Units
Browse the teaching units below.
Aboriginal Dreams - Australian Lands
Introduction # Your browser does not support the video tag. A - When the Land Is the People # Passing on Knowledge # Download PDF B - Connected with the Land # The Land and Its People # × Captain Cook landing at Botany Bay in 1770, Town & Country, 1872.
Women Detectives
A - Evolving figures # B - A stereotypical detective # Your browser does not support the HTML5 audio element. Download the audio file. C - A masculine atmosphere # Your browser does not support the video tag. D - A newcomer # Download PDF E - Inside the FBI # Your browser does not support the video tag. F - Reading about female detectives # Download PDF
Robinson's Myth and Avatars
× Tom Hanks, in Robert Zemeckis's movie Cast Away, 2001.
American Identity
A - Lady Liberty’s Welcome # × × B - The First Refugees # × Download PDF C - The City of Dreams # × The gang of Dead Rabbits from the movie Gangs of New York, Martin Scorcese, 2002. The Dead Rabbits: Irish immigrants led by Amsterdam Vallon (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) in the Five Points (districts of New York City)
The Magic of English
A - The Powers of English # Power 1: Simplicity # Your browser does not support the HTML5 audio element. Download the audio file. Power 2: Brevity # × × Your browser does not support the HTML5 audio element. Download the audio file. Power 3: Creativity # × × Your browser does not support the HTML5 audio element. Download the audio file. Power 4: Diversity # Personally, I would be highly suspicious of anybody who could converse with snakes, as serpents are often used in the worst kinds of Dark Magic, and are historically associated with evil-doers."