Undervisningsbeskrivelse
Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
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Termin(er)
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2023/24 - 2024/25
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Institution
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Christianshavns Gymnasium
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Fag og niveau
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Engelsk B
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Lærer(e)
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Anne Martinussen
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Hold
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2023 En/k (1k En, 2k 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 Cult of Celebrity
This introductory short course explored the concept of fame, tracing its development from historical contexts to the digital age. We examined how the definition of fame has evolved, particularly in light of the internet and social media's impact.
Through a variety of genres—including fiction, podcast, documentary, and visual art—we investigated how fame is portrayed and perceived. A central figure in our exploration is Andy Warhol, who famously anticipated contemporary fame culture. The course encouraged the students to reflect on both societal and personal understandings of fame, as well as the implications of new fame dynamics on social media platforms.
Key terms and concepts include:
Fame, famous, fans, fandom, influencer, follower, stalker, icon.
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
Supplerende stof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
10,00 moduler
Dækker over:
11 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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- Faglige
- Lytte
- Læse
- Søge information
- Skrive
- Diskutere
- Formidling
- Selvrefleksion
- Almene (tværfaglige)
- Analytiske evner
- Kommunikative færdigheder
- Overskue og strukturere
- Personlige
- Selvstændighed
- Selvtillid
- Initiativ
- Ansvarlighed
- Kreativitet
- Sociale
- Samarbejdsevne
- Åbenhed og omgængelighed
- IT
- Lectio
- Tekstbehandling
- Præsentationsgrafik
- Internet
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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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Projektarbejde
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Titel
3
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Land of the Free and Home of the Brave (eksamen)
The course explored the opioid crisis in the U.S. through a combination of factual texts, testimonies, and discussions. We examined the socio-economic background, the role of the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, and the consequences for individuals and society.
A central focus of the course was the human cost. We worked with real-life accounts and testimonies from victims and witnesses and discussed the fine line between pain relief and addiction. We explored the effects of opioids on the body and how patients can become addicted—often through legal prescriptions.
In the final part of the course, we discussed the legal and political aftermath: Who is to blame? Which individuals and companies have been held accountable, and what have the consequences been? The course concluded with a broader debate on responsibility—whether the real culprit is the system, the culture, or specific actors.
Key themes included addiction vs. treatment, legal responsibility, and systemic failure. Relevant vocabulary included opioid, pain relief, big pharma, overdose, prescription, and pseudoaddiction.
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
Supplerende stof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
24,00 moduler
Dækker over:
21 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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- Faglige
- Lytte
- Læse
- Søge information
- Skrive
- Diskutere
- Formidling
- Almene (tværfaglige)
- Analytiske evner
- Kommunikative færdigheder
- Overskue og strukturere
- Personlige
- Sociale
- Samarbejdsevne
- IT
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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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True Crime (eksamen)
This course focused on "True Crime" as a genre and a cultural, literary, and media phenomenon that explores real-life crimes and their impact on society.
Through articles, podcasts, literary texts, music, and documentaries, we examined how crime stories are constructed and consumed in different formats. Also why they are so popular today.
The course began with a general introduction to the genre, its appeal, and ethical implications.
We established a key vocabulary and concepts f.x crime narrative structure, victim and perpetrator perspectives, and the tension between fact and storytelling.
We worked both with historical and contemporary examples, including classic murder ballads and more modern like Dolly Parton’s reflections on “sad songs”. To understand how true crime can be found in literary texts, we worked with Charles Dickens’ reflections on public executions and Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood.
A more modern focus was audio storytelling in the form of the podcast: Serial and In the Dark, analyzing narration, bias, and investigative methods.
Through the study of the true crime series "The Staircase", we focused on the presentation of guilt, media framing, and the unreliable narrator.
Key vocabulary included terms such as reasonable doubt, alibi, confession, bias, motive, forensic evidence, criminal justice system, documentary, victimhood, and narrative framing.
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
Supplerende stof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
24,00 moduler
Dækker over:
24 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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- Faglige
- Lytte
- Læse
- Søge information
- Skrive
- Diskutere
- Formidling
- Almene (tværfaglige)
- Analytiske evner
- Kommunikative færdigheder
- Overskue og strukturere
- Personlige
- Selvstændighed
- Selvtillid
- Initiativ
- Ansvarlighed
- Kreativitet
- Sociale
- Samarbejdsevne
- Åbenhed og omgængelighed
- IT
- Lectio
- Tekstbehandling
- Præsentationsgrafik
- Internet
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Titel
5
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Australia -boomerang
In this course we worked with Australian history, culture, and identity, with a particular focus on the experiences and challenges of Aboriginal peoples. We explored the historical consequences of colonisation, including the policies that led to "the Stolen Generations" and the significance of the national apology delivered to the Aborigines. The course also addresses the complex relationship between humans and nature in the Australian outback and examines key elements of Australian national identity and values.
Central themes were reconciliation, cultural belonging, and representation. The core material used in the course is "Boomerang – Australia: race, identity, nature and horse thieves" by Jesper Kaalund et al., which offers a broad perspective on issues related to race, identity, and postcolonialism in an Australian context.
Core materials include:
Jesper Kaalund et al., Boomerang – Australia: race, identity, nature and horse thieves, Columbus, 2023 (selected chapters)
The Redfern Speech by Paul Keating
Sol Bellear AM: Memories of the 1992 Redfern Speech
Archie Weller: Going Home
Selected articles and factual texts on Australian geography, Indigenous history, and cultural identity
Key terms and concepts:
Colonisation, Indigenous peoples / Aboriginal Australians, The Stolen Generations, Apology / Reconciliation, Identity, Race and racism, Cultural heritage, Belonging / Displacement, The Australian outback, Man vs. nature, the way the Aborigines experience time: Dreamtime, Postcolonialism, National values, The Redfern Speech, Representation.
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
Supplerende stof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
30,00 moduler
Dækker over:
30 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Titel
6
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Power, Politics, and the American Dream (eksamen)
This course was an independent English course while also serving as a foundation for the interdisciplinary Studieretningsopgave (SRO) in collaboration with Social Science.
In the course we worked with key aspects of American society, including core values, social inequality, and the functioning of the democratic system, with a special focus on how these themes are reflected in literature and contemporary politics.
The central literary work is John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men (1937), which is examined in the context of American values, such as individualism, humanism, friendship, inclusion/exclusion, the American Dream, and social mobility.
In the SRO´s the students chose texts independently that related to the promises of the American dream and challenges of the American democracy.
Core materials include:
John Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men (1937)
American Basic Values and Beliefs (selected text)
Lotte Genefke et al.: Election Year, Columbus, 2024 (pp. 17–22)
Election Year – How the System Works (fact-based materials)
Selected media texts: Truthers: Stop the Steal, campaign and election analyses
Steinbeck and Stereotypes and supplementary worksheets
Excerpts on modernism and language exercises
Key terms and concepts:
The American Dream, individualism, freedom, inequality, social mobility, stereotypes, modernism, populism, democracy, electoral system, media and truth, voter behavior, core values.
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
Supplerende stof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
31,00 moduler
Dækker over:
31 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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- Faglige
- Lytte
- Læse
- Søge information
- Skrive
- Diskutere
- Formidling
- Selvrefleksion
- Almene (tværfaglige)
- Analytiske evner
- Kommunikative færdigheder
- Overskue og strukturere
- Personlige
- Selvstændighed
- Selvtillid
- Initiativ
- Ansvarlighed
- Kreativitet
- Sociale
- Samarbejdsevne
- Åbenhed og omgængelighed
- IT
- Lectio
- Tekstbehandling
- Præsentationsgrafik
- Internet
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Titel
7
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Multicultural Britain? (eksamen)
The course focuses on British self-understanding and identity as a former colonial power and a multicultural nation. It examines how migration influences the understanding of being British and questions how culture is shaped by population groups with diverse backgrounds—this includes both the experience of life as a migrant and as descendants of migrants.
We work with theories of the melting pot and salad bowl, as well as assimilation versus integration and how this is reflected in texts.
Core materials include:
Zadie Smith: The Embassy of Cambodia
Hanif Kureishi: My Son the Fanatic (short story and film)
Raman Mundair: Day Trippers
Robin Cook: Chicken Tikka Masala (speech)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story (TED Talk)
Text excerpts on racism, whiteness, and white privilege
Selections from Everyone Is Here (ch. 3, racism)
Supplementary texts on British colonial history and migration patterns
Key terms and concepts:
Multiculturalism, identity, Britishness, postcolonialism, migration, diaspora, melting pot, salad bowl, assimilation, integration, race, whiteness, privilege, representation, cultural hybridity, otherness, inclusion, exclusion ect.
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
Supplerende stof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
24,00 moduler
Dækker over:
21 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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Titel
8
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English - as a Global Language (eksamen)
What is the history of the English language and how does it work in the world today. Who uses English as a way of communicating and who has developed their own regional variation?
How can language be power and create a hierarchy among nationalities in the EU.
The focus in this course is the the evolution of the English language from its early roots to its modern form. The transition from Old English, a blend of Latin, French, German, and Scandinavian influences, to Middle English all the way to modern English.
Another focus is he historical context of language barriers and the diverse people groups shaping English, including Celts, Welsh, and Anglo-Saxons.
Also the role of English within the European Union is examined and questioned whether it will maintain its global dominance as a Lingua Franca.
A key figure such as David Crystal is studied for his contributions to the History of English language , including the Inkhorn controversy and the discussions on Lingua Franca.
Furthermore we look at the origins of words, tracing them back to Shakespearean times and exploring borrowings from other languages like Danish.
Furthermore, we compared American English to British English, noting differences in vocabulary, meaning, and pronunciation. Through this exploration, we gained insights into the dynamic nature of English as a global language.
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Indhold
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Kernestof:
Supplerende stof:
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Omfang
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Estimeret:
Ikke angivet
Dækker over:
7 moduler
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Særlige fokuspunkter
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Væsentligste arbejdsformer
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