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The Vikings - Acrostic Poem and Mix & Match
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The Vikings - Acrostic Poem and Mix & Match

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Acrostic poem and Mix & match activities for the topic The Vikings. Designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 4 Depth Study 4: The Western and Islamic World The Vikings
Persepolis - Character profile: Mehri
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Persepolis - Character profile: Mehri

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Mehri is the live-in maid. She is a child herself and is very close to Marjane. This set of activities requires students to collect quotes relating to her from the graphic novel and to analyse frames to identify aspects of her personality and life.
Persepolis - Character profile: Uncle Anoosh
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Persepolis - Character profile: Uncle Anoosh

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Uncle Anoosh is a communist and political activist. In the graphic novel, Persepolis he meets his fate at in a state prison. He is Marjane's hero. This set of activities includes searching for quotes from captions and examining frames to identify examples of his heroic behaviour, special relationship with Marjane, political activism, emotions and being a tragic figure.
Persepolis - Character profile: Grandmother
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Persepolis - Character profile: Grandmother

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Marjane's grandmother is the wise matriarch of the Satrapi clan. She steers the family through the Iranian Revolution and teaches Marjane important life lessons. This set of activities includes collecting quotes from the captions and examining frames to look at her representation, notably in comforting and reassuring the family, being politically aware, being outwardly unemotional and being wise and clever.
Analysis of film scenes:  Persepolis
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Analysis of film scenes: Persepolis

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This activity provides 4 scenes from the film version of Persepolis. Students analyse the scene in 4 ways: how each scene delivers the plot, creates the required atmosphere, aims to be visually appealing and delivers any subtle messages that contribute to the plot. Students must then change to scene in a way that further builds, tension, sadness etc. This activity is designed for students of the NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.
Persepolis - Character profile: Mr Ebi Satrapi
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Persepolis - Character profile: Mr Ebi Satrapi

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Marjane's father plays a vital role in the graphic novel. He is caring and protective but keeps his family anchored and aware of the revolution and war outside their home. This set of activities requires students to select quotes from the captions that best describe him. it also presents frames related to his resilience, political awareness, belief in social class distinctions, emotions, role in the family, enjoyment of travel and interest in politics.
Tomorrow When the War Began - Character profile: Fiona Maxwell
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Tomorrow When the War Began - Character profile: Fiona Maxwell

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Fiona Maxwell represents innocence, naiveity and romance. When she faces war and taking action for what she believes is right the results are interesting. This activity provides students with quotes from the novel relating to her character, selecting personality characteristics that best reflects Fi and recounting examples of her actions that reflect her innocence, naiveity and romantic inclinations.
Write of Passage newspaper article
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Write of Passage newspaper article

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Write of Passage is a 2010 newspaper article from the Sydney Morning Herald that involves an interview with Tomorrow When the War Began's author, John Marsden. He gives details of how he wrote the novel and his feelings at the release of the film version of the novel. Students examine the author's motives and intentions in writing the book.
Tomorrow When the War Began - Character profile: Lee
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Tomorrow When the War Began - Character profile: Lee

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Lee is the outsider, migrant parents, musical, educated and thoughtful. Yet he finds a place in the resistance to the invading army who have taken the people of Wirrawee hostage. This resource provides quotes about his looks and personality and asks students to assess his background to determine his effectiveness as a teenage guerrilla fighter.
Tomorrow When the War Began - Character profile: Homer Yannos
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Tomorrow When the War Began - Character profile: Homer Yannos

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Homer Yannos is the character that changes the most as a result of the war. From an immature larrikin figure to a guerrilla fighter who can live off the land and plan effective attacks against the enemy soldiers. This activity looks at descriptions of him before and during the war, his personality characteristics and then re-writing a speech he delivers to add a tone of anger and threat.
Persepolis - Character Profile Marjane
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Persepolis - Character Profile Marjane

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This character profile on Marjane requires students to find quotes from the captions to support a view of the character of Marjane and provides selected frames for students to draw conclusions about Marjane's beliefs, education, relationships, friendships, emotions, aspirations, love of learning, interest in travel, individualism, follower of popular culture and interest in current affairs.