Civic engagement with Matt Cosgrove
Develop a growth mindset.
Use this resource with Matt Cosgrove’s fantastic Macca and Dharma series to help students discover how they can create the best versions of themselves.
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Use this resource with Matt Cosgrove’s fantastic Macca and Dharma series to help students discover how they can create the best versions of themselves.
A workhorse chair you can still sit on today.
What can clothes symbolise and what can they tell us about other times and people?
From the portraits of our first Prime Ministers, it is apparent than personal grooming has changed remarkably.
How many kilometres would you cover for a cause?
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Follow the 11-year long prime ministership of John Howard.
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