Anzac 100yrs

Self-Directed Learning (S.D.L.) Task

PART A- The Faces of War

Cenotaph Database
Type in your surname to the Cenotaph Database.  Are there any people with your surname who have served and died for NZ Aotearoa?  

How many died with your surname during WWI?

New Zealanders Awarded Victoria Cross Metal 
How many New Zealanders received a Victoria Cross for the First World War?  

Why was Corporal Cyril Bassett awarded a Victoria Cross?

PART B- Collaborative Jigsaw
In groups of 3, you will research one of the categories below and present your findings on a shared Google Doc. 

You must include:
- a paragraph overview of the main points
- 4 visuals
- 5 interesting facts
- Links to each of your resources
- No more than 3 slides

PART C - S.D.L. Pathways
As a collaborative class, you will work together to create a “remix presentation” that combines the past, the present, and a possible future.

Film Pathway
• You will create a film presentation that links footage from the First World War with film from the present and an imagined future

Writing Pathway
• You will collaborate on a Readers’ and Writers’ showcase that presents poetry and prose involving flashbacks and time travel

Art Pathway
• You will create a piece for an art exhibition with artworks that depict the past, the present, and a possible future


Research Resources








1. Faces of the First World War

Cenotaph Database

New Zealanders awarded a Victoria Cross medal


2. The Technology of Communication

Telecommunications

First World War postal service

Wartime parcels

First World War signs and symbols


3. Life in New Zealand during the War

Children, school, and the First World War ”The Children’s War” by Jock Phillips (School Journal,
Level 2, June 2014)

Lady Liverpool Great War Story

Conscientious objection

Māori and the First World War 


4. At War

Kiwi Soldiers in World War One

Fast Facts – World War One: Trench Life

Māori units of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces (NZEF)

Pacific Islanders in the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces (NZEF)

The Arras tunnels

The Gallipoli campaign


5. Health

The hospital ship Maheno leaving Wellington for Gallipoli in 1915

The ANZAC diet

Medicine


6. Impact of the War

The lasting impact of the First World War

Impact of the war

A guide to visiting Gallipoli today

Time spent at Gallipoli

The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services’ Association

Memorials Register

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