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Forløb 3 The USA and The American Dream
Anvendt literatur og andre undervisningsmaterialer fordelt på kernestof og supplerende stof:
Kernestof:
(-Sproglig variation og sproglige udtryksformer
- Tekstanalytiske begreber og metoder til analyse af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster
- Et bredt udvalg af tekster, der tilsammen beskriver væsentlige sproglige, historiske, kulturelle, og samfundsmæssige forhold
i USA
- Tekster der behandler emner inden for kultur-, samfunds- og erhvervsrelaterede forhold.)
Aspects of America (interactive tasks - Names and places i the US (Worlds of English, Systime)
From British Colony to Superpower, plus The American history quiz (Worlds of English, Systime) (1,7NS)
The New Colossus, poem by Emma Lazarus (Worlds of English, systime) (1,4NS)
The American Dream, definition by James Truslow Adams (Worlds of English, Systime) (1.2 NS)
The Frontier in American History, by Frederick JacksonTurner (worlds of English, Systime) (7,6 NS)
The Price of Expansion , video, Youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tqOQ_MfP2s
Consequences for the native Americans - The Trail of Tears. (Worlds of English, Systime) (1,0 NS)
Declaration of Independence 4th July 1776
https://bensguide.gpo.gov/m-declaration-of-independence-1776 (About the declaration pf Independence)
U.S: Constitution 1787-1789
Bill of Rights - the 10 amendments
https://bensguide.gpo.gov/m-constitution
The Gettysburg Address, by Abraham Lincoln, 1863.
https://bensguide.gpo.gov/m-text-gettysburg
Wealth Inequality in America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM (Video)
The Rise of the Working Poor (extract from Saving Capitalism) *** (NF) Robert Reich (New Frontiers, Systime) 3,4 NS
Grace, extract from novel, by Philip Meyer: (New Frontiers, Systime) 5,2 NS
"The American Dream" is dead, and barely existed to begin with. https://alleghenycampus.com/19741/opinion/the-american-dream-is-dead-and-barely-existed-to-begin-with/
Focal points:
Declaration of independence, a new nation
Expansion, the Frontier and genocide
Constitution and Bill of rights, 10 amendments
The American spirit
The American Dream? or Nightmare?
Slavery
Civil War and emancipation
What it means to be American
US politics
Distribution of wealth
Working Poor
Arbejdsformer: Klasseundervisning, pararbejde, præsentationer og fremlæggelser
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