BG18 (Advanced Course)
4th Term
Shakespeare and His Time
The drama will be presented by the students after the winter holidays, cf. file BG19 13.2 Term planning.pdf . Therefore it should be read during the winter holidays. Since the drama and explanatory notes are available online, students need not buy the paper edition. As usual, summary and interpretation are required - copy&paste is not acceptable.
Links:
Richard III Translation into modern English (available online)
Richard III Summary & Analysis
3rd Term
Beliefs and Myths
film: Crash (Paul Haggis, 2004) Wikipedia
Assignment: Describe and analyse "your" character.
"Your character" see below PDF BG18 Term planning 13.1
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film: Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi, 2016) Wikipedia
2020 United States presidential election
"Where do you come from?" - "Originally?"
Emigration - Immigration: My Family and I
Assignment: Give a talk on your family's history. Take into consideration:
my family before/after emigration
my family today
my family and I in future
push factors - pull factors
feelings (hopes, happiness, ...)
maps
photographs
...
Additional topics for talks (You may use other sources as well)
Stella: Early human migrations
Nese: Settlement of the Americas
PiaT: History of immigration to the United States
History of Germans in Russia, Ukraine and the Soviet Union
Lina: Migration Period (focus on Germany)
PiaM: Immigrating to the US for one year. Refer to Originally.
2nd Term
The Individual Between Conformity and Rebellion
Short Stories:
Amy Tan, “Two Kinds”
Julius Lester, “The Child”
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone – Hufflepuff Edition www.amazon.de
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (Book 1) read by Stephen Fry
1st Term
Gains and Losses
Kazuo Ishiguro: Never Let Me Go
Klett unabridged text with annotations ISBN 978-3-12-579878-6
The book will be presented by the students after the summerr holidays, therefore it should be read during the holidays.
Spark Notes: Never Let Me Go
Review: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro