A Western Plains Boy’s Diary: Aspects of Outback Life in the 1930s, Through a Teenager’s Eyes

Abstract

<p>Has learning about text types lost some of its</p> <p>lustre for your students; particularly boys?</p> <p>Does Studies of Society, HSIE, or History need</p> <p>a fillip to energise students’ learning in your</p> <p>classroom? Could your Bible/Scripture/Studies</p> <p>of Religion program do with more vibrancy and</p> <p>relevance? And what about a little detective</p> <p>work, some historical research, a mapping</p> <p>assignment or a variation on some of these?</p> <p>Perhaps the reading of a boy’s diary may</p> <p>become a <em>spring-board </em>for any one of a number</p> <p>of interesting learning activities.</p>