Sources
Locate 2 sources that tell you about conscription
Source 3 and 4
What date do we celebrate ANZAC day?
25th April
Why did Australia have a reputation for being a place full of criminals?
Penal Colony
What is conscription?
Being forced to go to war
Which source argues that Australia needed a new national identity instead of being thought as convicts, so they started celebrating ANZAC day and erecting statues in soldiers honour.
5
Locate 3 sources that talk about Gallipoli and the ANZAC legend
1, 2, 5
Why is ANZAC day celebrated on this day?
The day Australians landed at Gallipolli
What does it mean that Australia was a 'dominion of the British Empire'?
Britian ruled over Australia, made decisions for them
What is the difference between enlisting and being conscripted?
Enlisting - by choice, you join the war, volunteer
Conscript - no choice, you have to go if your name is called
Which source depicts the landing at Gallipoli but is a secondary source.
2
Locate 2 sources that talk about Britain and Australia's relationship with them
3, 5
Use 2-3 words to describe the ANZAC spirit
Courageous, Brave, Smart, Resourceful, Keen, etc
How did most Australians identify culturally before the war?
British
What does it mean to be 'pro-conscription' and anti-conscription?
pro - you want conscription to become law
anti - you don't want conscription to become law, you want people to volunteer to go, not be forced.
Which source talks about Billy Hughes opinion on conscription?
Use a quote from the source to tell me what his opinion was and introduce the source correctly.
source 3
according to History Skills (2021), Billy Hughes thought "forced conscription would solve the problem of low recruitment numbers"
Put in order of most to least correct as a way to introduce sources in paragraphs:
A) the source says
B) Source 2 says
C) Source 3 says " By 1916, the Australian" (source 3)
D) History Skills (2021) states "By 1916, the Australian".
D
C, B
A
Started working in different industries, instead of being housewives
Why did Australians start to forge their own identity during and after the war?
National identity was forged through Gallipolli, ANZAC legend and fighting on the Western Front. They felt distinctly Australian
What was the Labor Party's stance on conscription and what was Billy Hughes stance?
LP - against
Billy - for
Find evidence in source 5 that Australians used ANZAC legend to change the view of them as convicts.
Use it correctly in a sentence with source acknowledgement
According to Crotty & Holbrook (2022) "a good showing in battle would expunge the convict stain"
What can a propaganda poster tell you about conscription?
It can tell you how they were trying to influence the Australian public to vote yes or no to conscription.
What political division was happening at home while the war was being fought overseas?
Pro-conscription vs anti-conscription
How did other countries start to see Australia after the war?
As their own independent Nation
Very capable as they had shown bravery and sacrifice in Europe
Who was Billy Hughes and why did he change his political affiliations in WW1?
He was the PM for the Labor Party. Labor Party was against conscription and he was pro-conscription. He changed parties and got re-elected and continued to be Prime Minister.
What evidence do we have that ANZACS were carrying many heavy things as they jumped out of the boats and walked towards the shore?
Tell me which source and what evidence you have:
Source 1
"I was carrying 250 rounds of ammunition..."