Contents:Die Textsammlung Short Stories of the Australian Experience - Konzeption des Unterrichtsmodells – Klausuren – Components – AnhangComponent 1: Convicts – Contributing to Australia's national identity?Price Warung: How Muster-Master Stoneman Earned His BreakfastGetting started – Speaking about Australian identity – Exploring the convict past – Understanding convict life – Analysing short stories – Describing plot and setting in the short story – Focusing on language – Perspective/author's intention – Project work: Ideas and suggestionsComponent 2: The Australian Outback – Shaping Australian identity?Henry Lawson: The Drover's Wife"Man constantly battles against the elements" – Life in the Australian bush – Waltzing Matilda: Australia's unofficial national anthem – The Drover's Wife (1892) – Henry Lawson – Annäherungen an den Text: Reziprokes Lesen – Describing characters – The Bulletin Debate (1892) – Varying perspectives on Australia's OutbackComponent 3: Aboriginal identitiesKatharine Susannah Prichard: MarleneArchie Weller: Going HomeGetting started – Speaking about Aboriginal identity – Katharine Susannah Prichard: Marlene (1938) – The "half-castes" – A role play – Analysing Archie Weller's Going Home (1986) – Background information: Aboriginal Australia – The rise and fall of William Jacob WoodwardComponent 4: Multicultural identityTim Winton: NeighboursGetting started – Speaking about migrant identity – What does it mean to be Australian? The quest for national identity
