Before Reading
This title of this book is The Anzac Billy.
Look at the front cover and discuss what this book might be about . What are the groups of people doing on the shore? What is the ship in the background used for?
How can you tell that this story happened a long time ago?
Can you use the information from the illustrations and the title on the front cover to guess what part of our history this story comes from?
What is an Anzac?
Stories like The Anzac Billy help us to better understand why we have a special day called, Anzac Day, to remember the soldiers who risked and gave their lives when they went to war.
Who do you think is the main character in the story? Why do you think this?
What is the boy holding? What do you think he is going to do with the billy?
Have you ever seen or used a billy? Ask some children to share their experiences and what it is used for.
Look at the front cover and discuss what this book might be about . What are the groups of people doing on the shore? What is the ship in the background used for?
How can you tell that this story happened a long time ago?
Can you use the information from the illustrations and the title on the front cover to guess what part of our history this story comes from?
What is an Anzac?
Stories like The Anzac Billy help us to better understand why we have a special day called, Anzac Day, to remember the soldiers who risked and gave their lives when they went to war.
Who do you think is the main character in the story? Why do you think this?
What is the boy holding? What do you think he is going to do with the billy?
Have you ever seen or used a billy? Ask some children to share their experiences and what it is used for.
Reading and Discussing
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Is this story true?? Did you know . . .?
This story is based on real events from World War One. The boy and his family in the story are not real, but they represent many families from that time and what they did for the soldiers so that they knew that they were thought of and loved by their family. In 1915 the war effort did package up billies filled with special items to send to the troops far away from their families.
This type of story is called Historical Fiction because it is a story based on real events. The author and the illustrator create the story to help us understand what it would have been like.
Click on the blue button below to read some information about the billy hamper during 1915. It was the only year that soldier care packages were sent in a billy!!
This type of story is called Historical Fiction because it is a story based on real events. The author and the illustrator create the story to help us understand what it would have been like.
Click on the blue button below to read some information about the billy hamper during 1915. It was the only year that soldier care packages were sent in a billy!!