Welcome Teachers!  This page gives you a few hints and tips to help you make sense of this Learning Quest and use it most effectively for your students.

Rationale
This quest is designed for upper primary grades but would be suitable for most year levels doing a civics and citizenship unit. The purpose of this quest is to focus the students' minds on the levels of government in Australia and to provide them with an understanding of their shared responsibilities.  The ideal end result will see them using the knowledge gained from participating in the tasks in a purposeful way - as mentioned in the 'Conclusion' page.

Teaching Sequence
This Learning Quest can be used as a stand alone activity or in as an integral part of a unit.  This quest has been successfully utilised in a Year 7 unit looking at the journey of democracy - starting at the time of King John I and the signing of the Magna Carta and ending at today's government.  The quest fitted right in after the Discovering Democracy unit - 'Parliament Vs Monarch'.

As for the sequencing of the activities in this Quest, you can mix and match as you see fit i.e. Infomanias, The Power of 3, Be the Teacher or The Power of 3, Be the Teacher, Infomanias or even just The Power of 3 and Be the Teacher.  The choice is yours.

Outcomes
Suggested outcomes from Queensland syllabi include:
SOSE - SRP 4.1 - Students enact democratic processes in familiar settings using knowledge of representative government.
THE ARTS ME4.1 - Students apply media languages and technologies through generic conventions to construct media texts.
THE ARTS- ME 4.2 - Students select media forms and apply technologies to construct and present media texts to a target audience.
THE ARTS - DME 4.4 - Students apply digital technology to design, publish and promote their media products in digital form. 

Examples
To view examples of students' work, see the 'Be the Teacher' page.

Non-Queensland States
While this Quest has been designed for use by Queensland schools, teachers from other states may wish to use what they can or adapt the activities to suit their needs.

Worksheets
Worksheets are available as PDF files.  You need Adobe's free PDF viewer so download the free Adobe Acrobat viewer here

Quick Facts Infomania	(23KB)
Federal Infomania	(28KB)
State Infomania	(28KB)
Local Infomania	(23KB)
The Power of 3	(57KB)

Comments
I am interested in hearing from anybody who uses this Quest or from anyone with corrections (i.e. broken links, problems with questions etc). Please email me here .