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Holdet S2023 vf EN3 - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser

Termin(er)	2025/26
Institution	NEXT
Fag og niveau	Engelsk A
Lærer(e)
Hold	S2023 vf EN3 (S3 vf EN3)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb

Titel 1	The Vietnam War
Titel 2	Crime in fiction
Titel 3	Life under fire: The Blitz
Titel 4	Pop Culture
Titel 5	Modern Metropolis

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)

Titel 1	The Vietnam War The Vietnam War is one of the most extensive and brutal wars since World War II. It took place from 1961 to 1975 and cost millions of lives – soldiers on both sides and many civilians. The war played a central role in the balance of power during the Cold War, between communist North Vietnam, supported by the Soviet Union and China, on the one hand, and the South Vietnamese government and the United States on the other. The Vietnam War has also been called the last free "television war": Reporters on the battlefield filmed the fighting, and the violent images created great uproar and protest demonstrations at home in the United States and in the rest of the world. The conflict became a huge national trauma for America, which ended up as the losing party in a conflict with a poor third world country. This course on the Vietnam War at English A-level is highly valuable for Danish 3rd-year students, because it combines historical insight with the study of influential literature, speeches, and media from an important period of the 20th century. Material: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Nicolas Tomalin: "The General Goes Zapping Charlie Cong" (1966) -Michael Herr: "Dispatches" (1977) -"What is New Journalism?", https://www.britannica.com/topic/New-Journalism -"America's Stake in Vietnam" Speech by U.S. Senator John. F. Kennedy, June 1, 1956 -“A Time to Break Silence” Speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Manhattan's Riverside Church, April 4, 1967. "PTSD and Vietnam Veterans: A Lasting Issue 40 Years Later" https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/publications/agent-orange/agent-orange-summer-2015/nvvls.asp Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Vietnam) https://www.vvmf.org/topics/PTSD/ New York Times: "Out, out, damned spot!" (1970) https://www.nytimes.com/1970/07/20/archives/out-damned-spot.html Tim O' Brien: "The things they Carried" - excerpt, (1990) -Film: "Platoon" dir.Oliver Stone (1986) - Documentary : Ken Burns "The Vietnam War" (2017), episode 7 "The Veneer of Civilization" Songs: Buffalo Springfield: “For What it’s Worth” (1966) Richie Havens: “Handsome Johnny” (1966) Country Joe & the Fish: “ Fish Cheer/Feel like I’m fixing to die Rag” (1967) Tom Paxton: “Lyndon told the Nation” (1965) Creedence Clearwater Revival :“ Fortunate Son” (1969) The Doors; “The Unknown Soldier” (1968) Bill Frederick: “Hey, hey, LBJ” (1967)
Indhold	Kernestof: 240613-Engelsk-A---htx--august-2024.pdf description Dispatches (1).pdf description The General Goes Zapping Charlie Cong (1).pdf description Dispatches and The General Goes Zapping..workpoints. (1).docx description HUSK FØLGENDE: Read the attached pdf file for today A Time to Break the Silence (2).pdf description A Time to Break the Silence workpoints (1).docx description obrien The things they carried vietnam war.pdf Read pp.1-4 for today. description The Things they Carried- Questions.pdf description obrien The things they carried vietnam war.pdf description Vietnam Protest Song presentation 2025.pdf description The rest of the Protest Song Presentations today. the_vietnam_war_and_the_my_lai_massacre.pdf description My Lai questions.docx description
Omfang	Estimeret: 24,00 moduler Dækker over: 26 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter	Faglige Lytte Læse Søge information Skrive Diskutere Formidling Almene (tværfaglige) Analytiske evner Kommunikative færdigheder IT Tekstbehandling
Væsentligste arbejdsformer	Gruppearbejde Individuelt arbejde Lærerstyret undervisning

Titel 2

Crime in fiction

This course explores the captivating world of crime fiction. From the classic detective novels to gritty modern thrillers.
Students will investigate how crime is portrayed in literature, examining novels and short stories that span the genre’s evolution from its 19th-century origins to contemporary works. We will trace the development of key tropes, such as the brilliant detective, the criminal mastermind, and the noir antihero, and also compare the stylistic and thematic differences between British and American crime fiction. Through close reading, discussion, analysis and creative writing exercises, students will gain a deeper understanding of the genre’s narrative techniques, historical context, and its reflection of societal fears and values.
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Material:

- Tine Rønlev Eriksen: Case Re-opened. An Anthology of Crime Fiction. Lindhardt og Ringhof, 2016.
- Trine Østergaard: How to analyse Short Story or Novel , Systime, https://theenglishhandbook.systime.dk/?id=148#c791
- Jørgen Døssing Jepsen, Gitte Vest Barkholt: Crime in Fiction, Systime 2000.
- Agatha Christie: A Chess Problem, 1924 (in: Døssing Jepsen, 2000).
- Arthur Conan Doyle: The Murders in the Rue Morgue ((in: Døssing Jepsen, 2000).
- Jeff Lindsay: Darkly Dreaming Dexter, chapter 1 (in: Rønlev Eriksen, 2016).
- Solve the Murder http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/games/solve-the-murder
- A Simplified Guide to Crime Scene Investigation:
http://www.forensicsciencesimplified.org/csi/CrimeSceneInvestigation.pdf

Film and TV Series:
"Sherlock - A Study in Pink" BBC, 2010

Indhold

Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:

Titel	Afleveringsdato
Grammar - Ing-forms	05-10-2025
Eksamenssæt engelsk A efterår 2025	20-10-2025

Omfang

Estimeret: 24,00 moduler
Dækker over: 18

Særlige fokuspunkter

Faglige - – forstå varieret, autentisk engelsk, herunder formelt og uformelt sprog, tale- og skriftsprog, litterært sprog og grundlæggende faglig terminologi inden for teknologi og naturvidenskab (Læse noveller, websider og dokumentar) – anvende en grundviden om historiske, kulturelle og samfundsmæssige forhold inden for sprogområdet eller internationalt til perspektivering af aktuelle forhold (Artikler og dokumentar) – anvende en grundviden om det engelske sprogs opbygning og grammatik til sproglig analyse, tekstforståelse og formidling (Grammatikopgaver) – anvende relevante tekstanalysemetoder og perspektivere tekster (Læsning af noveller) – anvende et bredt og varieret ordforråd om tekniske, teknologiske, naturvidenskabelige og almene emner i kombination med sikker beherskelse af grammatikkens grundregler (Tekster om retsmedicinske metoder)

Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3	Life under fire: The Blitz This course on the Blitz in London in 1940 offers a unique window into a defining moment of British history and identity. Between September 1940 and May 1941, London and other British cities endured sustained bombing by Nazi Germany, aiming to break the nation’s morale and force surrender. Instead, the Blitz became a symbol of resilience and unity, with the “Blitz spirit” shaping British identity for decades. It also transformed everyday life altering work, family roles, and city landscapes while leaving a lasting cultural legacy in literature, film, and collective memory. Studying the Blitz reveals not only the human cost of war but also how adversity can forge solidarity and redefine national character. Through diaries, memoirs, historical accounts, and literature, we will explore how ordinary people endured extraordinary hardship. The topic links language learning with cultural history, providing insight into wartime society, propaganda, and also national morale, while reflecting on themes of courage, community, and the human cost of conflict. These are issues still deeply relevant today. Material: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Britain and the Blitz (2025), documentary Netflix, dir Ella Wright, 77 min. https://www.netflix.com/dk/title/81687619 -Amy Helen Bell: London Was Ours: Diaries and Memoirs of the London Blitz (2011), excerpt chapter 3 "Workers and civil defense" -Juliet Gardiner: The Blitz, Excerpt chapter 3, "Underground", (2010) -"Black Saturday": The first day of the Blitz: https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/london-stories/black-saturday-first-day-blitz/ -Shannon Bent: "Blitz Spirit", https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Blitz-Spirit/ -Mark Cartwright: "The Evacuation of Children in Wartime Britain" 2024, https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2493/the-evacuation-of-children-in-wartime-britain/
Indhold	Kernestof: Read for today's lesson: Black Saturday - questions.pdf description Sheltering in the Blitz.pdf poster 1.jpg description poster 2.jpg description poster 3.jpg description poster 4.webp description London was ours - workers and civil defence.pdf description Life underground during the Blitz.pdf
Omfang	Estimeret: 40,00 moduler Dækker over: 12 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter	Faglige Lytte Læse Søge information Skrive Diskutere Formidling Selvrefleksion Almene (tværfaglige) Analytiske evner Kommunikative færdigheder Personlige Selvstændighed Sociale Samarbejdsevne IT Tekstbehandling
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4

Pop Culture

Pop Culture as a term became mainstream during the 1980s, and it refers to the thoughts, ideas, music, films, and entertainment preferred by the general people.

Studying pop culture as part of English enables us to explore how language, structure, and representation combine to create meaning.

Texts such as song lyrics, screenplays, news headlines, advertising slogans, and digital media can be analysed using the same critical methods applied to novels or poetry, including close textual analysis, interpretation, and theoretical approaches.

Ideas such as representation, ideology, audience, and power allow us to examine not just what pop culture communicates, but the ways in which those messages are constructed and the reasons behind them.

This course encourages an active and questioning engagement with pop culture rather than passive consumption. We take an analytical stance on several aspects because we, as audience do not simply receive pop culture messages; they interpret, negotiate, and sometimes resist them.

By analysing these interactions, you will strengthen the analytical and critical skills that are central to A-level English and valuable beyond the classroom.

Material:

-Film: "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" dir.John Hughes (1986)

-Matt Lipsom: "Black culture has always been Pop Culture"
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Susan Sacirbey: "Videogames and their effect on modern day society" Huffpost, 2016

-Lev Grossman: "How magic conquered pop culture" Time Magazine,aug 19, 2014

--Tim Delaney: “Pop Culture, an Overview” 2007, (article)
https://philosophynow.org/issues/64/Pop_Culture_An_Overview

- Sarah Sloat: :"Science explains why being a fan is good for you" (2015)

Noelene Clark, L.A Times, "Women in comics and the tricky art of equality" (2012)

-Akshay Tyagi "The Influence of Pop Culture on Society", Wisdomlearnings.com , August 8, 2024
https://www.wisdomlearnings.com/2024/08/08/the-influence-of-pop-culture-on-society/?utm

Margo Gonzalez: "Leisure Rules: The Cultural Impact of ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off" (2025)
https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/leisure-rules-the-sweater-vest-from-ferris-buellers-day-off?utm

"Exploring Popular Culture: Its Impact and Influence", 2022

https://sociology.institute/sociology-of-kinship/exploring-popular-culture-impact-influence/?utm