One Minute’s Silence

Title

Author

Metzenthen, David

Illustrators

Camilleri, Michael

Publisher, Date

Allen & Unwin, 2014

Audience

Secondary, Upper Primary

AC Links/EYLF

English, Geography, HASS, History, ACELA1500, ACELA1502, ACELT1608, ACELT1609, ACELT1610, ACELT1612, ACHASSK111

English, Geography, HASS, History, ACELA1500, ACELA1502, ACELT1608, ACELT1609, ACELT1610, ACELT1612, ACHASSK111, ACHASSK112, ACELA1515, ACELA1518, ACELT1613, ACELT1614, ACHASSK134, ACHASSK135, ACHASSK136, ACHASSK137, ACHASSK138, ACHASSK139, ACHASSK140, ACHASSK141, ACELA1528, ACELA1529, ACELT1619, ACELT1621, ACELT1622, ACELT1803, ACHASSK186, ACHASSK188, ACHASSK189, ACHASSK190, ACHASSK191, ACHASSK192, ACELA1540, ACELA1541, ACELT1626, ACELT1627, ACELT1628, ACELT1807, ACOKFH009, ACOKFH010, ACHGK049, ACHGK052, ACHGK054, ACHGK058, ACELA1550, ACELA1551, ACELT1663, ACELT1771, ACELT1634, ACELT1635, ACOKFH016, ACOKFH015, ACOKFH017, ACHGK064, ACHGK065, ACHGK066, ACHGK067, ACHGK068, ACHGK069, ACELA1563, ACELA1564, ACELA1565, ACELT1639, ACELT1640, ACELT1812, ACELT1642, ACELT1643, ACELT1644, ACHGK070, ACHGK071, ACHGK077, ACHGK078, ACHGK079

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A sophisticated and powerful picture book featuring black line and sepia illustrations which add impact. Students in a classroom are imaginatively transported into the war at Gallipoli. This gives young people an opportunity to look at both sides of the conflict, to empathise with the enemy and to consider how war affects everyone regardless of age, class, ethnicity or gender.
Key Concepts
1. Cross Cultural Relations
2. Empathy
3. History
4. War

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