This short nonfiction text ’25 April’ features important factual background information relating to this important date for the ANZACs. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of the ANZAC landings at Gallipoli during World War I.
This short nonfiction text ‘Alec Campbell’ features important factual background information relating to an Australian legend. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of the 16-year-old boy who was nicknamed “The Kid”.
This short nonfiction text ‘ANZAC Biscuits’ features important factual background information relating to the biscuit that originated during World War I. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of biscuits sent to the ANZAC troops.
This short nonfiction text ‘ANZAC Day’ features important factual background information relating to ANZAC Day, which is celebrated on 25 April in Australia and New Zealand. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of ANZAC soldiers and the Gallipoli landings that took place on 25 April 1915.
This short nonfiction text ‘Cyril Bassett’ features important factual background information relating to a New Zealand hero. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of how Bassett was awarded his Victoria Cross.
This short nonfiction text ‘Dawn Service’ features important factual background information relating to the service held at dawn on ANZAC Day. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of this important remembrance service.
This short nonfiction text ‘General Sir John Monash’ features important factual background information relating to the Australian war hero. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of the man who was knighted on the battlefield in northern France during World War I.
This short nonfiction text ‘Roy Longmore’ features important factual background information relating to an Australian legend. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of the second-to-last Australian survivor of the Gallipoli campaign.
This short nonfiction text ‘The Evacuation at Gallipoli’ features important factual background information relating to the evacuation of ANZAC troops from Gallipoli. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of the successful withdrawal from the peninsula after eight months of intense fighting.
This short nonfiction text ‘The Fighting at Gallipoli’ features important factual background information relating to the Gallipoli campaign. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of this costly and unsuccessful campaign in which the ANZAC soldiers took part and many lost their life.
This short nonfiction text ‘The Last Post’ features important factual background information relating to the bugle call played during ANZAC Day celebrations. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of the bugle call played by a lone bugler.
This short nonfiction text ‘The Red Poppy’ features important factual background information relating to the flower that has come to represent remembrance. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of the flower that is also known as the Flanders poppy.
This short nonfiction text ‘The Trenches at Gallipoli’ features important factual background information relating to the trenches and dugouts at Gallipoli. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of what life was like in the trenches.
This short nonfiction text ‘The Victoria Cross’ features important factual background information relating to the medal awarded for gallantry. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of this medal that was introduced by Queen Victoria.
This short nonfiction text ‘Walter Parker’ features important factual background information relating to an Australian legend. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of one of the longest surviving Australian soldiers of the Gallipoli campaign.
This history article ‘World War I Trench’ features important factual background information about the objects that a World War I soldier would use in a trench to help them stay alive. It describes items such as periscopes, gas masks and gas rattles that would typically be found in a World War I trench. It is …More
This short nonfiction text ‘Gallipoli Timeline’ features important factual background information, events and dates relating to the Gallipoli campaign. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of the ANZACs’ contribution to the Allied campaign against the Ottoman Empire.
This history article, ‘Great Escapes: Gallipoli Escape’ features the clever invention of the drip rifle, which enabled the Australian and New Zealand soldiers to fool their Turkish enemy and successfully evacuate from Gallipoli. It provides factual information about the escape from Gallipoli, complete with a glossary of unfamiliar words and terms from the text and …More
This history article, ‘The Real Winnie the Pooh’ features the real bear that inspired the beloved A.A. Milne character Winnie the Pooh. It includes factual information about the bear’s life and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This short nonfiction text ‘The Wounded at Gallipoli’ features important factual background information relating to helping the wounded ANZACs. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of the stretcher-bearers and hospital ships based at Gallipoli.
This history article, ‘Waiting for News’ features the Australian newspaper The Argus. It provides factual information about how the news media worked in the past as compared to today and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This short nonfiction text ‘ANZAC’ features important factual background information relating to what the word ANZAC means. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of ANZAC soldiers and Gallipoli.
This short nonfiction text ‘Daily Life at Gallipoli’ features important factual background information relating to the tough conditions at Gallipoli. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of the conditions the ANZAC soldiers endured during the eight-month campaign.
This short nonfiction text ‘Simpson and His Donkey’ features important factual background information relating to the famous stretcher-bearer John Simpson. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness of the rescue work that he and his donkey undertook before he was killed in action at Gallipoli.
This history article, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas: A Christmas Truce Poem’ features a famous poem about a truce held during World War I between German and British soldiers on the battlefield. It provides factual information about this true story as well as a glossary of unfamiliar words and terms from the text and is …More