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Provide students with a
jigsaw template.
or have them construct their own.
Either: provide access to Parliament's Glossary
of Terms page online
Or: print out the glossary.
Students work in pairs or small groups and develop their own definitions for
selected key terms such as:
- Act
- Backbencher
- Bill
- Candidate
- Caucus
- Chamber (Debating Chamber)
- Coalition government
- Select Committee
- Constituency
- Crown
- Debate
- Election
- Electorate
- Electoral Roll
- Government
- General election
- Governor-General
- House of Representatives
- Laws
- Leader of the Opposition
- Legislative process
- Member of Parliament
- Minister (of the Crown)
- MMP
- Opposition
- Parliament
- Prime Minister
- Question Time
- Reading
- Speaker
- Vote
- Whip
The key term goes on the front of the jigsaw piece and the definition on the
reverse side.
For terms related to local government check out your
local council's
website (if they have one), eg. Manukau City Council,
Wellington City Council.
This material has been produced by UNITEC Institute of Technology
under contract to the Ministry of Education.
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