Holdet 2u En (2025/26) - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2024/25 - 2025/26
Institution Øregård Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Anna Preston
Hold 2024 En/u (1u En, 2u En)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Love Famliy and Relationships
Titel 2 The Manosphere
Titel 3 Hiroshima and the Atomic Bomb
Titel 4 British Colonialism
Titel 5 Horror

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Love Famliy and Relationships

Focus will be on fiction, non-fiction and films which all revolve around Love, Family and Relationships in a broad sense.
An important target in the subject is learning and practising concepts for text analysis; fiction as well as non-fiction.
Another important target is practising speaking English and discussing texts whilst using concepts for literary and non-fiction analysis.

Texts:
Fiction:
Jennifer Allott: "Mid-air"
Patricia Highsmith: "The Terrapin"
Jamie Attenburg : Edie 62 pounds and Edie 241 pounds:  Excerpt from "The Middlesteins"
Ryan O'neill "The Traveller"

Non-fiction:
Nature vs. Nurture (From Psychology Today)
Katrina Clark: "My Father Was an Anonymous Sperm Donor" December 17, 2006   Washington Post

'My entire existence is a lie' Article from BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-42159574


Film:
Tim Wardle (2018) ,Three Identical Strangers: Documentary
Stephen Daldry (2011) Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 41 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 The Manosphere


In this subject we will examine the phenomenon "The Manosphere".
We will do so by reading articles, watching videos, exploring webpages and by watching the Netflix series "Adolescence".
We will employ concepts for analysis of non-fiction articles and videoes, and cinematic analysis.
https://humanrights.ca/story/online-misogyny-manosphere.

Who is Andrew Tate? The self-proclaimed misogynist influencer
27 February 2025 BBC

Lisa Sugiura  & Frazer Heritage (2025) "How the ‘manosphere’ spreads through online gaming, influencers and algorithms" (From "The Conversation”)

Netflix (2025) "Adolescence"  by Stephen Graham (all episodes)

(I begyndelsen af 2g)
We will just finish off the subject about The Manosphere:
Video:
Why 'manosphere' content is appealing to some young men https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv3Rubw7jpQ
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 Hiroshima and the Atomic Bomb

This subject is about the Atomic Bomb dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the political and historical background for it in USA,  as well as the aftermath, both for the direct victims of the bomb, but also the global repercussions and consequences.

Focus is on reading understanding analysing and discussing mainly non-fiction, but also some fiction, and applying relevant concepts and theories to this process.

Texts:
Niels Bohr (1944): Letter to Churchill
Einstein (1939): Letter to Roosevelt
The White House Washington, D.C.(1945) Statement by the President of the United States: Truman informs the nation that an atomic weapon has been detonated in Japan. 2 ns
Eisenhower (1955) "Atoms for Peace" Speech Before the General Assembly of the United Nations on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy 10 ns

Fiction: Dennis Bock (2001) "The Ash Garden" (excerpts) 40 ns

Film :
Steven Okazaki (2007)White Light, Black Rain" (Documentary)

Øvrigt materiale:
https://hibakushastories.org/
Video: Interview with Paul Tibbett  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H36v-d6_NS0
Video: Hiroshima : Dropping the Bomb" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wxWNAM8Cso
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/atomic-bomb-hiroshima

NATURE EDITORIAL 17 July 2025 : "AI and misinformation are supercharging the risk of nuclear war" (4 ns)
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 31 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 British Colonialism

We will work on the history and the impact of British Colonialism in various British colonies.
We will also look into the different aspects of the "Encounter with the native"  and the derived images and concepts about "The Native" or "The Savage" which have to some extent governed later Western thinking about "the Native/ The Savage".
We will analyse the different narratives and views concerning the British Colonist and the native.
We will to a limited extent look into post-colonial views (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ).


Texts:
Kipling:
- "A white Man's Burden" (1899) 2 ns
- "Lispeth" (1886) 10 ns
. Henry M Stanley (1878)  "Through the Dark Continent" (Excerpts) 7 ns
Nadime Gordimer (1956) "Six Feet of the Country" 15 ns
George Orwell (1936) "Shooting an Elephant" 4 ns
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2009) "The Danger of a Single Story" (TED Talk) 4 ns

Excerpts of speeches by Winston Churchill (May 13, 1940 and 4 June 1940) and Keir Starmer (PM Keir Starmer Speech at Lady Mayor 's Banquet (2025) 8 ns

Film: Netflix (2016)  "The Crown" (E2 S1)

Other Materials:

Videos:
"The Entire History of the British Empire"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnws0xna2To

"Apartheid: The rise and fall of South Africa's 'apartness' laws"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJOU9YYMzpw

PPT produced by teacher

Pictures of "meeting the Native" and "Colonial Rule"

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 31 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 Horror

Horror:

Focus: To explore the horror-genre in literature and film and different ways to understand and analyse horror. We have worked with specific genre features and traits and discussed psychologically as well as sociologically founded ways of interpreting horror.
In the text analysis, we have paid special attention to the narrator, narrative style and imagery.

Texts:
Stephen King:
- "Suffer The Little Children" (1973) 10 ns
- "The Boogeyman" (1972) 15 ns
- "Sometimes They Come Back" (1972) 25 ns
- Edgar Allen Poe "Tell-tale Heart" (1843) 4 ns
- Bret Easton Ellis (1991) "Tuesday" (Excerpt from "American Psycho") 8 ns


Film:
Andy Muschietti (2017) IT

Other texts:


-Peter Bradshaw (6 Sep. 2017) Review of IT (The Guardian)

other material: ppt about the Horror Genre
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Skrivedag 13-04-2026
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 24 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer