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Read the poems by Luka Lesson. You may like to also listen to/watch them at the links below.
Amber Lights The Confluence Highlight and annotate ideas raised by the poems about how our sense of identity and belonging is affected by: growing up/ageing; our friendship groups; our ethnicity; our national identity; romantic relationships; the way others see us. TIP: If you don't know the meaning of the word "confluence"...look it up :) Read this article:
http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=2456#.Vd0RmtOqqkq
Read the lyrics to the song Land Downunder. You might also like to listen to it and watch the clip on youtube.
Read the lyrics to Ode to Ignorance and watch the clip on youtube. **LANGUAGE WARNING** IMPORTANT BACKGROUND INFO: - Remi is an Australian rapper from Melbourne. His father is Nigerian and his mother is caucasian Australian. - Ensure you read the words of the chorus in context. These views are the views that Remi believes are common in Australia - not his own views.
Read the character descriptions on p2 and p5 of the study notes. Use these to compile some character profiles in your own notes.
Read the synopsis of the play on p6-7. Highlight any hints at ideas about identity and belonging, change, ageing, friendships and employment. Make some notes about these ideas in your workbook. Read these two articles in conjunction with Benjamin Law's "Verbal Banana Skins". All 3 of these pieces present ideas about trying to fit in to two different cultures at the same time.
Mia Timpano - "The truth about being a second-generation wog" Yusuf Shiekh Omar - "What's in a Name?" (attached below)
Rohingya Muslims in Burma/Myanmar
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-01/davies--our-selfish-response-isnt-helping-anyone-not-even-us/6510998 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/06/obama-calls-myanmar-rohingya-discrimination-150601200038243.html Paperless arrests in the Northern Territory http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-31/northern-territorypaperless-arrests-regime-challenged-high-court/6363294 http://www.theage.com.au/comment/aboriginal-deaths-in-custody-nts-paperless-arrest-police-powers-need-urgent-review-20150531-ghdf8u.html Russia "gay propaganda" laws http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_LGBT_propaganda_law http://www.globalequality.org/newsroom/latest-news/1-in-the-news/186-the-facts-on-lgbt-rights-in-russia Closure of Indigenous communities in Western Australia http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-01/wa-government-softens-language-on-closing-aboriginal-communities/6439138 http://rightnow.org.au/topics/education/explainer-what-happens-when-a-remote-aboriginal-community-in-western-australia-is-closed/ Andrew Solomon is a successful American writer. He also happens to be gay, and was bullied for it while he was at school.
Listen to his speech and/or read the transcript. Make some notes in response to these questions:
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on hair:
"Hair is political" "On Hair" Yusuf Sheikh Omar "What my hat says about you" |
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