This unit focuses on expressions of protest in a range of texts and contexts. Students analyse the ways protest texts represent the world, both as it is and as it could be. The students engage with a diverse range of texts drawn from historical and contemporary contexts, including contemporary multimedia and visual texts. They examine how acts of protest shape the world we live in, reflecting specifically on how texts portray and challenge cultural and social values.
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Bruce Dawe’s ‘A Victorian Hangman Tells His Love’
William Blake’s poetry
MLK’s ‘I Have A Dream’