Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser Termin Maj-juni 2014 Institution VUC Vest (Esbjerg) Uddannelse Fag og niveau Lærer(e) Hold hfe Engelsk B Peter Toft NenB114s (nethold/fjernundervisning) Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb Titel 1 Multiculturalism in Britain Titel 2 Violence Titel 3 India Titel 4 Big City Life Titel 5 To Be or Not to Be Titel 6 Love and Marriage Side 1 af 10

Titel 1 Multiculturalism in Britain Fra Sten Pultz Moslund: London Migrant City, Systime, 2008: The Pioneers: Fifty years of Caribbean Migration to Britain by Caryl Phillips, 2002.. Chameleon by Ranbir Sahota, 2003. The River Underground by Richard Thomas, 2003. Remember the Ship poem by John Agard, 1985.. London s Comings and Goings, The Economist, 9 August 2003 Særlige fokuspunkter What is multiculturalism and how it is experienced by different people living in Britain? What characterizes a multicultural society? What are the advantages and the disadvantages of a multicultural society? How are immigrants affected by having a home country culture and living in the British culture? Væsentligste Side 2 af 10

Titel 2 Violence Fra Engberg-Pedersen/Grønvold/Ohland-Andersen: Contexts, Gyldendal, 2005: They re lethal, unfeeling and no one can touch them by Tony Thompson, Paul Harris and Adam Blenford, The Observer, 28 April 2002 Good Girl by Marita Conlon-McKenna, 2001 Warning by Terry McCarthy, Time Magazine, 19 March 2001 BBC On This Day 20 April: 1999: Students 'kill dozens' at Denver school http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/20/newsid_2489000/2489639.stm Tom Mauser's White House Statement Fra: http://www.danielmauser.com/whitehouse.html Supplerende stof: Why I Picked Up a Gun by Tiffany Hyatt Fra: http://www.ifeminists.net/introduction/editorials/2003/0513hyatt.html In the End song by Linkin Park Særlige fokuspunkter Gang violence and gun violence especially school shootings in the US. What has made teenagers in London become unfeeling murderers? Why do gangs pick up victims and torture them? Why is it normal to own a gun in the US? What makes a teenager turn a weapon on his classmates? Whose fault is it? Society, the parents, the teenagers themselves? Væsentligste Side 3 af 10

Titel 3 India Shooting an elephant by George Orwell, Autumn 1936, http://www.physics.ohiostate.edu/~wilkins/writing/resources/essays/elephant.html We have arrived in Amritsar by Bhisham Sahni, Inger Henneberg: Gateway to India, Systime, 1992. Stench of kerosene by Amrita Pritam, 1965, http://www.sikhhistory.com/literature/stories/kerosene.html A horse and two goats by R.K. Narayan, 1970, Anne Mette Finderup & Agnete Fog: Worlds of English, Systime, 2010. Supplerende stof: Speech on the granting of Indian independence by Jawaharlal Nehru, 14 August, 1947, http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1947nehru1.html Notes and facts about India, India land of contrasts, Susanne Fleischer & Vibeke Walleen, forlaget Futurum, 1990, pp. 7-13. Særlige fokuspunkter What is different about India compared to Denmark, the UK and the US (the Western world)? What is the relation between India and Britain? How can we understand India when it comes to religion and religious conflicts, the relationship between a husband and a wife, and the cultural differences between the Indians and westerners? Side 4 af 10

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Titel 4 Big City Life NYC = USA by Paul Auster fra 'American Issues' af Helle Birk. Udgivet på Systime i 2008. Bret Easton Ellis: Tuesday (1991) uddrag fra American Psycho fra New York City Charles Highson, The Red Line (1993), novelle fra Rene Buhlmann, Now & Zen, Systime 1995. Candance Bushnell, extract from Sex and the City (1996), roman-uddrag fra Helle Birk, American Millenial Literature, Systime 2003. Nick McDonell Twelve (2002), novelle fra Kirsten Egebjerg m.fl., Texting, Systime 2005. Supplerende stof: Preface. Fra New York City Kortfilm: Inside Out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aa8fsdwppu&feature=related Særlige fokuspunkter What is it like to live in a big city? What kind of people live there? What does the city do to the people living there? The Big city can seem like a maze, a labyrinth, where you can get lost, but it can also seem like a goldmine where all things can be found. Side 6 af 10

Titel 5 To Be or Not to Be Fra Engberg-Pedersen/Grønvold/Ohland-Andersen: Contexts, Gyldendal, 2005: Alan Bennett, Waiting for the Telegram (1998) K.S. Robinson, Beware a Senior Society (2002) Jenny Joseph, Warning (1974) Maya Angelou, The Last Decision (1983) Kurt Vonnegut, 2BRO2B (1956) Særlige fokuspunkter What is it like to grow old, and what challenges and/or freedoms await us in retirement and old age? The fact that people generally live longer than ever before raises a number of questions about how society should deal with its senior citizens. Væsentligste Side 8 af 10

Titel 6 Love and Marriage Fra Nete Schmidt: Love and Marriage, Systime, 1992: Rosemary Yates, Love Story (1976) Ted Hughes, Lovesong (1970) Fay Weldon, Who? (1982) Mary Kay Blakely, I Do, I Do, I Do (1988) John Cheever, The Fourth Alarm (1979) Caryl S. Avery, How Do You Build Intimacy in an Age of Divorce? (1989) Supplerende stof: Sylvia Plath, The Applicant (1962) Særlige fokuspunkter What is love, and what are the main challenges that couples face in their relationships? Insecurities, doubt, lack of communication and the possibility of outgrowing one another are some of the risks that loving relationships have faced throughout time. Yet, perhaps these dangers are more prevalent now than ever. Side 9 af 10