Worksheet for the 4-minute interview with police officer, Rob Davis who suffered PTSD as a result of responding to an incident. The video gives a good introduction to the issue of PTSD and the vulnerability of police officers to this mental health condition as a result of trauma experienced in their daily business. There are clear parallels to the character of Detective Joe Cashin in Peter Temple’s novel, The Broken Shore.

Metalanguage in understanding Peter Temple’s novel, The Broken Shore.

Analysis of the explicit, implicit and implied intertextual connections in the memoir, Romulus, My Father. Students examine the common themes and issues between Romulus, My Father and The Gulag Archipelago.

Article by Parisa Hafezi published on the Reuters website, Life in Iran under the Shah and now. Brief article examining the opinions of Iranians about whether aspects of life was better under the Pahlavis or under the Islamic Republic: living costs, travel and respect, women’s dress and freedom of speech.This resource is part of a unit of work for Stage 6 Higher School Certificate students of the NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Part II - National Studies. Option H: Iran 1945–1989.

Revision activity for the topic, Iran 1953-1989. Students are presented with 30 facts covering the period. are they true or false? This activity is designed for Stage 6 Higher School Certificate students of the NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Part II - National Studies. Option H: Iran 1953-1989.

30 statements about Australia 1914-1918. Are they true or false? Correct answers provided.

Metalanguage mix and match activity for the topic, Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra, 371 BCE. This activity is part of a unit of work for Stage 6 Higher School Certificate students. NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Historical societies: Option G: Greece - Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra, 371 BCE.

Sequencing activity requiring students to research the dates of key events in Sparta’s history and put the events in chronological order. This resource is part of a unit of work for Stage 6 Higher School Certificate students of the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Historical societies: Option G. Greece - Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra, 371 BCE.

Mapping activity for students to locate key geographical features from the topic Iran 1953-1989. Part of a unit of work for Stage 6 Higher School Certificate students. NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Part II - National Studies. Option H: Iran 1953-1989.

Activity requiring students research the year in which 12 key events in the Australian colonies in the period 1788-1900 occurred. Students must then place these events in chronological order.

Maps and details of key sites in Richard Flanagan’s novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

Characters and themes in the novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North are associated with symbols. This set of activities provides a scaffold for students to identify and expand on the importance of these symbols.

Analysis of book covers using selected principles of visual literacy: content, people, medium and critical response.

Activities for Section 1: Pages 1-47 of Peter Temple’s novel, The Broken Shore.

Activities for Book 1 Chapters 1-9

Brief video by the New Yorker, Flanagan’s Island. The video is an interview with Richard Flanagan, author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North. It covers the setting where he writes his books, his process of writing, his background and his beliefs. This resource is part of a unit of work on Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

Analysis of the online book review of The Narrow Road to the Deep North by ReadingBukowski. The reviewer discusses the character of Dorrigo Evans, the perspectives of the Australian POWs and the Japanese guards, the fragmented and non-linear structure of the novel, the themes of surviving trauma, memory, how we memorialise things and the futility of war. She mentions that the railway is a metaphor for life’s journey, that beauty and horror are not mutually exclusive in the way that good and evil may be. This resource is part of a unit of work on Richard Flanagan’s novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

Activities for Richard Flanagan’s novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Book 1 Chapters 10-18.

Analysis of 4 scenes from the film version of The Broken Shore. The scenes are analysed for poses, gaze and gestures, placement in foreground/background, atmosphere, subtle messages, costuming as visual cues and the use of light/darkness. This resource is part of a unit of work on Peter Temple’s novel, The Broken Shore.

Video and worksheet for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Landline series documentary, High Stakes. The 19-minute video examines the history of the Australian Wagyu industry, production, the grain-fed vs. grass-fed debate and the technology used in embryo harvest. This resource is part of a unit of work on Animal Enterprise - Beef Production for the NSW Agricultural Technology Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.