Commemorating Anzac through engaging learning

History Stage 1

Overview

Troops and civilians stand on a wharf in front of a docked ship

Queensland troops leaving on the SS Omrah for service in the First World War, 1914

Students investigate everyday life, changing technologies and remains of the past in the context of the First World War. They investigate transportation of people, animals, equipment and mail 100 years ago and schooling of the period. Students also identify the significance of personal and community symbols of remembrance.

Links

  1. http://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/124564
  2. http://www.acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/itemDetailPaged.cgi?itemID=42007
  3. https://www.flickr.com/photos/nswschoolhousemuseum/
  4. http://www.schoolhousemuseum.org.au/nsw-schools-anzacs/
  5. http://nswanzaccentenary.records.nsw.gov.au/index.php/on-the-homefront/patriotic-fundraising-introduction/patriotic-fundraising-school-children/
  6. http://www.schoolhousemuseum.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Chants-and-Rhymes-2012.pdf