The making of a nation - a look at American History through some of the most famous Speeches Titel 4 The Concept of Evil

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1 Undervisningsbeskrivelse Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser Termin August-maj, Institution VUC Vejle/Campus Vejle Uddannelse Fag og niveau Lærer(e) Hold Enkeltfag/valgfag Engelsk A Inger Skipworth EnAu Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb Titel 1 Pop Culture Titel 2 Love as a literary theme Titel 3 The making of a nation - a look at American History through some of the most famous Speeches Titel 4 The Concept of Evil Titel 5 The British Empire: India Titel 6 20th Century Literature: From Early Modernism to Post-modernism

2 Titel 1 Pop Culture Pop-Culture - encyclopaedic article on Wikipedia Focus 1: Introduction to Laddism - a1990s example of mass media influencing (or creating) a way of life. A Boy s Own Story Blur: Country House, lyrics and Video Raymond Carver: Tell the women we re going Focus 2: Mass media and a culture of fear From Columbine and Beyond Marilyn Manson: Whose Fault is it? On the news this week and Manipulation by the media, excerpts from Bowling for Columbine Barry Glassner: A culture of fear Michael Moore: Fear of Whites My own notes on analyzing culture and definitions of culture Project on Popular Culture. Rounding off the theme with student-presentation covering topics such as: Superhero-movies, Live-Role-Play, Anime, Gamingculture and Fitness-culture (Powerpoint and written work, analysis of a Pop Culture product) Omfang Anvendt uddannelsestid: 30 Getting to know each other and feeling comfortable speaking to each other A critical and analytical approach to today s mainstream culture. A discussion of the power of mass media to affect the standards, values and way of life for individuals. Klasseundervisning, gruppearbejde, skriftligt arbejde, mundtlig fremlæggelse, samtaler, projektarbejde

3 Titel 2 Love as a Literary Theme William Shakespeare: Extracts from Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare: Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 130 Folketeateret : Romeo and Juliet, at Vejle Musikteater Christopher Marlowe: His Coy Mistress Charlotte Brontë : Jane Eyre. Novel - excerpt. Thomas Hardy: The Voice and After a Journey W.B. Yeats: He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven. Poem. W.H. Auden.:Funeral Blues Poem. Ian McEwan:Only Love - and then Oblivion Movie: Atonement, based on the novel by Ian McEwan Writing a Sonnet for Dummies - from Notes on analyzing films The Shakespeare Insult Kit (online) Romeo and Juliet Scene Breakdown Songs (lyrics and music): Calexico w. Iron and Wine: A History of Lovers Leadbelly: Goodnight Irene The Jesus and Mary Chain: You trip me up D WOmfang 40 To study how different authors have dealt with the theme of love in poetry, fiction and drama To examine the theme of love in songs and compare songs to literary works To write and talk about issues related to the texts Focus on language - observation and production Understanding texts from the Renaissance. Dramatic tension-building. Identifying dramatic irony, personification and metaphor. Earthy love vs divine love, rhyme schemes. Love denied - a Victorian theme. Dialogue as a literary tool. Pure, romantic love in the 20 th Century. Love and bereavement Love and danger, love across time and distance. Klasseundervisning, gruppearbejde, skriftligt arbejde, mundtlig fremlæggelse, samtaler

4 Titel 3 The making of a nation - a look at American History through some of the most famous Speeches Barack Obama: Second Presidential Election Victory Speech Speeches presented in class: Give me Liberty or give me death - Patrick Henry The Gettysburg Address - President Lincoln D-Day Pre-Invasion Address to Soldiers - Dwight D. Eisenhower On resigning as a President - Dwight D. Eisenhower I have a Dream - Martin Luther King, JR Ich bin auch ein Berliner - John F. Kennedy On travelling to the moon - John F. Kennedy Remarks on the Assasination of Martin Luther King - Robert Kennedy Barrack Obama s Presidential Nomination Acceptence Speech at the Democratic Convention 2007 Historical background: Fields of Vision (Blue): p. E Fields of Vision (Green): p. F Fields of Vision (Green): p. G Fields of Vision (Green): p. H Own notes on rhetorical devices Information Search Omfang Anvendt uddannelsestid The aim of the theme is to acquire knowledge of American history and culture, and to do this by analysing some of the most famous speeches and the historical and cultural era in which they were made. The students have each: Analysed a speech with particular emphasis on the use of rhetorical devices Studied important events leading up to the speech and the effect it has had on American History. Par/individuelt projektarbejde med fremlæggelse og efterfølgende samtaler Titel 4 The Evil Man inside you

5 From The Lift: Raymond Carver: Why, Honey My Sons on Death Row article from the Daily Mirror Stephen King: The Man who loved Flowers The Man with Ten Personalities article from Time Magazine From Machinery of Death: David R. Dow: The Problem of Innocence David R. Dow: How the Death Penalty really works (extracts) Bob Burtman: Innocence lost Transcript of an Execution Tape: The Execution of Ivon Ray Stanley Sister Helen Prejean: Dead Man Walking (extracts) Dead Man Walking - movie based on the novel by Sister Helen Prejean (extracts) From Wider Contexts: Sean Spence: Bad or Mad? The New Scientist Stephen Reicher et al: Why not everyone is a Torturer Oliver Stone: Natural Born Killers Teacher s own notes on The American System of Appeals The Death Belt map of the USA Billy Holiday: Strange Fruit (lyrics and song) Nick Cave: The Mercy Seat (lyrics and Song) Information search on Capital Punishment Information search on the case of Odell Barnes Omfang Anvendt uddannelsestid: 25 timer Who are these people? Portraits of evil, fact and fiction The Ultimate Weapon against evil(?): Capital Punishment Is evil inherent to the nature of man? Is evil glorified in books, film and other media? Etical issues The American Legal System Klasseundervisning, gruppearbejde, skriftligt arbejde, mundtlighed, individuelt arbejde Titel 5 The British Empire, India and Western Imperialism The British Empire:

6 Rudyard Kipling: White Man s Burden Joseph Conrad: The Heart of Darkness India: Gandhi - the Movie - in excerpts Numair A. Choudhury: Chokra Anand Giridharadas: The Ideas Shaping a New India Western Imperialism: Apocalypse Now- movie (written assignment on Motifs, Symbols and Themes) Supplerende stof Information search on the historical background of the British Empire Omfang Anvendt uddannelsestid: The historical significance of the British Empire Global awareness Cultural awareness Historical awareness Social issu5es and awareness Post-colonialism Klasseundervisning, gruppearbejde, skriftligt arbejde,, samtaler, virtuelle

7 Titel 6 From Early Twentieth Century Modernism to Post Modernism Poetry: Shakespeare: Sonnet 130 Leigh Hunt: To A Fish Leigh Hunt: A Fish Answers Thomas Hardy: Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave Robert Frost: The Road not taken Dylan Thomas: Do Not go Gently Lewis Carroll: Jabberwocky Wendy Cope: Strugnell s Sonnets Fiction: William Faulkner: A Rose for Emily James Joyce: Ulysses (Extract) Jack Kerouac: The Roads (Extract) Hanif Kureishi: The Umbrella Marrowbone and Cleaver Concert Musicvideos: Blur: Country House (lyrics and video) Muse: Plug in Baby (lyrics and video Film: Naked Lunch, based on the novel by William S. Burrough Introduction from British Flux - anthology by Kirsten Egebjerg, et al Movie clips: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Easy Rider Omfang Anvendt uddannelsestid: 25 Toolbox-repetition in analyzing poems and fiction Linguistic awareness Stylistic awareness Early Twentieth Century poetry and fiction Modernist fiction Postmodernist/ Flux -fiction Awareness of art and expression around the turn of the millenium Klasseundervisning, gruppearbejde, skriftligt arbejde, samtaler, korte elevoplæg, individuelt arbejde