Extract from Sean Dorney’s book, The Sandline Affair, giving details of how the Bougainville War emerged and developed. The student activity uses this information to complete a mind map.

Worksheet with answers for the video, Raising the Steaks, produced by the American Angus. The video examines how cattle are raised on farms, fattened for sale to a feedlot, further fattened and managed by a feedlot, transported to an abattoir for processing, the meat cut and packaged and transported to restaurants and retailers and then sold to the public. Three primary, family-based enterprises are examined. The theme is the humane treatment of livestock at all parts of the supply line. This resource is part of a unit of work on Beef Cattle Production. NSW Stage 5 Agricultural Technology Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

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.

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 1945 speech by Australian Army Staff Sergeant G.G. Rickwood to the Rotary Club of Cessnock in which he narrates his experiences as a POW on the Thai-Burma Railway. Students analyse: Who gave the speech? What do we know about his background? Why did he deliver the speech? What was his purpose in giving the speech? Who was the audience? Where were they located? What was their reaction to the speech? What words and phrases would we now see as racist or antiquated? How would this language be received in 1945, when the speech was given? List the incidents that made this speech a “story of hardship and horror, of death, disease, and suffering.” What values, beliefs and humanitarian acts were displayed by the Australian and British POWs? Is mere survival and kindness enough in situations of extreme abuse?

Activities for The Narrow Road to the Deep North Book 3 Chapters 1-9.

Metalanguage mix and match activity using key words and concepts from Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

Analysis of a passage from Richard Flanagan’s novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Students examine the words and phrases employed to paint a picture of an Australian Army camp in 1942, the portrayal of the character’s feelings, the specific use of concise statements to convey a stolen conversation held in secrecy and the use of ‘bookending’ to begin and conclude an incident.

Close study of a passage from Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Students examine the language features used to describe physical action, character intent, changes in tone and reaction of t reader.

Activities for Book 2 Chapters 10-19

Activities for The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Book 2 Chapters 20-27.

Close study of a passage from Richard Flanagan’s novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep Northto examine descriptive language, setting, characterisation and atmosphere.

The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Activities for Book 3 Chapters 10-19.

Activities for Book 2 Chapters 1-9

The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Activities for Book 4 Chapters 1-7.

The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Activities for Book 3 Chapters 20-27.

Explanation of the concept of mise-en abyme and analysis of selected examples from Craig Silvey’s novel, Jasper Jones.

Source-based activity, How did the Islamic Republic use state violence and coercion to maintain control, 1979-1989? This resource is part of a unit of work on Iran 1945-1989 for the Higher School Certificate course, NSW Modern History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

Analysis of an article by Dave May, Richard Mockler and Annika Blau, John Marsden’s journey from psych ward to author to school founder. Published on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation website. The article looks at John Marsden’s life, his inspiration in writing the Tomorrow series and in establishing a school with an alternative curriculum.

Analysis of newspaper article written by James Nye and published in the Daily Mail, ‘The strange and mysterious Dr Glidden: Callous actions of archaeologist who raided hundreds of Native American graves to set up macabre museum remembered in California’. The article examines the amateur archaeologist, Ralph Glidden, his grave-robbing and unethical display of human remains for private profit. There is an interesting comparison of these issues from the 1920s to today. This resource is part of a unit of work The Treatment and Display of Human Remains.