AustLit
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Working individually or as a group, search the AustLit database for information about this topic, with a view to making a brief presentation to the group at the end of the session. You will have around 30 minutes to do your research and come up with a quick presentation of no more than five minutes, on any aspect of your research that you like.
Some information and questions have been included below to help guide your research. Use the search help information on the AustLit website to refine the ways you can discover the necessary information.
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Your project is to explore AustLit’s World War I project (http://www.austlit.edu.au/WWI) to discover some of the stories about World War I that are rarely mentioned by historians or the media.
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Some of the things you might discover include:
- Who were some of the most popular writers of the period?
- What book containing the writings of soldiers at Gallipoli was published in 1916?
- What sort of entertainments did soldiers and others involved in the war commonly experience and take part in?
- What sort of films were made during the war and how has the war been represented in films since then?
- How was the enemy represented in writing of the time?
- What are some of the common subjects or themes presented in the poetry or other writing of the time?
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This lesson plan asks students to explore one of AustLit's curated exhibitions, a collection of materials relating to WWI.
This task is relatively open, and ideal for small groups of students who are assigned various sections of the exhibition to explore. From the exhibition, they can also venture out into the main database: for example, they could follow the links on the Children's Literature tab to see what other works those authors have written.
Students will need to read through the content in the exhibition to find the answers to the questions above, but the questions can be used as general guidance to the sort of information contained in the exhibition, rather than as an actual treasure hunt.
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