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Learning Intention: Understand and express how Australians were impacted by their wartime experiences
Success Criteria:
Identify various physical and psychological impacts of war on Australians
Identify the difficulties of returned soldiers in returning to civilian life
Utilise sources as evidence to write a paragraph about the problems faced by returned Prisoners of War (POWs)
Activity 1: Copy the following notes in your workbooks.
Activity 1: Copy the following notes in your workbooks.
From 1914 to 1918, over 324,000 Australians served overseas in the First World War, with two-thirds becoming casualties. These casualties included those who suffered physical wounds as well as psychological ones. Their experiences had long-lasting effects on returned servicemen and women, their families and society.
When Australian troops were called to fight for the British Empire during World War I they had to deal not only with new technology and new methods of fighting that war, but also with increasing incidences of psychological ailments, or shell shock.
View this clip using primary source footage of soldiers suffering from Shell Shock
Activity 2: View the 1000 Yard Stare and complete the worksheet below
Activity 2: View the 1000 Yard Stare and complete the worksheet below
Simple History 1000 Yard Stare.docxActivity 3: Read the Oxford text and complete the Interpret Questions
Activity 3: Read the Oxford text and complete the Interpret Questions
Oxford text Impact of war on civilians and returning soldiers.pdfPage updated
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