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In this module students deepen their understanding of how texts represent individual and collective human experiences. They examine how texts represent human qualities and emotions associated with, or arising from, these experiences. Students appreciate, explore, interpret, analyse and evaluate the ways language is used to shape these representations in a range of texts in a variety of forms, modes and media.
Students explore how texts may give insight into the anomalies, paradoxes and inconsistencies in human behaviour and motivations, inviting the responder to see the world differently, to challenge assumptions, ignite new ideas or reflect personally. They may also consider the role of storytelling throughout time to express and reflect particular lives and cultures. By responding to a range of texts they further develop skills and confidence using various literary devices, language concepts, modes and media to formulate a considered response to texts.
Students explore how texts may give insight into the anomalies, paradoxes and inconsistencies in human behaviour and motivations, inviting the responder to see the world differently, to challenge assumptions, ignite new ideas or reflect personally. They may also consider the role of storytelling throughout time to express and reflect particular lives and cultures. By responding to a range of texts they further develop skills and confidence using various literary devices, language concepts, modes and media to formulate a considered response to texts.
Students study one prescribed text and a range of short texts that provide rich opportunities to further explore representations of human experiences illuminated in texts. They make increasingly informed judgements about how aspects of these texts, for example context, purpose, structure, stylistic and grammatical features, and form shape meaning. In addition, students select one related text and draw from personal experience to make connections between themselves, the world of the text and their wider world. (NESA 2018)
What are Human Experiences?
The term “human experiences” is central to the module. Though it may initially seem very vague and confusing, human experiences can encompass an infinite amount of events, emotions and situations and are, thererfore, difficult to define.
Most broadly, it is the life encounters of an individual or a wider group that shapes the human psyche in one or more ways. Examples of “human experiences” include but are not limited to:
What are Human Experiences?
The term “human experiences” is central to the module. Though it may initially seem very vague and confusing, human experiences can encompass an infinite amount of events, emotions and situations and are, thererfore, difficult to define.
Most broadly, it is the life encounters of an individual or a wider group that shapes the human psyche in one or more ways. Examples of “human experiences” include but are not limited to:
See also:
Matrix Education - Texts and Human Experiences
Matrix Education - Texts and Human Experiences Practice Paper
6 Ways to make your English study of Human Experiences easier
Matrix Education - The Beginner's Guide to Acing HSC English
Matrix Education - The Essential Guide to English Techniques
Matrix Education - Introduction to Textual Analysis
Matrix Education - How to Research Your English Texts
Matrix Education - English Literary Techniques Toolkit for the HSC
Matrix Education - Film Techniques Toolkit
SMCC - Interpreting Texts
YouTube Instructional Videos
HSC English Standard and Advanced - Introduction to the Common Module (New Syllabus)
Human Experiences - Introductory Ideas
New HSC English Syllabus Explained [2018]
Texts and Human Experiences short answer response tutorial Part 1
Texts and Human Experiences short answer response tutorial Part 2
Texts and Human Experiences short answer response tutorial Part 3
Texts and Human Experiences
Matrix Education - Texts and Human Experiences
Matrix Education - Texts and Human Experiences Practice Paper
6 Ways to make your English study of Human Experiences easier
Matrix Education - The Beginner's Guide to Acing HSC English
Matrix Education - The Essential Guide to English Techniques
Matrix Education - Introduction to Textual Analysis
Matrix Education - How to Research Your English Texts
Matrix Education - English Literary Techniques Toolkit for the HSC
Matrix Education - Film Techniques Toolkit
SMCC - Interpreting Texts
YouTube Instructional Videos
HSC English Standard and Advanced - Introduction to the Common Module (New Syllabus)
Human Experiences - Introductory Ideas
New HSC English Syllabus Explained [2018]
Texts and Human Experiences short answer response tutorial Part 1
Texts and Human Experiences short answer response tutorial Part 2
Texts and Human Experiences short answer response tutorial Part 3
Texts and Human Experiences
Standard English Prescribed Text - Billy Elliot Film
The study of the prescribed text, Billy Elliot, will help deepen student understanding of how texts represent individual and collective human experiences. Students should focus on the context of 1980’s Britain and how this is depicted through the emotions and experiences of the characters in Billy Elliot. Students will need to analyse a range of smaller texts and through investigation of their textual structure, language and stylistic features, they should deconstruct how common and individual human experiences are illuminated in the texts.
Responding to a range of texts will help you further develop your skills and confidence using various literary devices, language concepts, modes and media to formulate a considered response to texts. As this module requires differentiation based on the course being delivered, teaching and learning activities may need to be modified by the teacher to ensure that they effectively meet the needs of their cohort.
Focus questions:
· How do texts represent individual human qualities and emotions?
· How do texts represent collective human experiences?
· How do texts allow you to see the world differently, challenge your assumptions and ignite new ideas? (DoE 2018)
A study and analysis of Stephen Daldry’s film Billy Elliot (2000) will enable students to deepen their understanding of how the film represents individual and collective human experiences of adversity, loss, social limitations, as well as self-discovery, self-expression, personal freedom and transcendence. The film represents human qualities of resilience, loyalty, courage and moral integrity, and emotions of grief, fear, anger and love associated with, or arising from, these experiences. The film also explores anomalies, paradoxes and inconsistencies in human behaviour and motivations that arise from social pressures, conflicting identities, divided loyalties, and moral uncertainty.
The film Billy Elliot raises a number of social issues and positions the responder to see the wider world differently and challenges assumptions about class and gender identities to ignite new ideas about history, politics, social justice and art. The film’s narrative construction helps us to consider the role of storytelling throughout time, and how the film expresses and reflects particular lives and subcultures within the context of the 1984-5 UK miners' strike (CCE 2018) .
The study of the prescribed text, Billy Elliot, will help deepen student understanding of how texts represent individual and collective human experiences. Students should focus on the context of 1980’s Britain and how this is depicted through the emotions and experiences of the characters in Billy Elliot. Students will need to analyse a range of smaller texts and through investigation of their textual structure, language and stylistic features, they should deconstruct how common and individual human experiences are illuminated in the texts.
Responding to a range of texts will help you further develop your skills and confidence using various literary devices, language concepts, modes and media to formulate a considered response to texts. As this module requires differentiation based on the course being delivered, teaching and learning activities may need to be modified by the teacher to ensure that they effectively meet the needs of their cohort.
Focus questions:
· How do texts represent individual human qualities and emotions?
· How do texts represent collective human experiences?
· How do texts allow you to see the world differently, challenge your assumptions and ignite new ideas? (DoE 2018)
A study and analysis of Stephen Daldry’s film Billy Elliot (2000) will enable students to deepen their understanding of how the film represents individual and collective human experiences of adversity, loss, social limitations, as well as self-discovery, self-expression, personal freedom and transcendence. The film represents human qualities of resilience, loyalty, courage and moral integrity, and emotions of grief, fear, anger and love associated with, or arising from, these experiences. The film also explores anomalies, paradoxes and inconsistencies in human behaviour and motivations that arise from social pressures, conflicting identities, divided loyalties, and moral uncertainty.
The film Billy Elliot raises a number of social issues and positions the responder to see the wider world differently and challenges assumptions about class and gender identities to ignite new ideas about history, politics, social justice and art. The film’s narrative construction helps us to consider the role of storytelling throughout time, and how the film expresses and reflects particular lives and subcultures within the context of the 1984-5 UK miners' strike (CCE 2018) .
Useful Links
Billy Elliot Teacher’s Guide
Billy Elliot Summary
Billy Elliot Themes
Billy Elliot - Themes
Billy Elliot - Textural Study
Billy Elliot Film Metalanguage
Daldry, Stephen, Billy Elliot (Texts and Human Experiences)
Watch
Collective & Human Experiences - Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot Teacher’s Guide
Billy Elliot Summary
Billy Elliot Themes
Billy Elliot - Themes
Billy Elliot - Textural Study
Billy Elliot Film Metalanguage
Daldry, Stephen, Billy Elliot (Texts and Human Experiences)
Watch
Collective & Human Experiences - Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot Unit of Work
| billy-elliot-unit-of-work.docx |
Advanced English Prescribed Text - 1984 by George Orwell
For this unit, students explore the prescribed text Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and a range of different texts in a variety of forms, modes and media and consider how purpose, perspective and context influence the way that these individual and collective human experiences are represented. This exploration will further develop students’ skills to make informed judgements about texts examined and evaluated in class and their related text.
With Nineteen Eighty-Four and its representation of the human experience as the central focus, the key aspects that impact on the of the individual and collective human experiences:
• Having the courage to speak out
• Overt use of power and control – ‘the intoxication of power’ (George Orwell).
• The loss of personal freedom
• Destruction of truth and morality
• Mind control
• Subversion of human relationships and trust
• A culture of fear and mistrust
• Rewriting of history
The selected short texts will feature composers, like Orwell, who express their concerns about something that they consider will have a significant and often detrimental impact on the human experience. These composers provide provocative insights into the anomalies, paradoxes and inconsistencies in human behaviour and motivations; thus, inviting the students to see the world differently, to challenge assumptions, consider new ideas and reflect personally on what this means for their experiences. Students are provided with opportunities to develop greater empathy for the attitudes and opinions of others by interacting with and interrogating a range of texts (Yager 2018).
Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is widely viewed as a response to the Cold War period. 1984 is described as dark, dystopian, science fiction satire that is both a puzzle about the history of Communist Russia and a warning against totalitarianism. Analysis and discussion of selected passages focuses the representation of totalitarianism and raises questions about the relevance of propaganda, socialism and capitalism to the present. Analysis of Winston’s story,examines the themes of conformity, dissent, surveillance and technology (Centre for Continuing Education 2019).
With Nineteen Eighty-Four and its representation of the human experience as the central focus, the key aspects that impact on the of the individual and collective human experiences:
• Having the courage to speak out
• Overt use of power and control – ‘the intoxication of power’ (George Orwell).
• The loss of personal freedom
• Destruction of truth and morality
• Mind control
• Subversion of human relationships and trust
• A culture of fear and mistrust
• Rewriting of history
The selected short texts will feature composers, like Orwell, who express their concerns about something that they consider will have a significant and often detrimental impact on the human experience. These composers provide provocative insights into the anomalies, paradoxes and inconsistencies in human behaviour and motivations; thus, inviting the students to see the world differently, to challenge assumptions, consider new ideas and reflect personally on what this means for their experiences. Students are provided with opportunities to develop greater empathy for the attitudes and opinions of others by interacting with and interrogating a range of texts (Yager 2018).
Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is widely viewed as a response to the Cold War period. 1984 is described as dark, dystopian, science fiction satire that is both a puzzle about the history of Communist Russia and a warning against totalitarianism. Analysis and discussion of selected passages focuses the representation of totalitarianism and raises questions about the relevance of propaganda, socialism and capitalism to the present. Analysis of Winston’s story,examines the themes of conformity, dissent, surveillance and technology (Centre for Continuing Education 2019).
Useful links
Unit: 1984 Texts and Human Experiences
Narrative viewpoint and the representation of power in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984 at a Glance
George Orwell's 1984: Summary, Characters, Themes & Analysis
1984 SparkNotes
Video SparkNotes: Orwell's 1984 Summary
1984 - Theme 1: Overview & Analysis
1984 - Theme 2: Overview & Analysis
Listen:
A reading of the opening of 1984 by Tom O’ Bedlam
Watch
Crash Course Literature 401 - 1984 by George Orwell, Part 1
Crash Course Literature 402 - 1984 by George Orwell Part 2
Unit: 1984 Texts and Human Experiences
Narrative viewpoint and the representation of power in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984 at a Glance
George Orwell's 1984: Summary, Characters, Themes & Analysis
1984 SparkNotes
Video SparkNotes: Orwell's 1984 Summary
1984 - Theme 1: Overview & Analysis
1984 - Theme 2: Overview & Analysis
Listen:
A reading of the opening of 1984 by Tom O’ Bedlam
Watch
Crash Course Literature 401 - 1984 by George Orwell, Part 1
Crash Course Literature 402 - 1984 by George Orwell Part 2
Related Texts
Students must select ONE Related Text and draw from personal experience to make connections between themselves, the world of the text and their wider world.
The school library has a huge range of Related Texts in our collection. These comprise of fiction and non-fiction hard copy books, picture books, Audio Books and DVDs.
Please feel free to check out our collection to browse for your chosen related text.
Then pop into our library to check them out.
Students must select ONE Related Text and draw from personal experience to make connections between themselves, the world of the text and their wider world.
The school library has a huge range of Related Texts in our collection. These comprise of fiction and non-fiction hard copy books, picture books, Audio Books and DVDs.
Please feel free to check out our collection to browse for your chosen related text.
Then pop into our library to check them out.
How to access our Library's Related Texts Reading List in Oliver
1. Access Oliver via your DoE Student Portal
1. Access Oliver via your DoE Student Portal
| texts_and_human_experience_reading_list.pdf |
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If you are not already a member it is well worthwhile to pop into your local branch and join up. It's free!
Visit: Studiosity
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See also:
How to Study Effectively
Campbelltown Library (or your local library) provides free Studiosity online study and assignment help from qualified tutors. Subjects include Maths, English, Science and more.
If you are not already a member it is well worthwhile to pop into your local branch and join up. It's free!
Visit: Studiosity
Sign in using your Campbelltown Library Card number
See also:
How to Study Effectively
Writing Tips
Academic Writing
ALARM - A learning and responding matrix
How to Write a Band Six Essay
Matrix Education How to Write a Band Six Essay
See also
Year 12 Standard English
English Standard Module A - Language, Identity and Culture (Henry Lawson Short Stories)
English Standard Module B: Close Study of Literature (Oodgeroo Noonuccul)
Year 12 Advanced English
English Advanced Module A: Textual Conversations (Richard III and Looking for Richard)
English Advanced Module B: Critical Study of Literature (T S Eliot)
Academic Writing
ALARM - A learning and responding matrix
How to Write a Band Six Essay
Matrix Education How to Write a Band Six Essay
See also
Year 12 Standard English
English Standard Module A - Language, Identity and Culture (Henry Lawson Short Stories)
English Standard Module B: Close Study of Literature (Oodgeroo Noonuccul)
Year 12 Advanced English
English Advanced Module A: Textual Conversations (Richard III and Looking for Richard)
English Advanced Module B: Critical Study of Literature (T S Eliot)
Related Text - Film
Birthday Boy - A Short Film by Sejong Park
Birthday Boy was nominated for a Best Animated Short Film Oscar 2004
About the film
Analysis of Birthday Boy
Birthday Boy - A Short Film by Sejong Park
Birthday Boy was nominated for a Best Animated Short Film Oscar 2004
About the film
Analysis of Birthday Boy
References
BritLit. (2017). Billy Elliot Melvin Burgess Teacher’s Guide and Key. Retrieved from https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/billy_key.pdf
Centre for Continuing Education. (2019). HSC English Standard & Advanced Preparation Course - Common Module: 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'. Retrieved from https://cce.sydney.edu.au/course/HEPB
Centre for Continuing Education. (2018). HSC English Standard & Advanced Preparation Course - Common Module: 'Billy Elliot'. Retrieved from https://cce.sydney.edu.au/course/HEPC
CliffsNotes. (2016). 1984 at a Glance. Retrieved from https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/n/1984/1984-at-a-glance
Dux College Parramatta. (2019). HSC English Standard and Advanced – Texts and Human Experiences – Study Guide and Module Overview, Dux College. Retrieved from https://dc.edu.au/texts-and-human-experiences-module-overview/
Dux College Parramatta. (2019). Daldry, Stephen, Billy Elliot (Texts and Human Experiences) - Dux College. Retrieved from https://dc.edu.au/texts-and-human-experiences-billy-elliot-study-guide/
GradeSaver. (2019). Billy Elliot Themes. Retrieved from https://www.gradesaver.com/billy-elliot/study-guide/themes
John Green CrashCourse. (2017). 1984 by George Orwell, Part 1: Crash Course Literature #401. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9ipRaLa4Jw
John Green CrashCourse. (2017). George Orwell's 1984, Part 2: Crash Course Literature #402. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBYqV2sK918
Matrix Education (2018). Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences. Available at: https://www.matrix.edu.au/year-12-english-advanced-study-guide/year-12-common-module-texts-human-experiences/.
Mrs C's English. (2018). 1984 Texts and Human Experiences. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyZpaBFaZ3A
NSW Department of Education (2018). Common module: Texts and human experiences. Available at: https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/curriculum/key-learning-areas/english/nested-content/showhide-year-12-english-studies/common-module-texts-and-human-experiences.
NSW Education Standards Authority (2017). English Standard Stage 6 Syllabus NEW. Available at: https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/11-12/stage-6-learning-areas/stage-6-english/english-standard-2017.
Park, S. (2004). Birthday Boy. Published by Hertlings 2008 on YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0TTZ35oq90&t=16s
PBWorks. Billy Elliot Film Metalanguage. Retrieved from http://stage6.pbworks.com/f/Billy+Elliot+Notes.pdf
Penguin Readers. (2007). Billy Elliot. Teacher Support Program. Retrieved from http://dl.pearson.co.jp/resources/9781405881760/searchdata/pdf/TN-BillyElliot.pdf
Parkes, L. (2013). Billy Elliot - Themes. Prezi. Retrieved from https://prezi.com/tjrmdz3nlhsh/billy-elliot-themes/
Pryor, M. (2018). George Orwell's 1984: Summary, Characters, Themes & Analysis - Video & Lesson Transcript. Study.com. Retrieved from https://study.com/academy/lesson/george-orwells-1984-summary-characters-themes-analysis.html
Rooney, B. (2018). Narrative viewpoint and the representation of power in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. Retrieved from https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/SSE/article/viewFile/565/534
Sanchez, S. (2014). What does it mean to be human? TEDxPhiladelphia. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjY4pNBgMaA
SparkNotes. (2019). 1984 by George Orwell. Retrieved from https://study.com/academy/lesson/george-orwells-1984-summary-characters-themes-analysis.htm
SpokenVerse. (2010). "Big Brother is Watching You" Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (read by Tom O'Bedlam). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8e3E1HmqLs
Stanners, B. (2018). Phoenix Senior English Guide: Billy Elliot. Retrieved from https://www.fivesenseseducation.com.au/media/wysiwyg/Sample_Pages/Phoenix/9781925169119_SAMPLE_Billy_Elliot_Phoenix_Senior_English_Textual_Study.pdf
VideoSparkNotes. (2009). Orwell's 1984 Summary. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9JIKngJnCU
Yager, K. (2018). The Common Module: Texts and Human Experience -Year 12 English Advanced. Retrieved from https://stormpdf.com/the-common-module-unswict-wikispaces.html
BritLit. (2017). Billy Elliot Melvin Burgess Teacher’s Guide and Key. Retrieved from https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/billy_key.pdf
Centre for Continuing Education. (2019). HSC English Standard & Advanced Preparation Course - Common Module: 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'. Retrieved from https://cce.sydney.edu.au/course/HEPB
Centre for Continuing Education. (2018). HSC English Standard & Advanced Preparation Course - Common Module: 'Billy Elliot'. Retrieved from https://cce.sydney.edu.au/course/HEPC
CliffsNotes. (2016). 1984 at a Glance. Retrieved from https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/n/1984/1984-at-a-glance
Dux College Parramatta. (2019). HSC English Standard and Advanced – Texts and Human Experiences – Study Guide and Module Overview, Dux College. Retrieved from https://dc.edu.au/texts-and-human-experiences-module-overview/
Dux College Parramatta. (2019). Daldry, Stephen, Billy Elliot (Texts and Human Experiences) - Dux College. Retrieved from https://dc.edu.au/texts-and-human-experiences-billy-elliot-study-guide/
GradeSaver. (2019). Billy Elliot Themes. Retrieved from https://www.gradesaver.com/billy-elliot/study-guide/themes
John Green CrashCourse. (2017). 1984 by George Orwell, Part 1: Crash Course Literature #401. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9ipRaLa4Jw
John Green CrashCourse. (2017). George Orwell's 1984, Part 2: Crash Course Literature #402. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBYqV2sK918
Matrix Education (2018). Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences. Available at: https://www.matrix.edu.au/year-12-english-advanced-study-guide/year-12-common-module-texts-human-experiences/.
Mrs C's English. (2018). 1984 Texts and Human Experiences. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyZpaBFaZ3A
NSW Department of Education (2018). Common module: Texts and human experiences. Available at: https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/curriculum/key-learning-areas/english/nested-content/showhide-year-12-english-studies/common-module-texts-and-human-experiences.
NSW Education Standards Authority (2017). English Standard Stage 6 Syllabus NEW. Available at: https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/11-12/stage-6-learning-areas/stage-6-english/english-standard-2017.
Park, S. (2004). Birthday Boy. Published by Hertlings 2008 on YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0TTZ35oq90&t=16s
PBWorks. Billy Elliot Film Metalanguage. Retrieved from http://stage6.pbworks.com/f/Billy+Elliot+Notes.pdf
Penguin Readers. (2007). Billy Elliot. Teacher Support Program. Retrieved from http://dl.pearson.co.jp/resources/9781405881760/searchdata/pdf/TN-BillyElliot.pdf
Parkes, L. (2013). Billy Elliot - Themes. Prezi. Retrieved from https://prezi.com/tjrmdz3nlhsh/billy-elliot-themes/
Pryor, M. (2018). George Orwell's 1984: Summary, Characters, Themes & Analysis - Video & Lesson Transcript. Study.com. Retrieved from https://study.com/academy/lesson/george-orwells-1984-summary-characters-themes-analysis.html
Rooney, B. (2018). Narrative viewpoint and the representation of power in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. Retrieved from https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/SSE/article/viewFile/565/534
Sanchez, S. (2014). What does it mean to be human? TEDxPhiladelphia. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjY4pNBgMaA
SparkNotes. (2019). 1984 by George Orwell. Retrieved from https://study.com/academy/lesson/george-orwells-1984-summary-characters-themes-analysis.htm
SpokenVerse. (2010). "Big Brother is Watching You" Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (read by Tom O'Bedlam). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8e3E1HmqLs
Stanners, B. (2018). Phoenix Senior English Guide: Billy Elliot. Retrieved from https://www.fivesenseseducation.com.au/media/wysiwyg/Sample_Pages/Phoenix/9781925169119_SAMPLE_Billy_Elliot_Phoenix_Senior_English_Textual_Study.pdf
VideoSparkNotes. (2009). Orwell's 1984 Summary. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9JIKngJnCU
Yager, K. (2018). The Common Module: Texts and Human Experience -Year 12 English Advanced. Retrieved from https://stormpdf.com/the-common-module-unswict-wikispaces.html
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