Read/ Listen to the next chapter before next week’s lesson. 🙂
Chapter 2: A Grand Plan Revealed
Lennie The Legend from DanLaw on Vimeo.
Bread and Dripping
http://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/bread-and-dripping/clip1/
What was life like during the Depression years?
http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/great-depression
1928
http://myplace.edu.au/teaching_activities/1928/episode_landing_9.html
1938
http://myplace.edu.au/teaching_activities/1938/episode_landing_8.html
Lennie in the Parade
http://aso.gov.au/titles/home-movies/farey-sydney-harbour-bridge/clip1/
Questions:
Here | Hidden | Head |
Explicitly in the text |
Read the clues Read between the lines Gather information from various parts of the text Inferential |
Opinion based on evidence Evaluative based on details in the text |
What is Lennie’s Dad’s name?
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How many places will Lennie travel through to get to Sydney? | What happened to Lennie’s father in the war? |
What is the Great Depression? | Is the Great Depression different from the Global Financial Crisis (GFC)? | Where did Lennie get the courage and motivation to take on such a tough journey? |
What started the depression? | Why didn’t Lennie’s Dad tell him what happened to him? | |
Does the Gwynther family name have any significance? | How did he become a legend so quickly? How was he discovered? | Why was the reporter so curious about Lennie’s journey? |
How long did King George reign? | Why didn’t Lennie want to take part in the parade? | Why was it such a big deal who would be the capital of Australia? |
Who was the first to officially walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge? | Why did people decide to build the Sydney Harbour Bridge? | |
On what Aboriginal land was the bridge built? | Why was the ceremony late? | |
Who was the Governor General at the opening ceremony? | Who did Lennie travel with? | |
What is a quagmire? | Are Lennie’s family worried about him? | |
Why didn’t Lennie go to Western Australia? | Why did Lennie think important people wouldn’t want to wave at him when he was famous? | |
What is a furphy? | How did Lennie achieve his plan? | |
What is the engineering marvel? | Why does Lennie want to go to Sydney Harbour Bridge? | |
What is a cacophony? | Did Lennie get an education? | |
Who was Gough Whitlam? | Does Lennie realise that he was becoming slowly famous? Explain | |
Where are they in Australia? | ||
What year was it? | ||
Why did Lennie like The Endeavour float the best? | ||
What is ploughing? | ||
How old is Lennie? | ||
What is a bush ranger? | ||
Who was Lennie? |