are intoducing a new topic of voting and Australian democracy. As a class we will be watching a short video, discussing the history of the Australian voting system. While you watch the video, think about the following questions:  You will then go on to the class set of computers, watch the video again and do the quiz at the end. Once that has been complete, you will create a brainstorm on democracy. In your brainstorm you should include:  Once you complete this send it to your partner and teacher's email. With your partner, make sure you share ideas, so you can add some important points to your own brainstorm that you didn't know before. If you do use your partners idea, make sure you use a different coloured bubble or text colour to distinguish which is your work and your partner's work. Discuss with your partner the changes you made. Also discuss why you thought it was important and how you found the answer.
 * What did you think when you heard woman and aboriginal were not allowed to vote?
 * Do you think it was a good idea to change the voting age from 21 to 18?
 * Feel free to ask us any questions you had.
 * Everything you have learnt so far about Australia's democracy.
 * What else you would lilke to know.
 * Do you think it is important that Australia is a democracy?
 * What else could Australia be instead of a democracy?