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6) Being Black in the US
Focus Points (særlige fokuspunkter):
The course starts with a thorough analysis of the documentary I Am Not Your Negro, which provides both factual information and the background for the focus areas of the course as a whole. The teacher ppt contributes with additional facts about slavery, segregation and the Jim Crow culture, relevant chronologies, the Civil Rights Movement, etc. Then we continue to address the following questions as they are explored in the texts: What did it mean in the past and what does it mean today to be Black in the US? What roles does the use of language play? How can and how does the individual resist institutionalized forms of oppression? How is racial discrimination passed on from generation to generation? How does the world of the children collide with the world of the adults? How can race be understood as a social construct? How does racial bias work and how can it be disrupted? Revelan terms: internalised racism, white supremacy, systemic racism, etc.
Methodology (progression og arbejdsformer):
Continued focus on text analysis (fiction and nonfiction) and methodology. During this course, we've worked with the texts in print-out form (compendium).
Grammar:
Past Paper 7 (180820): prepositions, the imperative form, word classes, linguistic style
Past Paper 18/Written mock exam (250523): verb tenses, the plural form of nouns, adjectives, finding synonyms, linguistic style
Academic focus (faglige mål fra lærerplanen):
- at analysere og fortolke tekster med anvendelse af faglig terminologi og metode
- at analysere og perspektivere aktuelle forhold i USA med anvendelse af grundlæggende engelskfaglig viden om historiske, kulturelle og samfundsmæssige forhold
- at analysere og beskrive engelsk sprog med anvendelse af relevant faglig terminologi
- at skrive klare, detaljerede og sammenhængende tekster på engelsk med forskellige formål om almene og faglige emner med en relativ høj grad af grammatisk korrekthed
- at anvende faglige opslagsværker og øvrige hjælpemidler
Reading List (kernestof):
- Raoul Peck, dir. I Am Not Your Negro, 2016 (documentary)
- PBS Originals, "The Origin of Race in the USA", 2018 (YouTube video, link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVxAlmAPHec)
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, "What sports has taught me about race in America", 2018 (essay, used in assignment En7)
- Nina Simone, "Mississippi Goddam", 1964 (song)
- Abel Meeropol, "Strange Fruit", 1937 (song)
- Shirley Jackson, "After You, My Dear Alphonse", 1943 (short story)
- Jennifer L. Eberhardt, "How racial bias works - and how to disrupt it", 2020 (TED Talk)
- Normal Rockwell, "New Kids in the Neighborhood", 1967 (painting)
- Normal Rockwell, "The Problem We All Live With", 1964 (painting)
Additional Material (supplerende stof):
- Teacher course ppt ("Being Black in the US - intro ppt")
- Ella Fitzgerald, "A-Tisket-A-Tasket", 1942 (song, excerpt from the film Ride 'Em Cowboy in the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bgFkeDLpSI)
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