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 ten topics are:

• levels• focus questions• learning context and purpose• key terms

• quotes from references• extension activity• pointers to web pages

• reference to CD-ROM work sheet• ICT skills check list• images

• informative captions• teacher resources• summary of items on CD-ROM

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

Work sheets are graded from the simple,for example...

...to the creative and analytical, for example...

...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

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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

Remember to visit sites often to see what’s new - new material is being added

continuously.