Year+12+English

=Welcome to the year 12 English Wilvandee page = English remains the only compulsory subject

In the study of Distinctly Visual students should gain an understanding of the colonial discourse of Australian history and how Lawson played an integral part in the emerging Australian identity of the late 19th century. Central to the study will be the means by which Lawson forms his images and how this conversely influenced the Australian art movement during this era. Important to Lawson’s images and writing is a perspective that sought to present a point of view challenging the perception of Australia as a ‘workingman’s paradise’. Lawson’s imagery does not romanticise the bush, rather it seeks to expose the loneliness, hardship and poverty of rural life. With this in consideration, the unit will study related material that shows how later texts played a role in Australian identity and how this identity has been challenged on the basis of gender, race and ethnicity.

**In term one 2010 class has been starting a new text added to the HSC prescribed list. //A Man with Five Children. This text is falls under the module//, Texts and Society and the elective, Global Village.** **__Global Village__** In this elective students explore a variety of texts that deal with the ways in which individuals and communities experience and live in a global context. Students consider the positive and negative aspects of the global village and the consequences of these on attitudes, values and beliefs. Students also consider the role and uses of media and technology within the global village and different attitudes people may have towards them. Students respond to and compose a range of texts to investigate how and in what ways living in a global village may influence the ways we communicate, engage and interact with each other.  Prestigious playwright Nick Enright presents a challenging play based on the 1970’s television reality show, //Seven Up//. Visited each year, by a filmmaker the play’s narrative follows the lives of five children as they change and develop into adulthood. The children eventually become well known celebrities simply through their involvement in the documentary process. The play explores the idea of documentary objectivity and the extent to which the documentary filmmaker manipulates and shapes the public perception of the characters. The characters come from a diverse range of backgrounds and so represent the idea of a multicultural Australia which has become part of the global village. However, the contrast between the characters’ inner and public life is striking because the filmmaker’s participation. With the popularity of ‘reality shows’ the play questions the role of the media in creating a ‘truth’ and the extent to which individual lives can be changed through media exposure.