Article from the SBS Network World News site, Effects of WWI lingered long in Australia. Highly readable and detailed article on the political, economic and social impact of the war on Australia. Particularly interesting is the statement that Germany paid its last reparation payment to Australia as late as 1990! This resource is part of a unit of work on Australians in World War I, Depth Study 3: Australians at War. NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

Information report assessment task on the topic: Select a major battle on the Western Front. What was the impact of this battle for the countries who participated? The resource includes advice to students on the structure and language features of an information report and a marking guide (rubric). The task is designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Depth Study 3: Australians at War World War I

Revision activity requiring students to guess which character from the novel spoke the statements. References provided.

True or false revision activity on Peter Temple’s novel, The Broken Shore.

Lesson on the concept of Intertextuality and use of this concept in The Broken Shore to give a depth to character motives, allusion to previously explored problems and issues and culturally significant issues.

Analysis of the symbols in The Broken Shore: nature, significance, purpose, contribution to the novel, implications.

Worksheet for the TED Ed video, What does it mean to be a refugee? Suitable for Year 5 and older.

Worksheet to accompany the excellent but brief animated video, Horror Humanen est - The Khmer Rouge. It is hard to find a video suitable for late primary/early secondary students on the horrors of the Khmer Rouge. This video give a factual but engaging overview of the Khmer Rouge and their impact on Cambodian society, 1975-1979.

Activity requiring students to identify the characters from the quotes provided. This resource is part of a unit of work on Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother, designed for Stage 3 students.

Activities for Chapters 13-19 of Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother. This resource is part of a unit of work for Stage 3 students.

Metalanguage mix and match activity for Allan Baillie’s novel Little Brother. This resource is part of a unit of work for Stage 3.

Crossword using key terms and concepts from Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother.

Crossword for Richard Flanagan’s novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

Analysis of article from Special Broadcasting Service, Australia: How we can help refugee kids to thrive in Australia. This resource is part of a unit of work on Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother.

Crossword based on key words and concepts in Madeleine D’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time.

Sequencing activity on Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother.

Brief mini-documentary from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s, Behind the News, Syrian Refugee Family. The video looks at two Syrian refugee children and their experiences in Syria and Australia. This resource is part of a Stage 3 unit of work on Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother.

Activities for Section 4 Pages 251-300 of Peter Temple’s novel, The Broken Shore.

A pervasive theme in Peter Temple’s novel, mental illness is sympathetically portrayed through the struggles of the protagonist, Joe Cashin to deal with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression gained as a result of witnessing a colleague die during an investigation into organised crime in Melbourne. Less sympathetic in their portrayal is the trauma experienced by a number of minor characters who suffered child abuse and who engage in seeking out the perpetrators and killing them. This resource outlines the extent of the issue of mental illness and asks students to make judgments on how effective they believe it has been dealt with.

Magazine article by 8-year old Bana Alabed, The world can be doing more for refugees. Bana explains why she is a refugee, her life before and after leaving Syria and her argument for why we can all be doing more to help refugees. The student activities include questions based on Bana’s text and a scaffolded response to her writing sent via text. This resource is part of a Stage 3 unit of work on Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother.