Charles Bean’s war

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You and your class members will take on the role of script writers for an audio version of the television interview series This is your life which celebrates the life and achievements of an individual. During the show, guests share their opinions and memories of that person.

The subject for your script will be Australian First World War correspondent and historian Charles Bean.

To complete the task you will:

1. research aspects of Bean’s writing

2. study sources to provide answers for questions that will inform the script for the audio version of This is your life—Charles Bean

3. view a clip from This is Your Life—Adam Gilchrist (YouTube video)

4. write the script for This is your life—Charles Bean

5. assign the roles in the script to class members

6. produce a radio broadcast based on your script using an application such as Audacity.

Work through all sections of this resource to complete your task.

You and your class members will need access to the documents listed below as you work through the sections. Your teacher or a class member could upload these to a collaborative work space such as Google Docs or Office 365:

• Assigning questions (.docx 534kB)

• Assisgning roles (.docx 531kB)

• The script (.docx 533kB)