Holdet 2a En (2025/26) - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2024/25 - 2025/26
Institution Vestjysk Gymnasium Tarm
Fag og niveau Engelsk B
Lærer(e) Anders Peter Jakobsen
Hold 2024 1a En (1a En, 2a En)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 1. True Crime and Fiction
Titel 2 2. Fairy Tales & Fantasy
Titel 3 3. The Wave - Seeds of Authoritarianism
Titel 4 4. Daredevils
Titel 5 5. 1619
Titel 6 6. C2H5OH and the UK
Titel 7 7. The Golden State

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 1. True Crime and Fiction

This theme focuses on different kinds of fictional works within the genre 'crime fiction'. Additionally, the students are introduced to the term "True Crime", with which they discover famous crimes and gain knowledge of the general content and importance of these.

Primary texts ('Case Reopened' by Tine Rønlev Eriksen):
Case Reopened - chapters:
- Introducing crime fiction
- Setting, character, plot, detection

- Darkly Dreaming Dexter
- Don't you hate having two heads?
- Rendezvous

Why Were There So Many Serial Killers Between 1970 and 2000 -- and Where Did They Go?

Film/TV/podcast:
Sherlock TV Series - A Study in Pink (2010)
Dexter TV Series - Season 1, Episode 1
The Menendez Brothers Documentary

Supplerende stof:
The JFK Assassination
Elevoplæg om selvvalgte, virkelige seriemordere.


Omfang: 60 sider

Websites:
ordbogen.com
Gyldendals Røde Ordbøger
The Online Oxford Dictionary
minlaering.dk
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 28,5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 2. Fairy Tales & Fantasy

Emnet præsenterer eleverne for de to klassiske genrer "Fairy Tales" & "Fantasy". Der er således fokus på typiske træk ved genrerne, og der arbejdes især med tekstanalytiske værktøjer.

Estimeret antal sider: 50 sider

Kernestof:
"About Folk Tales" (article) by unknown author
"Myth 1: Fairy Tales Are Children's Stories" by Sheldon Cashdan
"The Selfish Giant"  by Oscar Wilde
"Entering Worlds Of Fantasy" (article) (in Compendium)
"The Hobbit" (excerpt) by JRR Tolkien
"Artemis Fowl" (excerpt) by Eoin Colfer

Film: Wicked
Film: Stardust

Supplerende:
Selvskrevne fairy tales og fantasy skuespil

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 27 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 3. The Wave - Seeds of Authoritarianism

Forløbet har fokus på autoritarisme og gruppeadfærd med udgangspunkt i værklæsningen af The Wave. Gennem arbejdet med romanen undersøger eleverne, hvordan autoritære bevægelser kan opstå i demokratiske samfund, og hvordan individet påvirkes af socialt pres, lederskab og behovet for at høre til et fællesskab. Værket perspektiveres til nyere amerikanske samfundsforhold med særligt fokus på Trump-æraens politiske retorik og fremvæksten af populistiske og autoritære strømninger.

Værklæsning: The Wave - Todd Strasser (pseudonym: Morton Rhue), 1981

Enlightened Americans must now rise up and resist - Al Jazeera

Trumps 100 first days - Selvvalgte artikler, som fremhæver Trumps autoritære fokus:
     - Trump sets executive order record in his first 100 days
     - Trump says he ‘doesn’t rule out’ using military force to control Greenland
     - Trump administration planning to send hundreds of border agents to support ICE arrests in U.S. interior
     - The Human Toll of Trump's Anti-Trans Crusade
     - Trump reiterates 51st state threat as Carney prepares for critical White House meeting

Omfang: 60 sider
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 12 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 4. Daredevils

This theme investigates the Western modern society's urge to break boundaries and push experience to the limits. The focus what psycological reasons there are for reaching the impossible, how it ties in with gender, race and nationality. Both the British and American cultures have aspects of this embedded and therefore it is an important aspect to understand when looking at the world of 2025.

Primary texts:
1. 'Travellers', anthology by G.K. Poulsen and B.H.Nielsen (2007): "Last Entries", Robert Falcon Scott.
2. 'Travellers', anthology by G.K. Poulsen and B.H.Nielsen (2007):"Message to the Public (1912)", Robert Falcon Scott
3. 'Travellers', anthology by G.K. Poulsen and B.H.Nielsen (2007):"Into Thin Air"(1999), Jon Krakauer
4. Amelia Earhart timeline https://www.ameliaearhart.com/
5. Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger Disaster" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUqPMMgfJ4Q + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zJ84mqaRDA
6. Article: "Remembering Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger Disaster" by Joyce Maynard, January 28, 2021
7. Film: "Interstellar", Christopher Nolan, 2014
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 30 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 5. 1619

“1619” is a New York Times audio series, hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones, that examines the long shadow of American slavery. Through the 6 episodes different historical aspects of the influence of slavery is reinvestigated and problematised. The focus is the effect that slavery has had and still has on the American society as seen in structural racism.

Primary texts - all episodes:
1. The Fight for a True Democracy
2. The Economy That Slavery Built
3. The Birth of American Music
4. How the Bad Blood Started
5. The Land of Our Fathers, Part 1
+
7. The Declaration of Independence (1776)
8. The Idea Of America (excerpt), Nikole Hannah-Jones, 2019
9. Lovecraft Country', HBO Max, episode 1 of season 1 (2020)

App. 75 pages
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 25,5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 6 6. C2H5OH and the UK

This theme focuses on the the socially acceptable drug 'alcohol' and how it is affecting the body and mind. Additionally, the focus is on how alcohol and alcohol abuse is portrayed in both science and pubculture with a particular focus on the UK, the former colonies (incl. brief history of the British colones) and English as a Lingua Franca:

Primary texts:
1. Article: Jeremy Clarkson, "Binge Drinking Is Good For You", 2007, The Times
2. Short story: Chris Womersley, "The Shed", 2015 (Australian text)
3. TEDTalk, Johann Hari, "Everything you know about addiction is wrong" (2015) https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong/c?language=en
4. Song: Sia, "Chandelier", 2014 + video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vjPBrBU-TM
5. Article: Jeffrey Tucker, "Sia's Song "Chandelier" Delivers a Powerful Message", 2017, FFE (Foundation for Economic Education)
6. Short film 'The Albatross' by Joel Best, Alex Jeremy, and Alex Karonis (2016)
7. Annie Grace "On Moderation", This Naked Mind Publications (2019)
8. The English and the World: A Rough Timeline' - Angles extract pp. 170-172
9. Video, David Crystal - "World Englishes", YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_q9b9YqGRY
10.Video, David Crystal - "Will English always be the Global Language?", YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kvs8SxN8mc

Secondary texts:
1. Danny Bhoy standup on Scottish drinking: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x35cfy9

Investigations:
1. Group investigation on HOW alcohol is portrayed in popculture, the media, commercials, local stores, personal spheres
2. Group investigations relating to 'Passport to the Pub'
3. Group investigations of pub/drinking cultures in former British colonies
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 25,5 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 7 7. The Golden State

This theme investigates the state of California by looking at historical events and cultural aspects of the state via a variety of texts and genres:

Primary texts:
1. Excerpts of John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" (1939) - chapters 9, 12 and 18
2.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 18 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer