Marjane's grandmother is the wise matriarch of the Satrapi clan. She steers the family through the Iranian Revolution and teaches Marjane important life lessons. This set of activities includes collecting quotes from the captions and examining frames to look at her representation, notably in comforting and reassuring the family, being politically aware, being outwardly unemotional and being wise and clever.

Marjane's father plays a vital role in the graphic novel. He is caring and protective but keeps his family anchored and aware of the revolution and war outside their home. This set of activities requires students to select quotes from the captions that best describe him. it also presents frames related to his resilience, political awareness, belief in social class distinctions, emotions, role in the family, enjoyment of travel and interest in politics.

This activity provides 4 scenes from the film version of Persepolis. Students analyse the scene in 4 ways: how each scene delivers the plot, creates the required atmosphere, aims to be visually appealing and delivers any subtle messages that contribute to the plot. Students must then change to scene in a way that further builds, tension, sadness etc. This activity is designed for students of the NSW English K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.

Mehri is the live-in maid. She is a child herself and is very close to Marjane. This set of activities requires students to collect quotes relating to her from the graphic novel and to analyse frames to identify aspects of her personality and life.

Uncle Anoosh is a communist and political activist. In the graphic novel, Persepolis he meets his fate at in a state prison. He is Marjane's hero. This set of activities includes searching for quotes from captions and examining frames to identify examples of his heroic behaviour, special relationship with Marjane, political activism, emotions and being a tragic figure.

Acrostic poem and mix and match activity for the topic Spanish Conquest of the Americas. Designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 4 Depth Study 6: Expanding contacts Spanish Conquest of the Americas

Activities for Tomorrow When the War Begins Chapters 6-10. Includes activities on the back-story and inter-textual connections.

This activity involves students reading the brief biography of a personality or group within the Spartan society and identifying who the person or group is from the pictures provided. Students must then place the personalities in chronological order. This activity is designed for students studying the NSW Ancient History Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Higher school Certificate course Historical Societies Option G: Spartan society to the Battle of Leuctra 371 BC

Activities for Chapters 11-15 of Tomorrow When the War Began including activities relating to backstory and inter-textual connections.

This activity requires students to find quotes from captions relating to Mrs Taji Satrapi. They then examine selected frames to give details of her personality, family role and impact on Marjane.

Lee is the outsider, migrant parents, musical, educated and thoughtful. Yet he finds a place in the resistance to the invading army who have taken the people of Wirrawee hostage. This resource provides quotes about his looks and personality and asks students to assess his background to determine his effectiveness as a teenage guerrilla fighter.

Sequencing activity for the topic Iran 1953-1989.

This activity asks students to examine a passage from the novel to identify and explain describing words, antiquated words and phrases, pronouns and similes and to give definitions of some examples of technical language.

Word Search for the topic Spanish Conquest of the Americas 1492-1572 CE. Designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 4 Depth Study 6: Expanding Contacts 6c: Spanish Conquest of the Americas 1492-1572 CE

Word Search for the topic Australia in World War I. Designed for students of the NSW History K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum. Stage 5 Depth Study 3: Australians at War - World War I

Character profiles and activities for Abigail Kirk, Beatie Bow, Grandma Tallisker and Dorcas (Dovey) Tallisker.

This resource includes the male character profiles of Gibbie, Samuel and Judah. It includes page references and activities related to each character including research into the Battle of Balaclava and the possible causes of Samuel's head injury and Judah's conflicted love for Abigail that can never be because of the gap in time and his betrothal to Dovey.

Descriptive writing task requiring students to compare the fashion of Abigail's middle-class world of 1973 with Beatie's working-class world of 1873.

This activity involves writing a description of The Rocks in 1873 vs. 1973. It includes a photograph from both eras and a map of the historic site.

In Playing Beatie Bow, Ruth Park has researched the dialects common in The Rocks in 1873: Orkney Scottish, Cockney, Australian, which give her many characters authenticity. This activity asks students to translate the statements into Standard Australian English.