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Devil's Hill:
Lesson Idea: Devil’s
Hill
Themes: adventure,
fear, peer relationships |
Sam is a know-it-all bully from the city. For his cousin
Badge, life has been a constant struggle against nature. The antagonism
between the boys grows when they set out into the bush in search of
a lost cow. The children must become friends if they are to survive
the search on mysterious Devil’s Hill. |
Peter and Pompey:
Lesson Idea: Peter & Pompey
Themes: commercialism,
fiction, history, humour, sexism and prejudice |
An ancient Roman boat in a cave in Queensland? When Peter finds
it, he HAS to believe it! The news spreads, and the town of Gamma
goes tourist-crazy - a change for the worse. Peter discovers the Roman
relic is cursed. To save Gamma, he must burn the boat! |
The Gift :
Lesson
Idea: The Gift
Themes:
conservation, materialism, migration |
Sophia and Nikos are inner-city kids who win a plot of bushland
as a prize in a television quiz show. The children journey with their
grandfather to visit the property, 3,000 kilometres from home, and
discover a mysterious, beautiful and magical place. But soon the children’s
lives are thrown into turmoil as their family and friends argue over
what should be done with the land. |
Top Enders :
Lesson Idea: Top Enders
Themes:
Aboriginal culture, families, friendship, law and order
|
Alice and her mother have been managing quite well on their own,
so Alice is not impressed when her father Jack decides to come back
home. She runs away and meets Mick, an Aboriginal boy searching for
the outstation where his family lives. When the children become lost
in the desert, a search party is organised. Will it take a tragedy
for Alice to realise that her father really loves her? |
Captain Johnno :
Lesson
Idea: Captain Johnno
Captain Johnno B
Themes:
communication, disabilities, family relationships,
individual differences, migration, prejudice |
Johnno is 10 years old, deaf, and always in trouble. He lives in
a small fishing town, and shares his love of the sea with Tony, an
Italian fisherman ridiculed by Johnno’s dad and the rest of
the townspeople. When Johnno’s sister leaves for a boarding
school, Johnno is devastated and runs away to a nearby island. The
town is thrown into panic, but the only person who may be able to
find Johnno is Tony. |
Princess Kate:
Lesson
Idea: There is no specific lesson related to this telemovie.
See Room
to Move in the Winners telemovie series and Letting
Go from
Skytrackers for similar themes relevant to English and SOSE KLAs.
Themes:
adoption, families, relationships, risk taking,
values |
On her 14th birthday, Kate thinks she is the luckiest girl in Sydney.
She is talented, popular, has doting parents, and her birthday present
is a seven-metre yacht named ‘Princess Kate’. Then she
learns something that makes her world fall apart ... she was adopted. |
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