Student Animations and Interactives - Democracy Rules

Democracy Rules

Making a Nation

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Student Animations and Interactives

The Animations
Title	Topic One	Topic Two	Topic Three	Topic Four	Topic Five
History of Voting March through the history of the franchise and the voting systems for the Federal Parliament beginning with the evolution of the franchise in colonial Australia and concluding with compulsory enrolment and voting for Indigenous Australians in 1984.
Making your vote count Experience this concise demonstration and explanation of the different voting systems used to elect representatives.
Election day Can’t remember the order of things? Let the professor take you through a step-by-step description of the election process from the calling of an election and enrolment, to the count and return of writs.
Redistributions How does our electoral system ensure that electorates are equal and each citizen’s vote is worth the same – the democratic principle of ‘one vote, one value’? This animation takes you through the process of redistributions that helps to ensure our representative democracy is fair.
Preferential voting What is the difference between first-past-the-post and preferential voting? This animation takes you through the process and lets you consider the impact and fairness of each method of voting.
Changing the Constitution How do we change the Australian Constitution? This animation explains the constitutional requirements for change – a process called referendum, which lets all citizens have a say in whether we change our foundation document.
Your rights and responsibilities Who can vote in Australia and what is the role of the AEC? This animation provides an overview of the AEC’s role in organising free and fair elections and the roles and responsibilities of the voter.

The Interactives
Title	Topic One	Topic Two	Topic Three	Topic Four	Topic Five
The History of Voting Game Help the new museum attendant reorder the pictures by researching their place in the history of voting in Australia.
Quiz 1 – Referendums – Do you get it? Test your knowledge of the referendum process and the history of referendums in Australia in this interactive, multiple-choice game show.
Quiz 2 – The Constitution – Are you a whiz? Test your knowledge of the Australian system of government in this interactive, multiple-choice game show.
History Challenge – Test your knowledge Take a speed test of your knowledge of the history of the franchise in Australia with this quick, interactive, multiple-choice quiz.
Voting Challenge – What do you know? Use your knowledge of voting to compete against the clock in this quick, interactive, multiple-choice quiz.
Democracy rules – The quests 1 & 2 Compete against the clock or a friend, and collect as many gems as you can by answering as many questions as you can about Australia’s democracy.
Voting Tool Running an election in your school or classroom? Learn about preferential voting from the animation in this interactive and then use the preferential counting tool to count the votes in your election.