Undervisningsbeskrivelse
Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
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Termin(er)
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2022/23 - 2024/25
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Institution
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Silkeborg Gymnasium
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Fag og niveau
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Engelsk A
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Lærer(e)
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Helle Vigh Klausnitzer, Jannie Singh
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Hold
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2022 22 EN/i (1i EN, 2i EN, 3i EN)
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Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
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Titel
2
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The Evil Within
In this course we will work with various texts, dealing with the evil within human beings lurking beneath the surface and coming to the surface.
We focus on genre and analysis/interpretation.
Stephen King "The Man Who Loved Flowers" (1977)
Richard Matheson "Button, Button" (1970)
Nick Cave "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (2010)
Paul Haggis "Crash" (2004)
Omfang ca 5%
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
15,00 moduler
Dækker over:
17 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Titel
3
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SRP1: Gender equality + speech analysis
In this course, we focus firstly on the theme of gender equality and secondly on speech analysis. The course is a shared one with social studies (SRP1).
Emma Watson's speech at the UN (2014) functions as the central object for analysis in class and in a written group assignment. In addition to this, there will be a focus on writing and presenting TED talks on gender equality in groups.
Omfang ca 5 %
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
9,00 moduler
Dækker over:
8 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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Titel
4
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Going mental (EKSAMEN)
We focus on different types of mental illnesses and problems, how to live with these, reactions from others and tendencies in society.
In the course we work with the representation of mental illnesses and mental problems in a variety of genres and thus with analysis of and analytical terms linked with both fiction, non-fiction, film and poetry.
Sylvia Plath "The Bell Jar" (excerpt, novel)
"Readin', Ritin' and Ritalin" (article) (1997)
Mark Haddon "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" (novel) (2003)
Stephen Chbosky "The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film) (2012)
David Bowie "All the Madmen" (lyrics) (1970)
"Mental Health is Strongest Taboo, Says Research" (article) (2009)
Omfang ca 10%
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
20,00 moduler
Dækker over:
19 moduler
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Titel
5
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Crime and Punishment
In this topic we focus on different types of crimes and different punishments. We will also investigate The Declaration of Human Rights in order to understand which actions could be considered a crime agains a human being.
The main goals in these lesson have been reading and analyzing non-fiction and practice in presenting analysis, personal viewpoints and discussion - verbally.
Material:
- "Declaration of Human Rights"
- "Where Alabama Inmates Fade into Old Age". A New Entrance, Rosenvold, Bühlmann. Systime (2007).
- "A War Over Witnesses". Newsweek:
https://www.newsweek.com/war-over-witnesses-160899
- "The Man with Ten Personalities". Gyldendal (1993)
- "The James Bulger Case". BBC News online (2000):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/991562.stm
Film: "Boy A". John Crowley (2007).
Omfang ca 5%
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Skriftligt arbejde:
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Afleveringsdato |
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Oral assignment
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02-05-2023
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Everyone Is Going Through Something
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04-05-2023
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
7,00 moduler
Dækker over:
7 moduler
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Titel
6
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The American Dream
We focus on the concept of the American Dream from different perspectives and in different historical contexts. We study the origin of the American dream, how it inspires and motivates immigration and how the ideas might clash with reality.
The Library of Congress "What is the American Dream" (2002)
The Declaration of Independence" (extract, 1776)
Emma Lazarus "The New Colossus" (1883)
Jacob Riis photographs (c. 1890)
Martin Scorsese "Gangs of New York" (2003)
Aron Rupar "Trump official suggests famous Statue of Liberty sonnet is too nice to immigrants" (article, Vox, 2019)
Omfang ca 5%
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
11,00 moduler
Dækker over:
10 moduler
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Titel
7
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Urban Living
We analyse and interpret various texts portraying urban life with New York as setting. Central themes are beauty and possibilities in the big city, diversity, loneliness and isolation.
Materials:
Susan Cheever "My Little Bit of Country" (2009)
Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys ”Empire State of Mind” (2009)
Siri Hustvedt “Living with Strangers” (2005)
Tom’s Diner + Night Hawks
HoNY: https://www.humansofnewyork.com/
Anthony Giddens "Cities and Urban Spaces" (Sociology, Polity Press 2001)
Forløbet afvikles som et SRP4 forløb med dansk (Individet og storbyen) i forbindelse med studietur til NYC og Washington DC.
Omfang ca 5%
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
17,00 moduler
Dækker over:
22 moduler
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Titel
8
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Diversity and Belonging in Britain
Aspects of Britain as a multicultural society are the focus of this course. A brief introduction to the history of immigration to the country and the effect of this serves as point of departure for working with various texts with a focus on aspects such as the function of literature, diversity, sense of belonging, mixtures of identities, inclusion, hidden forms of racism, xenophobia and the three models of integration.
From Sten Pultz Moslund "Everyone is Here - New Shapes of Diversity and Belonging in Britain" (2021):
"A Nation Shaped by Immigration"
"Literature as a Special Mirror of Identity Struggles"
David Cameron "Speech on Radicalization, Islamic Extremism and the Failure of State Multiculturalism" (2011) (SRO) (speech)
Other materials:
Shekhar Kapur "What's Love Got To Do With It?" (2022) (film)
Ranbir Sahota "Chameleon" (2003) (SRO) (short story)
David Crystal "What is Standard English?"
John Agard "Half-Caste" (2005) (poem)
Ed Perkins ''Black Sheep" (2018) (short documentary)
Cornelius Walker "'I didn't know if I wanted to be black or white': my life between worlds" (2018) (article, The Guardian)
Forløbet dækker også over SRP5 og leder op mod SRO med tysk.
Omfang ca 10%
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
18,00 moduler
Dækker over:
17 moduler
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Titel
9
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From Apartheid to Zefside (EKSAMEN)
This course concentrates on aspects of life and struggle during apartheid and on reconciliation, identity crisis and societal challenges in post-apartheid South Africa.
The primary focus will be on race, identity, self-concept and the representation of these concepts in texts from various genres.
Michelle Faul "What Life Was Like In South Africa During Apartheid (2013)
Alan Paton "Life for a Life" (1961)
Michael T. Kaufman "Witnesses Tell What They Saw When Riots Came To Soweto" (1976)
Rayda Jacobs "The Guilt" (2001)
Rosemund J. Handler "An Act of Vengeance" (2005)
Brendan Gallagher "Williams Lifts Lid on Racism" (2002)
Reggie Yates "South Africa - The White Slums" (2017)
Magdel Fourie "The Dummies Guide To Zef" (2010)
Die Antwoord "Dis Iz Why I'm Hot" (2012)
Clint Eastwood "Invictus" (2009)
Omfang ca 10%
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
19,00 moduler
Dækker over:
21 moduler
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Titel
10
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Black Voices (EKSAMEN)
In this topic we read a variety of texts concerning the history of African Americans with jumps in time from the period after the civil war, the time during the civil rights movement and the present day with focus on the activist movement Black Lives Matter. Keywords are segregation, marginalisation, civil rights, equal rights, violence and systematic racism.
All texts are from Bianca Erlich-Møller and Mathilde Thomsen's "Black Voices" unless stated otherwise:
Seperate but equal - "Introduction"
Paul Laurence Dunbar "The Lynching of Jube Benson" (1904)
"Minstrel Shows and the Jim Crow Character"
Langston Hughes "Merry-Go-Round" (1942)
Illustrations and signs (Black Voices (2017) , pp. 88-93)
I am a man - "Introduction"
Langston Hughes "I Too" (1925)
Paule Marshall "Reena" (excerpt) (1962)
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell "March: Book One" (excerpt) (2013)
Martin Luther King Jr "I have a Dream" (excerpt) (1963)
Peter Farrelly "Green Book" (2018) (film)
Timeline of recent events related to racism in the US
"Global English" (Lingua franca) excerpt from Worlds of English.
https://blacklivesmatter.com/
Dana Schutz 'Open Casket' (2016) (painting)
Omfang ca 10%
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
18,00 moduler
Dækker over:
17 moduler
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Titel
11
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Unsex Me (EKSAMEN)
In this topic, we focus on different aspects of gender issues: sex vs. gender, gender as a social construct, gender norms, feminism, sexual orientation and the debate about gender equality and freedom which takes place more or less explicitly in a variety of examples from different text types.
Reading list:
Chuck Palahniuk "Fight Club" (1997)
David Fincher "Fight Club" (1999)
Bruce Miller "The Handmaid's Tale" (2017) (season 1, episode 1)
Niels-Martin Trier Josefsen "What is Postmodernism?" (Broken Things, 2016)
Texts from the anthology "Unsex Me":
Shakespeare "Macbeth", Act 1, scene 5 (excerpt) (1606)
Shakespeare "Sonnet 130" (1609)
Emma Watson, "Gender Equality is Your Issue Too" (2014)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
Jeanette Winterson "Oranges Are not the Only Fruit" (1985)
Supplerende materiale:
Like a Girl - Always TV commercial (2014)
We believe: the best men can be - Gilette TV commercial (2019)
Omfang ca 10%
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
20,00 moduler
Dækker over:
20 moduler
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Titel
12
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SRP7 2024 Election
SRP7 med samfundsfag.
We focus on US election 2024 and analyse campaign videos. Groupwork and presentations.
Omfang ca 5%
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
8,00 moduler
Dækker over:
12 moduler
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Titel
13
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Macbeth (EKSAMEN)
In this course, we focus on the world view in the Elizabethan Age - in particular "the great chain of being" and how this is mirrored in Shakespeare's play "Macbeth". In our study of Macbeth, themes such as ambition, revenge and character development are central while we also work with aspects of the language of the play. We watch Kurzel's adaptation of the play and draw parallels to the contemporary American series "House of Cards".
Reading list:
From Worlds of English: Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, Modern English, American English and Global English
Macbeth (c. 1605-1607):
Act I, scenes I, II, III, V, VII
Act III, lines 1-72, scene II
Act V, scene V
Justin Kurzel "Macbeth" (2015)
"The Revenge Tragedy" - introduction
"House of Cards" - beginning of episode 1, season 1
Omfang ca 10%
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
18,00 moduler
Dækker over:
23 moduler
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Titel
14
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Divided Kingdom - Brexit and Beyond (EKSAMEN)
In this course we focus on Brexit. Firstly we concentrate on causes of Brexit and the campaigns leading up to the referendum. Secondly we turn to Brexlit and how Brexit and the consequences of this are thematised in various texts.
Central themes are: division, disunion, poverty and social class, inequality, xenophobia, identity, centre-vs-periphery and marginalisation, language and power.
Texts from Divided Kingdom:
"What is Brexit?" (introductory text)
David Cameron Speech May 9, 2016
Boris Johnson Speech May 9, 2016
M. C. Caskey "The Brexit Battle Rap" , 2017 (poetry)
Toby Haynes Brexit - The Uncivil War, 2019 (film)
"What is Brexlit?" (introductory text)
Nikesh Shukla "We Who", 2017 (short story)
Brian Bilston "Hold my hand while we jump off this cliff", 2018 (poetry)
Charlene James "Go Home", 2017 (drama) Brexit short
Other material:
Ken Loach Sorry We Missed You, 2019 (film)
David Crystal "What is Standard English?"
Omfang ca 10%
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
20,00 moduler
Dækker over:
29 moduler
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Titel
15
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Repetition og eksamensforberedelse
Eksamensvideo
Emnerepetition
Forberedelse til mundtlig eksamen
Forberedelse til sproglige assignments
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
6,00 moduler
Dækker over:
6 moduler
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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