February
7
Yr. 11- Eng.
Resources for Texts 2018
Burial Rites, by Hannah Kent
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| Picador notes for book clubs HERE. | |
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| Book Rags study guide HERE. | |
| Super Summary study guide HERE. | |
| LitLovers study guide HERE. | |
| LitCharts study guide HERE. | |
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| Article in The Australian. HERE. | |
| Article in the New York Times. HERE. | |
| Sydney Review of Books article. HERE. | |
| The Independent article. HERE. | |
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| Watch Hannah Kent answering some FAQs HERE. | |
| Hannah Kent talks about the book. |
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| Read about Indigenous Australians at war on this Aust. Govt site HERE. | |
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| Review in The Conversation HERE. | |
| Review in The Herald. HERE. | |
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| Listen to this ABC RN radio program. HERE The untold and exceptional stories of Indigenous Australian soldiers going to war and how they were treated. | |
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| Read this review from The Independent HERE. | |
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| Comprehensive study guide from another school HERE. |
Black diggers, by Tom Wright
The Longest memory, Fred D’Aguiar
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Coward Punches. |
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Resources for Coward Punches. See our Learnist Board HERE. |
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See a report about the new laws restricting drinking & club opening hours in NSW. ABC 7.30. |
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The Manhattan Project. |
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Resources for The Manhattan project. Click HERE for our ScoopIt! board |
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The Troubles – Ireland. |
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Resources for The Troubles – Ireland. Click HERE for our ScoopIT! board |
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Same-Sex Marriage. |
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Resources for Same Sex Marriage. See our Learnist board. |
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Tell me no lies
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| An excerpt (80 p.) Year Zero | |
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| Find out about the man with this biography on the author’s own website. | |
| Wikipedia article on Pilger | |
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| Sydney Morning Herald review | |
| Socialistworld.net review | |
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| Read “Is the media now just another word for control?” Media Reform Coalition | |
| Utopia. Find out about this John Pilger film here. | |
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| Watch “The war you don’t see”. | |
Brian Friel. 6 selected plays |
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| Read the Wikipedia article. | |
| An Encyclopedia Britannica article. | |
| The Culture Northern Ireland site. | |
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| Read this scholarly Colby quarterly article – Brien Friel and the politics of the Anglo-Irish Language. | |
| Ireland Literary Exchange website. | |
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| Book Rags study guide. | |
| Study Notes guide. | |
| eNotes for Translations | |
| Scribd revision notes for Translation. | |
| Donmar study guide for Philapelphia, Here I come. | |
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| Listen to an interview with Brien Friel |
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| Interviews with actors performing The Freedom of the City. | |
The Tall Man. Hooper
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| An ABC report on Aboriginal deaths in custody. | |
| The Human Rights Commission report. | |
| The Wikipedia page on Aboriginal deaths in custody. | |
| An SBS timeline. | |
| Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody. | |
| Australian Institute of Criminology PDF – statistics and extensive report. | |
| The Indigenous Times – results of a search under “deaths in custody.” | |
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| The Monthly – a very long and thorough discussion about the book. | |
| ABC – text version and a link to the podcast of the book review and discussion. | |
| Legal aspects of the book & trial. Derwent & Tamar Chambers. | |
| An essay by Rhianna Gallagher. | |
| An essay by Kim Mahood – My brother’s keeper: an introductory essay. Also includes a link to teachers’ resources. | |
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| Vulpus Libris – a review. | |
| Inside a Dog – several reviews of the book. | |
| Enhance TV The Tallman – study guide PDF | |
| The Learning Portal – Links to study guide & background to the book, author interviews & more. | |
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| Watch John Safran’s chat with Chloe Hooper. | |
| Watch Sally Warhaft’s interview with Chloe Hooper. | |
Slaughterhouse five. Vonnegut |
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| Teachers guide | |
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| The Wikipedia site about the novel. | |
| The Wikipedia page about the bombing of Dresden. | |
| BBC site: On this Day – The Bombing of Dresden. | |
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| Common Sense Media – a discussion about how suitable this novel is for teenagers | |
| Find out why Slaughterhouse five is still banned in some schools today. The Atlantic. | |
| Read a comparative literary study here. PDF FILE | |
| Read an article on diagnosing Billy Pilgim here. PDF FILE2. | |
| Slaughterhouse 5 may reveal Vonnegut’s post traumatic stress disorder. | |
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| A review of the film version. IMDb | |
| A review in the New York Times. | |
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| Grade saver study guide | |
| Cliffs Notes study guide. | |
| Best notes study guide | |
| Spark notes study guide | |
| LitCharts study guide | |
| BookRag study guide | |
| Shmoop study guide. | |
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| See an interview with Vonnegut made in 2005. | |
| The full audiobook version on YouTube. | |
| Very graphic footage of the bombing of Dresden. |
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