using+literature+within+an+inquiry+unit

Select appropriate literature to compliment the integrated inquiry units. For example, an Integrated Inquiry Unit that is designed to explore the ways some events of the past have impacted on the present could include fiction that provides a stimulus for thinking about and exploring further different eras, issues, events or people in Australia’s history. For example: //A Penny to Remember // by Kirsty Murray and //Castaway Convict// by Wendy McDonald can be used to stimulate interest in the Convict Era and the question of invasion or settlement.
 * //Rabbits //by John Marsden, //Tom Appleby: Convict Boy// by Jackie French and
 * //The Mostly True Story of Matthew and Trim //by Cassandra Golds and Stephen Axelson and Jackie French’s //The Goat who sailed the World// may provide a good introduction to exploration in general and Matthew Flinders or Captain Cook in particular.
 * Interest in the life on the gold fields and Eureka Stockade can be stimulated through //Seams of Gold// by Christopher Cheng, //Valley// //of Gold// by Jackie French, //Fly a Rebel Flag// by Robyn Annear and //Journey to Eureka// by Kerry Greenwood.
 * //The Donkey Man // by Glyn Harper and //Memorial// by Gary Crew may help stimulate discussion about World War One and ANZAC Day.
 * //The Bamboo Flute // by Gary Disher, //The Saw Doctor// by Gary Crew and //The Long Walk// by Kerry Greenwood may help build up student interest in and knowledge of the Great Depression.
 * //Once //by Maurice Gleitzman//, The Bombing of Darwin: A Diary of Tom Taylor// by Tom Tucker//, Rose Blanche// by Roberto Innocento, Jackie French’s //Soldier on the Hill// and James Roy’s //Captain Mack// and //Billy Mack’s War// can be used to stimulate interest in and discussion about World War Two along with //Photographs in the Mud// by Dianne Wolfer and Brian Lever.
 * //Almost Forever //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> by Maria Testa and //My Grandfather’s War// by Glyn Harper provide opportunities to discuss aspects of the Vietnam War.
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Ziba came on a Boat //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> by Liz Lofthouse, //Across the Dark Sea// by Wendy Orr, //Ali the Bold Heart// by Jane Jolly and //How the Finnegans Saved the Ship// by Jackie French can be used to stimulate interest in immigration, refugees and Australia’s multi-cultural society.
 * //<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Plagues and Federation: the Diary of Kitty Barnes, the Rocks, Sydney 1901 by Vashti Farrer //<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">could introduce the students to the living conditions and political climate of the era <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">.
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">One Perfect Day //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> by Jackie French is set around the opening of the Parliament House in Canberra 1926 and could provide discussion prompts about the Australian Government.
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Burnt Stick //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">by Anthony Hill and //Home to Mother// by Doris Pilkington Garima which are based on actual experiences can introduce Aboriginal perspectives on some events in history.