Classwork Week 4 - ENGLISH - for completion in-class

Reading 'Little Brother'

Building field knowledge & context:
In your Literature groups allocate the following tasks to members of the group.

1. Locate Cambodia on a map – this website compares the size of Cambodia and Australia and record some of the facts/statistics that stand out to you from ‘If Cambodia were your home instead of Australia you would...’
2. The above site also provides a brief history, including the Khmer Rouge rule and atrocities committed against the local Cambodians (Khmer). Using the map of Cambodia (& surrounding countries of Laos, Vietnam and Thailand) – mark the places mentioned in the novel ‘Little Brother’as you read. e.g. Sambour (the village they lived in north of Phnom Penh on the Mekong River) Phnom Penh, the Mekong River, Angkor, Siem Reap, Sisophon, and Aranyaprathet in Thailand, near the Cambodian border. Further helpful sites: Map of Asia & One world - Cambodia
3. Locate pictures on the internet of Cambodian jungle, overgrown temples, rice paddies to begin with. As we read on, find pictures of Angkor, old bicycles, Cambodian refugee camps – Nong Samet, villages, etc. We will add these pictures to our wall display so that you are able to get a sense of the journey Vithy is making, through his country and its history.