George kept a diary about being a soldier in the First World War and in Henrietta Bollinger tells the story of her great-great-uncle George and the challenges he faced because he had German ancestry.

This pack contains wide range of response activities including:

• A guided reading plan exploring key literacy elements including inference and deduction, language use, making connection and text organisation, along with key questioning to promote emotional intelligence, metacognition and compassionate inquiry. 
• An independent learning contract complete with explainer videos for activity clarity
  
• A wide range of response activities to support developing and embedding key literacy skills including sentence and word work, spelling, and cloze activities. 

Themes explored include: bravery, courage, family history, family stories, fear, Gallipoli, George Bollinger, German ancestry, New Zealand history, prejudice, racism, soldiers, Taranaki, the Western Front, war, World War One, citizenship.