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USA AREA STUDY, 2 + 3 year
Forløb fra 2 år:
11: The American Dream, 14: American Colonies: Founding of a Nation, 15: Immigration to the US: Creating a Colourful Nation, 13: The Irish in America
Forløb 3 år:
Politics in the US
“Political Institutions”, 1.1-1.4, https://electionyear.ibog.forlagetcolumbus.dk/?id=233
“The Democratic Party”, https://beingamerican.systime.dk/?id=192#c646
“The Republican Party”, https://beingamerican.systime.dk/?id=193
Analysis of non-fiction:
"The Trump Administration Says Poverty Is Over.
They’re Lying.", Bryce Covert, The Huffington Post, 28 July 2018 fra eksamenssættet 2019 Vejl.
Documentary: DR, Horisont: Håb for Amerika? En korrespondents fortælling, 29. OKT 2024 | 28M, Steffen Gram har jagtet den amerikanske drøm siden 1983, hvor han kom til USA som korrespondent. Nu besøger Steffen nogle af de amerikanere, der har gjort størst indtryk på ham gennem 40 år for at finde ud af, om der trods splittelse stadig er håb for USA og amerikanerne.
US election 2024: “A really simple guide to the presidential vote”, 23 July 2024 Kilde: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67285325
“Anatomy of three Trump elections: “How Americans shifted in 2024 vs. 2020 and 2016”, CNN, 6 November, https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2024/politics/2020-2016-exit-polls-2024-dg/
Prof G Show: “Trump Wins” – ft Antohony Scarmucci, 7 November 2024,
(listen to 13:16-18:29 min), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXUsFuV9Ib8What
“Donald Trump marks 100 days of second term” | BBC News, 29. apr. 2025, (5:44 min), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=692Sing-83E
“What Is the Defining Image of Trump’s First 100 Days?”, The New York Times, April 25, 2025, (04:09 min) Opinion columnists share the piece of media that most defines the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term. https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010121805/100-days-defining-image.html
“Promises made, promises kept: How Trump's first 100 days stack up against Inauguration Day pledges”, President Donald Trump was sworn in 100 days ago as of April 29
Emma Colton Fox News, April 29, 2025
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/promises-made-promises-kept-how-trumps-first-100-days-stack-up-against-inauguration-day-pledges
Analysis of political speeches:
”Kamala Harris’s Democratic Convention Speech, 2024”, NYT 23 August 2024, transcript, 7 sider, (uddrag på 35 min)
“Michelle Obama’s speech at the DNC”, NYT 21 August, 5 sider
“President Trump’s Speech at the January 6th Ellipse Rally 2021”, https://electionyear.ibog.forlagetcolumbus.dk/?id=210&loopRedirect=1
“The Impact of Trump Rhetorics”, https://electionyear.ibog.forlagetcolumbus.dk/?id=211
Sekundære tekster:
“The concept of American exceptionalism”, https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-exceptionalism
“Dissecting Trump’s “Peacefully and Patriotically” Defense of the January 6th Attack”, Tom Joscelyn, Norman L. Eisen and Fred Wertheimer, February 8, 2024, https://www.justsecurity.org/91904/dissecting-trumps-peacefully-and-patriotically-defense-of-the-january-6th-attack/
“Election 2024 results breakdown: The electoral college, turnout, tightest races and who controls Congress”, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/presidential-election-senate-house-results-b2642817.html
The USA and the belief in conspiracy theories:
KLEPPER, DAVID: “Secret history: Even before the revolution, America was a nation of conspiracy theorists”, January 31, 2024, https://apnews.com/article/conspiracy-theory-trump-illuminati-qanon-jan-6-7c1cb3e60748343ad561413534b339a7
Peter Suciu, “Conspiracy Theories Have Gained Traction Since 9/11 Thanks To Social Media”, Forbes website, 11-09-2020.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2020/09/11/conspiracy-theories-have-gained-traction-since-911-thanks-to-social-media/?sh=6e3b1fca3ddb
Sekundære tekster:
Documentary: QAnon: “The Cult of Conspiracy”, 2021, (49:00 min), https://www.dr.dk/drtv/program/konspirationskulten-qanon_343906
Documentary: DRTV - Horisont: ”Trumps gamle inderkreds taler ud”, 13. august 2024
https://www.dr.dk/drtv/se/horisont_-trumps-gamle-inderkreds-taler-ud_467450
Video: “JD Vance is openly defending the idea of making things up”, MSNBC, https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/jd-vance-make-up-pet-eating-story-haitian-rcna171326, 17 September 2024
The American Prison industry:
tekster fra 03122021: Global Research. The Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business or a New Form of Slavery. June 14, 2020. Viewed March 2021.
[https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-prison-industry-in-the-united-states-big-business-or-a-new-form-of-slavery/8289]
PBS. In Louisiana, prisons shift toward rehabilitation. March 8, 2020. Viewed March 2021.
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/in-louisiana-prisons-shift-toward-rehabilitation]
AJ+. How Our Criminal Justice System Targets Communities. June 8, 2016. Viewed March 2021.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZZmMrFQzVs]
Pew Research. Blacks, Hispanics make up larger shares of prisoners than of U.S. population. May 20, 2020. Viewed March 2021.
[https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/05/06/share-of-black-white-hispanic-americans-in-prison-2018-vs-2006/ft_20-05-05_imprisonmentrates_2a/]
Dokumentarfilm: ”Tehachapi”, Instruktør: J.R. Længde: 93 min (2 year)
Book Banning in America: (3 moduler)
Ella Creamer, Ella: Majority of attempts to ban books in US come from organised groups, not parents, The Guardian 8 April 2025, (2,5 ns)
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/08/majority-of-attempts-to-ban-books-in-us-come-from-organised-groups-not-parents
tekster fra ENG A, 4A 28052024: (3 moduler)
PBS NewsHour, March 10, 2022, Nationwide effort to ban books challenges freedom of speech
Viewed September 2023
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f_zHAyhD4I&t=4s]
PEN America, September 2022, Banned in the USA: The Growing Movement to Censor Books in Schools – key findings
Viewed September 2023
[https://pen.org/report/banned-usa-growing-movement-to-censor-books-in-schools/]
New York Times, By The Learning Network, Feb. 18, 2022, What Students Are Saying About Banning Books From School Libraries
The Bush Center, August 2023, Two-Minute Take: Nicole Bibbins Sedaca on free speech and pluralism
Viewed September 2023
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em3wFAaGnkU&t=3s]
CBS Sunday Morning, 23 April 2023, Moms for Liberty on book banning
Viewed September 2023
[https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=187472177037469]
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