Baker, Jeannie Mirror Walker Books
- Jeannie's website
- Classroom ideas (Walker Books)
- Several educational supplies companies sell paper doll kits with assorted skin hues
- create venn diagram where students can list aspects about their life in Australia on one side of the diagram, write about aspects of a child's life from another culture on the opposite side of the diagram and list commonalities in the section where the two parts intersect
- Use Jeannie Baker's art style of collage to design a mirror, what can be seen from a window
Bancroft, Bronwyn Why I Love Australia Little Hare Books
- Bronwyn's website
- teachers notes produced by the publisher
- students could list the top 10 things they like about Australia, specific state or territory, suburb, street they live in
- choose a landscape from the book and make their own page illustration, through a variety of mediums
Greenberg, Nicki Hamlet Allen & Unwin
What difference does it make?
What preconceived ideas do we have if an actor is strongly associated with another role, eg. Dr Who?
How do these performances compare to the scene as it is presented in the book?
Which Simpsons characters would students cast in the role, and why?
McKimmie, Chris Two Peas in a Pod Allen & Unwin
- Teachers' notes etc. from Allen & Unwin
- Get students to list as many things that go together as pairs as possible
- Use the song "Ive been everywhere man" as a means of listing like Australian cities as a trip is made to visit a friend
- Proverbial word hunt - pick well known sayings, write them on a piece of card, cut them in half and hide them around a classroom or library program room. Students are given one half and they have to find the missing part.
Masciullo, Lucia Written by Kim Kane Family Forest Hardie Grant Egmont
- Lucia's website
- publisher's teacher notes
- Susan from Sutherland has developed some storytelling props to go with the story script
- get students to research their own family tree
- make a hole picture of someone in your family
Riddle, Tohby My Uncle's Donkey Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
- Tohby's website
- Notes on My Uncle's Donkey (illustrated) + teaching unit PDF
- have a conversation about whether the donkey is real or not?
- make up a list about what you might let your pet donkey/animal do or make up a list of things that you are not allowed to do in your own home
- using members of your family, assign them animals that no one else would expect e.g. Grandfather, goanna
- design a hotel or residence for them to live in or visit
General resoures:
- Zart Art have published "One World, Many Stories" which explores the many aspects of this theme as well as activities for the Short Listed Early Childhood and Picture Books of 2011.
- One world, many stories: The Ipswich District Teacher-Librarian Network have published a book of ideas and activities based on the theme and shortlisted books.
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