SIMPSON PRIZE COMPETITION
The Simpson Prize is a national competition for Year 9 and 10 students. The competition encourages participants to explore the significance of the Anzac experience and what it has meant for Australia. Eight winners are chosen from each State and Territory with the opportunity to visit overseas battlefields and participate in Anzac Day commemorations. For more information go to The Prize page.
2021 Simpson Prize CompetitionQuestion
“How do lesser known stories from the Western Front expand our understanding of the Australian experience of the First World War?”
Instructions
The Simpson Prize requires you to respond to the quote and question above using both the Simpson Prize Australian War Memorial Source Selection (which can be found at https://www.awm.gov.au/learn/schools/Simpson2021 and your own research.
You are encouraged to agree, debate with or challenge the statement from a variety of perspectives – individual, national and global – and to use sources in a variety of forms. You are expected to make effective use of a minimum of three of the sources provided (see link above).
Up to half of your response should also make use of information drawn from your own knowledge and research.
Closing date
Submit your entry by Friday 6 November 2020
Please see the How to Enter section for more details regarding student and teacher entry requirements.
Note: Winners will travel in 2021
The competition is funded by the Australian Government Department of Education and run by the History Teachers’ Association of Australia.
The Simpson Prize is a national competition for Year 9 and 10 students. The competition encourages participants to explore the significance of the Anzac experience and what it has meant for Australia. Eight winners are chosen from each State and Territory with the opportunity to visit overseas battlefields and participate in Anzac Day commemorations. For more information go to The Prize page.
2021 Simpson Prize CompetitionQuestion
“How do lesser known stories from the Western Front expand our understanding of the Australian experience of the First World War?”
Instructions
The Simpson Prize requires you to respond to the quote and question above using both the Simpson Prize Australian War Memorial Source Selection (which can be found at https://www.awm.gov.au/learn/schools/Simpson2021 and your own research.
You are encouraged to agree, debate with or challenge the statement from a variety of perspectives – individual, national and global – and to use sources in a variety of forms. You are expected to make effective use of a minimum of three of the sources provided (see link above).
Up to half of your response should also make use of information drawn from your own knowledge and research.
Closing date
Submit your entry by Friday 6 November 2020
Please see the How to Enter section for more details regarding student and teacher entry requirements.
Note: Winners will travel in 2021
The competition is funded by the Australian Government Department of Education and run by the History Teachers’ Association of Australia.
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