Drawing the Lines 2009 political cartooning competition for school students

The 'Drawing the Lines' political cartooning competition for school students is once again being run by the National Museum of Australia.

This competition is held in conjunction with the National Museum of Australia's annual exhibition Behind the Lines: The Year's Best Cartoons.

The competition requires students from Year 4 to 12 to submit a cartoon dealing with a recent political issue of national significance. Prizes will be awarded in three categories: Year 4 to 6, Year 7 to 9 and Year 10 to 12 as follows:

First Prize
iPod touch 32GB + $100 iTunes voucher
$500 for the school of the winning student
A trip for two (winner and parent/guardian) to Canberra, including return airfares and one night's accommodation.

Second Prize
iPod Nano 16GB + $50 iTunes voucher

Third Prize
iPod shuffle 4GB + $50 iTunes voucher

Highly Commended x 3
$50 iTunes voucher

Entries must be postmarked on or before 23 October 2009.

Link: http://www.nma.gov.au/education/events_and_activities/drawing_the_lines_2009/

Contact: education@nma.gov.au

National History Challenge

The National Museum of Australia is once again sponsoring the National History Challenge. The theme for 2009 is 'Triumph over Adversity'. In this challenge you are being asked to consider this theme particularly through Australia's social history. This provides a tremendous opportunity to investigate events, objects, documents and other historical experiences of adversity and to examine the various impacts on Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultures, society, environment and government.

http://www.nma.gov.au/education/events_and_activities/2009_national_history_challenge/