On the Road Student Book (Stage 6 English Studies Module C)

For HSC Stage 6 English Studies: Elective Module C: On the Road

In On the Road, students are presented with an enriching study of a variety of classic and contemporary texts relating to travel. These include documentaries, non-fiction texts, poems, and feature articles. The core text for this unit of work is the comedic travel documentary Travels with My Father (Series 1) by Jack Whitehall.

By exploring these texts, students will cultivate a repertoire of skills, enabling them to comprehend, analyse, and assess travel-related content. These practical competencies extend to deciphering precise travel information, health recommendations, safety guidelines, and government regulations—skills that are vital for the real world

On the Road also links to other subject areas across the curriculum, helping students to develop and understanding of social and cultural practices, global issues, and the ethics of tourism. Some activities also involce financial literacy, such as developing budgets and planning for travel experiences.

By considering the personal impact of travel as depicted in a range of texts, students, will improve their understanding of the power of language to unveil diverse landscapes, cultures, and people, thereby realising how travel literature serves as a portal to many worlds.

Contents

• Getting to Grips with On the Road – English and the Experience of Travel
• Your Travels
• Your Local Treasures and Hidden Gems!
• English and the Experience of Travel: A Study of Short Texts
  • Text 1: The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton
  • Text 2: 'Ulysses' by Alfred Lord Tennyson
  • Text 3: 'Inside the Controversial World of Slum Tourism' by Christine Bednarz
  • Text 4: 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud' by William Wordsworth
  • Text 5: 'Memorial Tourism Bears Witness to Tragedy' by Katia Hetter
  • Text 6: 'A Return to Travel' by Geraldine Brooks
  • Text 7: 'What's the Problem with Overtourism?' by Kate Leahy
  • Text 8: Welcome to Country by Marcia Langton
• Travel Writing: A Tourist's Day Out!
• Core Text Study: Travels with My Father by Jack Whitehall
• Collating Work for Your Portfolio
• Reflecting on Your Study of On the Road