Text Us Mob Walawurru: Unit of work

TLF ID A004412

This unit of work has been written to support the book Us Mob Walawurru. The book is set in the 1960s in an Aboriginal community in Central Australia and follows the life of a young Luritja girl. It explores the cultural challenges faced by both the community members and non-Indigenous people. The story touches on various themes such as education, language, family obligation, relationship to country and environment, and ideas of ownership. This unit provides practical teaching ideas and an assessment task.





Educational details

Educational value
  • Teaching and learning
Year level

8

Learning area
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • English
  • The Arts
  • Visual Arts

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Contributors
  • Author
  • Person: Meg Main
  • Description: Author
  • Contributor
  • Person: Meg Main
  • Description: Author
  • Publisher
  • Name: Reading Australia
  • Organization: Reading Australia
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Text
Rights
  • © Copyright Magabala Books 2020