Belinda Murrell: Bringing Australian History To Life | Page 3
CONTENTS
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
PUBLISHER’S WELCOME 4
ABOUT BELINDA MURRELL
5
WRITE TO BELINDA MURRELL 6
SCHOOL VISITS
8
USING BELINDA’S BOOKS
IN THE CLASSROOM
10
WRITING TIPS
12
THE SEQUIN STAR
13
Extract 14
Inspiration 16
Australia during the Depression
18
Class activities
19
Recipe – make a Depression Cake 20
THE RIVER CHARM
21
Extract 22
Inspiration 24
The Indigenous Experience
27
1840s Australia
28
Class Activities
30
Worksheet 32
THE FORGOTTEN PEARL
33
Extract 34
Inspiration 36
Australian and WW2
38
Recipe – make a Lemon Cake
39
Class Activities
40
Worksheet 42
THE IVORY ROSE
43
Extract 44
Inspiration 46
1890s Sydney
48
Class Activities
49
Worksheet 50
THE RUBY TALISMAN
51
Extract 52
Inspiration 54
Class Activities
56
THE LOCKET OF DREAMS
57
Extract 58
Inspiration 60
Class Activities
62
BOOKMARKS
63
BELINDA’S OTHER BOOKS
65
ORDER FORM
66
‘Historical fiction, written well
and woven around actual people,
places and events, can bring the
past to life and enable students
to really appreciate the contrasts
between life in a particular timespan and their own, enabling
them to reflect on not only the
changes that have occurred, but,
often, why they have. Such is The
River Charm by Belinda Murrell.’
– Barbara Braxton, readplus.com.au
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