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?	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?