On the World Map find New Zealand, Turkey, Germany, Russia, Australia and England. Look at the distance between each country. Discuss how the young soldiers might have felt being so far from home. Provide students with a map of the world to find and colour each country a different colour.
On a map of Turkey locate the Dardanelle's, Constantinople (Istanbul), Gallipoli, Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. Give the students their own copy of the map and help them to use mapping skills to locate each place.
On a map of the Gallipoli Peninsular, locate and name ANZAC Cove, Suvla Bay, Chunuk Bair, Quinn's post.
Use the information to discuss with the students the silence and with-drawal.
Explain how the ANZAC soldiers deceived the Turks, practicing making no noise and no talking for weeks before the evacuation. Discuss the devices used to trick the enemy. Explain the contraptions they made to fire their weapons when there was no one left to shoot.
Discuss with the students:
Discuss what information should be added to the class ANZAC chart. Teacher records the information based on the class discussion. Add information to the original chart - silence and withdrawal and the use of ingenuity.
Read to the students the story of Simpson and his Donkey. See also other sites about this story: John Simpson Kirkpatrick.
Discuss:
Published on: 21 May 2009
