Australia Day and Australian Activities

Make teaching fun with this no-prep Australia Day unit. It is perfect to explore Australian facts, colloquial Aussie language and icons. Use it to celebrate all things Australian, or to learn a bit more about Australia and being Australian.

Australia Day is celebrated on the 26th of January each year. How do you celebrate the day? Learn some facts, icons of Australia, flags and the national anthem.

Alternatively this unit can be used to learn basic facts about Australia, what makes Australia iconic, geographical skills to know the states and how to speak like an Aussie. 

Here's what you'll get:

190 page Teaching slideshow for whole class instruction

• Celebrating Australia Day - How do you celebrate? worksheet
• Iconic posters of Australia. 
• What do you think of, when you think of Australia? worksheet
• Geography Where in the world? Australia Maps including color, BW, outline, States and Capitals.
• Australian Facts.
• Yes and no game – 24 questions.
• Australian flag information, poster and worksheet.
• Aboriginal Flag.
• Design your own flag.
• Vocabulary - Read and write the room cards and worksheet.
• Australian sayings flip card game.
• National Anthem - draw and trace the song.
• Create your own anthem
• Australia Coloring in
• Teacher Instructions

No time to create or pep? Run the whole unit from the slideshow. Just display and you are ready to teach. The slideshow makes it easyt o prompt discussions and guide learning. No need to print the games or questions.

Activities Include:

1. Icons of Australia

• Brainstorm - What do you think of, when you think of Australia?
• 24 Common Iconic images
• 100 Icons in an image - How many can you find?

1. 10 Australian Facts - Questions and answers - Note there are two options for question 10
2. Yes and no game – 24 questions with answers

• Play as a class using the teaching slideshow
• Print the cards for smaller group games
• Write your own question - What do you know? 

1. Maps - Learn the states of Australia

• including color, BW, outline, States and Capitals
• Cut out the states to make a puzzle

Australian flag - information, poster and colouring in.Aboriginal Flag - information, poster and colouring in.Design your own flag.Aussie words - Read and write the room or Teaching slideshowAustralian sayings quiz flip to reveal answer or in slideshowSpeak like an Aussie - Can you use the saying in sentence? National Anthem - draw and trace/write the song.Create your own anthem

Your students will love to learn about Australia and how to speak like an Aussie.

For Australia Day craft ideas please see my pinterest page Pinterest-JaanaGraypinterest

You may also like some of my other Australian themed resources…

→ Australian Animals

→ NAIDOC First Nations Aboriginal Activities

→ Anzac Day

→ Remembrance Day 

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