Lesson Plan 6: Part 4

ONCE complete copies of the panels can be distributed for different groups to read, a class discussion could be held where different pupils suggest what point of view seems to be represented by the use of particular wording or phrases in different panels. Pupils can suggest what kind of group might have produced particular panels before the actual identity of the client is revealed.

LASTLY shows the following video clip which shows Indian Prime Minister Modi presenting a replica of the Sepoy Mohan Singh Trophy, showing the Sikh soldier preparing to throw a grenade during the First World War, to Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott during a visit in 2014...

LEAD a discussion as to Modi's possible motivation in giving the trophy.

DISPLAY Resource V: Slide 13 which shows the original silver trophy in detail and explain the following:

  • It was created by British officers of a Sikh Indian regiment of the British Indian Army (14th King George's Own Ferozepore
    Sikhs), which took part in a battle of the Gallipoli campaign against Turkish forces. (Note: Turkey was an ally of Germany).
  • The Sikh regiment in the modern Indian Army still treasures a copy of the trophy today.
  • Modi chose the trophy as a symbol of Indian soldiers who fought alongside Australian soldiers against Turkish forces at Gallipoli in 1915.
  • The trophy will be placed on display in the Australian War Memorial - a national museum commemorating Australia's
    involvement in past wars.
  • The Indian and Australian governments have agreed to co-operate in the way they commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign in 2015.

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