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.
World War One 1914 to 18 - our website section
Gallipoli and the Anzacs teaching resource
Gallipoli book and related Gallipoli: Educational Activities workbook
Australians on the Western Front book and worksheet
Home Front book and related Home Front Educational Activities workbook
Century of Service book series
Snapshots: Australians in war and conflict book
Forever yours: Stories of wartime love and friendship and We'll Meet Again workbooks
Australian Volunteers in Serbia 1914-18 fact sheet
About our resources
Our World War I 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.
World War I topics include:
- causes of World War I
- countries involved in World War I
- enlistment and recruitment
- diverse Australian experiences in World War I
- Gallipoli Campaign
- Western Front
- Middle Eastern campaigns
- trench warfare and weaponry
- Australian women in service and on the home front
- Indigenous Australian service
- Australians on the home front
- wartime artworks, artists and writers
- commemoration of World War I.
To bring history to life, we've included oral histories that capture veterans' stories and experiences.
More stories
Find more information about Australians during World War I on our website:
- all teaching resources and other books, videos and audio files for the general public in Resources
- people who served in World War I in Biographies
- people who served in World War I in Short Films
- Australian town stories of World War I in Great War Memories
- community experiences of World War I in Australians in Wartime
Get in touch
To ask about our teaching resources or request a free copy of our printed books, contact us.