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Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2023/24 - 2026/27
Institution IBC
Fag og niveau Engelsk A
Lærer(e) Margit Therese Glover Hesselager, Sarah Skøtt Feidenhansl
Hold fs2023-hhxa-enA (fshhx-1a-enA, fshhx-2a-enA, fshhx-3a-enA)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 The UK (eksamensemne)
Titel 2 Ireland
Titel 3 The USA (eksamensemne)
Titel 4 India (eksamensemne)
Titel 5 Business Correspondence
Titel 6 India, continued
Titel 7 Shades of Evil/Terror: An Act of Lov(eksamensemne)
Titel 8 True Crime (eksamensemne)
Titel 9 Politics, division and social security in the US
Titel 10 Shades of Evil (eksamensemne)
Titel 11 Fokus på skriftlighed

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 The UK (eksamensemne)

UK:
Emner og kernestof:
Poverty/Class
- Robert Swindells: ”Stone Cold”
- Doris Lessing: ”DHSS” 1991
- Worlds of English, Anne Walford on the British Welfare System 2011
- “The Grumpy Guide to Class in the UK”
- Film: “This Is England”
- Phineas Harper: “Keir Starmer got his work cut out to fix Britain’s Housing crisis” 23rd October 2023
- Hannah Westwater: “Childpoverty in the UK” 24 mar. 2022
-       Stephen Nickel: "Poverty and Worklessness in Britain (excerpts in documents)
-        Francesca Baker, "Not Enough" [documents)
-       "A Letter to My Parents..." (in documents) https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jan/07/a-letter-to-my-parents-who-abandoned-me-to-boarding-school

Brexit
- Divided Kingdom: “What is Brexit” (Systime)
- Boris Johnson: EU Referendum May 9, 2016
- David Cameron: EU Referendum May 9, 2026
- Stephen Glover: “Keir Starmer & Co love to pretend to love…” The Daily Mail 20th March 2024
-

Multicultural Britain
- Chameleon

Arbejdsformer:
Gruppearbejde, individuelt, fremlæggelser og diskussioner.

Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 44 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 2 Ireland

Dette mini-forløb er en optakt til klassens studietur til Irland. Det dækker en introduktion til landet og et efterfølgende fokus på The Troubles.  Vi får besøg af en nordirlænder, som fortæller om sin opvækst og om efterdønningerne fra konflikten.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 3 The USA (eksamensemne)

Introduction to the USA:

- Facts about the USA, United States - The World Factbook, https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/spotlighting-the-world-factbook-as-we-bid-a-fond-farewell/
- “Why are we so interested in the USA?”, USA Now, columbus, 2014 (compendium 3-14)
- “Traditional American values and Beliefs,” Peason, 2014, (compendium, s. 15-17)
- The context of Traditional American Values: Racial, Ethnic, Religious, and Cultural Diversity (compendium s. 18-24)

The American political system:

- American Government and Politics, quotes from the constitution, amendments and the Declaration of Independence (kompendium).
- Principles of American Government (kompendium s. 26-27)
- The structure of American government: Checks and balances (kompendium, s. 28-29)
- Uddrag af President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNArBr_J8mA
- Belinda Stutzman, "How is power divided in United States Government?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuFR5XBYLfU
- "How do the US presidential elections work"  (kompendium s. 30-32)
- PWC, "President-elect Donald Trump’s healthcare agenda" https://www.pwc.com/us/en/industries/health-industries/library/election-2024-trump-health-agenda.html.
- Political Parties, Being American, Gyldendal 2016 (kompendiet s. 34-44).
- Biden’s Speech to Congress, uddrag (documenter), 8 Biden´s Speech to Congress .docx
- Jennifer Mercieca, "A field guide to Trump’s dangerous rhetoric", https://theconversation.com/a-field-guide-to-trumps-dangerous-rhetoric-139531
- Three rhetorical strategies that ingratiate Trump with his followers.docx
- ENGLISH SPEECH | TRUMP: "First Speech Since Assassination Attempt", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up6tk1hliIM

-       "Have You No Empathy, Man?" - VP Harris On Trump's Lies About FEMA's Hurricane Helene Relief Work
-     Elon Musk,   "Elon Musk at Trump rally in Butler" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Asoq00GQ3BA
-      BBC:  "Watch: Elon Musk gives $1m to a rally attendee," https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c17l70kr511o
-      CNN, "How well do you know your government?" [quizz], https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2023/12/us/quiz-us-government-do-you-know/

Division in the USA: Racism and class: ¨

• The Root: "Racial Segregation and Concentrated Poverty: The History of Housing in Black America", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi9sjhISYfg
• Larry Elder: "Why I Do Not Believe There Is 'Systemic Racism' In U.S"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHoKKFj-I04
- The Guardian, "America's Dirty Divide, America's dirty divide: how environmental racism leaves the vulnerable behind. Source" (I "dokumenter" og https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/11/environmental-racism-americas-dirty-divide)
- "Systemic racism explained | TED-Ed" (5 minutes)https://ed.ted.com/best_of_web/j7Tzdz8r
- Alvin Chang, "How the US Lets Hot School Days Sabotage Learning "[pdf: 5 How the US Lets Hot School Days... Black America.pdf] I dokumenter og https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/10/hot-school-days-heat-learning-data-us
- Steffen Kretz, "Henry vokser op i USAs farligste postnummer", https://mitcfu.dk/mm/player/Default7.aspx?copydan=012104272125
-Marc Mitchell , "The New Girl," (i opgaver)


Division in the USA: Gun control and guns as a business
- 4. Issues that Divide: Guns | LIBERTY, GUNS & BABIES
- NRA CEO gives first speech since Fla. shooting
- Home of the NRA | National Rifle Association
- NRA CEO gives first speech since Fla. shooting
- Sue Klebold: My son was a Columbine shooter. This is my story | TED Talk
- NRA-ILA | Why Gun Control Doesn’t Work :
- A Brief History of the NRA | National Rifle Association
- NRA Store - Official Store of the National Rifle Association.
- "The Second Amendment: Firearms in the U.S."
- CNBC, 26 July 2022, How Guns Are Advertised In The U.S.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks2_wY7f-MM]

- CNN, June 2022, The Debate: Do more guns make us safer?
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GMQFevX4YI&t=597s]

BBC, 18 February 2023, Gun violence in US and what the statistics tell us
[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41488081]

Supplerende
Laswell model
The AIDA model
5.5 Advertisement and Commercial | The English Handbook
Toulmin’s argumentation model, 4.4 Argumentation Theory | The English Handbook
Figures of speech/rhetorical figures (hand out, dokumenter)
The documentative genre, 5.4 Documentary | The English Handbook



Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Analytical essay 18-10-2024
Analysis of The New Girl 05-12-2024
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 24 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 4 India (eksamensemne)

- Facts about India
- India country profile - BBC News, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-12557384
- "India - The World Factbook," https://engineering.purdue.edu/~shripad/CIA%20--%20The%20World%20Factbook%20--%20India.htm
- Excepts from ”Emerging india” Øknom 2004 (kompendium)
- India at a Glance: Brief History" (kompendium s.3-5)

Engelsk som Lingua franca:
- 4.5 English as Lingua Franca | The English Handbookm https://theenglishhandbook.systime.dk/?id=166
- Navya Sahay, "Diamond of the Season," The College Independent, 20023. [abbreviated verion, in documents].  https://susanhyatt.co/the-diamond-of-the-season/


Kastesystemet:
”What is India’s Caste System.” BBC. June 2019. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35650616
”What is India’s Caste system. And who are the Dalits?” What Is India's Caste System? And Who Are Dalits? | Caste in America, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59JY1wDTerM
Hinduism 101: Religions in Global History - YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGV6M4wQ8Os
- Life as an “Untouchable in India. [dokumentar]
- Uddrag af Untouchable, roman af Mulk Ray Anand, 1935. Untouchable.docx
- Aakash Sharma, ”From Attempting Suicide to Multi-Millionaire: he Kalpana Saroj Story:" (kompendiet s. 20-25).

Parforhold og familier:

-"Women, Marriage, Dowry and Work" (kompendiet s.33-34)  
India and arranged marriages (kompendiet)
-  Manveena Suri, "India's attitude towards arranged marriage is changing" (kompendiet s. 41-46)
- Rukmini S,  “What the data tells us about love and marriage in India (kompendiet) What the data    tells us about love and marriage in India (kompendiet)
-  "My Thoughts On The Biodatas"  From "Indian Matchmaking On Netflix" [set som lektie]

- Danny Boyle, _Slum Dog Millionaire_  [film, CFU]

Klassen ar arbejde med selvvalgte delområder fra filmen og valgt følgende supplerende materiale afhængig af gruppe:

In pictures: Indian child beggars - BBC News
Slate's Explainer: Bollywood's Censorship Rules : NPR
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-27994318
https://theprint.in/india/more-than-47000-children-missing-in-india-71-are-girls-shows-ncrb-data/1880048/
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/dev-patel-2025-hollywood-portfolio-interview?utm_source
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hindu-extremists-india-escalate-rhetoric-calls-kill-muslims-rcna12450
https://www.heraldgoa.in/edit/opinions/child-beggars-%E2%80%93-hallmark-of-a-dehumanised-society/172230

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 21 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer


Titel 6 India, continued

Dette korte forløb bygger videre på forløbet om Indien det foregående år, men med fokus på handel som optakt til et SO5-forløb.

Kernestof:
'India re-shaped my world': European man who moved to India reveals 10 life-changing lessons he learned - The Economic Times
(Hvis linket ikke virker, så gå ind i "Times of India.com" og se om I kan finde den på den måde).
Reklamer:
Tea, India's Favourite Social Network - presented by BrookeBond Red Label

Supplerende teorier:
Country Comparison Bar Charts - Geert Hofstede
Cultural Theory | Intercultural Encounters – an introduction
Geert Hofstede’s Value Dimensions | Intercultural Encounters
Geert Hofstede’s Onion Diagram | Intercultural Encounters
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 2 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 7 Shades of Evil/Terror: An Act of Lov(eksamensemne)

Værklæsningen af "An Act of Love" foretages som optakt til det senere forløb "Shades of Evil."

Articles about terror and the effects of terror in the UK (see compendium in documents)

- "Race Riots in London"

- Britain suffers its worst terrorist attacts"

- "How many people are killed by..."

- "Three terrorist attacks in the UK"

Værk
Alan Gibbons, _An Act of Love_
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 11,00 moduler
Dækker over: 13 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 8 True Crime (eksamensemne)

True Crime behandles især i kombination med podcast-genren, men også dokumentarer og artikler anvendes.  I forløbet gennegås derfor forskellige podcast genrer, vi diskuterer etiske dilemmaer i forbindelse med true crime genren.  Også afgrænsningen for, hvornår noget betragtes som true crime diskuteres.  Podcasts og dokumentarer fra forskellige engelsktalende verdensdele behandles.  Forløbet afsluttes med at eleverne fremstiller deres egen true crime podcast under overskriften "Jeffrey Epstein".

Teori og analysemetoder
Fra Martin Houlind & Mimi Olsen, _Listen_. "True Crime", _Listen_  https://listen.ibog.forlagetcolumbus.dk/?id=142
True-crime timeline | LISTEN!
"What Are True Crime Podcasts?", _Listen_ https://listen.ibog.forlagetcolumbus.dk/?id=155
Podcast formats: People chatting & people telling stories, https://listen.ibog.forlagetcolumbus.dk/?id=167
The Podcast Hexagram And Other Tools, https://listen.ibog.forlagetcolumbus.dk/?id=166

Historical examples of true crime texts (alle links findes i Listen: "True.Crime Timeline" https://listen.ibog.forlagetcolumbus.dk/?id=154)

- "The Cruel Mother,"
- "The last speech, confession and dying declaration of Robert Watts,"
. "Execution of M. Atkinson at Durham,"
- Charles Dickens, “A Visit to Newgate”,
"Crime Confessions"
- Truman Capote, In Cold Blood [uddrag]
- "Australias Most Wanted Ad from 1989"

The power and ethics of true crime:
- Wisecrack, "The Bizarre Appeal of True Crime"
(youtube), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arBSkZMKPWY
- "Missing and Murdered: HOst Connie Walker on the power of podcasting" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSaty2FNeuM&list=PLaqmNOJfPM2EdfQPzy2blf-0EYLkLUNGb
Ethics and true crime | LISTEN!
- Lucy and Amanda, “Ep425 Fickle Forensics – Wine & Crime,” Ep425 Fickle Forensics – Wine & Crime
- 194: Monster Preacher, Monster Preacher–True Crime Obsessed – Apple Podcasts

Andre eksempler på true crime:
- BBC Audio | Who Killed Emma? | 1: Emma, https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/p09byqvn
- Sarah Koenig, Serial: Season One, ep. 1 “The Alibi", https://serialpodcast.org/season-one/1/the-alibi
- Filicide New Zealand.docx (i dokumenter, transkription af intro til nedenstående)
Case 20: Phoebe Veitch (WHANGANUI CHRONICLES – PART I)https://truecrimenz.com/2020/08/17/case-20-phoebe-veitch-whanganui-chronicles-part-i/
Canada's Dark Secret, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peLd_jtMdrc
- Temitayo Olarewaju: "Residential school system recognized as genocide in Canada’s House of Commons: A https://theconversation.com/residential-school-system-recognized-as-genocide-in-canadas-house-of-commons-a-harbinger-of-change-196774harbinger of change"

Jeffrey Epstein
As part of making their own podcasts, students have carried out their own research within the following subordinate themes: The Epstein Island, the Epstein files, Jeffrey Epstein, victims, sex traficing in the US.

Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 18,00 moduler
Dækker over: 10 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Søge information
  • Projektarbejde
  • Formidling
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Analytiske evner
  • Personlige
  • Selvtillid
  • Ansvarlighed
  • Kreativitet
  • Sociale
  • Samarbejdsevne
Væsentligste arbejdsformer
  • Eksperimentelt arbejde
  • Gruppearbejde
  • Projektarbejde

Titel 9 Politics, division and social security in the US

Undervisningsbeskrivelse: Politics, division and social security in the US: Forløbet er indlejret i klassens studietur til Seattle og skriftlige opgaver, herunder SO5 mellem engelsk og VØ. I forløbet opnår eleverne indgående kendskab til sociale forhold, politiske uoverensstemmelser. En del undervisning foregik på universitetet i Seatle.  Materialet er angivet som power points herunder.  Meget litteratur er selvvalgt og derfor individuelt i forbindelse med SO5.  Følgende er dog læst som del af forløbet i engelsk:  

Kulturteori:

Kulturteorier:
Cultural Theory | Intercultural Encounters – an introduction

Cultural Theory | Intercultural Encounters – an introduction

Geert Hofstede’s Value Dimensions | Intercultural Encounters

Country Comparison Bar Charts - Geert HofstedeCountry Comparison Bar Charts - Geert Hofstede

Healthcare and welfare in the US:

Resources and Grants Providing Financial Help for Single Parents

USDA won't shuffle funds to extend SNAP during shutdown, in about-face from earlier plan | WUSF

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins defends not using emergency funds to keep SNAP benefits going

Desperate danskere valfarter til USA for at blive kvit med følger efter hjernerystelse | Indland | DR

Why Do Most Businesses Only Hire Part-Time Employees?

US health insurance: Frustrations with care denials | CNN Business

Prisons in the US

WBALTV. Business owner gives ex-cons a chance at new start. January 5, 2017, viewed March 2017.
http://www.wbaltv.com/article/business-owner-gives-ex-cons-a-chance-at-new-start/8297597

ASSEMBLY. Giving ex-cons a second chance on the assembly line. May 4, 2016, viewed March 2017.
http://www.assemblymag.com/articles/93381-giving-ex-cons-a-second-chance-on-the-assembly-line

The Guardian. Can hiring ex-offenders make a business more profitable? February 4, 2016, viewed March 2017.
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/feb/04/us-prison-system-ex-offenders-employment-walmart-target-civil-rights

San Antonio Express-News. Commentary: Is Texas wasting money by locking up so many people? Easy answer is yes. January 1, 2017, viewed March 2017.
http://www.expressnews.com/business/local/article/Commentary-Is-Texas-wasting-money-by-locking-up-10829874.php

School shootings  

David Riedman, Schoolshooting Database",
National Center for Education,  Statistics, https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/a01/violent-deaths-and-shootings
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 6 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 10 Shades of Evil (eksamensemne)

Formål: Eleverne skal arbejde med tekster inden for det udvidede tekstbegreb og opnå en bred forståelse for, hvad begrebet ondskab dækker og hvorledes vi definerer ondskab i verden og i fiktion.  Moralske, religiøse, etiske og eksistentielle perspektiver kobles til et bredt udvalg af genrer (billede, fiktion, taler, og dokumentarer).  Der er også arbejdet med begrebet ”suspence” i film og tekst. Endelig er emnet "terror" del af emnet, hvortil er koblet værklæsning.


Kernestof:

Tre malerier- good versus evil:
o Ary Scheffer, “The Temptation of Christ”; John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, “The Temptation of Eve”; Ursula Sandner, “The Good and The Evil within the Human Being”  The devil you know – in paintings 2 – The Eclectic Light Company)

The propensity for evil and good:
Documentary: A Class Divided, Jane Elliot "Blue Eyes Brown eyes" exercise (1986) [link i kompendiet], https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/class-divided/
The Good Samaritan Experiment [link i kompendiet], https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJws8UN6J-8
Case story: Forensic psychology case study: A mentally disordered offender - YouTube
- Sean Spence, "Bad or Mad" (2016) https://widercontexts.systime.dk/?id=216[kompendiet]
Evil -  Concept of Evil - https://widercontexts.systime.dk/?id=132
Evil, definition, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Daley, Dr. Kristin: Why Are We So Fascinated by Serial Killers: (March, 2016 – Shrink Tank) [kompendiet]
“Why Are We So Fascinated By Horror: Three Theories” (kompendiet))
"Forensic psychology case study: A mentally disordered offender", [[YouTube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l78F1an0srg

The rhetoric of evil:
-(Ronald Reagan, “Evil Empire Speech.” [dokumenter])
-Uddrag af Lawrence M. Hinman, "The Rhetoric of Evil" (San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 28, 2001) (kompendiet).

Evil in fiction:
- Seven [MitCFU]
- Lawrence Block, "In for a Penny"
- Alan Gibbons:  _An Act of Love: The Bomb Is Ticking, (værklæsning)
-Perspektiveringer fra Act of Love compendium (dokumenter):
- Helle Pløger & Mai-Britt Fennefoss Nielsen, "Race Riots in London"
- The Economist, "Britain suffers its worst terrorist attacts"
- Ashley Kirk,  "How many people are killed by terrorist attacks in the UK?"
- Andrew Bucklow, "Three terrorist attacks in the UK"

Supplerende materiale:
Symbolet i perspektiv til metaforen, https://kortoggodtombilledsprog.ibog.dansklf.dk/?id=152


Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 16 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
  • Faglige
  • Lytte
  • Læse
  • Skrive
  • Diskutere
  • Formidling
  • Selvrefleksion
  • Almene (tværfaglige)
  • Analytiske evner
  • Kommunikative færdigheder
  • Personlige
  • Sociale
  • Samarbejdsevne
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 11 Fokus på skriftlighed

Oxford English Dictionary [online] https://www.oed.com/
Oxford Learner's Dictionary [online] https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [online]
Power Thesaurus [online] https://www.powerthes
- Ordbogen. com
- Getting Started og Multimedie Grammatik(grammatik) [online eller i bog-form]
Indhold
Omfang Estimeret: Ikke angivet
Dækker over: 0 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer