This Commemoration and Celebration unit pack gives Year 1 and Year 2 teachers a complete, ready-to-teach HASS resource covering significant days and events from Australia and around the world. With 13 flexible lesson plans, colour-coded fact sheets, differentiated sorting activities, worksheets, vocabulary word wall cards, and colouring pages, all in one print-and-go pack, it will save you hours of planning.
 
Please note: this pack has had a huge update!
 
Why teachers love this resource:
✅ 13 lesson plans guide you through every activity, just pick the events you want to cover and teach
✅ Covers 8 major commemorations and celebrations in one pack: ANZAC Day, Remembrance Day, Sorry Day, NAIDOC Week, Diwali, Chinese New Year, St Patrick's Day, and Independence Day
✅ Colour coded green for celebrations and red for commemorations, throughout, so students can self-sort and self-check with confidence
✅ Every fact sheet comes in colour AND black and white use as posters, reading group resources, or student workbook pages
✅ Two levels of sorting activity make differentiation effortless words and pictures version included
✅ Vocabulary word wall cards build the key HASS language students need for discussion and writing tasks
✅ Answer sheets included throughout, making marking fast and easy
✅ Perfect for ANZAC Day in April and works across the whole school year for other events
 
What's included:
13 Lesson Plans flexible and easy to follow, covering each activity in the pack. Choose the events and activities that suit your class and curriculum needs.
 
Definition fact sheets (x2)
What is a commemoration?
What is a celebration?
Did You Know? Comparison Sheet Remembrance Day in Australia, Canada and New Zealand vs Veterans Day in America
 
Individual fact sheets (x8) in colour AND black and white, colour-coded red for commemorations, green for celebrations:
ANZAC Day
Remembrance Day
National Sorry Day
NAIDOC Week
Diwali
Chinese New Year
St Patrick's Day
Independence Day (America)
 
Drawing and writing activities (x2)
My favourite commemoration
My favourite celebration
 
Cut and sequence worksheets (x3) with answer sheets — sentences about commemorations and celebrations
 
Sorting activities (x2) with answer sheets
Sort by words
Sort by pictures, perfect for differentiation and EAL/D learners
 
Identify and circle worksheets (x3) with answer sheets
Wedding
Remembrance Day
Birthday
 
Vocabulary word wall cards (x8) with images and kid-friendly definitions
 
Colouring pages (x4)
Birthday
Remembrance Day
ANZAC Day
Wedding
 
This resource is perfect for:
ANZAC Day week in April
HASS Civics and Citizenship and History, Years 1 and 2
Whole class introduction to significant days and events
Small group and independent work
Relief teachers - fully self-explanatory and ready to go
Multicultural education and diversity units
Cross-curriculum literacy integration
EAL/D learners' picture sorting activity provides a visual scaffold
 
What Teachers Say:
 
"My students enjoyed using this resource in our Celebrations and Commemorations unit. The information was clear for research purposes and they made for a good classroom display."
 
"This resource was great at explaining the difference between a celebration and a commemoration. Clear and explicit activities!"
 
"This is a lovely resource that my students enjoyed colouring and cutting out. It looks great in their books once it is glued in. Thank you!"
 
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