Australia’s Role Learning Gain: All learners will
Description: Australias Role Learning Gain: All learners will explore the contributions of Australia in World War II on and off the battlefield. Date Discuss the reasons for Australian involvement in WW2 Examine the impact of the war on Australias
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slide1. Australia’s Role Learning Gain: All learners will explore the contributions of Australia in World War II on and off the battlefield. Date Discuss the reasons for Australian involvement in WW2
Examine the impact of the war on Australia’s economy.
Explain how war changed the lives’ of women in Australia. Today we will:<br>
slide2. Australia’s Role Starter What caused Australia to declare war on Germany? Why?<br>
slide3. Australia’s Role Main Task Write down anything in GREEN. As part of the British Commonwealth, Australia declared war on Germany in 1939; the Royal Australian Air Force were among the first Australians to see action in WW2
Australia’s main role at the start of the war was to support the Allies in the air.
They flew in operations over German and Italian cities; they sank enemy ships and submarines; shot down many enemy aircraft; and RAAF bombers dropped many tons of bombs.
When the threat of Japanese attacks to Australia increased, Australia became more involved in the war.
In 1942, Australia was attacked by sea and land. Japan attacked in Darwin as well as Sydney.
Australian forces stopped Japan from invading, and handed the Japanese their first major on-land loss in battle.<br>
slide4. Australia’s Role Main Task How did World War II change Australia? To answer this, you need to research two aspects:
The Australian economy
The role of women in Australia<br>
slide5. Australia’s Role Main Task How did World War II change Australia? Get in groups of four
Read the information pack about either Australia’s Wartime Economy or The Role of Women
Answer all questions on your question sheet. 4. Send one person from your table to a different group. (The new group should have studied the opposite information pack than you)
5. If you’ve moved tables, you’re an expert: share your information with your new group. Be sure to have your new table-mates share their information with you as well.<br>
slide6. Australia’s Role Plenary Summarise the changes to life in Australia during World War II.
Your response should be a well-developed paragraph. Evaluate this statement: WWII was a good thing for Australia.
Your response should be at least 2 paragraphs.<br>
slide7. Australia’s Role Plenary Fill in your evidence box with information from this lesson.
You can now summarise Australia’s role in the war.
Australia’s role in WW2 was …<br>
Examine the impact of the war on Australia’s economy.
Explain how war changed the lives’ of women in Australia. Today we will:<br>
slide2. Australia’s Role Starter What caused Australia to declare war on Germany? Why?<br>
slide3. Australia’s Role Main Task Write down anything in GREEN. As part of the British Commonwealth, Australia declared war on Germany in 1939; the Royal Australian Air Force were among the first Australians to see action in WW2
Australia’s main role at the start of the war was to support the Allies in the air.
They flew in operations over German and Italian cities; they sank enemy ships and submarines; shot down many enemy aircraft; and RAAF bombers dropped many tons of bombs.
When the threat of Japanese attacks to Australia increased, Australia became more involved in the war.
In 1942, Australia was attacked by sea and land. Japan attacked in Darwin as well as Sydney.
Australian forces stopped Japan from invading, and handed the Japanese their first major on-land loss in battle.<br>
slide4. Australia’s Role Main Task How did World War II change Australia? To answer this, you need to research two aspects:
The Australian economy
The role of women in Australia<br>
slide5. Australia’s Role Main Task How did World War II change Australia? Get in groups of four
Read the information pack about either Australia’s Wartime Economy or The Role of Women
Answer all questions on your question sheet. 4. Send one person from your table to a different group. (The new group should have studied the opposite information pack than you)
5. If you’ve moved tables, you’re an expert: share your information with your new group. Be sure to have your new table-mates share their information with you as well.<br>
slide6. Australia’s Role Plenary Summarise the changes to life in Australia during World War II.
Your response should be a well-developed paragraph. Evaluate this statement: WWII was a good thing for Australia.
Your response should be at least 2 paragraphs.<br>
slide7. Australia’s Role Plenary Fill in your evidence box with information from this lesson.
You can now summarise Australia’s role in the war.
Australia’s role in WW2 was …<br>