Explanation of the concept of intertextuality and an explanation of the explicit references to Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007, the Apsara from Hindu religion and mythology, the implied references to Ian Serraillier’s The Silver Sword and the inferred connections to the range of recent texts dealing with the issue of a child refugees journey to safety and a new life, including the picture book Oskar and the Eight Blessings, feature film First They Killed My Father and novel When Michael Met Mina. Students research the nature of these related texts and look for the common themes.

Worksheet for the Special Broadcasting Service Australia/Journeyman TV documentary, A place in the sand: Life inside the world’s largest refugee camp. The video is available on Youtube and examines life in a refugee camp on the Kenya-Somalia border, including why people have moved there, services (or lack of them) in the camp and factors that keep the refugees in the camp.

Analysis of various book covers of Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother according to selected principles of visual literacy: colour, people, content and critical response.

True or false revision activity on Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother.

Worksheet to accompany the 9-minute documentary, Death of a Nation: The Khmer Rouge’s Cambodia. The video is a good overview of the rise of the Khmer Rouge, their policies, impact on the people of Cambodia and their fall from power. The video is suitable for late primary/early secondary students and is available on YouTube.

3-minute Associated Press film from the Khmer Rouge era (1975-9) of a border crossing, refugee camp and medical treatment for refugees. The resource is an excellent tie-in to Allan Baillie’s novel, Little Brother as it shows refugees fleeing Cambodia, conditions in the refugee camps and medical staff at work. There is no commentary. The worksheet examines scenes from the film and looks at where they are described in the novel.

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

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

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 using key terms and concepts from 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.

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

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.

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.

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

3 Cloze activities to support the teaching of A Wrinkle in Time: Madeleine L’Engle Science Fiction Genre The novel and the Cold War

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.

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.

Analysis of article published by Michael Heywood in The Australian, Peter Temple’s crime writing polished to perfection. The article was written by a close friend of Peter Temple and gives an overview of his life and works.

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