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Recognise the history and main issues of the culture war and discuss its implication for the US, UK and Sweden
Warm-Up Exercise: This is Fine
Reading: How culture wars start
Group Discussion
Write an essay where you answer the question Where is the line between cultural appropriation and appreciation?
Test: essay
🕒120 minutes
✍️Write your essay using your checklist
🎯Describe the culture wars in writing
The semi-academic blog The Culture Wars invites essay contributions about cultural change and conflict. It’s known for publishing well-researched essays that blend personal insight with historical and current events. You have been invited to write an essay competition and the best contribution will be published on their website.
Your aim is to present various perspectives to help readers understand the culture wars. To support your, you will be able to bring notes (200 words) with you to the essay. These notes should include ideas, claims, statements, examples or arguments from sources that you wish to discuss in your essay. For example:
To what extent have concepts like "wokeism" and "cancel culture" enhanced or stifled productive debate on societal issues, such as cultural appropriation?
Discuss the argument that these movements enforce accountability (pro-woke/cancel) and the counter-argument that they represent censorship (anti-woke/cancel).
Title: The Culture Wars - Cultural Change or Social Censorship?
Word count: at lest 400 words but no more than 800 words
Follow standard essay format and formal writing