Holdet 2023 En/j - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

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Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2023/24 - 2024/25
Institution Z - Regionalmøde Aarhus
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Bolette Sørensen
Hold 2023 En/j (1j En, 2j En)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Rhetoric and communication
Titel 2 The British Empire
Titel 3 Born a Crime in South Africa
Titel 4 Utopia/Dystopia - Survival of the fittest
Titel 5 The United States of America?
Titel 6 Technology and human relations
Titel 7 Sports and politics
Titel 8 Multicultural Britain

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Rhetoric and communication

Theoretical course introducing production- and analysis of non-fiction texts. Elements such as the history of rhetoric, the rhetorical pentagram/rhetorical analysis and non-verbal communication are explored.

Part of the course focuses on a rhetorical analysis of Michelle Obama's speech, 'The Power of Education' (2013). In addition, a shortened version of Amy Cuddy's TED Talk on non-verbal communication, 'Fake It Till You Make It' (2012), is a centerpiece in this course (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVmMeMcGc0Y).

Material:

Cuddy, Amy: Fake It Till You Make It' (2012). TED Talk.

Flindt Quist, Nanna: 'On Purpose'. (2009). Pp. 6-19.

Obama, Michelle: 'The Power of Education' (2013)

Link to the slide presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Lm6qFe_Ec5OrFyIS3r-WOzH2S9W9pZgH_XWM0k_WSt4/edit#slide=id.g1797f2adf7e_0_451

Antal sider for hele forløbet ca. 25.
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Oral recording - The Power of Education 14-01-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 7,00 moduler
Dækker over: 11 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Søge information
  • Skrive
  • Diskutere
  • Formidling
  • Selvrefleksion
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Analytiske evner
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Overskue og strukturere
  • Personlige
  • Selvstændighed
  • Selvtillid
  • Initiativ
  • Ansvarlighed
  • Sociale
  • Samarbejdsevne
  • Åbenhed og omgængelighed
  • IT
  • Tekstbehandling
  • Internet
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Gruppearbejde
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde

Titel 2 The British Empire

This course explores the early and late British Empire, focusing especially on the role of English as lingua franca as well as India as a former British colony.
We have analysed both fiction and non-fiction in the process.
In addition, we have had a collaboration with the Danish NGO 'Gadens Børn', which is based in Calcutta. This project includes working with UN's Global Goals, the conditions for Indian children and families living on the streets, and the importance of education.

Course material:
- ‘India: 70 years of independence’ by Samanth Subramanian (2017)
- India British Rule and Independence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBI8-eHkxgw
- ‘5 Ways the British Ruthlessly Exploited India’
- The Indian Caste system: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35650616
- India’s caste system: what you need to know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbtTw8rel6g
- ‘Karma’ (1950).  A short story by Khushwant Singh (1915-2014).

Link to the slide presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NM5P5ErIJQkHjEYB4MBGYUJ4VoZWea3jVafzmxe-_PU/edit#slide=id.p

Antal sider for hele forløbet ca. 25.
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: 11,00 moduler
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Søge information
  • Skrive
  • Diskutere
  • Projektarbejde
  • Formidling
  • Selvrefleksion
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Analytiske evner
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Overskue og strukturere
  • Personlige
  • Selvstændighed
  • Selvtillid
  • Initiativ
  • Ansvarlighed
  • Sociale
  • Samarbejdsevne
  • Åbenhed og omgængelighed
  • IT
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Gruppearbejde
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde

Titel 3 Born a Crime in South Africa

The pivotal point of this course is the biography 'Born a Crime' (2016) by Trevor Noah.

Focus points:
- Rhetorical devices
- Discourse analysis / social constructivism (briefly)
- The portrayal of Apartheid, language, power, and race problems.

Antal sider for hele forløbet ca. 250.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 8 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Læse
  • Diskutere
  • Formidling
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Analytiske evner
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Personlige
  • Selvstændighed
  • Initiativ
  • Ansvarlighed
  • Sociale
  • Samarbejdsevne
  • Åbenhed og omgængelighed
  • IT
  • Lectio
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Gruppearbejde
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde

Titel 4 Utopia/Dystopia - Survival of the fittest

This topic focuses on characteristics of dystopian literature, involving analyses of both old and contemporary material (fiction).
As an introduction to the topic the students had to discuss and reflect upon how their utopian societies would be constructed and which set of values that would rule.

Material:
- Swift, Jonathan - 'A Modest Proposal' (1729). Essay. We have read extracts and listened to the essay (audiobook).
- Golding, William - 'Lord of the Flies' (1954). Novel.
Extract: 'You Should Have Seen the Blood' + crash course (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRUcKBeOzIo)
- Orwell, George - '1984' (1948). Novel. Extracts: 'Big Brother Is Watching You' and 'How Many Fingers, Winston?'.
- Collins, Suzanne - 'The Hunger Games' (2008). Film (2012)
- Lowry, Louis - 'The Giver' (1993). Novel. Extracts: Close reading and Ch. 14. Film (2014)


Theory:
Dystopian literature
- Dystopian literature, characteristics, protagonist, etc.
- The History of Dystopian Literature
- What Makes It Dystopian?
- Dystopian Novels: What is the appeal?
- Young Adult Dystopian Literature

Slide presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1W1l50y1heCz_Dbrxn-vcfrphZXDMfune6c4vW5LFMiI/edit#slide=id.ge7596d29ab_0_140

Antal sider for hele forløbet ca. 60.
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Utopia/Dystopia I 15-09-2024
Utopia/Dystopia II 22-10-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 14,00 moduler
Dækker over: 15 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Søge information
  • Skrive
  • Diskutere
  • Projektarbejde
  • Formidling
  • Selvrefleksion
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Analytiske evner
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Overskue og strukturere
  • Personlige
  • Selvstændighed
  • Selvtillid
  • Initiativ
  • Ansvarlighed
  • Kreativitet
  • Sociale
  • Samarbejdsevne
  • Åbenhed og omgængelighed
  • IT
  • Præsentationsgrafik
  • Internet
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 The United States of America?

This course revolves around the American presidential election, 2024, the key elements being:
What is ‘an American’ and which ideals and values form American society?
The three branches of government on federal-, state- and local level, incl. checks and balances.
How is it decided who is to serve in the Oval Office? We will become acquainted with the general election process.
Getting to know the presidential candidates and their political positions on key issues; the economy, immigration and abortion legislation.
Exit polls - what are the predictions before election day?
The outcome / rhetorical analysis of Kamala Harris' concession speech / future predictions.

Material:

BBC New: 'US Election 2024: Abortion is key issue in swing states | BBC News'. Oct.21, 2024.

Brønnum et al: 'USA Now'. Forlaget Columbus og forfatterne 2014. Pp. 13-21, 27-30.

Harris, Kamala: Concession speech, November 6, 2024.

Looker, Rachel: ''I'm not a one-issue voter, but this is huge': Women on how abortion shaped their vote'. Oct. 30, 2024. BBC.

Obama, Barack: 'Most of us used to be them’. Las Vegas, January 2013. Extract from his Speech on Comprehensive Immigration Reform. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiXuEk_CyWs

O'Connor, Sarah Jane: 'What it Means to be an American'. (2017). TedX. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm2rapbicIM

Pew Research Center: 'How Voters Expect Harris’ and Trump’s Policies to Affect Different Groups in Society'. Sep.25, 2024

Stutzman, Belinda: 'How is power divided in the United States government?'. Ted Ed. (2013)

Targets, 'Understanding Americans' (PDF)

The Daily, podcast: 'A Peculiar Way to Pick a President' (2022) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-peculiar-way-to-pick-a-president/id1200361736?i=1000495647037

Van, Jones: 'What if a US presidential candidate refuses to concede after an election?'. (Oct.26, 2020). TED TALK.

WNYC: 'What does it mean to be American?'. (2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeSf7WhTtYo&t=30s

Link to the slide presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IyyIPjAyNY78YZw-UkqPBcS4rbCrHwtgo54IYghesKs/edit#slide=id.g30402a77acc_0_66

Antal sider for hele forløbet ca. 40.
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Harris' concession speech 01-12-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 9,00 moduler
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Søge information
  • Skrive
  • Diskutere
  • Formidling
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Analytiske evner
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Overskue og strukturere
  • Personlige
  • Selvstændighed
  • Selvtillid
  • Initiativ
  • Ansvarlighed
  • Sociale
  • Samarbejdsevne
  • Åbenhed og omgængelighed
  • IT
  • Internet
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Gruppearbejde
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde

Titel 6 Technology and human relations

This course explores the impact of technology on human relations. We will read and watch even more dystopian literature/productions, where technology is a key theme. In addition, this course includes a minor cross-curricular course in collaboration with informatics, which deals with the concept of digital empowerment. We will watch 'The Social Dilemma', collect data on our own SoMe usage, learn about algorithms and the tech companies' business models, as well as the students have to produce podcasts, which serve the purpose of raising young people's awareness in regard to digital empowerment.

The theoretical knowledge that the students were presented to in the previous Utopia/dystopia course is applicable also to this topic.

Material:
Bradbury, Ray - 'The Veldt' (1950). Short story.
Bradbury, Ray - 'The Pedestrian' (1951). Short story.
'The Waldo Moment', season 2, episode 3 in the 'Black Mirror' series (2013)
'‘Black Mirror’: the dark side of technology', The Conversation (2019). https://theconversation.com/black-mirror-the-dark-side-of-technology-118298 (shortened version on Lectio)
'The Social Dilemma', a docudrama by Jeff Orlowski for Netflix (2020)

Theory:
Dystopian Literature


Link to the slide presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Y_xVLZb9p3eAfjCyqKRe_2HHHjp2JG_8ntSd157cjPo/edit#slide=id.gaa2ac0833b_0_158

Antal sider for hele forløbet ca. 25.
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Written task in class 17-01-2025
Podcast TF3 / digital empowerment 03-02-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 14,00 moduler
Dækker over: 16 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Søge information
  • Skrive
  • Diskutere
  • Projektarbejde
  • 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
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 7 Sports and politics

This course focuses on the relationship between sports and politics, paying special attention to social activism and political propaganda. Key elements in the course are Colin Kaepernick's taking-a-knee-action, the Caster Semenya case and poltical- and social activism in connection to the Olympic Games.

Material:
ABC News, 'How Colin Kaepernick went from football star to civil rights icon' (2020).

Amnesty International, The Ambassador of Conscience Award. https://www.amnesty.org/en/ambassador-of-conscience/

Boffey and Ingle, 'Olympic boxer in gender eligibility row hits out at ‘bullies’ as IBA doubles down' (2024). The Guardian.

CNN, 'Obama discusses Kaepernick's anthem protest'. (2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPqOotT_ta8.

Horton, Jake, 'George Floyd: How far have African Americans come since the 1960s?' (2021). BBC.

Kaepernick, Colin (2018), Acceptance speech for Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B8VU3JykvI.

Shazi, Nkosinathi, 'What Is Hyperandrogenism And How Does It Affect Caster Semenya?' (2018). Huffington Post.

The New York Times, ‘Does Testosterone Really Give Caster Semenya an Edge on the Track?’

TRT World, 'Beyond the Game'. (Feb 20, 2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTzVGSvSiBk.

Woodward, Alex, 'Taking a knee: Why are NFL players protesting and when did they start to kneel?' (2020). The Independent.


Link to the slide presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vwQKMPOdpY0UrltPTUWoO2HccwQqanIPmKQ8WH-sPRs/edit#slide=id.p

Antal sider for hele forløbet ca. 30.
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:
Omfang Estimeret: 7,00 moduler
Dækker over: 7 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • 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
  • Internet
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Gruppearbejde
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde

Titel 8 Multicultural Britain

This course explores the nature of multicultural Britain.
We have analysed both fiction and non-fiction, looked into data on race and ethnicity in present day Britain, unfolded the results of the Brexit referendum and in that regard learned about the Briton's view on globalisation and immigration.

Material:

Betts, Alexander: ‘Why Brexit happened - and what to do to next’ (June, 2016). TED TALK

Bloom, Dan: 'Why a disillusioned, angry Britain voted for change'. (2024). Politico. (extract)

Connel, Kieran: 'White British people aren’t under threat from multicultural Britain – they are part of it', (2024). The Guardian.

Dadd, Zahra: 'Multicultural Britain'. (2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az-mi5_Sbts

Dave: 'Three Rivers' (2021)

Harris, Amanthi: 'Red Sari'. (2004)

Mansoor, Sarfraz: ‘THEY’, excerpt from Mansoor's memoirs (2021)

Lowe, Keith: 'Five times immigration changed the UK'. (2020). BBC.

Noah, Trevor: 'Afraid of the Dark', extract m.10:15-20:00. (2016)

GOV.UK: Ethnicity facts and figures, Population of England and Wales (2022). https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/uk-population-by-ethnicity/national-and-regional-populations/population-of-england-and-wales/latest/

Link to the slide presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/156qUcJKVhcxzcsT6aa3tcnRv6NDkbYSWjK0ojxxYzvY/edit#slide=id.g33f1822de49_0_27

Antal sider for hele forløbet ca. 30.
Indhold
Kernestof:

Supplerende stof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
'THEY' 22-04-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 11,00 moduler
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Søge information
  • Skrive
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Analytiske evner
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Overskue og strukturere
  • Personlige
  • Selvstændighed
  • Selvtillid
  • Initiativ
  • Ansvarlighed
  • Sociale
  • Samarbejdsevne
  • Åbenhed og omgængelighed
  • IT
  • Tekstbehandling
  • Internet
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Gruppearbejde
  • Individuelt arbejde
  • Lærerstyret undervisning
  • Pararbejde