I am Malala and Made in Dagenham is usually studied in the Australian curriculum under Comparative (also known as Reading and Comparing). For a detailed guide on Comparative, check out our Ultimate Guide to VCE Comparative.
- Compare the importance and role of idols and role models in I am Malala and Made in Dagenham.
- Describe the role of fear and obligation as an obstacle to progress by comparing I am Malala and Made in Dagenham.
- ‘As we change the things around us, the things around us change us’. Discuss the extent to which this is true by comparing I am Malala and Made in Dagenham.
- Discuss the benefit of adversity in strengthening one’s will to persevere by comparing I am Malala and Made in Dagenham.
- Resilience is more important than success. Discuss whether this is true within the texts I am Malala and Made in Dagenham.
- Compare the role and importance of family within the texts I am Malala and Made in Dagenham.
- Compare both I am Malala and Made in Dagenham in relation to the importance of language as a device (spoken and written).
- Compare the forms of resistance displayed by protagonists Malala Yousafzai and Rita O’Grady in texts I am Malala and Made in Dagenham and decide why they chose these methods.
- Analyse the effectiveness of small triumphs creating ripple effects in wider communities by comparing I am Malala and Made in Dagenham.
- Discuss whether support networks are intrinsic for a single figure to create positive change by comparing I am Malala and Made in Dagenham.
- The main protagonists are galvanized by the people they wish not to be like rather than their role models. Discuss to what extent this is true by comparing the texts I am Malala and Made in Dagenham.
- Made in Dagenham and I am Malala explore the vices of deceit, appeasement and scapegoating. Discuss these by comparing both texts, commenting on how they pose a threat to the causes of both protagonists.
- What role do interpersonal relationships play in the texts I am Malala and Made in Dagenham? Can these relationships be both positive and negative? Discuss.
- Change cannot be immediate but gradual. To what extent is this true in texts I am Malala and Made in Dagenham.
- Examine the role of the media in driving social change by comparing texts I am Malala and Made in Dagenham
- A patriarchal society is invariably one that is repressive. Discuss this statement and its truths or falsities by comparing texts I am Malala and Made in Dagenham.
- Discuss solidarity in relation to social, historical and cultural progress and whether it can be both positive and negative by comparing texts I am Malala and Made in Dagenham.
