{"id":18160,"date":"2025-08-28T14:03:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T04:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/?post_type=article&p=18160"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:02:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T05:02:29","slug":"civic-learning-in-year-9-commerce","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/article\/civic-learning-in-year-9-commerce\/","title":{"rendered":"Civic Learning in Year 9 Commerce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My Year 9 Commerce class explored the Australian voting system through an engaging, hands-on activity. Students formed their own ‘political parties’ and each group presented a campaign focused on a single issue. We then held a mock election using the preferential voting system, allowing students to experience the process firsthand. After casting their votes, they counted and distributed preferences just like in a real election. The winning campaign? ‘Project Snooze’ \u2013 a clear class favourite!
Vikki Cummins<\/strong>
HSIE Teacher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student Reflections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During the commerce interactive learning experience, all students participated in a vote and some students counted the ballots. It was a valuable experience as we learnt why voting is important, how to vote and how the leaders of certain parties are chosen. The lesson was enjoyable and fun for all students. One day we will need to vote and it is good for us to be educated and have that level of experience.<\/em>
Natalie Bechara<\/strong>
Year 9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being an election official in our Year 9 Commerce Preferential Election gave me a hands-on experience of how votes are counted and preferences are distributed. I enjoyed the opportunity as it helped me better understand how elections are run in Australia. It was also interesting to see how different candidates are considered and how every vote contributes to the final result.<\/em>
Lucia Winters<\/strong>
Year 9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My Year 9 Commerce class explored the Australian voting system through an engaging, hands-on activity. Students formed their own ‘political parties’ and each group presented a campaign focused on a single issue. We then held a mock election using the preferential voting system, allowing students to experience the process firsthand. After casting their votes, they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[4],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-18160","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-secondary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/18160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=18160"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=18160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}