War and Peace in the Pacific 75The home front Information for teachers

ContentsIntroductionDescription of ProgramHow to beginKey datesKey contact numbers/ addressesYouth Ambassador programAppendix A permission for filming/photographsAppendix B teacher contact information

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INTRODUCTIONThe Australian National Maritime Museum is Australia’s national centre for maritime collections, exhibitions, research and archaeology. As Sydney’s most visible national cultural institution, we are committed to connecting audiences across Australia including urban and regional areas.

The museum presents a changing program of stimulating exhibitions and events to share Australia’s maritime history and connect the stories, objects, people and places that are part of our country’s narrative.

We welcome more 520,000 visitors annually including school and higher education student, special interest groups, local and international tourists. More than 10,000 museum members support our activities connect audiences in meaningful and thought-provoking ways.

Our diverse and extensive travelling exhibitions carry our messages around urban and regional Australia and across the world.

EDUCATION The museum offers workshops and tours across a range of curriculum areas for all school year levels. Delivered by skilled and experienced museum educators, learning sessions are imaginative, hands-on and suitable for students from foundation to university level. Remote and regional schools also attend our virtual digital classroom.

USA BICENTENNIAL GIFT FUNDIn 1988 the people of the United States of America presented a Bicentennial gift of money to the people of Australia to research, interpret and tell the story of the maritime links between their seafaring nations. The museum’s USA Programs including a gallery, collection, and exhibitions and events about science, technology, defence, history, art and nature continue to be funded by this gift. The international learning program War and Peace in the Pacific 75 is supported the fund.

THE WAPIP75 PROJECTThe Australian National Maritime Museum and the New South Wales Department of Education invite your school’s collaboration and participation in the second year of a five year program commemorating and investigating the impacts of WWII on the USA, Australia, Japan and other Pacific nations. This is a project-based learning program where:

Students investigate different national perspectives on significant events of WWII in the Pacific within the context of their country’s involvement

Students are encouraged to investigate and question existing versions of history

Students present and examine the similarities and differences between each country’s perspectives on the war finding and interrogating primary and secondary sources including living witnesses, artefacts, archives, museum collections and expertsStudents are encouraged to discover and explore new sources

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Students connect with and exchange information and ideas with schools in other countries.

Schools are encouraged to foster and promote the value of international collaboration in education

In 2017 nine high schools across three countries, Australia Japan and the USA, joined this project-based learning program to research and produce documentaries on significant battles in which their countries were involved. They were charged to produce original research and investigate different perspectives of these historical events. The results were outstanding and the project provided an enriching learning experience for the students and teachers. Participating students were invited to apply to become a Youth Ambassador for their country and were funded by ANMM to attend a youth peace forum in Hawaii around the time of the Pearl Harbor commemorations where reconciliation was a key theme. Other students were able to attend as self-funded delegates and we were joined by one student from Japan.The group spent a week visiting key WWII sites, attending official ceremonies, working with local high school students, learning about Hawaiian culture and meeting American and Japanese survivors, servicemen and witnesses of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The concluding event, led by our three ambassadors and live streamed to the world, was a Youth Friendship Ceremony aboard Battleship Missouri Memorial, where they each expressed their vision for a peaceful future.To see what schools did www.anmm.gov.au/warandpeacehttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0EsQQgbvRhj7pxIIWjFqmbpX2Lk3JSNm

Below are some quotes from teachers that were involved in 2017

“…a wonderful opportunity for students to investigate the past and engage with each other in present time.”

Renee Day, MDYRamona High School

… “this project has been an absolute treat. What a great opportunity to expose my students to something so novel -- and to make history like this. “

Ms Haydee Rodriguez, NBCT 2016 Stanford GSE Alumni of ExcellenceEl Centro, CA 92243

“It engaged staff in extra curricula development of ideas and concepts that branch between all learning areas. It also motivated staff to learn more ICT skills to support the students to develop primary resources, such as video and written reports. The project was critically Project Based and moved the learning beyond textbooks to accessing human knowledge of historical events

In terms of the students, they were brought together as a learning hub, sharing ideas and supporting each other. In short, the project was a clear example of STEM and PBL based learning. It achieved what schools have been wanting to

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do for years. Parents saw a definite change in their children as being more focused in school and engaged in learning more about their local area.

The scope for future projects is broad and can encompass many areas, as the process of accessing local knowledge has been established. This means that the students can become leaders for other rich tasks that showcase local history. The project also increased the use of literacy and ICT skills, all of which are key to the new curriculum.

I loved the project, and I would be keen to be involved in any future evolution of the idea.”

Brendan MaherPrincipal – Lake Macquarie High School

PROGRAM LEGACY

All products of the program will be hosted on the War and Peace in the Pacific 75’ edublog page. Selected products will be posted on the museum’s website as both a form or commemoration of the Pacific war and as a reference resource for students and the general public.

In addition to electronic media in the form of blogs, videos, Powerpoint, online publications etc this year participating schools will be asked to submit the design for a banner (approx 900mm wide x 2000mm high a template will be provided, upon registration) based on their research. Depending on the quality of these designs a selection may be produced by the museum and used for an exhibition at the ANMM and/ or as the nucleus of a travelling exhibition.

DESCRIPTION OF 2018 PROGRAM This year’s research theme is The Homefront. We want to find out what life was like for the people in your local community during WWII.

Some of the topics your students might like to investigate are listed below. You may like to focus on one aspect in particular, look at two or three as case studies or cover many in a broader overview.Suggested topics

Women in the workforce (changing roles of women) Women in the non-combat armed forces Work and industry Farming Shipbuilding Coastal patrol and reserve forces Schools/ students/ teachers Fortifications Censorship and correspondence Conscientious objectors Fighting funds, war bonds and drives and peace movements Waiting for news (dread of telegrams, joy of letters) Daily life (victory gardens, recycling, rations, blackouts, curfews, identity papers,

the black market)

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Information (cinema, radio, newspapers) Internment camps Drills and emergencies, Literature Politics Propaganda Religion Music, movies, fashion Aspects specific to your local community - munitions and other factories, training

and internment camps, fortifications, community initiatives, hospitality clubs and events for visiting troops, fundraising

To participate in the program, students must complete a range of tasks and deliver evidence of their work during the research period. The best submissions will be selected by a team from ANMM and hosted on the Australian National Maritime Museum webpage. All work submitted will be placed on the Edublog page that the school will receive access to once registered so that all schools participating in the project can view the information.More than one class within your school may participate in the project but only one set of the products / deliverables listed below can be submitted.

PRODUCTS / DELIVERABLES

Step 1: Brief synopsis of students’ research task Introductory blog post complete with research synopsis and photographs of the student team due by the second week of your school’s research period 300-500 words to be posted on the WAPIP75 EDUBLOG page Step 2: Second blog postA second blog partway through the research about something you have discovered, about the research process, and/or an interesting story unique to your community up to 800 words posted on the WAPIP75 EDUBLOG pageBanner Text and images or unique designs made by your group around your research project using a basic template that will be provided by the museum. The infographic banners from each school form an online exhibition. From these a selection will be chosen to create a physical exhibition at Australian National Maritime Museum, which we also plan to show in each participating country, along with links to supporting online materials the students have created from their research.

Supporting research materials

all sources and copyright permissions supplied by the school (compulsory)

You might choose to submit using all or some of the following:

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A magazine/ newspaper style booklet with shorter articles relevant to the topic and local area

2- 5 minute video that outlines the process and findings of the students. This could include an original performance, poem, song, demonstration.

1000 - 2000 word story with images

Up to 5 minutes podcast

Powerpoint presentation

A selection of the best submissions will be uploaded onto the ANMM War and Peace in the Pacific 75 webpage.

RESEARCH Family and friends often have connections with people and stories from the war including letters, photograph albums and keepsakes. Even old recipe books often contain newspaper clippings or handwritten hints about cooking and other household hints about life during the war

Local libraries and museums will also have collections and personnel such as curators and librarians that students can talk to.

Maps and aerial photographs from the period are also useful and interesting as they sometimes show the location of military installations and fortifications that are now gone from the landscape.

Local historical societies, veteran’s associations, and long established local newspapers and businesses can often lead to interesting stories and connections. Old movies and newsreels can be valuable as representing both the official and emotional/sentimental sides of war at home.

State and national archives, libraries, museums and government departments will also be valuable resources. Many will have comprehensive on-line search facilities and scanned material,

All sources must be acknowledged in your submission and you should check if any copyright restrictions apply to them, as they are to be to be posted on the internet.

HOW TO BEGINWhat we need from you to get started

Please send your application to adoran@anmm.gov.au School and teacher/s contact details appendix B

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Scanned copies or hardcopies of all the participating students’ media permission forms to be returned. Appendix A

Once registration is complete teachers will be forwarded an EDUblog account with access to the War and Peace in the Pacific 75 blog pages and the template for the banner competition.

Students from The Franciscan School in Raleigh, North Carolina visiting the USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial

KEY DATESProvisional timeframe

Up to 30 April 2018Expressions of interest in participating received by Australian National Maritime Museum.

By or before 15th May 2018Successful schools advised by ANMM on receipt of application forms

11th April and 16th May 2018Class teacher question and answer sessions via video conference. Discussions will include research guideline, question and answers. Times to be advised depending on international time differences. Teachers may register for EITHER of these sessions.

By May 30 2018 First blog post research outline due

15 July 2018 Research reports and materials for the banner competition uploaded to museum web portal

22 July 2018Youth Ambassador entries close

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15 August 2018Announcement of successful banner Announcement of successful ambassadors

Early November (specific dates to be advised)Youth Ambassador program commences Exhibition opening of banner exhibition

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM LINKS (for information)

Year 10 History Depth study: World War II (1939-45)Students investigate wartime experiences through a study of World War II in depth. This includes a study of the causes, events, outcome and broader impact of the conflict as an episode in world history, and the nature of Australia’s involvement.

Overview of the causes and course of World War II (ACDSEH024) Examination of significant events of World War II, including the Holocaust and

use of the atomic bomb (ACDSEH107) Experiences of Australians during World War II (such as Prisoners of War (POWs),

the Battle of Britain, Kokoda, the Fall of Singapore) (ACDSEH108) The impact of World War II, with a particular emphasis on the Australian home

front, including the changing roles of women and use of wartime government controls (conscription, manpower controls, rationing and censorship) (ACDSEH109)

The significance of World War II to Australia’s international relationships in the twentieth century, with particular reference to the United Nations, Britain, the USA and Asia (ACDSEH110

KEY CONTACT NUMBERS/ ADDRESSESResearch Submissions to adoran@anmm.gov.auGeneral Enquiries to:Anne Doran ANMM adoran@anmm.gov.au +6129298 3626 Mobile 0437092306 Jeff Fletcher ANMM jfletcher@anmm.gov.au +6129298 3615

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Student ambassadors at the 2017 Friendship Ceremony. From left: Sara Cole, Nanari Minegishi and Millicent Sarginson. Image: David Foley / ANMM.

YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM

An integral part of the project is the youth ambassador program. This year the event will be held in various locations in Australia with a focus on The Homefront in both city and country areas. The ambassadors will have the opportunity to visit historical sites, work with Australian high schools, museum and community groups, launch the banner exhibition at the ANMM and participate in commemorative ceremonies.

The Student Ambassador will be nominated by the participating lead schools (up to four shortlisted students from each school may be submitted for selection) and will be chosen by representatives from the Australian National Maritime Museum, New South Wales Department of Education and Government Departments in consultation with the participating school principals. One student and a teacher from the USA, Japan and Australia will be funded by the USA Bicentennial fund and will feature in an international, simultaneous plaque dedication via live stream. To promote peace, understanding and reconciliation it will honour those at home, on all sides of the conflict, whose lives were by affected by war.

Below are some comments from teacher/ chaperons from 2017:

The week-long Pacific 75 Friendship Program was a wonderful opportunity for youth and educators alike to learn from each other’s perspectives and commit to a future of friendship and peace right in the very place where our relationships were tested at the commencement of World War Two. By traveling to Hawaii, we were able to hear first-

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hand from those (both Japanese and American) who experienced, or were the descendants of those who survived this troubling time in our histories. Particularly moving was the Blackened Canteen Ceremony, an event which brought together Japanese and American survivors of the war to both atone for the past, and renew commitments to ongoing friendship and peaceful relations. All who gathered at the USS Arizona Memorial that morning were able to participate through scattering flower petals into the sea, whilst taking a moment to reflect. This was a tangible experience of peace and cross-cultural friendship, and just one of the many opportunities that students involved could not have had were it not for the Australian National Maritime Museum staff’s vision for this program. All students involved in the program came away with enrichened perspectives of each other’s histories and even greater than that, a stronger sense of the importance of peace, a more informed vision of how it can be achieved, and the determination to do just that.  Anna Parker, Teacher, Sendai Shirayuri Gakuen High School, Sendai, Japan  I thought the project itself: conducting original research, telling a story just like a historian, implementing technical skills, writing a script, sifting through mounds of information, would be enough of a hands on learning experience to last a lifetime for my students. To do some authentic learning for an authentic purpose is unfortunately not the norm in education. Then again, if your museum hadn't come looking for schools, we never would have had the opportunity. But the culminating moment of a friendship ceremony way out in the middle of the Pacific, as strategic a centralized location now as it was in 1941, took the satisfaction I felt after the documentary and expanded it to new heights!  

I expected Sara to get a lot out of the experience. I didn't expect to come home feeling like that experience would be a hinge for my own life. I am now more certain then ever that real world learning experiences are a necessity, not a luxury for our students. I was surprised at the connection I felt to students and adults who had lives and experiences that mirrored mine on the other side of the globe. What could our students learn from people that they can never get from a textbook or essay or ordinary project? I found out a huge part of that over the course of this week. The ceremony itself, at the end of a whirlwind of a week getting to know one another as we learned more about Pearl Harbor, the war, and its tragic ripple effects on all sides, wasn't a contrived ceremony where the word "friendship" was symbolic. By Thursday evening, the friendship was real and it was the ceremony that was contrived for everyone else to see. Talk about authentic learning. To see our three ambassadors take the stage alongside people whose job it is to educate and preserve peace reminded me that it is the project of all of humanity, the most authentic project of all, to intentionally learn from the past and pursue peace.  Jessica Ruiz , Teacher Academy of the Canyons High School Santa Clarita  

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War and Peace in the Pacific 75 project Youth Ambassador

This application is for the 2018 War in the Pacific 75 Youth Ambassador Program. One student from each participating country and work with other youth ambassadors to develop a friendship agreement which they will take to be signed at the culmination of the time in Australia. The visit in Australia will feature visits to key WW11 sites for the students to develop an understanding of and report on the locations for the study of history.

COMPETITION DETAILS

Entrants must submit the following by 5pm Sunday 22 July 2018 AEST

1) A completed entry form with acceptance of the competition terms and conditions from the Entrant, Teacher and parent/ caregiver.

2) Written answers to the three selection questions3) A short multi-media presentation4) Supporting documents from the School Principal

SELECTION CRITERIA

Please answer the following questions – maximum 150 words per question

1. Why have you applied and what do you hope to gain from participating?

2. How can remembering and commemorating the past help us create a peaceful future?

3. What personal qualities do you possess that would make you a valuable ambassador?

MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION

Multi-media entries will be judged on content and style rather than technical merit. For example, footage taken on mobile phones is acceptable. The student must be ‘on camera’ and the piece should be informative, entertaining and showcase the entrants’ reporting skills, knowledge and history/ personal perspective on the topic Why do you think learning about The Homefront is important?

Maximum 2 minutes.

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This section must be completed by each entrant

ENTRANT DETAILS

STUDENT

Name:

School:

Date of birth:

Gender:

Email:

PARENT/LEGAL CAREGIVER:

Home address:

Phone contact (home and mobile):

Email contact:

SUPPORTING TEACHER:

Title & Name:

School:

School address:

Phone contact:

Email contact:

RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FROM PRINCIPAL

Signed acceptance of conditions Letter supporting the entrant’s application

ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED by 5.00pm Sunday 22 July 2018

Through the student’s own dropbox account, google doc, etc

A link and a copy of the written answers must be sent via email to Anne Doran

Enquiries: Anne Doran Email: anne.doran@anmm.gov.au Phone:+61 292983626

Winners will be notified by email on the 15 August (AEST)

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War and Peace in the Pacific 75 Project

Youth AmbassadorTerms and Conditions

Please read the following conditions carefully

Only entries accepting these conditions will be considered

1. All entrants must submit a fully completed entry form.2. All entrants must be available the first two weeks of November 2018 (specific dates to be confirmed). 3. Finalists must be available for media interviews by phone or in person.4. Economy travel fares to and from Australia will be provided for the successful entrant and their teacher

from their home state in either Japan, Australia or the USA.5. Students / teachers must hold a current passport. 6. School Principals must provide on behalf of their school a letter of support which addresses the entrants

by name, confirms that entrants are representatives of the school and that the school warrants that the school and the entrants will be covered for risk for this project.

7. Separate accommodations will be supplied for female and male entrants. Most meals will be provided. Entrants must disclose any medical conditions or special requirements.

8. Students and teachers must provide the ANMM with emergency contact phone and email in their home country.

9. Students will be under the care and control of their chaperon teacher and will be the teacher's responsibility at all times. The teacher and the pupils will comply with directions given by ANMM representatives at all times. The entrant/ teacher must to take out travel insurance at their own cost.

10. The successful entrant agrees to produce a daily blog for the ANMM website, write a feature article for the ANMM Signals magazine, produce a short multi-media presentation of their experiences and be available afterwards for speaking engagements, either in person or via web-conferencing (dates by arrangement). Copyright in the blog, the feature article, the presentation and performances shall upon their creation, vest in and become the property of ANMM and may be used for Museum purposes.

11. Entrants, parents/legal caregiver and School Principals hereby give permission for images and names of all entrants to be used by ANMM for Museum purposes.

12. The ANMM shall supply entrants with details of travel, accommodation and an itinerary for the duration of the voyage.

13. School Principals and teachers undertake to select student entrants whom they feel are of a suitable character for this venture.

14. The competition will be judged by a panel of ANMM representatives. The judges’ decision is final and winners will be contacted by email and posted on the ANMM website.

We the undersigned understand and agree to the above conditions:

__________________________ __________________________

Student entrant and date School Principal and date

__________________________ __________________________

Parent/ legal caregiver and date Accompanying teacher and date

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Notes

A limited number of places will be offered for other students come along as delegates. These students will be under the responsibility of their supervising teacher

Delegates are students who will be self-funded Ambassadors are students and their teachers who are funded by the ANMM and

are the winners of the competition

Ambassadors will be notified by the 15 August 2018 AEST and will need to submit a copy of their passport to the ANMM by COB 18th September 2018 after notification to assist with travel arrangements.Delegates and their teachers must confirm their numbers by the 5 September 2018 AEST along with the selection of the activities they plan on attending. A full itinerary will be provided by the ANMM.All Ambassadors and delegates are expected to attend the official engagements.

All students Ambassadors and delegates and their teachers MUST have completed photographic permission forms to take part in any of the activities. They must be submitted via email to ANMM by 5 September 2018 AEST.

Duty of Care for the ambassadors and delegates rests with the teachers. Students and teachers MUST provide the ANMM with a list of emergency contact phone and email in their home country. Also the address/ phone contact of accommodation in Australia and mobile number the teacher will be using in Australia.

All Delegates, Ambassadors and Teachers MUST take out their own travel insurance.Delegates, Ambassadors and Teachers MUST notify the ANMM of any allergies/ medical conditions Ambassadors and their teachers are fully funded by ANMM. Delegates and their teachers:

travel to, from and within Australia is at own expense accommodation within Australia is at own expense meals are at own expense.

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Appendix A photographic permissions

I, (full name)

am the parent/guardian and hereby grant permission for the Australian National Maritime Museum and/or invited media to film, record and/or photograph my child:

(full name) (aged)

I understand that:

The footage, recording, and/or photographs may be cropped/edited and reproduced for publication.

Any material produced by the student could be reproduced online or in other ANMM products such as magazines and exhibitions.

The photographs will be kept on file and may be used in future museum publications and/or promotional material including (please tick for acceptance):

□ ANMM external publicity (eg. newspapers, TV, magazines, web etc)

□ ANMM print material (eg. brochures, annual reports, etc)

□ ANMM website (www.anmm.gov.au)

□ ANMM social media sites (eg. Facebook, flickr, Wordpress, etc)

□ Outdoor media including posters, screens, roof projections, banners etc

I agree to the above conditions.

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(Signature) (Date)

Witness:

Appendix B

War and Peace in the Pacific 75 School and teacher information

School Name __________________________________________________________________

Teacher name__________________________________________________________________

Email__________________________________________________________________________

Phone number___________________________________________________________________

2nd Teacher name________________________________________________________________

Email___________________________________________________________________________

Phone number____________________________________________________________________

School email______________________________________________________________________

Phone number_____________________________________________________________________

Class/es/ year _____________________________________________________________________

Number of students taking part/ Class size _____________________________________________

Possible area of study_______________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

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Our class will be working on this project during (eg term 2, April )___________________________

and plan to have completed materials to the ANMM by___________________________________

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