Description
ANZAC DAY – Honouring our heritage commemorates 100 hundred years since the Anzacs landed
at Gallipoli. The informative texts covers nine different Anzac Day topics and are followed by
reproducible activity pages for lower, middle and upper primary students.
Features
• explains centenary commemorations and observances
• explains how Anzac Day is observed and what it involves
• details the Gallipoli campaign, fighting on the Western Front during World War I, and how soldiers
were looked after behind the battlelines when injured
• describes the symbols of Anzac and what life was like for those at home during war and for
returning soldiers
• gives information about Australia’s defence forces, including uniforms and armaments
• describes Australian involvement in World War I, World War II and in other conflicts around the
globe
• includes links to ACARA curriculums
• includes relevant literature, websites, elaborations, additional activities, worksheet information
and answers.
