Extension resources
The extension category includes useful resources containing detailed content that may require more advanced literacy skills. These resources could be used for independent research tasks and extension activities or be modified to meet your teaching needs.
Snapshots: Australians in war and conflict book
Century of Service book series
About our resources
Our wartime artists and artwork free educational resources for Australian schools include:
- classroom activities and lessons
- interactive online activities
- printable worksheets to consolidate learning
- source analysis for primary and secondary sources
- short films and videos
- workbooks and books.
Education specialists and qualified historians design our resources so they:
- are historically accurate
- build knowledge, understanding and skills
- engage your students.
Primary and secondary resources have classroom-ready content. Adapt them to cover topics broadly or in detail.
Wartime artists and artwork topics include:
- First Nations Australian artists
- representation of First Nations Australians in service
- women as wartime artists and their artworks
- World War I artists and artworks
- World War II artists and artworks
- Vietnam War artists and artworks
- post-1945 conflicts and peace operations, including INTERFET and the Middle East.
The Expressions: Commemoration through art series is a collection of art-based student activities. To bring history to life, we have included images of artworks with guided analysis of how veterans' stories and experiences are represented. The most popular titles include:
- The Sock Knitter
- Long Tan Action, Vietnam
- Flight Sgt Rawdon Middleton
- Be Deadly - NORFORCE
- Two working men, Konyu River Camp
- Peacekeepers in East Timor.
Get in touch
To ask about our teaching resources or request a copy of any of our free printed books, contact us.