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April 1, 2019 by: topteaching

Explore Anzac Day Through Distance Learning

Explore Anzac Day through Digital Learning

You can explore Anzac Day through digital learning in a way that is engaging, fun, and extremely impactful for your students.

Introducing Anzac Day through videos

One simple way to explore Anzac Day Through Digital Learning is by sharing videos with your students. The following videos would be great to share with students via Seesaw, Google Classroom, or directly to parents via email.

The following video gives some clear background information on ANZAC Day and its importance to both Australia and New Zealand.

“What is Anzac Day?” – Video running time: 2:08

The Battle of Gallipoli has special significance for New Zealand, Australia and Turkey. The following video by BTN (Behind the News) looks at this important, and tragic event.

 

“Anzac Day: The Gallipoli Story” – Video running time: 4:46

BTN (Behind the News) is a great resource for videos about Anzac Day that are made specifically for children. Australian’s can view the videos via their official website, while those in other locations can view them via their Youtube channel.

“Here they come – A day to remember” – Video running time: 7:00

The Australian Department of Veteran’s Affairs has put together a fantastic video to teach students about commemoration. I love the mix of photographs and animation.

Explore Anzac Day through Virtual Picture Books

There are some wonderful Anzac Day picture books available via Youtube.

I’ve put together a free resource that provides links to three Anzac Day story videos. The links actually take students to SafeYoutube.Net which is a great site that plays Youtube clips without highlighting other youtube video links (sometimes there is some weird stuff available out there in Youtube land…).

Three picture books that we recommend are:
  • My Grandad Marches on Anzac Day
  • Anzac Ted
  • The Last ANZAC
You could email this freebie directly to students, and because of the QR codes, they can access the videos without needing to print anything. You also have my permission to share these QR code links on SeeSaw, school websites, or through Google Classroom. I’ll also add the videos below for you to check them out.  Click on the image below to download this freebie now.
Anzac Day Story QR Codes

“Anzac Ted” – Video running time: 3:10

“My Grandad marches on ANZAC Day” – Video running time: 3:54

Explore Anzac Day using web links

Anzac Day Teaching Ideas

I previously put a blog post together that highlights interesting ANZAC Day themed weblinks and resources.

This includes Australian and New Zealand web links to:

  • Research local war memorials
  • Search for a soldier
  • Take a virtual trip to Gallipoli

You can read the blogpost and check out the links by clicking here.

Explore Anzac Day with Digital Reading Activities

Go paperless with our Anzac Day Digital puzzle poster resource. Your students will learn about Anzac Day’s history, the battle of Gallipoli, the significance of poppies and rosemary, how the day is celebrated today, and more! This resource features a full resource for both Australian and New Zealand classrooms. Students complete activities to earn puzzle pieces and produce a beautiful Anzac Day puzzle poster. Click here to learn more about our Digital Anzac Day Scavenger Hunt.  

Anzac Day Digital Puzzle. We’ve added a digital version of our popular Anzac Day Scavenger Hunt Puzzle Poster. This is available free to everyone who has already purchased our Anzac Day puzzle poster. ⁣⁣Students read passages and complete reading response activities. They then add a puzzle piece to their puzzle poster, eventually creating a beautiful Anzac Day poster.

I also recommend checking out our Anzac Day Digital Interactive Reading Activities. Featuring differentiated reading passages and questions, this Google slides resource includes four passages (at two levels) with six-eight unique slides of engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking interactive tasks. Click here to see more. 

Anzac Day Digital Reading Comprehension. Go paperless with our Anzac Day Digital reading comprehension resource! Learn about Anzac Day and the ANZAC soldiers, the Battle of Gallipoli, the significance of poppies and how Anzac Day is commemorated today. Featuring differentiated reading passages and questions, this Google slides resource includes four passages (at two levels) with six-eight unique slides of engaging text-dependent questions.

New Digital Anzac Day Activities

Anzac Day Digital Reading WebQuest. Go paperless with our Anzac Day Digital Webquest resource and dive deep into this important part of New Zealand and Australia’s collective history. Explore what Anzac Day is, the Gallipoli campaign, Anzac Day and Poppies, and Māori in the First and Second World Wars. This Google Slides resource includes 15 fascinating topics. Students hunt for information in the web links provided and use this information to complete the engaging activities.
Go paperless with our Anzac Day Digital Webquestresource and dive deep into this important part of New Zealand and Australia’s collective history. Explore what Anzac Day is, the Gallipoli campaign, Anzac Day and Poppies, and Māori in the First and Second World Wars.
This Google Slides resource includes 15 fascinating topics. Students hunt for information in the web links provided and use this information to complete the engaging activities. Use the resource in full or use one of the four main themes (What is Anzac Day?, the Gallipoli campaign, Anzac Day and Poppies, and Māori in the First and Second World Wars).

What about students who can’t access the internet?

This Anzac Day 3D Poppy Activity is a wonderful craft and learning activity that would be great fun to complete at home!

Anzac Day Poppy. Let us save you time this Anzac Day with our Anzac Day 3D Poppies. These easy to assemble 3D ornaments look great hung or displayed in the classroom or home. Flexibility is key with this resource. Choose how many templates you use (from three to nine), complete the templates and colour, then assemble and display. Commemorate Anzac Day in your classroom with our Anzac Day poppy activities. Print and go. #AnzacDay

Anzac Day Resources

You can see our full range of Anzac Day resources here.

All the best for your Anzac Day teaching this year.

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Comments

  1. 1

    Maria says

    April 2, 2020 at 7:30 pm

    Thankyou for sharing all your wonderful ideas and resources for ANZAC Day. I am just starting to put together some activities for my class for after the “holiday break” learning at home and these are perfect!!

  2. 2

    Glen says

    April 5, 2020 at 8:54 pm

    Thanks for sharing your fabulous resources. Just using this time to plan.

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