ACELT1594
Discuss texts in which characters, events and settings are portrayed in different ways, and speculate on the authors' reasons
Elaborations
- reading texts in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children/young people are the central characters/protagonists and making links to students' own lives, noting similarities (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Intercultural Understanding)
- exploring the ways that the same story can be told in many cultures, identifying variations in the storyline and in music (for example 'The Ramayana' story which is told to children in India, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, Laos, Tibet and Malaysia) (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Intercultural Understanding)
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