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The Leading Edge: Witness for HSC English

Further references

The Amish and the plain people
http://www.800padutch.com/amish.shtml
Information about the Amish people and their culture.
Textbook page/s: 42

Wikipedia.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish
Information about the Amish people and their culture from Wikipedia (an online information source that is written collaboratively by volunteers).
Textbook page/s: 42

Pennsylvania
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/maps/pennsylvania_map.html
A map of the counties of Pennsylvania.
Textbook page/s: 42

Amish heartland
http://www.amish-heartland.com/?topic=-Amish+Culture
Information about the Amish people and their culture.
Textbook page/s: 42

The Internet Movie Database
http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0090329/
Information about the film Witness (1985).
Textbook page/s: 42

Answers.com
http://www.answers.com/topic/peter-weir
Information about film director, Peter Weir.
Textbook page/s: 42

HSC assessment

Genre painting
http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761560150/Genre_Painting.html
Information about the Dutch genre painters of the 17th century.
Textbook page/s: 50

Preparing for exams

Syllabuses, support documents and specimen HSC exams
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_hsc/syllabus2000_liste.html
A link to the BOS Stage 6 English Syllabus and the BOS English Prescriptions 2009-2012 booklet. Scroll down to English in the list of subjects and follow the links in the first two columns &ndash Syllabus Introductions and Syllabus, and Support Materials.
Textbook page/s: 77

Past HSC examination paper and notes from the Marking Centre
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_hsc/syllabus2000_liste.html
A link to the BOS notes from the Marking Centre. Scroll down to English in the list of subjects, go to the third column (called Assessment and Examination materials) and click on Past HSC Examination Paper and Notes from the Marking Centre.
Textbook page/s: 78