Commemorative Activity Centre

These activities are designed for children to explore and consolidate their learning about commemoration and Australia’s military history in an enjoyable way. Prior learning about the topics will enhance the student’s experience.

Then and now: Jobs in the Australian defence forces

Large image of a 1960s-style military cargo ship in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge; inset with a small image of official ceremony onboard a large modern military ship docked in Sydney Harbour.
Year F - 4

Symbols of Commemoration digibook

A girl running her hand through a wall of poppies
Year F - 4

Stories from the Vietnam War digibook

Soldier carrying rifles walk through a field of long grass
Year 9 - 10

Peacekeeping and the United Nations Digibook

Australian peacekeeping memorial, Anzac Parade Canberra. United Nations Flag flying top left corner.
Year 5 - 8

Here They Come—A Day to Remember digibook

A drawing of a boy point to the words 'Here they come a day to remember'
Year F - 3

Generations of Service: The Lovett Family

4 photos of people spread across a page of First Australians' artwork.
Year 3 - 6 HASS English

Anzac Day commemorative symbols

Men in uniforms and hats with spades and rail carts; canvas tents, a hill and an ancient pyramid in the background.
Year 1 - 6 HASS

Voices from the past for lower primary

A boat with troops standing up at the bow and some lying down on stretchers at the stern of the boat. A smaller boat is near the bow of the boat.
Year F - 4 HASS

Stories from the past for upper primary

A boat with troops standing up at the bow and some lying down on stretchers at the stern of the boat. A smaller boat is near the bow of the boat.
Year 4 - 6 HASS

Life in the trenches
Year F - 9 English HASS History

Second World War drag-the-words quiz

An soldier receives medical attention for a minor head wound.
Year 9 - 10 HASS History

First World War multiple-choice quiz

A group of 9 men wearing army uniforms and tin helmets sitting huddled together in a wide trench dug into a stony hillside.
Year 9 - 10 HASS History

Kokoda true-or-false quiz

September 1942-Milne Bay-Painting-William Dargie
Year 9 - 10 HASS History

Second World War true-or-false quiz

Nurses attending to injured men lying on beds
Year 9 - 10 HASS History

First World War word search

A male fighter pilot and a male gunner sitting back to back inside the cockpit of a fighter plane.
Year 9 - 10 HASS History

Western Front and Light Horse quiz

A man sleeping in a dugout made inside a trench.
Year 9 - 10 HASS History

Darwin under attack multiple-choice quiz

Oil painting depicting air raid, harbour; HMAS Deloraine. A large plume smoke to the left, many white explosions in surrounding water and fire engulfing ship. In the foreground are two life boats overflowing with survivors.
Year 9 - 10 HASS History

Gallipoli multiple-choice quiz

A painting depicting soldiers carrying goods a distance from coastline
Year 9 - 10 HASS History

Trench warfare true-or-false quiz

4 men in a trench 2 squatting by duckboards with tools, I standing the background hold mallet and one in foreground holding a saw.
Year 9 - 10 HASS History

Prisoners of war crossword puzzle

A drawing depicting two men exhausted from work and malnourishment.
Year 10 - 10 HASS History

In the Trenches word search

A man sleeping in the middle walkway of a trench.
Year 3 - 4 HASS History

In the Trenches crossword

Armed soldiers watching out from a sandbag trench
Year 5 - 6 HASS History

Pack your bag for the First World War drag-and-drop

Silhouette of an Australian soldier in uniform, wearing slouch hat and boots, standing with a rifle pointed to the ground. Orange sunrise in the background.
Year F - 3 HASS History

Trench hotspots and quiz
Year 2 - 5 HASS History

Anzac Day crossword

A wall of red poppies on a bronze list of solders names at the Australian War Memorial. To the left people in a corridor
Year 5 - 6 HASS History

Symbols of commemoration find a picture

A brown slouch hat with a badge and ribbon.
Year F - 2 HASS

Commemorations multiple choice quiz

A large group of uniformed people marching in a parade holding banners. Spectators watching the parade from a bridge above
Year 1 - 3 HASS English

Commemoration find a word

Soldiers stand in uniform in front of a crowd. Australian flags fly at half mast at the Australian War Memorial building
Year F - 3 HASS

Remembrance Day word search

A bouquet of red poppy flowers with black centres arranged with green leaves
Year F - 3 HASS

'Lest we forget' true or false quiz

A wreath with red gerberas and green foliage with a purple ribbon with the words Lest we Forget
Year 1 - 3 HASS

Ode of Remembrance quiz

A field of bright red poppy flowers with green grass background. The setting sun behind a mountain in the background
Year 2 - 3 HASS

Match the symbols memory game

4 war medals displayed in a row, 1 gold star and 3 silver circles. Colourful striped ribbon holds the medals
Year F - 2 HASS

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DVA (Department of Veterans' Affairs) ( ), Commemorative Activity Centre, DVA Anzac Portal, accessed 15 May 2025, https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/classroom/activities-and-games
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