The Rabbits, is a partly symbolic
fable about colonisation, told from the viewpoint of Indigenous Australians. An
unseen narrator describes the coming of ‘rabbits’ in the most minimal detail,
an encounter that is at first friendly and curious, but later darkens as it
becomes apparent that the visitors are actually invaders. The style of the book
is deliberately sparse and strange, with both text and image conveying an
overall sense of bewilderment and anxiety as native numbat-like creatures
witness environmental devastation under the wheels of a strange new culture.
Year 5 students undertook 2 Visible Thinking Routines; Claim,
Support, Question and Connect, Extend, Challenge. Through
these activities, students have been developing their Resourcefulness learning
muscles in making links, reasoning and imagining.
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