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color=#0000ff size=2>what about 'The Dressmaker' by Rosalie Ham? It's not a
'classic' but may become one, and it's controversial enough to raise
conservative parental eyebrows (and maybe even hackles)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> english-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Baird, Anne
P<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 10 January 2007 2:48 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
english@edulists.com.au; Oz Teachers <BR><B>Subject:</B> [English] controversial
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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2>This
is a little bit of an unusual request but there is a very valid reason for
asking I assure you.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can
anyone suggest an Australian classic book that would still be considered a
little controversial if studied at a school because of it</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2>’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2>s
content.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2>The equivalent in the
US</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial
size=2> for example</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au><FONT
face=Arial size=2> might be something like Huckleberry Finn or To Kill a
Mockingbird (although I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au>
<FONT face=Arial size=2>don’t</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2> know how you would think of them as being
controversial really</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au><FONT
face=Arial size=2>- perhaps they</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2>’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2>re a little more conservative in the
US</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au> <FONT face=Arial
size=2>SYMBOL 74 \f "Wingdings" \s 10</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-au> <FONT face=Arial size=2>)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-au></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was thinking of Marking
Time by John Doyle but it</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2>’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2>s maybe not a classic and may not be well
known. I need</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au> <FONT
face=Arial size=2>something</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2> that most Aussies would have heard of but
may have some content or issues that could be</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au> <FONT face=Arial
size=2>contentious</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au><FONT
face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au> <FONT
face=Arial size=2>enough</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2> for some parents to get upset
about.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2>The</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au> <FONT face=Arial size=2>learning
task</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial
size=2> I want to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au> <FONT
face=Arial size=2>design is a problem where students would have to decide
whether a book should be banned or not in a school.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hope someone can
help</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-au> </SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-au><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anne</FONT></SPAN></P>
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