Write an autobiographical essay exploring tensions within your family. Note whether the tensions were resolved and if so, how.

Read another story from Dream Stuff, and prepare a presentation for the class comparing and contrasting that story's use of the dream motif with that of “Great Day.”

Do some research on the national holidays of Australia and how aborigines may feel about them or observe them. Write a paper on your findings.

Visit a small, local museum, and learn about a local family whose artifacts may be housed there. Write a paper on this family, describing its contribution to the local area and describing some of the items belonging to the family you saw in the museum.