Researching World War I
This pathway brings together resources and activities for students in AusVELS Level 9 who are researching World War I. In particular it includes resources to assist with exploring the stories of Victorians and the way in which they were impacted by the war.
The activities in this pathway follow the research process as outlined to students in the Learn Skills section of this website.
This pathway can be used independently or to extend the Unfolding History - WWI Stories education program.
Learning intention
This pathway relates to the depth study of WWI in which students investigate key aspects of WWI and the Australian experience of the war, and could focus on:
- An overview of the causes of World War I and the reasons why men enlisted to fight in the war
- The places where Australians fought and the nature of warfare during World War I, including the Gallipoli campaign
- The impact of World War I, with a particular emphasis on Australia (such as the use of propaganda to influence the civilian population, the changing role of women, the conscription debate)
Resources
Australia & WWI - information and primary sources from ergo
WWI centenary - links, resources, collections and events from the State Library Victoria website
Activities
- Evaluating historical skills
- Generating questions - See Think Wonder
- Generating questions - Lotus diagram
- Search strategies for the web
- Using catalogues - State Library Victoria
- Finding newspapers online - Trove
- Notetaking online - Evernote
- Social bookmarking - Diigo
- Online bibliography tools
- Source analysis templates
- Presenting research - location based tools
- Presenting research - historical fiction
More to explore
Trove - National Library of Australia database
First World War - Australian War Memorial's resources, articles and links
Australian War Memorial - Incudes searchable databases of people who served, rolls of honour, student resources
Discovering Anzacs - New site from the National Archives of Australia - search records, browse galleries, upload content
Anzac Day - ABC website hosting great resources, interactives (including Gallipoli interactive), timelines, information aimed at students
Imagining Australia Home - Museum Victoria site with information aimed at students, digitised resources and a great curated list of useful links
The Shrine - Education - Information about the WW1 commemorations, comprehensive Teacher Resource Kit
HTAV competitions page - including links to The Simpson prize, the Spirit of ANZAC prize and more
