Literature to support the Australian curriculum: HISTORY. Foundation - Year 10 by Fran Knight and Pat Pledger
LinksPlus, revised 2016. ISBN 9781876678265
Highly recommended - for educators. Subjects: History curriculum;
Fiction; Annotated bibliography. Fran Knight and Pat Pledger are
committed to providing educators and librarians with excellent
reference tools that support the Australian curriculum. This
LinksPlus resource highlights popular picture books, junior and
senior novels and non-fiction books suitable for the Foundation to
Year 10 Australian History curriculum. Each book listed has a review
available on the ReadPlus online database and relevant web links.
Set out in an easy to read format, each year level and history topic
is covered with the listings presented in alphabetical order of the
author. A comprehensive index of authors and titles is included as
well. Literature specialist Fran Knight has selected each title from
both newly published and familiar titles with both familiar and new
authors included.
Phil Cummings, Libby Gleeson and Bob Graham's picture books support
the Foundation Year curriculum of Personal and family histories. The
cycle of life, family relationships, grandparents, Aboriginal and
migrant family stories are included. Bob Graham, Kylie Dunstan and
Katrina Germein's familiar stories support students' learning about
how family stories are communicated.
Year 5 learners study Australia's colonisation, migration and
democracy in the 1800's. Sofie Laguna and Gabrielle Wang's novels
written for the Our Australian Girl series, provide insight
into colonial life in Sydney and life on the goldfields.
Secondary students investigate historical perspectives from the
Ancient to the Modern World. Fiction novels are an invaluable tool
for introducing a new subject, for critical thinking, developing
understandings of different worldviews and cultural insights. A
diverse range of novels by a wide range of authors including Jackie
French, Rosanne Hawke, Anh Do and Charles Dickens, support the
development of historical understandings.
Literature to support the Australian curriculum: HISTORY.
Foundation - Year 10 is a valuable resource for educators,
secondary school HASS departments, curriculum specialists and school
libraries.
Rhyllis Bignell
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