Unit 8: Story & History

Pages 130-131
Pages 132-133
Pages 134-135
Page 137
Pages 138-139
Pages 142-143
Pages 144-145


 

Pages 130-131 - Outline
 
Quick links...
  Columbus Day
Today in history: October 12 (USA) • A Library of Congress page about Columbus.
  Sons of Italy (USA) • PRO-Columbus Day : How Italian Americans see Columbus.
  Transform Columbus Day (USA) • ANTI-Columbus Day: A Colorado call to reject Columbus Day celebrations.
  History in cartoons
Native Americans • Take a look at the links for page 137. 
   

 

Pages 132-133 - Text 1: The British
 
Benjamin Zephaniah
  A poet called Benjamin Zephaniah (UK) • The poet's official website, where you can learn about his life and works.
   
UK population
  The changing British population (UK) • An interesting BBC animation that shows how the British population changed over the centuries.
  Born abroad (UK) • A BBC report about immigrants today.
  UK Statistics: migration (UK) • A few current facts about immigrants in the British population.
   

 

Pages 134-135 - Text 2: Family and history
 
The Sopranos
  The Sopranos • Everything about this popular American series.
   
Columbus
  Christopher Columbus • Take a look at the links for page 130. 
 

 

 

Page 137 -  Views
 
Native Americans
  NativeAmericans.com (US) • A site about native American history and culture.
  Indians.org (US) • A programme to help American Indians.
  National Museum of the American Indian (US) • A new museum, with some online exhibitionsl.
 

 

 

Pages 138-139 - Text 3: Min-na-wee
 
Australian Aborigines: general facts
  Wikipedia: Indigenous Australians • This article will help you to learn about Aboriginal identity and history.
  Australian Aboriginals • A great set of pages about the Aboriginal way of life.
   
Australian Aborigines: arts
  Aboriginal art (Australia) • An informative website about Aboriginal art. Visit the "Land and Cultures" section to know more about Aboriginal culture, and take a look at the galleries to discover many paintings, prints, etc.
  Australian dreamtime • Information on Aboriginal stories. With some stories to read.
  Indigenous Australia (Australia) • A great site from the Australian Museum about Aboriginal Australia. It features 20 stories you can read, listen to, or even watch (videos).
   
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 Picture [Insight document] • For more on Australian aborigines, look at the links for the first page of Unit 4.
 

 

 

Pages 142-143 - Issue: Explorers through the ages
 
More on explorers
  Explorers • A mini encyclopaedia of explorers.
 

 

 

Pages 144-145 -  Extra Text: Superman and me
 
Sherman Alexie
 

Sherman Alexie • The author's official website, where you can read some of his articles.
   
American Indians
 

Native Americans • Take a look at the links for page 137.