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Anzac Day online activities for students

 

  Interactive activities

See our related site
Anzac Kids
anzackids.com
for online word searches and other interactives in one place
and easier student access

Anzac Kids (anzackids.com)
All activities are online and interactive: word activities (crosswords, word searches), quick fun games (quizzes, colouring in, jigsaw puzzles, simple activities), multimedia games and experiences. Includes some videos.

War and Identity Interactives (warandidentity.com.au)
Of particular relevance to the background to Anzac Day are:
- Who am I?
- Work out who the six Australians are (includes some Gallipoli people).
- The Last Voyage of the AE2
(submarine in the Dardanelles)
- Battlefield Casualties - Help save the wounded Diggers on the Western Front.
- Infantryman - Make decisions to enable you to survive on the Western Front.
- Where in the world? Click on locations where Australians have served in war and in peace.
- Checking Your Gear Drag names and images onto the right locations.
- Suitcase Treasure Drag images of a family's
war memorabilia.
 
Early childhood interactive puzzles & activities

War and Identity Interactives - early childhood (warandidentity.com.au)
Of particular relevance to the background to Anzac Day are:
- Anzac Puzzles
- Suitable for very young people.
- Flying the Flag
- Suitable for very young people.
- Uniforms over Time
- Women in War

Australian War Memorial - Kids HQ (awm.gov.au/kidshq)
Interactive website with numerous activities..

Lone Pine Virtual Diorama (Australian War Memorial)

Choose Lone Pine, then either Flash or HTML.

 

  3D interactives

Gallipoli: The First Day (abc.net.au/gallipoli)
From the ABC: "You'll be able to explore both Anzac and Ottoman perspectives alike, and examine in detail the experiences of individual soldiers throughout the day, as well as the military technology of the time." Includes a special layer using Google Earth.

NOTES FOR TEACHERS:

  • Requires the Flash 10 or later plug-in. Recommended: ADSL2+ internet connection, 2GB RAM. Make sure the program works BEFORE the lesson.

  • Speakers or headphones are required, as use of much of the site depends on information that is provided only by spoken words.

  • Read the help page. Take the "Quick Tour" first to be able to get the most out of the site.

  • The Teaching Resources page includes a link to a downloadable Teacher's Guide [pdf file, 1MB]

  • If you wish, you can download the program to your Desktop.

Sites2See: Gallipoli: The First Day (cli.det.nsw.edu.au)
Focuses on using the ABC's website Gallipoli: The First Day.
 

  2D interactives Australian War Memorial London (awmlondon.gov.au)
Select a battle and see photographs and summaries. For Gallipoli and Lone Pine, either click on the location of Gallipoli, Turkey, on the map, or click on the arrow in the bottom right corner, then on "GALLIPOLI". Includes Gallipoli video footage.


Australians at War (complementing the TV series)

"Through animated documentaries, video, audio and activities you can re-live some of the greatest events in our history, as seen through the eyes of the men and women who were there."
 
  DVD-ROM interactives Investigating Gallipoli [pdf file, 16.8MB] (Department of Veterans' Affairs)
Worksheets and information. Designed for primary students. Four components can be downloaded separately - see the DVA Education Resources page. DVD-ROM teachers guide is available.
  Then and now photographs Gallipoli Then and Now (user.online.be/~snelders)
Move the cursor over a photograph to see how that part of Gallipoli looked in 1915.

● See Gallipoli photographs - Then and now
 
 

Interactive crosswords

See also Crosswords to print

Anzac Day Crosswords (anzacwebsites.com)
Crosswords can be completed interactively on the screen, or printed out for completion later or downloaded for incorporating in worksheets. (Solutions available.) To see the interactive versions, go to:

- Why Did the Anzacs Land at Gallipoli?
- The Significance of Anzac Day
- Gallipoli Slang

(But see Anzac Day Crosswords for a link to background reading for each crossword.)

Gallipoli: Birthplace of Anzac Heritage (Crossword) (media.pearson.com.au)
 
  Interactive word search puzzles Anzac Day Interactive Word Search Puzzles  (anzacwebsites.com)
- Gallipoli Campaign 1
- Gallipoli Campaign 2
- Soldiers
- Military Operations
- Simpson and his Donkey
- Anzac Spirit Interactive
- Dawn Service Interactive
 
 

Interactive
quizzes

Go to our INTERACTIVE QUIZZES PAGE.

See also The Last Anzac - Online Quiz

  Online colour in
 
Poppy petals Poppy Poppy (hellokids.com)
Move mouse over image and click "Color online".
Poppy petals (hellokids.com)
Move mouse over image and click "Color online".


Donkey (hellokids.com)
Move mouse over image and click "Color online". (For a Simpson and his Donkey colouring page to print see our Colouring In page.)

See also Remembrance Day online colour-in

● The online colouring pages are also on our related site, Anzac Kids
 

  Blogs Anzac Day Blogs (learningplace.com.au)
Designed for Queensland students.
 
   

Armed Forces activities pages
A little beyond the Gallipoli theme but these sites may appeal to some students:

 

Some other activities:

Classroom activities

Early childhood worksheets

Early childhood interactive puzzles & activities

Craft activities

Computing activities

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