School visits

Education programs

First World War

Australian soldiers walking on a duckboard over mud and water in Chateau Wood
Five Australians, members of a field artillery brigade, passing along a duckboard track over mud and water among gaunt bare tree trunks in the devastated Chateau Wood, a portion of one of the battlegrounds in the Ypres salient.
AWM E01220

For secondary school students

Curriculum links:

Studies of society and environment

Investigation, communication and participation
Time, continuity and change
Culture

Objectives:

To assist students to develop a greater understanding and empathy for the personal experiences of Australian soldiers in the First World War.

The program:

Students examine the role of Australians in the First World War, the conditions they faced, the war’s effect on the individual, and the effect the war had on the home front. Students explore the First World War from the perspective of Australian soldiers. This program focuses on both Gallipoli and the Western Front.

Price: $5.50 per student, minimum charge $60.50 (incl. GST)

Duration: 1 hour

Maximum number: 60 students per hour

Group size: 15

Available: Daily 9.00 am – 3.30 pm

Memorial education staff facilitate this program.