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Reflections
This book is out of print.
Thoughtful, critical reading of the challenging texts in this collection, designed for Years 9 and 10, will give students a richer understanding of the Asian region. Reflections offers some political comment and stories of political standpoints, alongside folktales and oral histories. It incorporates satirical cartoons, extracts from renowned Indian and Indonesian novels, personal memoirs and visual texts from China, and mythical tales from Laos.
Reflections challenges the way students see the world by showing them the varied experiences of people across Asia. It is backed up by extensive teaching notes.
Index
- Reflections: Texts as a Reflection of Past Realities
- Reflections: Responses to Texts
- Reflections: The Effect of Change
Reflections introduction
The Reflections text is complemented by online activities with a middle secondary English focus. As there is a strong emphasis on poetry, myths, paintings and personal stories in Reflections, these online activities offer students opportunities to explore the writing and biographies of writers Murasaki Shikibu, Han Suyin and Rabindranath Tagore. Themes include the ways in which communities manage change using the oral testimonies of people from Nepal, Pakistan, India and China. The online activities also invite comparisons between creation myths and explore the place of monomyths in narrative construction. Students are invited to respond in a variety of ways to each theme.
