Education
Primary School Resources
The Borella Ride Education Resources were developed by Ruth Hillier – Classroom Teacher – Tennant Creek Primary School
Title: Military uniforms over time
Year Levels: Transition to Year 3
National Curriculum Links: History (compare past and present)
Lesson Objective: Compare the military uniforms of World War I to a modern day soldier.
Title: The journey of Albert Borella
Year Levels: Transition to Year 3
National Curriculum Links: History (sequence objects and events, identify and compare past and present)
Lesson Objective: Students sequence events in order on a timeline.
Lesson 2 The Journey of Borella
Title: The highest award for the bravest of the brave
Year Levels: Year 2 to Year 6
National Curriculum Links: History (symbols and awards); Visual Arts (Create and display artworks to communicate ideas)
Lesson Objective: To design a war bravery medal
Lesson 3 Bravery Awards
Title: 100 years of ANZAC
Year Levels: Transition to Year 6
National Curriculum Links: History (identify questions to form a historical inquiry)
Lesson Objective: Use the KWL chart to record your class findings about topics relating to 100 years of ANZAC.
Lesson 4 100 years of Anzac
Title: We want you!
Year Levels: Year 2 to Year 6
National Curriculum Links: Visual Arts (create and display artworks to communicate ideas)
Lesson Objective: Design and create a War Propaganda poster.
Lesson 5 We want you
Title: Who is Albert Borella?
Year Levels: Transition to Year 6
National Curriculum Links: History (identify and locate information, pose questions about the past); English (questioning, notetaking)
Lesson Objective: Find out relevant information about a person using a range of resources.
Lesson 6 Who is Albert Borella
Title: The Journey
Year Levels: Year 4 to Year 6
National Curriculum Links: Math (timeline, order); History (sequence historical events)
Lesson Objective: Students sequence events in chronological order and identify key dates.
Lesson 7 The Journey
Title: Australia’s Victoria Crosses
Year Levels: Year 3 to Year 6
National Curriculum Links: Math (display a range of dates on a bar graph, interpret a bar graph)
Lesson Objective: Students will demonstrate their ability to graph and interpret results.
Lesson 8 Australias Victoria Crosses
Title: Albert Borella VC and Market Donaldson VC
Year Levels: Year 4 to Year 6
National Curriculum Links: History (locate relevant information); English (compare and contrast two texts)
Lesson Objective: Compare and contrast two Victoria Cross recipients.
Lesson 9 Borella and Donaldson
Title: How did Albert Borella reach Darwin?
Year Levels: Year 4 to Year 6
National Curriculum Links: Geography (mapping, location of places); Maths (Interpret maps and diagrams)
Lesson Objective: Students to plot and label important places on a map of Australia.
Lesson 10 How did Borella reach Darwin
Title: Northern Territory Times and Gazette
Year Levels: Year 4 to Year 6
National Curriculum Links: History (Pose questions about the past); English (compose texts)
Lesson Objective: Compose interview questions.
Lesson 11 NT Times
Title: Letter to the home front
Year Levels: Year 3 to Year 6
National Curriculum Links: English (writing, develop texts); History (past and present); Art (create an artwork depicting a war scene)
Lesson Objective: Students to write a postcard from a soldier’s perspective in World War I
Lesson 12 Letters to home
Secondary School Resources
The World War I education resources, produced for The Borella Ride, were developed by former school teacher & historian Dr Peter Williams.
Title: Stories of the First World War
Subject: English
Appropriate for: Year 7
Lesson Objective: Students will prepare and give a short talk to the class.
English – Year 7
Title: European Countries in the First World War
Subject: History
Appropriate for: Year 7
Lesson Objective: Students will demonstrate the ability to use an atlas, or online maps, to locate on a map the European Countries participating in the First World War.
History – Year 7
Title: A tour of the Western front
Subject: Maths
Appropriate for: Year 7
Lesson Objective: Students will demonstrate their ability to solve a time and distance problem.
Maths – Year 7
Title: Parachutes in the First World War
Subject: Science
Appropriate for: Year 7
Lesson Objective: Students will demonstrate their ability to understand technical information. Depending on the class level some questions in the task may be better completed as a class discussion.
Science – Year 7
Title: Stories of the First World War
Subject: English
Appropriate for: Year 8
Lesson Objective: Students will examine, discuss and respond to a primary source. The lesson objective can be achieved in writing, or as a class presentation.
English – Year 8
Title: Australia in the First World War
Subject: History
Appropriate for: Year 8
Lesson Objective: Student test on Australian participation in the First World War.
History – Year 8
Title: A graph of Australian enlistment in the First World War
Subject: Maths
Appropriate for: Year 8
Lesson Objective: Students will demonstrate their ability to draw a graph and analyse the results.
Maths – Year 8
Title: Weapons of the First World War
Subject: Science
Appropriate for: Year 8
Lesson Objective: Students will demonstrate their ability to understand technical information. Depending on the class level some questions in the task may be better completed as a class discussion.
Science – Year 8
Title: Poetry of the First World War
Subject: English
Appropriate for: Year 9
Lesson Objective: Students will examine, discuss and respond to two poems written by Australian First World War veterans.
English – Year 9
Title: Accounts of the First World War
Subject: History
Appropriate for: Year 9
Lesson Objective: Students will examine, discuss and respond to primary sources written by Australian First World War nurses.
History – Year 9
Title: Statistics of the First World War, 1914-1918
Subject: Maths
Appropriate for: Year 9
Lesson Objective: Students will demonstrate their ability to analyse statistics.
Maths – Year 9
Title: Chemical weapons of the First World War
Subject: Science
Appropriate for: Year 9
Lesson Objective: Students will demonstrate their ability to understand technical information and research chemical terms. Depending on the class level some questions in the task may be better completed as a class discussion.
Science – Year 9
Activity Sheet: Make Hard Tack
Lesson Objective: Students will learn how to make Hard Tack.
Make Hard Tack
*This Activity Sheet is not linked to the National Curriculum
