Classroom activities
(including worksheets) ●
See also
Booklets to
Download
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The following types of
classroom activities are listed on OTHER PAGES of our website: |
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Note that many UNITS and ACTIVITIES for students are included
on our page:
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SPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS See our related site
Anzac Kids
(anzackids.com) for
ONLINE crosswords, videos, games and other interactives
in ONE PLACE for easier student access |
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Collections of Anzac Day activities |
Themes - Anzac Day: Classroom Units
(anzacday.org.au)
Includes the following activities:
Anzac or ANZAC?
When teaching students about Anzac Day be aware of the
Anzac/ANZAC issue.
In providing links to resources, our website
generally uses the format chosen by the publisher of the material.
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MORE COLLECTIONS:
Classroom Activities
(anzacday.org.au)
The list of activities above is taken from this page.
(From the
ANZAC
Day Commemoration Committee of Queensland.)
ANZAC Day - FTfs (forteachersforstudents.com.au)
Ready-to-use classroom resources from "For Teachers for students".
Examples:
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Facts for students
including the eight-page
Anzac Day facts
for students [pdf] to print out
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Lessons and activity sheets page where ideas and activities are linked
to the Australian Curriculum. For example, see the two-page
ANZAC Day Comprehension Sheet [pdf].
A Day
to Remember (treksntrails.info)
List of links to suggested activities, inspired by A Day to Remember:
The Story of Anzac Day by Jackie French.
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Links to various activities |
Schools and teachers
(awm.gov.au)
Australian War Memorial website. See also further activities
in:
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Classroom
resources -
Classroom showcase
(examples of student work)
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Memorial
boxes
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Pinterest Anzac Day activities pages |
Pinterest: Anzac
Day (pinterest.com/morrone1)
Pinterest: Anzac
Day Ideas (pinterest.com)
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Anzac
logo activity |
Anzac Day Logo Classroom Activity
(anzacwebsites.com)
Students analyse examples of Anzac Day
logos, then create their own. The activity can be downloaded as a
Word document.
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Unit and activity ideas
See also
Booklets and units to download |
As the
original version of the Centenary of Education website has been
removed, the following links take you to ARCHIVED PAGES.
Centenary of WW1 (archived from centenaryeducation.com.au)
A special Gallipoli-themed educational website from
Australia Post.
Two units of work:
The online activities (online board game and letter
writing interactive) appear to be no longer accessible.
However,you can
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PRINT OUT the World War 1 board game (see links to pdf files
under "Resources".) and
● use the
Letter writing
activity (see link at right of page)
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● See
our
Booklets to download page for
free units to download.
We Remember Anzac
(Primary Resource) [pdf] (anzacportal.dva.gov.au)
Information and activities that focus on commemoration and the Anzac story.
More information.
We Remember Anzac
(Secondary Resource) [pdf] (anzacportal.dva.gov.au)
Information and activities that focus on commemoration and the Anzac story.
More information..
Anzac Day Unit Ideas
[pdf file, 0.02MB]
(previously at teachers.ash.org.au)
List of unit or activity ideas, mostly
involving computer use.
Lesson Ideas - ANZAC Day [pdf] (forteachersforstudents.com.au)
Two-page pdf file of Anzac Day lesson ideas
covered by the
"For Teachers for students" page referred to above.
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Units prepared by other teachers |
Curriculum Sharing Project (anzacportal.dva.gov.au)
Curriculum units by Australian teachers on
Australia's Wartime and peacekeeping history, aligend to the Australian
Curriculum. |
Anzac diary lesson suggestions |
Diary of an Anzac
(awm.gov.au)
Lesson suggestions using the diary of Herbert
Vincent Reynolds.
- See also our Anzac
Diaries page.
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Crosswords to print
See also Interactive crosswords |
Anzac Day
Crosswords (anzacwebsites.com)
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Why did the Anzacs land at Gallipoli?
- crossword
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The significance of Anzac Day
- crossword
- Gallipoli slang
- crossword
Crosswords can be printed from the
screen, downloaded or played online.
(Solutions
available.)
Anzac Day! (cluesearchpuzzles.com)
Printable
pdf version
available. (Solution available using email.)
● See
More
crosswords on our Anzac Websites Crosswords page.
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Word searches to print
See also
Interactive
word
searches |
Anzac Day
Word Search (Word Find) Puzzles (anzacwebsites.com)
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Gallipoli Campaign
- word search
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Soldiers
- word search
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Military Operations
- word search
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Simpson and his Donkey
- word search
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Anzac Spirit
- word search
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Dawn Service
- word search
● See
More
word searches on our Anzac Websites
Word Searches page.
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ESL/literacy |
English
Lesson Plan on Anzac Day (eslholidaylessons.com)
A series of literacy and comprehension exercises designed for English as a
Second Language students.
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Introduction |
A is for
ANZACs (anzacday.org.au)
Popular set of 26 web pages providing students with an A to Z
introduction to the Anzac tradition and story.
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Cloze activities |
Anzac Day Cloze
Activities
[Original website
http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/anzacs/Anzac_cloze.html
not available.]
New Zealand exercise. Try the
archived version.
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Jigsaw puzzles |
Poppytime
jigsaw puzzles to print (poppytime.com)
In particular, Lest we forget
and
We will remember them are
suitable for Anzac Day.
Poster
versions are also available.
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Image interpretation |
Wartime Snapshots - 95th anniversary of the
landing on Gallipoli [pdf file] (anzacportal.dva.gov.au)
Questions on the landing at Gallipoli and Anzac Day, centred on the two
photographs in an Anzac Day poster.
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Book-related activities |
My
Grandad Marches on Anzac Day (www1.curriculum.edu.au)
(Site
and links below unavailable, 6 Oct and 7 Nov 2019)
Activities for use with the picture book "My Grandad Marches on
Anzac Day" by Catriona Hoy:
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Getting started
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Activities
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Assessment
Targeted at Year levels
2-4.
See also.
Author's
Facebook page.
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See also
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the activity
groups listed at the top
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Booklets and units to download
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Books
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Essay activity on the Anzac legend
See
Anzac Kids for
interactives and videos in one place
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