This essay considers a specific digital ‘archive’ of early Australian children’s literature, known as the Children’s Literature Digital Resources (CLDR), which is located in AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource. Our paper discusses how early Australian children’s literature included in the CLDR collection rhetorically constructs nation and place, and in so doing constructs an Australian identity for its implied readers.
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AustLit Trails are curated information trails of texts and resources within a narrative thread on a specific theme. They are sites where connections between resources can be made and a thorough history of a resource can be displayed, from author biographies to publications, translations, adaptations, and reviews of the resource.
A number of Trails have been created to demonstrate ways in which the CLDR collection could be used in education. The Trails listed below are intended to suggest ways in which the early texts from the CLDR site could be used in conjunction with contemporary texts and other resources in English classes, or how they could be used to create deep learning experiences through which to enhance History, SOSE, Art, and/or Media lessons. Teachers may wish to use extracts or illustrations from some of the texts in order to address, for instance, point of view or visual representations. Tertiary students could also use them as a useful starting point for their particular research.
The trails may be used in English classes, or to create deep learning experiences through which to enhance History, Art, and/or Media lessons. Teachers may wish to use extracts or illustrations from some of the texts in order to address, for instance, point of view or visual representations.
Click on the links below to access the specific trails, or use the menu on the left.
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