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Year 10: Term 3: Animal Farm & Maus

Animal Farm: Socio-historic context

George Orwell and Animal Farm

George Orwell: Why I Write

Historical Context of Animal Farm

Who the characters of Animal Farm are inspired by in real life

The Russian Revolution

Animal Farm: sixty years on: a historian's-eye view

Animal Farm is still horribly relevant today

Animal Farm review -- Orwell's unsettling allegory still resonates in the age of Trump, Johnson and Sunak

Animal Farm - Useful Study Guides

Shmoop
Use guide on left to navigate this comprehensive resource

Animal Farm Infographic (from Course Hero)

Animal Farm - Useful Websites

Animal Farm - Useful eBooks

Animal Farm ebook by Wheelers digital books
THIS IS THE ACTUAL NOVEL IN EBOOK FORMAT. These copies are from an Australia-wide service, Wheelers. Book availability just depends how many students in other schools are borrowing at the same time.

There are currently 6 copies available for 2-week loans.
Animal Farm by Bloom's Guides
This is an ebook of STUDY NOTES on Animal Farm.

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU NEED TO USE YOUR STUDENT NUMBER FOR BOTH USERNAME AND PASSWORD.

Animal Farm - Useful Library Books

Animal Farm by SparkNotes
Study Notes for students.

Avalable at the Library front desk.
George Orwell's Animal Farm
Tells the story behind the book.

Available at the Library front desk.
Animal Farm Notes by Coles Notes
Student notes from Coles Notes series.

Available at the Library front desk.
Animal Farm by Insight Study Notes
Study notes for students.

Available at the Library front desk.

Animal Farm - Suggested Newspaper articles/cartoons

Differing views on Asylum Seeker topic

Animal Farm - Audiobook (YouTube)

Listen to the audiobook of Animal Farm, with a British reader.

Animal Farm - Audiobook

Animal Farm audiobook by Bolinda Audio
We have 2 copies of a Library audiobook collection of CDs to borrow - you might also need to borrow an external DVD drive.

Animal Farm - Movie Versions

Here are YouTube links to 2 movie versions of Animal Farm. The first, in 1954, was a cartoon version, and the second, in 1999, featured actors.

Maus: Socio-historic context

'Maus' author Art Spiegelman shares the story behind his Pulitzer-winning work

Washington Post: Art Spiegelman sees the new ban of his book 'Maus' as a 'red alert'.

The Conversation: Banning ‘Maus’ only exposes the significance of this searing graphic novel about the Holocaust

Introduction to the Holocaust

The Nazi "Final Solution to the Jewish Question"

The Struggle to Survive Auschwitz

Remembering the Holocaust through literature

On the Importance of Art Spiegelman’s Maus

Maus - Useful Study Guides

Maus: Course Hero Study Guide

Maus: Litchart Study Guide

Maus: BookRags Study Guide

Maus : eNotes

Maus: VCE Study Guide

Shmoop - use the links on the left hand side to navigate this detailed study guide

Maus Infographic (from Course Hero)

Useful Videos