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Australian Civics Learning Hub
65 illustrated civics activities across Years 4–7, plus the earlier collection. Colour, printer-friendly and answer downloads.
Explore a connected Australian Civics Learning Hub for Years 4–6. The illustrated collection has 25 resources, including Who Looks After It?, Parliament activities, law-making, fictional elections, puzzles and creative extensions. Every resource includes colour and printer-friendly PDFs plus separate answers.
Download the illustrated collection
For a short session, choose an individual download below. The mini-book folding sheet is landscape; the other pages are A4 portrait.
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Who Looks After It? — four activities about the three levels of government.
Parliament
- House, Senate or Both? — Classify twelve statements about the two Houses using H, S or B.
- Label the Australian Parliament — Label a visual Parliament diagram using six words and name its two Houses.
- Build the Parliament — Cut out seven illustrated cards and construct a representation infographic.
Law-making
- How Does a Bill Become a Law? — Follow eight illustrated steps in a simplified successful federal law-making pathway.
- Put the Law in Order — Sequence illustrated law-making cards at easy, standard and challenge levels.
- Bill or Law? — Classify ten fictional examples and sort proposal and Act documents.
Elections
- Follow the Vote — Rank four fictional school-fair choices and practise using every preference number once.
- Where Does the Vote Go? — Trace six fictional ballots to their next available preference after exclusions.
- Run a Mini Preferential Election — Count twenty fictional animal ballots through two exclusions to find an absolute majority.
- What Happens on Election Day? — Number six illustrated scenes from arriving at a polling place to counting votes.
- Election Vocabulary Match — Match ten illustrated election words with clear child-friendly definitions.
Representation
- My Fictional Electorate — Read a fictional four-electorate town map and locate six residents.
- Who Represents Who? — Match a House member, senator and councillor to the community each represents.
Revision
- Fix the Civics Mistakes — Underline ten unambiguous errors and rewrite each statement accurately.
- Civics True or False — Test fifteen introductory statements about government, Parliament, elections and laws.
- Australian Civics Activity Mat — Explore a Parliament maze, sorting, crossword, law sequence, matching, voting and drawing.
Government levels
- Government Detective — Solve twelve illustrated clues about common government responsibilities.
- Community Problem Solver — Choose a first government contact for six community problems and explain why.
- Three Levels of Government Mini Book — Fold one A4 sheet into an eight-page mini book with facts and tiny activities.
Puzzles
- Australian Civics Crossword — Solve a connected fifteen-word crossword about Australian government and elections.
- Australian Civics Word Search — Find twelve civics words in a validated grid, including diagonal and backwards words.
- Parliament Vocabulary Colour-by-Code — Answer ten vocabulary questions to colour ten numbered Parliament House regions.
- Civics Mystery Picture — Answer ten questions and shade coordinate groups to reveal a Parliament House silhouette.
Creative extension
- Design Your Own Government — Design services for an imaginary island, then compare them with Australia’s three levels.
More Australian civics resources
The earlier 20-resource collection remains available with information sheets and additional sorting activities.
- Earlier printer-friendly student pack
- Earlier answer booklet
- Three Levels of Government
- Australian Parliament
- House of Representatives
- Australian Senate
- How Laws Are Made
- Australian Elections
Plan a session
Start with a visual example, use a matching or sequencing activity, then ask learners to explain a choice. For OSHC or early finishers, try the activity mat, word search or mini book. Read vocabulary aloud and allow spoken answers. The election counting pack is primarily Years 5–6.
Accuracy and review
Factual review: 2 October 2026. Each resource links to official PEO or AEC sources. Responsibilities can overlap; the ACT arrangement is explained. Federal law-making pages show simplified successful pathways. Election resources use fictional choices and House-style preferences, not Senate counting. Recheck electoral instructions before reuse after a federal election or rule change. No resource depicts current politicians or political party branding.
Series 2 — Years 5–7
Forty activities connect the Constitution, referendums, Federation, separation of powers, courts and civic participation. Every activity has colour and printer-friendly PDFs and separate answers or educator guidance.
- Series 2 collection
- Complete colour collection
- Complete printer-friendly collection
- Separate answer booklet
The capstone review mat is A3 landscape; the other activities are A4 portrait.
Topic packs
- Australian Constitution Worksheets: Colour · Printer-friendly · Answers
- Australian Referendum Worksheets: Colour · Printer-friendly · Answers
- Australian Federation Worksheets: Colour · Printer-friendly · Answers
- Separation of Powers Worksheets: Colour · Printer-friendly · Answers
- Courts and Rule of Law Worksheets: Colour · Printer-friendly · Answers
- Citizenship and Participation: Colour · Printer-friendly · Answers
