Undervisningsbeskrivelse
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Termin(er)
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2023/24 - 2025/26
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Institution
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EUC NORD
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Fag og niveau
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Engelsk A
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Lærer(e)
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Louise Olsson
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h23hhxh_EngelskA (h23hhxh_1h_EngelskA, h23hhxh_2h_EngelskA, h23hhxh_3h_EngelskA)
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Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
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Titel
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Area study: USA
The class has worked with American history, social conditions, identity, and values. Thus, the teaching has included both historical and contemporary perspectives to provide a deeper understanding of how the United States has developed and which core values shape the country today.
Fokus:
- The American Revolution and the declaration of independence
- The Bill of rights
- American identity & values
- The American Dream
Kernestof
Reading List:
- Dengler., C. N., 1959. The American revolution. Out of our past. PDF på OneNote.
- Tang, L., 2006.The Declaration of Independence. Columbine and Beyond. PDF på OneNote.
- Holm., M., 2016. American Identity – section; Being and immigrant + Be-ing a frontier man. Gyldendal. PDF på OneNote.
- Archives.gov. The Bill of Rights cartoon. PDF på OneNote.
- Joe Biden's victory speech, from pbs.org - 7. november 2020
Supplerende stof:
- Being an Immigrant - from Being American. Identity, politics and contemporary society, Systime 2020
- American values - from Being American. Identity, politics and contemporary society, Systime 2020
Documentaries:
- E Pluribus Unum, Netflix 2018
- Explained: Whose vote counts, Netflix 2020
Omfang (ca. 37 lektioner)
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
25,00 moduler
Dækker over:
22 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Gruppearbejde
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Individuelt arbejde
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Lærerstyret undervisning
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Pararbejde
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Titel
2
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Business ethics and CSR
The focus of this course is for the students to become familiar with human rights, ethics, business ethics, and CSR. The class worked with various ethical issues, both in terms of human-to-human relationships and also in relation to business-to-human, business-to-environment, and similar contexts.
Students work with topics such as Fair Trade, watchdog organizations, and fast fashion.
Kernestof:
Apple's Broken Promises, BBC Panorama, 2014
The Price of Fast Fashion, BBC, 2020
What is Business Ethics - Definition, Principles, and Importance, Investopedia.com, updated 27. June, 2024
What Is CSR? Corporate Social Responsibility Explained, Investopedia.com, updated 6. March 2024
Supplerende materiale:
Chapter 5 in FED Engelsk - task-based Business English, Systime.
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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:
12 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Titel
3
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Area Study: UK
The class has worked with British history, social conditions, identity, and values. Thus, the teaching has included both historical and contemporary perspectives to provide a deeper understanding of how the UK has developed from an empire to Brexit.
Fokus:
- The British Empire
-Immigration
- Social classes
Economy and inequality
Kernestof
Reading List:
-The White Man’s Burden, Rudyard Kipling (1899).
- Shooting an Elephant, George Orwell (1936)
- Greatbritishmag.co.uk, 2019. What is the British Class System? Great British Mag.
- Burton, K., 2021. A country divided: why England’s North-South divide is getting worse. Geographical. Word Doc på OneNote.
- "Huge survey reveals seven social classes in UK" in BBC News, 3. April 2013
- "How the UK economy is changing in the 21st century - OCR - The north-south divide in the UK" in BBC.co.uk
- Growing Up Poor - Origin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaROQtcnDEQ)
- overview of the British Parliament - Parliament.co.uk with focused questions for the students.
Supplerende materiale:
- AFP News Agency, 2015. Britain’s political system explained (vid-eo). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkfC8J95lGw
- How did the British Rule the World? Knowledgia on Youtube, 2020
- "Timeline The history of immigration and diversity in Britain", in Everyone Is Here. New Shapes of Diversity and Belonging in Britain
Omfang (ca. 35 lektioner)
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
40,00 moduler
Dækker over:
20 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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- Faglige
- Lytte
- Læse
- Søge information - sub-topics in groups; skinheads, The National Front (UK), Immigration into the UK, The Falklands War, the UK in the 80s
- Diskutere
- Almene (tværfaglige)
- Analytiske evner
- Kommunikative færdigheder
- Personlige
- Selvstændighed
- Ansvarlighed - Matrix-grupper
- Sociale
- Samarbejdsevne
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Gruppearbejde
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Individuelt arbejde
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Lærerstyret undervisning
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Pararbejde
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Titel
4
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USA - politics and election (PG-kandidat forløb)
The class has previously been introduced to the American political system and electoral system, but in this course, they have received a review and outline of these topics in preparation for the U.S. presidential election.
In addition, the students worked—individually, in pairs, and in groups—on the election, the Presidential candidates, the two parties, etc. There was a high degree of individual research using American news media (including work on the political bias of various news outlets), where students presented relevant pieces news to the class or in groups.
Kernestof:
- The presidential campaign is not real life, opinion article from Washington Post, 16. September 2024
- American democracy is in trouble — even if Harris wins, opinion article from Washington Post, September 23, 2024
- Democrat vs. Republican, www.diffen.com (a comparison chart used for two lessons to discussion and group work)
- Americans’ Views of 2024 Election News, from Pew Research, 10. October 2024
- Who do Europeans want to win the 2024 US presidential election? from YouGov.co.uk, 1. November 2024
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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:
12 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Titel
5
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Animal Farm - The Power of Words (Værklæsning)
In this course, the class has worked with George Orwell's Animal Farm as a set text, focusing on both literary analysis and the text's social critique. The aim has been to strengthen the students’ analytical skills through various approaches and to relate the novel’s themes to current phenomena such as propaganda and fake news. We have drawn lines to the current world climate, among these the US and its current president and the parallels that can be drawn to the novel.
Fokus:
- Analytiske værktøjer:
- Fiktionsanalyse
- Argumentationsanalyse
- Language features, herunder; Konnotation / denotation
- Propaganda
- Fake news
Kernestof
Reading List:
- George Orwell, 1945. Animal Farm.
- Fictitious Fascism or Frightening Reality? The Univeristy Press, March 30, 2024
- We’re Still Living in the World That Inspired Animal Farm—75 Years Later, by Téa Obreht, TIme Magazine, 2020
Video materials:
- British Library, 2013. Propaganda: Power and Persuasion - Defining Propaganda - YouTube
Supplerende materiale:
- Halas, V. 2009. Animal farm (1954). Youtube: Animal Farm (1954)
Omfang ca. (25 lektioner)
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Kernestof:
Skriftligt arbejde:
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Squealer's speech
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24-01-2025
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
25,00 moduler
Dækker over:
25 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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- Faglige
- Lytte
- Læse - dybdelæsning
- Formidling
- Almene (tværfaglige)
- Analytiske evner - Fiktionsanalyse
- Personlige
- Selvstændighed
- Ansvarlighed - Matrix-grupper
- Sociale
- Samarbejdsevne
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Gruppearbejde
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Individuelt arbejde
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Lærerstyret undervisning
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Pararbejde
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Titel
6
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Nike company profile
Focus in the course is for the students to work on Nike's branding, CSR, strengths, weaknesses, blunders and controversies. For the students to be able to analyse commercials, understand woke washing, green washing and celebrity endorsement.
- Nike - a Growth Company (from Nike.com)
- How Apple and Nike have Branded your Brain - Big Think, 27. july 2021 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eIDBV4Mpek)
- How Nike Became the Most Powerful Brand in Sports, CNBC, 20 June, 2019 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbnGIh1aad0&t=61s)
- Nike is the Latest Brand to be "woken" by a Botched Ad, Forbes, 8 May 2025
- Nike's Purpose, from Nike.com (CSR)
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Supplerende materiale:
Film: Air, from 2023
Group work - analysis of commercials
- Find Your Greatness (2012)
- You Can't Stop Us (2020)
- What are Girls Made of? (2017)
- What Will they Say about You?( 2021)
- Dream Crazy (2017)
- Winner Stays (2014)
- Dream Crazier (2019)
In these, also a focus on Nike's CSR - minorities, community etc.
Group work and research on woke washing, green washing and celebrity endorsement.
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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:
16 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Titel
7
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Dystopia
The focus of the course is that the students are introduced to the dystopian genre, that they can identify and actively analyze texts within the genre, and that they can relate the genre to contemporary society. (group work: Dystopia IRL?)
kernestof:
- Harrison Bergeron Kurt Vonnegut 1961
- 1984 (first chapter) George Orwell 1949
- 2br02b, Kurt Vonnegut 1962
. The Handmaid's Tale (Season 1, episode 1)
- White Bear, Black Mirror (season 2, ep. 2, 2013)
Supplerende stof:
- How to recognize a dystopia - Alex Gendler, Ted Ed, 2016
- Dystopia in the US?
Væsentligste arbejdsformer:
Pararbejde, gruppearbejde og klasseundervisning
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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:
44 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Titel
8
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The History of Black America
Black American History
The focus of the course is to give students an expanded understanding of American history, the Black experience, systemic racism etc.
Kernestof:
- LAW - Slaves Are prohibited to Read and Write by Law — in “Black Voices"; Erlich-Mahler og Thomsen, 2017
- W.E.B. Du Bois — On Being Crazy - in “Black Voices”; Erlich-Mailer og Thomsen, 2017
- Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit - in “Black Voices”; Erlich-Mahler og Thomsen, 2017
- Civil Rights Movement — from History.com
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou 1983
- The 13th Amendment (documentary) - Ava DuVernay on Netflix
Supplerende materiale:
The Triangular Trade — in ”Slavery — from Africa to the Americas”; Hatt, Christine; 2008 Newspaper clippings...
Spirituals and songs of social change - in “Black Voices"; Erlich-Mahler og Thomsen, 2017
Separate but Equal - introduction - in “Black Voices”; Erlich-Mahler og Thomsen, 2017
Minstrel Show and the Jim Crow Character - in “Black Voices“; Erlich-Mahler og Thomsen, 2017
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Group work - analysis of songs:
Joyner Lucas - i'm Not Racist
Beyonce - Formation
Childish Gambino - This is America
Jay Z - the Story of OJ
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
36,00 moduler
Dækker over:
41 moduler
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Titel
9
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South Africa
The focus in the course is for the students to be able to account for apartheid in South Africa in broad terms, for them to understand South Africa's current challenges, both with inequality and economy.
Kernestof:
- The State of the Rainbow Nation, Jeff Cangialosi (2012)
- Interview, Mandela - 26 February 1990, from Time.com
- Thirty Years after the end of Apartheid, Equality Eludes South Africa, 22 May, 2024 - Reuters
- Born Free in South Africa, 16 July 2024, Wilsoncenter.org
Supplerende materiale:
Webquest on Apartheid (focus on Apartheid laws)
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
12,00 moduler
Dækker over:
25 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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