My Brother Jack

Teaching Kit: My Brother Jack

Level:	Year 9 to Year 10
KLA outcomes:	English; SOSE; The Arts
Theme:	Narrative Structure; Ethics, Values, Justice; Heroes; Change; War and Conflict; Symbolism and Icons; Cultural Studies; Civics and Citizenship

Description:

My Brother Jack is the award winning Australian miniseries based on George Johnston's classic novel. The story of two brothers (Jack and David), is set between the two World Wars. Narrated by David, the younger brother, he reflects upon issues in his life such as domestic violence, mental illness and divorce.

The story can be used to explore teaching about Australian’s at war, media representations of war, race and gender issues between the wars, book to film and the search for identity.

Video set of My Brother Jack- Available as a two part set of 2 hrs each.
Order the videos from the ACTF.

These free resources cover the transformation of a book to film, production processes and analyses of Australia in war time and the Depression. Themes of war, poverty and class, are presented in an historical context for general social, political or historical study.

Film Synopsis (117k)	Synopsis of the novel and the miniseries and the value as an educational resource
Study Guide (194k)	Study Guide to My Brother Jack for mid secondary – tertiary students
Media Kit (158k)	Media Kit for the miniseries
Article	Article from Australian Screen Education (not yet available)
Resource (81k)	Article: My Brother Jack - Historical Perspectives by Kate Cameron

Kris Darmody