Ode of RemembranceThey shall not grow old,
as we that are left grow old; as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun At the going down of the sun and in the morning and in the morning We will remember them. ‘For the Fallen’ by Laurence Binyon, 1914. |
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Remembrance Day Podcast
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After listening to the short podcast, try the Remembrance Day Kahoot to test your memory.
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Memorial Box
This virtual Memorial Box explores the Australian experience of the First World War. It includes objects that explore the Anzac experience, and the involvement of over 416,000 Australian soldiers, sailors, airmen, and nurses – as well as those on the home front – during a defining period of our nation's history. Click on an item to find out more about it.
After reading about the items in the virtual memorial box, test your memory with a matching game.
Symbols of Significance
Further ReadingRead a KidsNews article about Remembrance day.
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Questions
1. In pairs, discuss the Story of WWI story and record the main points of the discussion.
2. In which year did WWI start?
3. What event began WWI?
a. The death of Queen Victoria
b. Germany invading Poland
c. The death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
4. Which country declared war on Serbia?
5. Australia joined the Allies to fight in WWI. True or false?
6. How many Australians fought at Gallipoli?
7. Most of the fighting in WWI happened on the ___________ Front.
8. Describe what life was like for soldiers in the trenches.
9. How was technology used to fight the war?
10. What do you understand more clearly since watching the BTN story?
2. In which year did WWI start?
3. What event began WWI?
a. The death of Queen Victoria
b. Germany invading Poland
c. The death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
4. Which country declared war on Serbia?
5. Australia joined the Allies to fight in WWI. True or false?
6. How many Australians fought at Gallipoli?
7. Most of the fighting in WWI happened on the ___________ Front.
8. Describe what life was like for soldiers in the trenches.
9. How was technology used to fight the war?
10. What do you understand more clearly since watching the BTN story?
Questions
1. Retell the BTN Remembrance Day History story using your own words.
2. What has the Bridgewater community built?
3. Do you think war memorials and monuments are important? Give reasons for your answer.
4. What piece of music is played on Remembrance Day?
5. In 1919, Remembrance Day was called ________________ Day.
6. Who suggested the tradition of silence on Remembrance Day?
7. How many minutes of silence were originally held to mark the anniversary? a. One b. Two c. Five
8. Which poem inspired the tradition of wearing red poppies on Remembrance Day?
9. What other customs or traditions are part of Remembrance Day?
10. How did the story make you feel?
2. What has the Bridgewater community built?
3. Do you think war memorials and monuments are important? Give reasons for your answer.
4. What piece of music is played on Remembrance Day?
5. In 1919, Remembrance Day was called ________________ Day.
6. Who suggested the tradition of silence on Remembrance Day?
7. How many minutes of silence were originally held to mark the anniversary? a. One b. Two c. Five
8. Which poem inspired the tradition of wearing red poppies on Remembrance Day?
9. What other customs or traditions are part of Remembrance Day?
10. How did the story make you feel?
Questions
1. Discuss the Remembrance Day Poppies story with another student.
2. In which country is the area of Flanders?
3. How did Colonel John McCrae come to write the poem In Flanders Fields?
4. What does the poppy symbolise?
5. Illustrate an aspect of the poem In Flanders Fields.
6. Why are the students in the BTN story decorating poppies?
7. What messages are the students writing on the back of the poppies?
8. What message would you write?
9. Do you think it’s important to commemorate Remembrance Day every year? Explain your answer.
2. In which country is the area of Flanders?
3. How did Colonel John McCrae come to write the poem In Flanders Fields?
4. What does the poppy symbolise?
5. Illustrate an aspect of the poem In Flanders Fields.
6. Why are the students in the BTN story decorating poppies?
7. What messages are the students writing on the back of the poppies?
8. What message would you write?
9. Do you think it’s important to commemorate Remembrance Day every year? Explain your answer.
Questions
1. Describe what life for the soldiers was like in the trenches.
2. Boys as young as _______ fought in World War I.
3. What are `puttees’?
4. Name three other items soldiers had to help them fight in the war.
5. What was an average meal for soldiers in the trenches?
6. What was hard tack also known as?
7. What diseases affected soldiers in the trenches?
8. Diseases alone are thought to have killed more than ______________ people during World War I.
9. Illustrate an aspect of this story.
10. Imagine you are a soldier in the trenches. Write a short diary entry about the living conditions.
2. Boys as young as _______ fought in World War I.
3. What are `puttees’?
4. Name three other items soldiers had to help them fight in the war.
5. What was an average meal for soldiers in the trenches?
6. What was hard tack also known as?
7. What diseases affected soldiers in the trenches?
8. Diseases alone are thought to have killed more than ______________ people during World War I.
9. Illustrate an aspect of this story.
10. Imagine you are a soldier in the trenches. Write a short diary entry about the living conditions.
Questions
1. Briefly summarise the BTN story.
2. An armistice is an agreement to…
a. Enlist more troops
b. Delay fighting
c. End fighting
3. When was the armistice signed that ended WWI?
4. Where was the armistice signed?
5. What events led to Germany’s surrender in 1918?
6. What was the Treaty of Versailles?
6. WWI is also known as…
a. The Great War
b. The Boer War
c. The War of Remembrance
7. Many historians think the treaty played a big part in the rise of Hitler's Germany and the start of World War II. True or false?
8. What questions do you have after watching this story? Discuss as a class.
9. What did you learn watching the BTN story?
2. An armistice is an agreement to…
a. Enlist more troops
b. Delay fighting
c. End fighting
3. When was the armistice signed that ended WWI?
4. Where was the armistice signed?
5. What events led to Germany’s surrender in 1918?
6. What was the Treaty of Versailles?
6. WWI is also known as…
a. The Great War
b. The Boer War
c. The War of Remembrance
7. Many historians think the treaty played a big part in the rise of Hitler's Germany and the start of World War II. True or false?
8. What questions do you have after watching this story? Discuss as a class.
9. What did you learn watching the BTN story?
The Birds of Flanders Fields Book
War Memorial
On 11 November 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent after four years of continuous warfare. With their armies retreating and close to collapse, German leaders signed an Armistice, bringing to an end the First World War.
The Australian Corps had achieved a fighting reputation out of proportion to their numbers, but victory had come at a heavy cost. In the four years of the war more than 330,000 Australians had served overseas, and more than 60,000 of them had died.
The Australian Corps had achieved a fighting reputation out of proportion to their numbers, but victory had come at a heavy cost. In the four years of the war more than 330,000 Australians had served overseas, and more than 60,000 of them had died.
Take a virtual tour of the Australian War Memorial.