Focus question 1: What is the message/relevance of ANZAC Day for Australians in the present?
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art30937.aspResearch Notes Evaluation Follow up task
The ANZAC Day service is held at dawn - about 4:30am (no matter where in the world it is held). The order of the Dawn Service is unchanged and is:
Catafalque Party takes post
Welcome address and introduction of the Guest Speaker
Address by the Guest Speaker (often a local dignitary, ex-service person, member of the Defence Force, teacher or student. Of later years, there are often two guests and one of these is always a child)
Hymn
Response to the Address
Prayer
Laying of the Wreaths (anybody can lay a wreath, and the order in which the wreaths are laid is arranged by the RSL - the Returned Services League)
Uniform Resolution
The Ode
Last Post
One Minute’s Silence
Rouse & Flag’s Raised
Recitation of an appropriate Poem
National Anthem
Catafalque party dismounts
Closing Thanks The Dawn Service is the same every year and more and more people become part of it the service every year. Estimation: how many people go to the service in Australia per year?
Focus question 1: How many people go to a dawn service per year?
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/25/1019441274198.htmlhttp://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art30937.aspResearch Notes Evaluation Follow up task
• Over 20,000 Australians go to ANZAC Cove at Gallipoli for the Dawn Service.
• In Sydney, between 10,000 and 15,000 gathered at the Martin Place Cenotaph.
• Thousands flocked to Anzac Square in Brisbane.
• About 5,000 people attended a dawn service in Adelaide Many people go to the dawn service to pay their respects for the people who died.
Focus question 1: What is the message/relevance of ANZAC Day for Australians in the present?
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/25/1019441274198.htmlResearch Notes Evaluation Follow up task
• Anzac tradition was alive and well in the youth… because of the teaching of the Australian tradition within schools.
• "The large number of young people is once again a feature of the dawn service ... and I think this reflects the fact we are teaching about Anzac, we are teaching about the military tradition in Australian history in the school system." Anzac Day is taught in many schools so it is relevant for the students and they understand the importance.
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• ANZAC Day commemorates the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps troops landing at Gallipoli on April 25, 1915. The eight-month campaign was a military failure, with more than 11,000 Anzac soldiers killed, but it was the first time our troops had fought under an Australian flag. It is considered an important moment in the formation of Australia's national identity.
• Anzac Day has become a national day of remembrance for all those who have served in Australia's armed forces. The dawn service at Anzac Cove in Turkey has become a pilgrimage for many keen to commemorate the soldiers' sacrifice. Last week, 17,000 people - mostly young Australians - gathered there for the 90th anniversary. (2005) This shows why it is so important for us all.
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