Holdet 2024 ENA/1 - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2024/25
Institution Rungsted Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Engelsk A
Lærer(e) Bo Christopher Hilsted
Hold 2024 ENA/1 (3g ENA/1)
Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 From Thatcher to Brexit
Titel 2 The American Dream
Titel 3 The origin of evil
Titel 4 Ireland

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 From Thatcher to Brexit

This subject will focus mainly on Thatcher and the 80's, but will try to establish the connection between the 80's and Brexit for the UK
We start by fofusing on the Decade of Contrasts and end by reading articles about Brexit and its consequences.
Keywords:
Market forces, liberalism, privatisation, hooliganism, gender roles, the EU, New labour and Brexit
Key events:
The Falklands War, the miners' strike, gender roles in the 80's
Tony Blair and New Labour
Brexit cases and its consequences
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 13 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 2 The American Dream

This subject will focus on central texts, ficition and non-fiction, in the formation of the concept of the American Dream ending in the presindtial election November 5 2024.

Core texts:
The Declaration of Independence, The Gettysburg Address, Faulkner: Dry September,Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby,King:  I have a dream, Obama’s Inaugural Address 2008

Key words: the American Dream, the pursuit of happiness, segregation, civil rights, equality

Supplementary reading:
Poetical devices:
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Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 29 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 3 The origin of evil

Literary attempts at describing the origin of evil?

Macbeth is the core text of this theme, focusing on the fatal flaw and the Elizabethan world picture:
Order, the chain of being, maro- and microcosmos, the fatal flaw.
Man and nature.
Texts:
Macbeth
Hamlet: Act III, scene 2: To be or not to be"
Graham Greene: The Destructors
Coleridge: The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 23 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
Titel 4 Ireland

Starting from Easter Rising 1916, focusing on the Movie "Michael Collins" we shall look at the creation of the State of Ireland and try to focus on central events in recent Irish History:
The Great Famine, Easter Rising, The Irish Republic and The Troubles 1969-1998.

Key texts:
Yeats: Easter 1916, O'Connor: Guests of the Nation
Movie: Michael Collins 1996
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Essay enten A eller B 30-04-2025
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer