Every+Man+In+This+Village+Is+A+Liar

 If you are not from Wantirna College you are welcome to use these pages. Please, however, do not use any materials for profit and where appropriate I would be grateful if you could acknowledge the fact that this wiki is compiled by Alice White - teacher and Head of English at Wantirna College, Victoria, Australia.  **__General__** Here's a movie that might be relevant   http://lgdata.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/docs/3645/1268264/TG_Preview_Every_Man_in_This_Village_Is_a_Liar.pdf = first few pages of the Insight study guide - has key characters   @http://www.moviediva.com/MD_root/reviewpages/MDKabulExpress.htm

 http://www.englishworks.com.au/megan-stack-every-man-village/ = useful notes and sample essays   http://www.ted.com/talks/zak_ebrahim_i_am_the_son_of_a_terrorist_here_s_how_i_chose_peace?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2014-09-13&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=talk_of_the_week_button

Above = TED talk by ZAc Ebrahim whose dad was a terrorist.   Interview with Megan Stack = explores and develops some of the ideas in the book http://therumpus.net/2010/11/the-rumpus-interview-with-megan-stack/  Review of the book - Tom you will love it <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/06/AR2010080602817.html

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Coping with war - TED talk <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> @http://www.ted.com/talks/wes_moore_how_to_talk_to_veterans_about_the_war?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2014-05-24&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=top_right_image <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The American Palestinian intellectual Edward Said is worth exploring for his highly subtle and humane ideas about the west's distorted understanding of the arab world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Said

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGsczwEKnOI = very graphic clip (be warned) from Bowling for Columbine about American's backing of wars and dictators from 1950s onwards. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">coping with conflict @http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_solomon_how_the_worst_moments_in_our_lives_make_us_who_we_are?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2014-05-24&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=bottom_left_button <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Below is a prezi found by Ms Sgroi - useful if you're a visual learner like me. Although prezis do make me feel nauseous - all that swooping in and out! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> http://prezi.com/bojqklidwit9/every-man-in-this-village-is-a-liar/

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Here's a weebly with lots of resources <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> http://year12englishencounteringconflict.weebly.com/every-man-in-this-village-is-a-liar.html

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Two fantastic resources from Ms Sgroi <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Something from Mr SJ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">@http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/08/the-war-photo-no-one-would-publish/375762/ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**__Israel and Palestine__** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">@https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y58njT2oXfE - short animation about israel and palestine - extremely pro palestine <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/comment/hamas-rocket-attacks-provoked-israels-ground-offensive-into-gaza-strip-20140720-zuysx.html - pro Israel article about recent conflict <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-moral-clarity-in-gaza/2014/07/17/0adabe0c-0de4-11e4-8c9a-923ecc0c7d23_story.html - recent article about current situation - very pro Israel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk6rgssg4Ds = rap from Bailey about Israel and Palestine -up to date, detailed and clever. http://www.theage.com.au/comment/gaza-and-israel-why-i-will-not-be-silent-20140727-zxdvn.html = jewish Australian pleading for tolerance and a two state solution to Israel and Gaza situation - current http://www.theage.com.au/world/grief-grips-gaza-20140801-3czlw.html http://www.theage.com.au/comment/bringing-the-bodies-home-in-gaza-20140803-zz8yf.html - the situation in hospital and morgues in Gaza - very real - lots of real life examples - good to get ideas from alongside our text <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/01/gaza-international-law-war-crimes-security-council = complex legal arguments about why both sides should be prosecuted for war crimes by Geoffrey Robertson <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> http://www.theage.com.au/comment/a-plea-to-save-the-children-in-gaza-and-israel-20140731-zz33p.html = highly persuasive and well written piece by a Save the Children worker - EXCELLENT model for your writing. Read it and think what prompts could be used with this article and what ideas in the text it might link to. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> http://www.theage.com.au/comment/israel-and-hamas-trampling-on-humanitarian-law-in-gaza-conflict-20140728-zxjfv.html - a very reasoned and logical article (in contrast to above that relies more on emotion and real life examples) about the rules of war and war crimes in relation to Israel and Gaza . http://www.theage.com.au/nsw/thousands-attend-opposing-rallies-over-israelgaza-conflict-20140803-zzxup.html = reporting on protests in Sydney on Sunday 3rd August - pro Israel and pro Palestine - useful for exploring the idea of witnesses, bystanders etc in conflict <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> http://www.theage.com.au/comment/the-day-seven-of-my-family-died-in-gaza-20140731-zyu3s.html <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">@https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-evIyrrjTTY - animation about the conflict <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Resources about Afghanistan from Ms Hyland <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Female Portrait – what these eyes have seen...
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_m98GAdqKM -Russell Brandt dissects so called Fox News - this is EXCELLENT - WATCH IT**
 * __Afghanistan__**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">@http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2002/04/afghan-girl/index-text

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Time – Women of Afghanistan (photos and video)...

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">@http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,308943282001_2007270,00.html

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">There is also good to gain perspective on women fighting back...

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Artistic/Political Rebellion @http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/09/malina-suliman-afghanistan-s-graffiti-queen.html @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qQQbLUBVDE

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Info on Malala Yousafzai

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">@http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/articles/2013/07/12/malala-yousafzai-calls-on-u-n-to-support-girls-right-to-an-education.html @http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/07/17/taliban-regrets-attack/2525427/

__**Links to the opinion pieces used for Language Analysis practice**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/for-democracys-sake-lets-talk-about-our-war-in-iraq-20130213-2ed6y.html http://www.theage.com.au/comment/the-age-editorial/the-long-goodbye-of-the-longest-war-20140531-39b1b.html http://www.theage.com.au/comment/for-hamas-and-israel-what-is-the-endgame-20140714-3bxi6.html http://articles.latimes.com/2013/oct/25/opinion/la-ed-saudi-20131025

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