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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 One Minute's Silence
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'In one minute of silence you can imagine sprinting up the beach in Gallipoli in 1915 with the fierce fighting Diggers, but can you imagine standing beside the brave battling Turks as they defended their homeland from the cliffs above...

'In the silence that follows a war long gone, you can see what the soldiers saw, you can feel what the soldiers felt. And if you try, you might be able to imagine the enemy, and see that he is not so different from you...

'In One Minute's Silence, you are the story, and the story is yours - to imagine, remember and honour the brothers in arms on both sides of the conflict, heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives.

'A moving and powerful reflection on the meaning of Remembrance Day.' (Publication summary)

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Unit Suitable For AC: Year 5 (NSW Stage 3)

Duration 6 weeks

Curriculum Summary

Australian Curriculum content descriptions and NSW Syllabus outcomes

Themes

Anzac Day, Australian history, conflict and violence, family, Remembrance Day, Turkish history, World War One

General Capabilities

Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2014 .
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      Cover image courtesy of Allen & Unwin.
      Extent: 48p.
      Description: illus.
      Reprinted: Mar 2019 (paperback)
      Note/s:
      • Published August 2014
      ISBN: 9781743316245, 9781760527051
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Works about this Work

Honouring Our War Heroes or Honouring War? Well-being in Contemporary Australian War Fiction for Children and Adolescents Adrielle Britten , 2022 single work criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature in Education , March vol. 53 no. 1 2022; (p. 112–129) 'War, like other stressful situations and experiences, entails a threat to one’s subjective well-being, and war fiction for children represents this threat in different ways: some narratives minimise it, and others do not. War fiction, then, provides material for a case study of war and its impact on representations of subjective well-being (SWB), and how this is communicated to children in the stories they read. This article examines representations of SWB in the context of Australia’s involvement in World War I in two recently published picture books: Midnight: The Story of a Light Horse (2014) by Mark Greenwood and Frané Lessac and One Minute’s Silence (2014) by David Metzenthen and Michael Camilleri. These picture books invite young readers into conflicting views of war and its impact on SWB. On the one hand, in Midnight schemas and scripts construct the belief that war is a glorious event that has a positive impact on SWB. On the other hand, in One Minute’s Silence schemas and scripts challenge the view that war is a viable means of solving national problems and enhancing SWB, and remembers its war heroes as tragic participants in a violent and senseless war.' (Publication abstract)
A Picture Book for Older Readers 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Literature Base , February vol. 26 no. 1 2015; (p. 14-15)
— Review of One Minute's Silence David Metzenthen , 2014 single work picture book
Recent Releases : One Minute's Silence Merle Morcom , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , November 2014; (p. 22)
— Review of One Minute's Silence David Metzenthen , 2014 single work picture book
Review : One Minute's Silence Jo Goodman , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 29 no. 3 2014; (p. 14)
— Review of One Minute's Silence David Metzenthen , 2014 single work picture book
Review : One Minute's Silence Jo Goodman , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 29 no. 3 2014; (p. 14)
— Review of One Minute's Silence David Metzenthen , 2014 single work picture book
Recent Releases : One Minute's Silence Merle Morcom , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , November 2014; (p. 22)
— Review of One Minute's Silence David Metzenthen , 2014 single work picture book
A Picture Book for Older Readers 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Literature Base , February vol. 26 no. 1 2015; (p. 14-15)
— Review of One Minute's Silence David Metzenthen , 2014 single work picture book
Honouring Our War Heroes or Honouring War? Well-being in Contemporary Australian War Fiction for Children and Adolescents Adrielle Britten , 2022 single work criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature in Education , March vol. 53 no. 1 2022; (p. 112–129) 'War, like other stressful situations and experiences, entails a threat to one’s subjective well-being, and war fiction for children represents this threat in different ways: some narratives minimise it, and others do not. War fiction, then, provides material for a case study of war and its impact on representations of subjective well-being (SWB), and how this is communicated to children in the stories they read. This article examines representations of SWB in the context of Australia’s involvement in World War I in two recently published picture books: Midnight: The Story of a Light Horse (2014) by Mark Greenwood and Frané Lessac and One Minute’s Silence (2014) by David Metzenthen and Michael Camilleri. These picture books invite young readers into conflicting views of war and its impact on SWB. On the one hand, in Midnight schemas and scripts construct the belief that war is a glorious event that has a positive impact on SWB. On the other hand, in One Minute’s Silence schemas and scripts challenge the view that war is a viable means of solving national problems and enhancing SWB, and remembers its war heroes as tragic participants in a violent and senseless war.' (Publication abstract)
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