Education Resources
Conflicts and Peace Operations
Australian Women in War
Released late May 2008
DVA Education Resource. Published May 2008 |
Primary & Secondary |
New! This resource will be sent to all Australian schools in late May 2008. Interested organisations and individuals are welcome to purchase a copy from the Australian War Memorial shop on www.awm.gov.au/shop from June 2008.
Guidebook - buy | PDF - see the chapter links below
This educational resource provides teachers and students with self-contained classroom ready activities and teaching strategies to investigate the roles and experiences of Australian women during more than a century of wars, conflicts and peace operations. Covering women’s roles since 1899 to the present it includes the service roles as well as the home front experiences. The resource includes an introductory DVD and a CD ROM with ten interactive classroom activities.
Follow the links below to view each unit of the publication (PDF files).
- The FULL publication – Australia Women in War ( PDF 23.56 MB)
- Introduction for Teachers (PDF 446.90KB)
- Unit 1 - Australian Women in the Second South African Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) (PDF 3.77MB)
- Unit 2 - Australian Women in World War I (1914-1918) (PDF 4.24 MB)
- Unit 3 - Australian Women in World War II (1939-1945) (PDF 6.76MB)
- Unit 4 - Australian Women in British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) and the Korean War (1946-1953) (PDF 4.46MB)
- Unit 5 - Australian Women in the Vietnam War (1962-1973) (PDF 2.23MB)
- Unit 6 - Australian Women in the Australian Defence Force and in Peace Operations (1947 – Today) (PDF 1.77MB)
- Unit 7 - Australian Women and Commemoration (PDF 579.44KB)
Australia and the Vietnam War
| DVA Resource Kit Published2007 | Primary & Secondary |
Guidebook - buy | PDF - see chapter links below
Students can learn about the experiences of Australians and the Vietnam War from 1962 to 1973, through images, film, classroom and interactive activities.
Follow the links below to view each chapter of the publication (PDF files).
- The FULL publication - Australia and the Vietnam War (PDF 6.4 Mb)
- Introduction for Teachers (PDF 600 Kb)
- Topic 1 - Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War (PDF 1.2 Mb)
- Topic 2 - Life in Vietnam (PDF 1.1 Mb)
- Topic 3 - The experience of battle (PDF 1.3 Mb)
- Topic 4 - Reporting and representing the war (PDF 500 Kb)
- Topic 5 - On the home front (PDF 1 Mb)
- Topic 6 - Going home (PDF 300 Kb)
- Topic 7 - After the war (PDF 650 Kb)
- Topic 8 - Commemoration (PDF 400 Kb)
Australians on the Western Front
DVA Resource Kit. Published 2006 |
Primary & Secondary |
Guidebook - buy | CD Rom | PDF (4.17 Mb)
For teachers of primary and secondary students. The teachers’ guidebook contains information, images and teaching and learning activities relating to the experiences of Australians on the Western Front during World War I and the continued commemoration of their service. The accompanying CD-ROM contains additional information, resources and interactive tasks to further investigate the Western Front experience.
Activities include: WW1
Operation CLICK - Anzac to Kokoda
DVA Resource Kit. Published 2005 |
Upper Primary, Lower & Middle Secondary |
Guidebook - buy | CD Rom
Websites: Operation CLICK ; Visit Gallipoli ; Australia's War
Investigating Australia's wartime history with the websites Visit Gallipoli and Australia's War contains a range of teaching and learning activities aimed at upper primary and lower and middle secondary students. The activities relate to 10 topics which explore Australians’ experiences in World Wars I and II. The accompanying CD-ROM contains reproducible worksheets and relevant sections of the websites.
Includes a range of teaching and learning activities
WW1 - WW2
Anzac Day - Remembrance Day
Australians at War
DVA Resource Kit. Published 2002 |
Primary & Secondary |
Guidebook | Video | DVD - buy | Primary - buy | Secondary - buy
Website: www.australiansatwar.gov.au/education
Dedicated to Australians who served their country over the past 100 years. This Primary and Secondary resource complements the Australians at War television documentary series, first screened in 2001. It covers the experience of Australians in wars, conflicts and peace operations from the Boer War to 2000 and includes a teachers’ guidebook and compilation video of highlights from the series
Activities include: Boer War - WW1 - WW2 - Korean War - Malayan Emergency - Vietnam War - Indonesian Confrontation - East Timor - Peacekeeping
Defence of Australia
DVA Resource Kit. Published 2002 |
Upper Primary & Lower Secondary |
Guidebook - buy | Video
Studies the period 1939-1945 especially the events of 1942, including the fall of Singapore, the bombing of Darwin and other Australian towns, the Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney Harbour and the Kokoda Track campaign. The resource includes a teachers’ guide with classroom activities, a video and posters.
Activities & posters include: WW2
The Spirit of Anzac
DVA Resource Kit. Published 2001 |
Primary & Secondary |
Guidebook | CD Rom | PDF (2.96 Mb)
Presents a range of teaching materials and suggestions for the exploration of Gallipoli and the Anzacs in the classroom. The Anzac legend and the events at Gallipoli form an important part of what it means to be an Australian. Why is this? How did these events come to mean what they do today? Australia’s important role in peace operations and a brief history of Australia’s involvement in peacekeeping is also studied in the resource.
Activities include:
Boer War - WW1 - WW2 - Korean War - Malayan Emergency - Vietnam War - Indonesian Confrontation - East Timor - Peacekeeping
Anzac Day
Working the Web: Investigating Australia's wartime history
DVA Resource Kit. Published 2004 |
Upper Primary & Secondary |
Guidebook - buy | Websites | PDFs (below)
Designed to inform teachers and their students of the wartime history resources available on the websites of the agencies of DVA portfolio. The 10 investigative chapters examine significant themes in Australia’s Wartime history, peacekeeping roles, remembrance and commemoration and include links to the relevant websites.
About this book; Contents; State & Territory curriculum links
Teachers Guide (470 Kb)
Investigations
- 1 - Lest We Forget (313 Kb)
- 2 - For Kith and Kin: The impact of war on Australian families (332 Kb)
- 3 - Lives Shaped by War (317 Kb)
- 4 - Means to an End: Science and Technology in Australia's wartime experiences (385 Kb)
- 5 - Women at War: The changing role of women in times of conflict (553 Kb)
- 6 - Recording Australia's War Experiences (577 Kb)
- 7 - When Cold Wars Become Hot: Australia in Asia after 1945 (279 Kb)
- 8 - Keeping the Peace: Australians' experiences of peacekeeping (313 Kb)
- 9 - Australia under Threat: The defence of Australia 1942-43 (306 Kb)
- 10 - Australians' Wartime Experiences: Prisoners of war (306 Kb)
Activities include:
WW1 - WW2 - Korean War - Malayan Emergency - Vietnam War - Indonesian Confrontation - Peacekeeping
Anzac Day - Remembrance Day
Memorial Box - Australian War Memorial
Outreach resource |
Primary & Secondary |
For more information: www.awm.gov.au/education/box
Authentic and replica artefacts that students can handle! There are boxes for World War I, the Red Cross Society, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Defence Force, World War 2, Women and Children during World War 2 and the War in the Pacific, 1942.
Includes photos, case studies, uniforms, equipment, models, videos & CDs
WW1 - WW2
Anzac Day - Remembrance Day
Commemoration
Their Spirit, Our History
DVA & AWM Resource. Published2007 |
Primary & Secondary |
Guidebook | PDF (5.12 Mb)
Discover and imagine, through letters, journals, newspaper clippings and telegrams, what life was like for Australians during WorldWarI. Learn about the origin and historical significance of Anzac Day through research-based activities. Find out tips on how to plan and conduct your own commemorative ceremony.
Activities include:
WW1 - WW2 - Korean War - Malayan Emergency - Vietnam War - IndonesianConfrontation - FirstGulfWar - WaronTerror - SecondGulfWar - Peacekeeping
Anzac Day
Time to Remember
DVA Resource Kit. Published 2003 |
Lower to Middle Primary |
Guidebook - buy | Picture Boards | PDF (3.06 Mb)
Through 16 Big Pictures and the teachers’ guidebook, students can learn about war and peacekeeping, and about commemoration in their local community.
Activities include: WW1 - WW2 - Korean War - Vietnam War - Peacekeeping - Anzac Day - Remembrance Day
Our Past – Our Future: Commemorating Remembrance Day
DVA PDF file. Published 2003 |
Primary & Secondary |
PDF (1.49 Mb)
Offers teachers and students information and activities about Remembrance Day and commemoration.
Activities include: Remembrance Day
We Remember
DVA Resource Kit. Published 2001 |
Lower Primary |
Big Book - buy | PDF (1.36 Mb)
A Big Book written specifically for the lower primary school audience. The book addresses the themes of remembrance and commemoration through the story of Charlie Cooper, a boy who lives in a rural township and discovers his family’s wartime history. Includes teaching notes and class activities.
Activities include:
Boer War - WW1 - WW2 - Korean War - Malayan Emergency - Vietnam War - Indonesian Confrontation - Gulf War - East Timor - Peacekeeping
Anzac Day - Remembrance Day
Websites
Visit Gallipoli
DVA-sponsored website
www.anzacsite.gov.au
A comprehensive commemorative website, focusing on history, researching and visiting Gallipoli.
Includes educational materials & resources:
WW1
Anzac Day
Australia's War 1939-1945
| DVA-sponsored website | Primary & Secondary |
www.ww2australia.gov.au
A comprehensive and interactive education website focusing on World War 2 from the declaration of war through to the surrender in the Pacific.
Topics include: WW2
Nominal Rolls
These are searchable online lists of people who served in the conflicts. They search on specific names rather than just providing general lists.
See: Australian War Memorial (AWM) website for a list of nominal rolls.
See also: Direct links to the following nominal rolls on the AWM website:
- Sudan War - personnel in the NSW contingent to the Sudan in 1885
- Boer War - personnel in Australian units during the Boer War 1899-1902
- Boxer Uprising - personnel who served in the Boxer Uprising in China 1900-1901
- World War I - Australian Imperial Force (AIF) personnel who served in WW1.
See: DVA-sponsored websites:
- World War 2 - personnel who served with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) or Merchant Navy during WW2
- Korean War - ADF personnel who served in the Korean War
- Vietnam War - ADF personnel who served in the Vietnam War
- Gulf War - this preliminary nominal roll contains details of ADF personnel who served in the conflict in the Persian Gulf between August 1990 and September 1991.