If you have completed the first three activities, you have the option to continue with any or all of the following three extension activities.
Extension Activity 1:
After studying the two propaganda posters from World War One (Activity 3), answer the following questions:
1. Who is targeted in these posters?
2. What message do the posters provide?
3. What reasons do the posters give for why men should enlist?
4. Do you think they would be successful in encouraging men to join the war?
Extension Activity 2:
Complete the following Mix and Match table which provides a list of reasons why men decided to join the First World War. Your teacher will have printed copies for you to use.
Extension Activity 1:
After studying the two propaganda posters from World War One (Activity 3), answer the following questions:
1. Who is targeted in these posters?
2. What message do the posters provide?
3. What reasons do the posters give for why men should enlist?
4. Do you think they would be successful in encouraging men to join the war?
Extension Activity 2:
Complete the following Mix and Match table which provides a list of reasons why men decided to join the First World War. Your teacher will have printed copies for you to use.
(Department of Veterans Affairs: Australians on the Western Front, 2006, p. 29)
Extension Activity 3:
Choose a photo or an official document from the War Memorial Box and answer the following questions:
PHOTO:
1. Where was the photo taken? 2. When was it taken? 3. Who or what is pictured in the photo? 4. What are the conditions like? 5. How does it help our understanding of Australia's involvement in World War One? |
OFFICIAL DOCUMENT:
1. Who wrote it? 2. What is it about? 3. When was it written? 4. Why was it written? 5. How does it help our understanding of Australia's involvement in World War One? |