The premise of this unit is framed around the notion of personal freedom and agency and how art, language and literature can reveal patterns of continuity and disruption. This unit looks at how language and systems of power are used to disempower, minimalise and dehumanise marginalised people in Australia and around the world. In doing so, it seeks to transform these power structures by giving agency to individual and communities to use language that frees, empowers, includes and respects others. It seeks to assist students to be discerning about the ways perspectives are framed and to actively challenge these perspectives through transformative language and ideas. Texts to be explored include prison writing, such as Berooz Boochani’s No Friend but the Mountain and Freedom, Only Freedom, Nelson Mandala’s Long Walk to Freedom, Nawal El Saadawi’s Memoirs from the Women’s Prison, Martin Luther King’s Letters from Birmingham Jail and Malcolm X’s Autobiography of Malcolm X. Other texts include essays and writings from advocates for refugees and other displaced peoples, such as Omid Tofighian, and other texts on human rights from the Australian Human Rights Commission. First Nations writing will also be explored, such as Kevin Gilbert’s play, The Cherry Pickers, Jack Davis’ No Sugar, Jane Harrison’s Stolen, and Tara June Winch’s The Yield, amongst others. Students will create texts of their own choosing that use transformative language to offer a different perspective on ways of knowing, being and living in the world.
Qwiller Student Workbook: Freedom Fighters and Transformative Language
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Updated for the NSW English Syllabus and Australian English Curriculum, V. 9, this workbook gives students the opportunity to explore the notion of personal freedom and agency and how art, language and literature can reveal patterns of continuity and disruption. This unit looks at how language and systems of power are used to disempower, minimalise and dehumanise marginalised people in Australia and around the world.
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Item Title | Qwiller Student Workbook: Freedom Fighters and Transformative Language |
Curriculum | Australian English Curriculum V.9.0, NSW English Syllabus for the Australian English Curriclum, V.9., 2022 |
ISBN (Print) | TBA |
ISBN (Digital) | TBA |
Identifier (bundle) | TBA |
Title Author | SHELLEY MCNAMARA |
Date Published | 2025 |
Format | Bundle, Digital, Print |
Page Numbers | TBA |
State | ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA |
Year Level | Year 10, Year 9 |
Genre | Workbooks |
Subject | Years 7-10 Workbooks |
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Item Title | Qwiller Student Workbook: Freedom Fighters and Transformative Language |
Curriculum | Australian English Curriculum V.9.0, NSW English Syllabus for the Australian English Curriclum, V.9., 2022 |
ISBN (Print) | TBA |
ISBN (Digital) | TBA |
Identifier (bundle) | TBA |
Title Author | SHELLEY MCNAMARA |
Date Published | 2025 |
Format | Bundle, Digital, Print |
Page Numbers | TBA |
State | ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA |
Year Level | Year 10, Year 9 |
Genre | Workbooks |
Subject | Years 7-10 Workbooks |
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