Community education resources

Every day your democratic representatives make decisions which affect your community. Democracy gives you the power to have your say on the issues that are important to you. But where do you start? Local, State or Federal... do you know who does what in government?

• Play the Who Decides? online game
• Download the poster (PDF 1.2MB)
• Order a hard copy of the poster

This three-by-three metre floor game is based on traditional snakes and ladders but with a political twist: players go up yellow electoral pencils and fall down (or off) the electoral roll. Question time, election results pendulum and ballot box squares add to the fun, making it an interactive and enjoyable learning experience for all ages.

Electoral snakes and ladders is available for loan by contacting our office.

Alternatively, the game is available to download and print for yourself.

• Instructions (PDF 49kB, DOC 437kB)
• Board (PDF 689kB, GIF 571kB)
• Question-Cards (PDF 666kB, DOC 620kB)
• Ballot-Box-Cards (PDF 527kB, DOC 168kB)

Passport to Democracy is the VEC's dynamic, interactive and fully resourced program for Years 9 and 10, and VCAL students.

• download or order course materials;
• book an Outreach Officer to assist with delivery; and
• read about and share experiences of delivering the program.

Access a range of innovative, stimulating and informative curriculum resources on the Victorian electoral system. This is an ideal resource for secondary school Civics and Citizenship studies.

This resource kit is for teachers and learners of English as a second language. It was developed in partnership with the AMES (external link).

The kit aims to promote active citizenship and democratic participation amongst culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in Victoria.

All About Voting PowerPoint slide show:

• Parts 1-3: Enrolling to vote - your representatives and voting in local council elections (ZIP 8.4MB)
• Part 4: Voting in State and Federal elections (ZIP 8.4MB)

Teacher's guide and student activities:

• Parts 1-3 (ZIP 5.2MB)
• Part 4 (ZIP 12.0MB)
• Answers (PDF 110kB)
• Voting in elections supplementary booklet for students (ZIP 5.3MB)

A series of animations and slideshows that look at why voting is important, how to do it and what happens behind the scenes.

• Preferential slide show: Step by step explanation of how the preferential voting system works.
• Preferential system voting tool: Learn about preferential voting and then use the preferential counting tool to count the votes in your election (external link).
• Preferential voting video: Find out how preferential voting works in a Federal election (external link).
• Easy English Guide: Running Your Own Election (PDF 1.2MB, DOC 11.3MB)

A range of resources about our programs and how the VEC respects and engages with Victoria's Aboriginal community are available at the Aboriginal resources page.