Source Anaylsis task:
Write a paragraph about each source using the PEEL model:
P: What POINT does the source make?
E: Use EVIDENCE eg. a quote from the text to support your POINT.
E: EXPLAIN and EVALUATE the POINT.
Is the source useful and if so, why? Do you agree or disagree with the point made? What are some strengths or weaknesses of the point?
Which side of the Anzac argument does it represent?
L: LINK this POINT to what you already know about Anzac Day and Commemoration in Australia OR link it to the next source you will talk about.
Example:
“The Anzac legend is a central part of Australia’s historical narrative, collective memory and national identity. Nevertheless, the Anzac tradition has been subject to continual criticism and attack…..These ‘anti-Anzacs’ are seeking to break down a historical narrative through which the Australian people try to understand their nation’s history, maintain a sense of national identity and keep true to the promise of generations past never to forget those servicemen and women who sacrificed their lives on their nations behalf”.
Mervyn F. Bendle
Write a paragraph about each source using the PEEL model:
P: What POINT does the source make?
E: Use EVIDENCE eg. a quote from the text to support your POINT.
E: EXPLAIN and EVALUATE the POINT.
Is the source useful and if so, why? Do you agree or disagree with the point made? What are some strengths or weaknesses of the point?
Which side of the Anzac argument does it represent?
L: LINK this POINT to what you already know about Anzac Day and Commemoration in Australia OR link it to the next source you will talk about.
Example:
“The Anzac legend is a central part of Australia’s historical narrative, collective memory and national identity. Nevertheless, the Anzac tradition has been subject to continual criticism and attack…..These ‘anti-Anzacs’ are seeking to break down a historical narrative through which the Australian people try to understand their nation’s history, maintain a sense of national identity and keep true to the promise of generations past never to forget those servicemen and women who sacrificed their lives on their nations behalf”.
Mervyn F. Bendle
Example:
POINT: The source by Mervyn Bendle defends the importance of Anzac Day in Australian History. POINT: In this source he highlights the divide between historians on the commemoration of Anzac Day and expresses his perspective of view that Anzac Day should be honoured and commemorated. EVIDENCE: This interpretation is shown in the following quote: "‘anti-Anzacs’ are seeking to break down a historical narrative through which the Australian people try to understand their nation’s history, maintain a sense of national identity and keep true to the promise of generations past". EXPLAIN & EVALUATE: I believe this source is useful as it clearly shows the argument for remembering and commemorating Anzac Day. The source draws attention to the specific reasons WHY Anzac Day is important which is because it is a "central part of Australia’s historical narrative, collective memory and national identity".
LINK: The source by Mervyn Bendle contributes to my understanding of commemoration .......................
OR:
This source contrasts with the Source written by James Brown. He makes the point that ................
POINT: The source by Mervyn Bendle defends the importance of Anzac Day in Australian History. POINT: In this source he highlights the divide between historians on the commemoration of Anzac Day and expresses his perspective of view that Anzac Day should be honoured and commemorated. EVIDENCE: This interpretation is shown in the following quote: "‘anti-Anzacs’ are seeking to break down a historical narrative through which the Australian people try to understand their nation’s history, maintain a sense of national identity and keep true to the promise of generations past". EXPLAIN & EVALUATE: I believe this source is useful as it clearly shows the argument for remembering and commemorating Anzac Day. The source draws attention to the specific reasons WHY Anzac Day is important which is because it is a "central part of Australia’s historical narrative, collective memory and national identity".
LINK: The source by Mervyn Bendle contributes to my understanding of commemoration .......................
OR:
This source contrasts with the Source written by James Brown. He makes the point that ................
Sources Anzac:
Source 1:
'A century ago we got it wrong. We sent thousands of young Australians on a military operation that was barely more than a disaster. It's right that a hundred years later we should feel strongly about that. But have we got our remembrance right? What lessons haven't we learned about war, and what might be the cost of our Anzac obsession?'
James Brown, Anzacs Long Shadow.
Source 2:
“What these men did nothing can alter now. The good and the bad, the greatness and smallness of their story will stand. Whatever of glory it contains nothing now can lessen. It rises, as it will always rise, above the mists of ages, a monument to great-hearted men; and, for their nation, a possession for ever”.
(CEW Bean, Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918, vol. VI, chapter XXII, Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1942, p. 1096).
Source 3:
The mettle that race can show
Is proved with shot and steel,
And now we know what nations know
And feel what nations feel.
Banjo Patterson, “We’re all Australians Now”.
Source 4:
Do nations who have lived in peace lack something important? And how does violence contribute to a nations spirit or identity? Australia’s Anzac talk dwells on suffering endured but what about suffering inflicted? Sacrifice and dying are admired, but what about the killing? It seems we rarely talk about it.
McKenna, Reynolds & Lake, What’s wrong with Anzac? 2010
Source 1:
'A century ago we got it wrong. We sent thousands of young Australians on a military operation that was barely more than a disaster. It's right that a hundred years later we should feel strongly about that. But have we got our remembrance right? What lessons haven't we learned about war, and what might be the cost of our Anzac obsession?'
James Brown, Anzacs Long Shadow.
Source 2:
“What these men did nothing can alter now. The good and the bad, the greatness and smallness of their story will stand. Whatever of glory it contains nothing now can lessen. It rises, as it will always rise, above the mists of ages, a monument to great-hearted men; and, for their nation, a possession for ever”.
(CEW Bean, Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918, vol. VI, chapter XXII, Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1942, p. 1096).
Source 3:
The mettle that race can show
Is proved with shot and steel,
And now we know what nations know
And feel what nations feel.
Banjo Patterson, “We’re all Australians Now”.
Source 4:
Do nations who have lived in peace lack something important? And how does violence contribute to a nations spirit or identity? Australia’s Anzac talk dwells on suffering endured but what about suffering inflicted? Sacrifice and dying are admired, but what about the killing? It seems we rarely talk about it.
McKenna, Reynolds & Lake, What’s wrong with Anzac? 2010
Anzac Day marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the first World War. On this day we remember Australians who served and died in all wars, conflicts and peace keeping operations.
Remembrance Day: At 11am on the 11th November 1918 the guns of the Western Front fell silent after more than four years of continuous warfare. The Allied Nations chose this day and time for the commemoration of their war dead.
Commemoration: The action of celebrating or remembering a dead person or past event.
How do we commemorate these days?
"The emotional crucible of our nationhood" - 1.50 mins
"Those survivors of Gallipoli really helped us to capture the diversity of views and remind us of the richness of the story. Not every Gallipoli experience was what we expect it to be". 5.10 mins
Group 1: Hundred of thousands attend dawn services for Anzac centenary.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-25/anzac-day-2015-live-blog/6418912
Group 2: History Wars over Anzac
https://theconversation.com/the-past-is-not-sacred-the-history-wars-over-anzac-38596
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-25/anzac-day-2015-live-blog/6418912
Group 2: History Wars over Anzac
https://theconversation.com/the-past-is-not-sacred-the-history-wars-over-anzac-38596
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Title: Anzac Day
Date of Work: 25 April, 1930
Creator: Hood, Sam, 1872-1953
Call Number: Home and Away - 5020
http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemLarge.aspx?itemID=9385
Date of Work: 25 April, 1930
Creator: Hood, Sam, 1872-1953
Call Number: Home and Away - 5020
http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemLarge.aspx?itemID=9385