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Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2024/25 - 2025/26
Institution Paderup Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Anne Elliot, Kasper Emil Foldager Nielsen
Hold 2024 En/x (1x En, 2x En)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 American history and values
Titel 2 Flerfagligt forløb: Multicultural Britain
Titel 3 The Art of Evil
Titel 4 Utopia/Dystopia
Titel 5 The Immigrant Experience
Titel 6 Apartheid in South Africa
Titel 7 The American Dream
Titel 8 Class in the UK

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 American history and values

The course “American history, culture and values” covers everything American. The course served as a broad thematic introduction to American history, culture and values, focusing on:

1. An introduction to "early" American history. A perspective on how The Frontier Heritage reflects and have shaped American culture and values.
2. The Social Network (David Fincher) and an introduction to analysis of fiction (how to make an analysis of characters, setting, theme and message). This part suggested a reading of how The Social Network reflects and/or criticizes American values and the concept of the American Dream, focusing on characterization of the central characters and setting analysis of the prestigious Harvard/Ivy League setting and the American Dream.

Primary texts:

Kearny, Edward. "The Frontier Heritage". (3 pages)
12 Core American Values (Robin Williams) (1 page)
The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010) (15 pages)

Secondary texts:
Fields of Vision: Character, theme, setting (10 pages)
"American Progress" (painting) (John Gast)

Fokuspunkter:
- Kendskab til centrale elementer i amerikansk historie med fokus på hvordan
amerikanske værdier er opstået og stadig udvikler sig
- Den amerikanske drøm - hvad omfatter den, og er den realistisk/romantiseret?
- Færdigheder ifbm. at skrive analytical essay: PEE(L), indledning, analyseafsnit, konklusion
- Grammatik: adjektiver og adverbier, kongruens

(total: 29 pages)
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Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
WA1: My American Dream 02-12-2024
WA2: The Social Network 17-12-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 Flerfagligt forløb: Multicultural Britain

Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Flerfaglig opgave: Det multikulturelle samfund (2) 31-01-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 6,00 moduler
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 The Art of Evil

Online hjælpemidler brugt i undervisningen:
www.ordbogen.com
www.thesaurus.com

We examine evil from multiple angles aiming to widen our understanding of the
concept. According to anthropologists, the perception of evil is a culturally subjective
phenomenon; however, it exists in all human cultures. Arguably, evil fascinates and
entertains us just as much as it disgusts us. But is evil simply the opposite of good, a
shallow dichotomy, or is there more to gain from examining this topic?
We investigate the place of evil in literature and popular culture (in a broad sense,
and using the student's experience with evil in media as a reference), with the
character of Dexter Morgan from the popular tv-series"Dexter" as our focal point.

SÆRLIGE FOKUSPUNKTER
- Definition af ondskab gennem kendskab til teori om fire ondskabstyper
- Diskussion af hvilke problematikker, der opstår, når ondskab bruges som begreb
- Anti-helte og deres karakteristika i modsætning til den klassiske protagonist
- Diskussion af hvordan et menneske bliver ondt ("nature vs. nurture") og herunder i
hvor høj grad er et menneske ansvarlig for sine onde gerninger samt hvorvidt
menneskes onde gerninger kan forstås eller retfærdiggøres.
- Essay med fokus på characterization, struktur og akademisk sprogbrug i analytical
essays. Desuden trænes faglig formidling af litterær analyse (characterization) med fokus
på akademisk sprogbrug og skriveteknik, herunder topic sentences.

KERNESTOF
•Jeff Lindsay. "Chapter" i Darkly Dreaming Dexter. London: Orion Publishing Co,
2004. [6 sider]
•Michael Cuesta. "Pilot" s01e01af Dexter. Showtime, 1. oktober 2006. [15 sider]
•Sean Spence, "Bad or Mad?", 2004, Wider Contexts. [3 sider]
•Bret Easton Ellis, "Killing Child at Zoo" (American Psycho), Wider Contexts [4 sider]

Supplerende materiale
•"Det onde som frihed" i Psykologiens Veje [2 sider]
•What Makes a Killer season 2 episode 12: "Edmund Kemper, The CoEd Killer"
(podcast) [10 sider]

[I alt 40 sider]
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Flerfaglig opgave: Det multikulturelle samfund (2) 31-01-2025
Podcast 17-02-2025
WA3: Dexter 24-03-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 12,00 moduler
Dækker over: 14 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 Utopia/Dystopia

This course explores the concepts of utopia and dystopia in fiction and real life.
Thomas More coined the term utopia as a combination of Greek words meaning
happy place and no place/nowhere. Far from describing a never-never land, utopias
often represent cultural protest against unjust institutions or policies and propose
political or social reforms.

However, a more dominant genre is the dystopia, which is
the primary focal point of the course. In recent years there has been increasing
attention to dystopian visions representing oppressive totalitarian regimes,
environmental degradation, and/or technological oppression.

From cultural knowledge and current examples of utopian thought, we analyse and
discuss ideas about the perfect society based on the concept of utopia. However, we
also question the utopian depiction and discuss to what extent this represents a
utopia for everyone. This discussion naturally links to the distinction between utopia
and dystopia. Whether or not a society is perceived as a utopia or dystopia is often
determined by one's point of view.

This leads the course into a specific focus on dystopian fiction where in some works
of fiction societies are at first presented as utopias when in fact they are dystopias.
We will explore different works of dystopia in class, such as the dystopian science
fiction in Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron (1961). We will analyse and interpret
the literary work based on relevant analytical terms, as well as the dystopian
framework and its relevance today, as well as its historical context of The Cold War. This context suggests two possible interpretations of the short story: An American critique of communism, or a critique of American's idea of communism and equality.

At the end of this course we should be able to discuss ideas about the perfect
society as well as darker visions of how society may develop. More fundamentally
the course explores what it is to be human - as a fundamental condition and
influenced by contemporary developments and challenges in society.

Primary texts:

•Read-write-think. "Dystopias: definition and characteristics" (2006) [1 side]
• The Good Place (ep. 1, Netflix) [5 sider]
•Kurt Vonnegut: "Harrison Bergeron" (1961) fra BRAVE NEW WORLDS eds. John
Joseph Adams. San Francisco: Night Shade Books, 2011: 369-374. [5 sider]
•"Welcome to Twin Oaks Community" via twinoaks.org. URL:
https://www.twinoaks.org/about-twinoaks-community/welcome [1 side]
The Handmaid's Tale (ep. 1) [15 pages]
Why we like dystopian fiction so much (Koushin Unber, The Daily Star) [2 sider]

FOKUSPUNTER
•Definition af utopi og dystopi som litterære genrer
•Definition af dystopiens kontroltyper, samfundets karakteristika, protagonistens
rolle og typiske karakteristika
• Oplæg med fokus på forskellige analytiske aspekter af The Handmaid's Tale
•Kendskab til tre overordnede ustopiske varianter: statisk vs. dynamisk, asketisk vs.
behovstilfredsstillende, hierarkisk vs. egalitær
•Diskutere tematikker, der hyppigt optræder i dystopiske værker
•Diskutere et nutidigt realiseret utopisk samfund i Twin Oaks Community

[total: 29 sider]
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Stedprøve 1 15-05-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 12,00 moduler
Dækker over: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 The Immigrant Experience

Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Analytical Essay: Non-fiction 1 25-09-2025
Cookieopgave 1 21-10-2025
Noter til Gran Torino 06-11-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 18,00 moduler
Dækker over: 18 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 Apartheid in South Africa

Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
What was Life like in SA... 04-12-2025
Fiction essay 10-01-2026
Omfang Estimeret: 9,00 moduler
Dækker over: 13 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer