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Operation CLICK: Anzac to KokodaInvestigating Australia’s wartime history with the websites
Visit Gallipoli www.anzacsite.gov auAustralia’s War 1939–1945 www.ww2australia.gov.au
Published as a teaching and learning resource for Australian schools by
The Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Written and designed by The Office of the Board of Studies NSW with the participation of the History Teachers’ Association of New South Wales and the
History Teachers’ Association of Victoria Ltd.
Operation CLICK aims to:
• help teachers make best use of the websites • suggest classroom application of ICT skills• excite student interest in Australia’s wartime heritage
The Operation CLICK package includes
a 100-page teachers’ guide that in each topic:
• establishes the context with - background information- teacher briefing
• suggests an extensive range of activities• explains the learning context and purpose• points to relevant web pages• lists additional teacher resources
AND ...
...describes activities that encourage students to:
• make connections• build knowledge• think analytically• respond creatively
The teaching and learning activities are aimed at:
Each lesson is labeled with recommended levelsBUT ... teachers can easily adapt materials selectively to suit their classes.
The CD-ROM contains
• a version of both websites(as at March 2005)
• installers for all software needed
• resources including
- work sheets for class activities or assignments- source sheets with text and/or images from websites- answer sheets to puzzles- samples and templates for creative activities- extension activities
...and more challenging extension activities that require independent research and analytical skills.
Look in topic chapters for more activities without work sheets such as:
• class discussions • empathy exercises• ‘show and tell’ related objects collected from home or elsewhere• interviews to conduct with family or community members• ideas for designing posters or displays• suggested dramatisations or videos• topics for presentations
Work sheets are adaptable:
• may be completed electronically or on paper• can be done individually, in pairs or groups• can draw on skills in ICT, maths or creative arts • often have suggestions for additional extension activities
Visit Gallipoli site
The first photo taken only hours after the first landing at Gallipolihttp://www.anzacsite.gov.au/1landing/index.html
What’s cool on these sites?
Visit Gallipoli siteWhat’s cool on these sites?
The diary and sketches of Signaller Ellis Silas
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/1landing/s_intro.html
The diary drawings ofMajor Leslie Hore
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/5environment/hore/hore.html
Ashmead-Bartlett’s original code cablegramshttp://www.anzacsite.gov.au/1landing/bartlett.html
Visit Gallipoli siteWhat’s cool on these sites?
Australia’s War 1939-1945 site
A full Flash animation of the events of the Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney Harbour, June 1942
http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/underattack/sydharbour.html
What’s cool on these sites?
Useful “sound bites” of important speeches for classroom use
Australia’s War 1939-1945 siteWhat’s cool on these sites?
Prime Minister Robert Menzies announcing Australia was at war
http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/wardeclared/index.html
Prime Minister Ben Chifley announcing the war was over
http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/vevp/index.html
Wartime newsreels
Australia’s War 1939-1945 siteWhat’s cool on these sites?
The sinking of the hospital ship AHS Centaur off the
coast of Queenslandhttp://www.ww2australia.go
v.au/waratsea/index.html
The defence of Port Moresby
http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/japadvance/moresby.h
tml
The Japanese surrenderhttp://www.ww2australia.gov.au/vevp/surrender.ht
ml
A simulated radio transmitter used by the Coastwatchershttp://www.ww2australia.gov.au/coastwatcher/index.html
Australia’s War 1939-1945 siteWhat’s cool on these sites?
Hints on using the sites in the classroom:
• print off images/text for overheads• laminate reusable work sheets• download Anzac walk commentary• copy CD to standalone computer and data projector