RESOURCES
The Model Citizen
By Diane Mansour
SEV Professional Learning Project Officer
The Model Citizen
A new interactive resource for Civics and Citizenship Education.Easily accessible from Social Education
Victoria’s website.
The Model Citizen resource:
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promotes student understanding of and engagement with a range
of community issues
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provides opportunities for students to explore global, national and
local issues
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encourages students to use a range of media, digital
posters, animations and vodcasts to communicate ideas and
concerns about a particular issue
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offers an interactive student forum where students can voice their
concerns and share their ideas.
The Global Citizen
Suitable for VELs level 6 and Beyond
Comprises:
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an engaging poster of current global issues
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information and resource sheets relevant to global issues
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a template and image bank for students to create their own global
issues posters
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a poster gallery where students can upload their poster to share
with others .
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Students Can Create Their Own
Global Issues Posters
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use the image bank and poster template to create a digital poster
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create their digital license from the template provided.
Students Can Create A Digital
Licence
Active Citizen and Australian
Citizen
VELs levels 4 & 5
Contains:
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engaging animations that explore current issues in Australia
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vodcasts of young active citizens telling their stories
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information sheets on Australian government and citizenship
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a data bank of local, national and international organisations
offering opportunities for active citizenship.
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a gallery where students can upload their citizenship stories and
animations to share with others
Digital Citizen
VELs levels 3, 4 & 5
This component of the Model Citizen focuses on the use of digital
technology.
Students can:
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explore a variety of resources designed to develop safe and
responsible digital citizens through links to podcasts, quizzes,
animations, games and a range of other useful resources
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