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Starter: Analyse a Cartoon of WW11 at Versailles.
Starter: Analyse a Cartoon of WW11 at Versailles.
Task 2: Class mind Map of Long and Short Term Causes of WWII
Task 2: Class mind Map of Long and Short Term Causes of WWII
Australian at War-WWII Final.pptxLink for Power Point: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P3jgP9Rxr2TikBMyrexsJ4otuKqqWdye/view?usp=sharing (only relevant for causes of WW1)
The Course of the European War
The Course of the European War
Task 1: Refer to the Retro 2, 3b.3 , 'The European War begins'
Task 1: Refer to the Retro 2, 3b.3 , 'The European War begins'
-The invasion of Poland, 1939 and Blitzkriek (Lightning War)
-The invasion of Poland, 1939 and Blitzkriek (Lightning War)
-The Declaration of War
-The Declaration of War
-The Evacuation of Dunkirk
-The Evacuation of Dunkirk
-The Battle of Britian (The Blitz)
-The Battle of Britian (The Blitz)
Task 2: Applying Your kwowledge
a) Easier: Create a short timeline showing Nazi victories from 1939 to the 1940.
b) Harder: With reference to the above events, explain how Nazis were in a domiant position by 1940.
Australia's contribition to World War II
Australia's contribition to World War II
ON SUNDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 1939, Australians tuned in to their radios to hear Prime Minister Robert Menzies make a fateful announcement. Two days earlier Germany had invaded Poland, and mere hours had passed since Britain and France had declared war in response.
“Fellow Australians,” said Menzies. “It is my melancholy duty to inform you officially, that in consequence of persistence by Germany in her invasion of Poland, Great Britain has declared war upon her and that, as a result, Australia is also at war.”
One million Australians, both men and women, served in the Second World War – 500,000 overseas. They fought in campaigns against Germany and Italy in Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa, as well as against Japan in south-east Asia and the Pacific.
Task 1: View Australia's Involvement in WWII
Task 2: Complete the EP task 'Australian's At War'.
Task 3: Write the following: Outline WHY Australia's WWII forces the 2nd AIF were sent to these regions. (What were they trying to achieve)
a) Europe:
b) Middle East:
c) Asia Pacific:
War in North Africa and the Mediterranean
War in North Africa and the Mediterranean
Introductory Documentary: View the episode, WWII in Colour Part 6 (51 mins)
Copy notes: In our previous lesson, we learned about the battles in North Africa during WWII- this area was very important to the Nazi access to oil and key strategic routes to wage war in other areas in Europe. Australian troops played a vital role in assisting allied nations in stopping the Italian and German forces.
Task 1: Complete the textbook 3b.4 reading and activities War in North Africa and the Mediterranean
Task 2: You will conduct research about ONE battle Australians fought in either North Africa or the Mediterranean.
Write a 300 report which outlines:
-The aims and objectives of the battle.
-The role Australian were required to play.
-How many Australians were involved
-Using at least two sources, describe the fighting conditions Australians experienced in these battles.
-Evaluate the significance of the Battle to the over campaign (either in Noth Africa or the Mediterranean)
-What specific commemoration exists to commemorate the Australian's sacrifice and loss of life in these areas of fighting.
Extension: The Rats of Tobruk
1. View the short doco: https://youtu.be/USvx4PwbtmA
2. With reference to particular stories, explain how:
a) these accounts highlight resilience and courage under fire.
b) Help you understand the dangers and sacrifice faced by Australia's solider
The Asia Pacfic Theatre of WWII
The Asia Pacfic Theatre of WWII
Learning goals:
To understand the motives of Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbour and its significance to WWII
To understand the threat posed by Japan to the security of Australia.
The importance of the Singapore to the defence of Australia and the Fall of Signapore.
Copy Notes:
The Japanese intended the attack as a preventive action to keep the United States Pacific Fleet from interfering with its planned military actions in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States.
Task 2: View the Pearl Harbour Attack clip.
Task 2: View the Pearl Harbour Attack clip.
Task 2: Refer to 3b.7 in your Retro 2 Textbook read the information and complete the reading up for 3b.7.1 Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941
Task 2: Refer to 3b.7 in your Retro 2 Textbook read the information and complete the reading up for 3b.7.1 Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941
Task 3: EP Task: The Asia Pacific Theatre of War (23 minutes)
Task 3: EP Task: The Asia Pacific Theatre of War (23 minutes)
Task 4: The Fall of Singapore (write text in blue
Task 4: The Fall of Singapore (write text in blue
Visit this site to read about the 'Fall of Singapore'. Use the article to answer the following questions.
a) What was humiliating disaster for the British Empire in the Pacific?
b) The Australian Government led by Prime Minister Stanley Bruce the Singapore would provide Australia what?
c) Where was Britain's troops primarily focused at the outset of WWII?
d) Briefly outline Prime Minister John Curtin, 1942 response to the lack of British support?
e) Use the text to summarise why the why did the Singapore Strategy fail? What were the consequences for Australian's soldiers based in Singapore?
Task 5: Writing/Communicating
Task 5: Writing/Communicating
Using your knowledge, explain why Japanese aggression in the Asia-Pacific area was a threat to Australian security?
The Treatment of POW's
The Treatment of POW's
Task 1: Please copy the following:
More than 30,000 Australians became prisoners of war (POWs) between 1940 and 1945. The Germans and Italians captured Australians during the Mediterranean and Middle East campaigns.
During the Pacific war, the Japanese captured 22,000 Australians: soldiers, sailors, airmen and members of the army nursing service, as well as some civilians. They were imprisoned in camps throughout Japanese-occupied territories.
Task 2.
Task 2.
a) Refer to your textbook and read 3b.8 Prisoners of war and complete the questions.
a) Refer to your textbook and read 3b.8 Prisoners of war and complete the questions.
Task 2: View the 17 minutes clickview. Please click on the question sheet provided and write your answer into your books.
Task 2: View the 17 minutes clickview. Please click on the question sheet provided and write your answer into your books.
Task 3: Choose ONE of the following POW camps Australia was imprisoned at write a research/or diary entry that covers the following:
Task 3: Choose ONE of the following POW camps Australia was imprisoned at write a research/or diary entry that covers the following:
Choose ONE of the following POW camps Australia was imprisoned at write a research/or diary entry that covers the following:
Choose ONE of the following POW camps Australia was imprisoned at write a research/or diary entry that covers the following:
The location of the camp
The location of the camp
Conditions of the camp
Conditions of the camp
Type of work/duties to be performed/any interesting stories associated with the camp.
Type of work/duties to be performed/any interesting stories associated with the camp.
Impact on Australian Casualty Rates
POWS click view questions.pdf
The Sydney Midget Attack
To extend your knowledge of the attack by the Japanese on Australian soil, check out this event by visiting the following site,
The Defence of Australia
The Defence of Australia
Task 1: Singapore, the key to British and Australian hopes for the protection of Australia and the Empire’s other interests in the Far East, fell on 15 February 1942. Not only was the Singapore strategy destroyed, but more than 15,000 Australian troops were lost. The thousands of Australian servicemen on Timor, Sumatra and Java, and in the waters around them were clearly next in line. Curtin stated on 16 February that ‘the fall of Singapore opens the Battle for Australia’.
Task 1: Singapore, the key to British and Australian hopes for the protection of Australia and the Empire’s other interests in the Far East, fell on 15 February 1942. Not only was the Singapore strategy destroyed, but more than 15,000 Australian troops were lost. The thousands of Australian servicemen on Timor, Sumatra and Java, and in the waters around them were clearly next in line. Curtin stated on 16 February that ‘the fall of Singapore opens the Battle for Australia’.
'Without any inhibitions of any kind I make it quite clear that Australia looks to America, free of any pangs as to our traditional links or kinship with the United Kingdom. We know the problems that the United Kingdom faces ... But we know, too, that Australia can go and Britain can still hold on. We are, therefore, determined that Australia shall not go, and shall exert all our energies towards the shaping of a plan, with the United States as its keystone, which will give to our country some confidence of being able to hold out until the tide of battle swings against the enemy.' 27 December 1941 a New Year's Day message by PM Curtin.
Task 1:
Task 1:
a) Please read the chapter from the booklet below '14. On Australian Soil Bombing of Darwin, Submarines in Sydney Harbour.'
b) Watch the bombing of Darwin:
c) Please read Chapter 15, and complete the activtities:
d) Watch the 2006 film of Kokoda.
Reflect:
a) Outline the types of hardships they faced?
b)What Anzac characteristics do you think these soliders exhibited?
Macaulay - Australians at War booklet 2019.pdf
outline the Australian governments' control on the home front in both wars for each of the following:
outline the Australian governments' control on the home front in both wars for each of the following:
conscription
use of government propaganda
changing roles of women
enemy 'aliens'
wartime controls/censorship
Task 1: Write Down: As in World War 1, the Commonwealth Government imposed a large number of new controls over people's lives. In times of danger, these powers/controls are intended to protect the Gov'ts plans, to support a cause, to ensure the general population is acting and behaving in a way that doesn't undermine or thwart the Gov'ts interests. In WWII, this Gov't aim was to protect Australia. In doing so, the Gov't introduced particular controls. They did this through the authority of the National Security Act of 1939- New laws and regulations were required to help win the war and they affected many areas of the day-to-day life of ordinary Australians lives
Task 2: Refer to the following website. You will divide an A4 sheet in about 6 squares with the following subheadings: Gov't Controls, Manpower, Conscription, rationing, censorship.
The Surrender of Japan
The Surrender of Japan
1.Copy notes in your book:
1.Copy notes in your book:
The surrender of the Empire of Japan was announced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) had become incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent. The dropping of two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki also applied pressure on Japan's surrender.
The surrender of the Empire of Japan was announced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) had become incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent. The dropping of two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki also applied pressure on Japan's surrender.
2. Read only: The dropping of the Atom bomb is very contentious. Many argue that the US went too far in its efforts by unleashing this devastating bomb. Others argue that the US would lose 1,000000 soldiers invading Japan, therefore justifying the bombs use to end the war. This short Video shows the story of the crew of the 'Enola Gay', the plane which would carry and drop the Atomic bomb.
2. Read only: The dropping of the Atom bomb is very contentious. Many argue that the US went too far in its efforts by unleashing this devastating bomb. Others argue that the US would lose 1,000000 soldiers invading Japan, therefore justifying the bombs use to end the war. This short Video shows the story of the crew of the 'Enola Gay', the plane which would carry and drop the Atomic bomb.
Source Analysis: Verbal disucssion
Source Analysis: Verbal disucssion
• This is a photo of the atomic bomb blast over Nagasaki, Japan. Begin by describing what you see in the photograph.
• From what point of view do we see the atomic bomb blast?
• Where is the photographer situated? Why would he or she have wanted to take the photo from that location?
• Do you think the photograph glorifies or condemns the power of the bomb? What aspects of the image support your conclusion?
• Do you think this image removes the emotional impact of the devastating effects of the bomb? How? Why would you want to remove the emotional impact of such a destructive device?
Research: 25 mins
Research: 25 mins
Why did the US make such a devastating bomb?
Explain why President Truman decided to use the bomb on Hiroshima and Negasaki
Choose either Hiroshima or Nagasaki and evaluate the impact of the bomb in regards to the following:
Human fatalities (deaths) and the nature (types) of injuries sustained.
The destruction of physical buildings and infrastructure
Evaluate the nature of the environmental damage (short and long term)
Perspectives:
-Outline the different viewpoints in regards to the dropping of the bomb.
-Reflection: From what you have researched, what are your views about dropping of the Atom bomb.
Are we entering a new phase of Nuclear Threat?
Are we entering a new phase of Nuclear Threat?
Reflection: 200 words Summarise the issues involved in the threat of nuclear war.
Impact of WWII on Australia
Impact of WWII on Australia
Task 1: You will read an article on the impacts of WWII on Australian society. Note, the Questions are on page 2. The article to read is on page 3.
Task 2: Please complete the EP task, 'The impact of WWII on Australian society'. You may need to search for this.
Analysing impact on Australian society.pdfThe role of Women and Indigenous Australians
The role of Women and Indigenous Australians
a) Using the internet and the worksheet, write a paragraph and outline how the role of women changed from WW1 to WW2. This means you need to show that the types of jobs women did in WWI and WWII were different.
b) Indigenous Australians: Use the internet to find the following:
a) WW1: Did the Government allow Indigenous people to fight? Outline the role played.
b) WWII: How did the role of Indigenous people change in WWII?
c) Outline a famous Indigenous person in WWII, and explain how they distinguished themselves.
d) Explain the fight Indigenous people went through to have their fighting experiences recognized.
Commemorations and the nature of the ANZAC legend
Commemorations and the nature of the ANZAC legend
Learning Goals:
● explain how and why Australians have commemorated the wars
● explain different perspectives on the ANZAC legend
Task 1: The Anzac Legend
Use the website: 'The Anzac Legend and it's influence on Australia.'
1. Briefly explain what the Anzac spirit/legend might be.
2. How has it influence on Australian culture.
3. Outline some of the problems with the legend.
Task 2: How Australia has commemorated the Wars.
Research and provide details on how the following commemorate the Anzacs:
a) Look up and write the definition of commemoration:
b) For each of the following, research and provide details about how they commemorate Aus involvement in conflicts:
-Anzac Day
-War Memorials:
Local:
National:
International:
-Remembrance Day:
Extension Task: Watch the video The Anzac Spirit
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