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<DIV><SPAN class=342412703-27102006><FONT face=Arial>Dear
group</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=342412703-27102006><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=342412703-27102006><FONT face=Arial>I am hoping that some of
you might be interested in helping with a project I'm currently managing.
Curriculum Corporation will be publishing the following in January
2008:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=342412703-27102006><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=342412703-27102006>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=342412703-27102006>The project is </SPAN>a collection of writing and art
which has attempted to characterise Australians, a collection of text types
which explore notions of Australian identity.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It will include a range of genres that
are engaging for an upper secondary school audience (Year 11 – 12) as well as a
general audience.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><?xml:namespace
prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
/><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The aim is
to compile a collection of voices which are diverse, contradictory, provocative
and, at times, complementary of each other.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The text as a whole is designed to
explore the notion of identity and, in particular, the conversations, past and
present, that Australians have about who they are and what has shaped them as a
people.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It will provide a richness
of materials, speculative opportunities and space for reflection about this
issue.<SPAN class=342412703-27102006> </SPAN></SPAN><FONT
face=Arial> <SPAN class=342412703-27102006>T</SPAN>he themes <SPAN
class=342412703-27102006>are </SPAN>outlined at the end of the email.
</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face=Arial><STRONG>I would like some ideas from all of you as practising English
teachers - do you have favourite pieces tucked away that we could
use?</STRONG> The text types are varied - poetry, extracts from novels,
cartoons, essays, newspaper articles, artwork
etc.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=342412703-27102006><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=342412703-27102006><FONT face=Arial>We would pursue the
copyright on anything you suggest that is selected. I'm afraid that there
is only glory in the project, not money attached to helping but we will
acknowledge your help.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=342412703-27102006><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=342412703-27102006><FONT face=Arial>Any suggestions can be
posted to me or emailed (if you have it in electronic form). My mailing
address is:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=342412703-27102006><FONT face=Arial>Jill
Wilson</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=342412703-27102006><FONT face=Arial>Curriculum
Corporation</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=342412703-27102006><FONT face=Arial>PO Box
177</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=342412703-27102006><FONT face=Arial>Carlton South
3053</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=342412703-27102006><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=342412703-27102006><FONT face=Arial>If you need an Express Post
bag to help with this, just send me an email with your mailing address. It
you sned anything, can you please attach a copy of the publication details so we
can chase copyright. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=342412703-27102006><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=342412703-27102006>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>The collected voices
are intended to produce an energetic and engaging approach to being
Australian.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The collection should
be non-stereotypical, focused on the contemporary as well as traditional views
of what it is to be Australian.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
collection should include pieces which relate to and “speak to” each other as
well as pieces which problematise the content. As a text for English classrooms,
the text will range across modes of expression from fine literary writing to
pictures to pieces expressing strong arguments.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT
size=3>The intention is that school students emerge
with:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT
size=3>interest in and increased understandings of how and why identity is
talked about and represented<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT
size=3>some knowledge of traditional ways in which questions of identity have
been approached in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT
size=3>awareness of competing, contradictory and contemporary views of this
topic.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT
size=3>having participated in discussions about contesting views of what it is
to be Australian<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT
size=3>the joyful experience of experiencing good writing and finely honed
argument.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The
resource is intended to include content about the following:
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT
size=3>Shapers of identity like:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT
size=3>The places “we” live: Landscapes - Eastern seaboard/vast empty
interior, urban landscapes, rural landscapes, the
beach<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT
size=3>Who are “we”?: People and events - Recent and past events which have
shaped attitudes and values, prominent Australians, Indigenous people of
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region>, immigrants to
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT
size=3>Expressions of identity like:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT
size=3>The way “we” talk about ourselves - How we are constructed by and in
the media –opinion, reflection and commentary, major political
speeches<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT
size=3>How do “we” see ourselves? - depiction of <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region> and
Australians in The Arts (literature, visual arts, music, television shows and
film)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT
size=3>The games we play - National pride in sporting achievement, sporting
events and their significance, sporting heroes<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT
size=3>How<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>do “we” represent
ourselves?: Icons as reflections of Australian
identity<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=342412703-27102006><FONT face=Arial>Many
thanks</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=342412703-27102006><FONT face=Arial>Jill</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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