Australian+War+Memorial

Jessica Pickering, Christine Martin, Bek Baldwin We visited the war memorial on Friday and spoke to the school booking officer Vanessa. The war memorial offers extensive list of educational programs to school age children through a variety of methods. Many of them are also accessible and explained on their website- http://www.awm.gov.au/education/
 *  Teachers can take their students to the war memorial and they can explore and learn in their kids HQ area (like a mini classroom) within the war memorial, where teachers can organise specific topics to be discussed with and taught to the children.


 * Students can have a hands on experience in the learning zone called the ‘discovery centre’, where the students can interact with a variety of activities based on The [|First World War], [|Second World War], [|Vietnam], [|Cold War] and [|Peacekeeping]. There is a real helicopter and submarine, computer activities and kinaesthetic activities for the students to engage with. Eg. Dressing up.


 *  if organised before going to the war memorial a wreath-laying ceremony on the tomb of the unknown soldiers grave can be organised for a select number of students. Here a guest veteran will answer any student questions relating to the war, soldiers and the meaning of wreath-laying.

Box 01 – [|Australia in the First World War] Box 02 – [|Vietnam: the Australian experience] Box 03 – [|Too dark for the Light Horse: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the defence forces] Box 04 – [|Australia under attack!] Box 05 – [|We want to do more: the experience of women and children during the Second World War] Box 06 – [|Our war in the Pacific, 1942] · The education officers at the war memorial are more than happy to work with teachers to create a program that suits the area of study the class is focusing on and can be contacted school.bookings@awm.gov.auph. +61 (02) 6243 4268  fax +61 (02) 6243 4541
 * The War memorials website has a list of resources and activities for students and teachers to use in the classroom including posters, activity books, teacher notes, diaries of ANZAC’s and memorial box’s which are like educational kits teachers can borrow from the war memorial containing information about the following topics

Aimee Hunter, Jessica Bellamy & Jennifer Swift

On the 6th of September we went to the Australian War Memorial and we managed to have a brief discussion with one of the staff members who runs the school education program which is found on the lower level of the building. He informed us that the majority of students that visit are senior primary students and older. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt;">When the schools visit the War Memorial they gather in the room and watch a brief movie on the War Memorial and have a Q & A with the staff running the program. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt;">The discovery boxes which can be sent out to schools prior to the visit are also located in the discovery room. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt;">We took a few photos which are below of our tour of the War Memorial. = **//Reflecting Pool//** =

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Alexandra Taylor

I attended the War Memorial on Monday for the first time in my life! It was really educational and i learnt so much just from walking around and having an explore of everything.

I noticed a number of school groups there at the time, all moving from one display to the next and having dicussions with their teachers about what they could see and linking it back to what i assume was a topic they were discussing in class at the time. That's the beauty of the War Memorial, it contains so much History and information that students are never only going to take away one bit of information, they are going to walk away with an overflowing head of knowledge about Australia and it's soldiers.

The displays were very realistic and clearly demonstrated how different supplies, clothing and even the lifestyle was back in those times. Students are able to move around and observe the different weapons, clothing, food, even diary entries written by those involved in the Wars, giving them a feel for what it must've been like.

I believe the War Memorial to be a suitable place to go for years 1 and above. There is a variety of things to see and learn about the History of Australia and it's soldiers.

Carly Frank, Charlotte Huskisson and Isobel Short

**Location:** Australian War Memorial Treloar Crescent (top of ANZAC Parade) Campbell ACT 2612

**Opening Times:** 10 am–5 pm daily Closed on Christmas Day

When we visited the Australian War Memorial there were a lot of school groups around the memorial. They were broken up into smaller groups and were having a tour of the memorial with one of memorial staff members for each group. From what we over heard from these groups it seemed that the staff were giving the information in a story telling sort of way, rather than just giving the information. This seemed to have most of the students engaged. Carly, Charlotte and Myself also had a look in the Memorial Shop on the way out and noticed the resources that they have on offer there, from factual information books to children’s literature all of which could be used in the classroom. We had a great time at the memorial, looking at all of the displays and finding our relatives on the Roll of Honor, and we think that it is a great place for students to visit.