TheLittleRefugee.PDF

BOOK PUBLISHERS Teachers Notes by Dr Robyn Sheahan-Bright The Little Refugee Anh Do and Suzanne Do Illustrated By Bruce Whatley ISBN 9781742378329 Recommended for ages 4-8 yrs Older students and adults will also appreciate this book. These notes may be reproduced free of charge for use and study within schools but they may not be reproduced (either in whole or in part) and offered for commercial sale. Introduction 2 Curriculum areas 2 Curriculum topics 3 Language Literacy 3 Visual Literacy 3 Creative Arts 4 SOSE (Themes) 4 SOSE (Values) 6 Conclusion 7 Bibliography of related texts 7 Internet resources 8 About the writers 10 Blackline masters 11-14 83 Alexander Street PO Box 8500 Crows Nest, Sydney St Leonards NSW 2065 NSW 1590 ph: (61 2) 8425 0100 info@ Allen Unwin PTY LTD Australia Australia fax: (61 2) 9906 2218 ABN 79 003 994 278 INTRODUCTION You must always have hope that things will be okay. This text tells Anh Do’s story of his amazing journey. From a childhood of poverty in Vietnam, and the aftermath of the Vietnam War, he and his family and their friends fled from their country by fishing vessel. They battled heat, storms, hunger, thirst, attack, loneliness and fear before they found a safe haven in a new country, and a new life in Australia. But there they were forced to adapt and to learn new skills in order to survive. Anh’s early struggles were rewarded by both academic achievement and a highly successful career as a comedian. And then, when he wrote and published the memoir of his life, he