Station 1 Facts about Belgium

1. Using the iPad, find the following facts about Belgium.

Write these facts on the sticky notes and stick them around
the map of Belgium.
What date was Belgium invaded in WW1?
Belgian population in 1914?
Belgian Population in 2017?
Main industry of Belgium in 1914
Main industry in Belgium in 2017
What type of government rules?
What is the name of the current leader?
What is the main language spoken in Belgium?
How old are students when they finish school/ graduate?
What type of housing do they mainly live in?
What do they wear? Do they have traditional clothing? If
yes, what does it look like?
Station 2 Write about how you feel about WW1

Using your knowledge you have gained over the term and what you discovered
while creating your Gallipoli power point, as well as your class book, discuss
your knowledge and feelings about The Great War (WW1) by answering the
questions below.

Gallipoli Write your name and these answers on the green strips and place
into the jar.

1. How many Australian soldiers fought at Gallipoli?

2. What happened at the Battle of Lone Pine?
3. What was a `drip rifle and how did it help Australian soldiers?
4. How long did the Gallipoli campaign last?
5. Do you think Australia should have gone to Gallipoli to fight? Give reason
for your answer.

Life in the Trenches Write your name and these answers on the red strips
and place in the same jar as the green.

1. What was an average meal for soldiers in the trenches?

2. What was hard tack also known as?
3. What diseases affected soldiers in the trenches?
4. What do you think some positives are about fighting in trenches, when
compared to how we fight wars today? (What makes fighting in trenches
better than todays fighting?)
5. What do you think are some positives about how we fight wars today,
compared to trench warfare? (What makes fighting today better than in the
trenches?)
Station 3 Write about how you think Belgium students feel
about WW1
Think from the Belgian students perspective to complete this task.

Using your knowledge and feelings about The Great War (WW1), think about
and discuss the following questions:

Do the Belgians still feel angry at Germany?

Did their relatives live, die or fight in WW1?
Do they have a day like ANZAC Day in Belgium?
What daily reminders do they have around about WW1?
What would they see in their town/community about WW1?

Now using this discussion, complete the Y chart writing in, what
you think it would look like, feel like and sound like in the town
where our Belgian school friends live.
Station 4 Remembering WW1 & Kings Park memorial

NOTE: These comments you write will go into the box to be

sent to the Belgium school.

Write on the strips of paper, add your name.

Describe Australias ANZAC Day in as much detail as you can,

include talking about the War Memorial at Kings Park. (What it
is like, the whisper wall, the flame etc.) And your experiences
there (picnics, pokemon hunting etc.)
Station 5 Graves Annotate the headstones.

Using the list below, annotate/ label the real soldier headstones with the terms that fit the
description. One has been done for you as a guide.

Bitterness, Bravery, Civil duty, Division, Faith, Family, Loneliness, Loss, Love, Mateship,
Memory, National identity, Patriotism, Peer pressure, Pride, Religion, Sacrifice, Self-
sacrifice, Shame

Patriotism National Identity Pride

Station 6 Two communities meet
Using the worksheet, the first common task with our partner school will
be to introduce ourselves and our community (Comet Bay College and
Secret Harbour), and to find out about their Belgian community.

Use this table to gather information about our community today

and in 1914, and this will be sent to our partner school.

We will receive similar information back from our partner school.

Feel free to write an introductory note about who you are and where
you live, what you like doing etc. for the students in Belgium to read
about. They can then find you on the Facebook page or include your
email address for them to contact you through.
Station 7 Letter & Diary entries, Sources 1-10
What do soldiers and nurses tell us about their experience of
war?

Here are a number of extracts from soldiers and nurses letters

and diaries telling us about the Western Front. Use this to guide
your task.

Create a short summary of the experiences had by nurses and

soldiers during WW1.

You can write this summary as a letter, an imaginary diary

entry, a poem, a song or any other means of communication.
Well share this with our partner school.
Station 8 Letter & Diary entries, Sources 11-16
What do soldiers and nurses tell us about their experience of
war?

Here are a number of extracts from soldiers and nurses letters

and diaries telling us about the Western Front. Use this to guide
your task.

Create a short summary of the experiences had by nurses and

soldiers during WW1.

You can write this summary as a letter, an imaginary diary

entry, a poem, a song or any other means of communication.
Well share this with our partner school