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Lesson goals
Lesson goals
Recognise the history and main issues of the culture war and discuss its implication for the US, UK and Sweden
Lesson activities
Lesson activities
Warm-Up Exercise: This is Fine
Reading: How culture wars start
Group Discussion
Warm-Up Exercise: This is Fine
Warm-Up Exercise: This is Fine
🕒~10-15 minutes
✍️On the floor is a range from this is fine to this is not fine and you are going to quickly stand on this line as a reaction to a series of statements
🎯Activates your previous knowledge and discussion skills
Reading: How culture wars start
Reading: How culture wars start
🕒~20 -30minutes
✍️Read together with your classmate(s) and answer the questions
🎯Develops your reading comprehension, vocabulary and understanding of the culture wars
Vocabulary list
Vocabulary list
Echoes ➜ sounds that repeat because they bounce off a surface.
Culmination ➜ the highest or most important point of something.
Coalesce ➜ join or come together to form one group or thing.
Intervening ➜ happening between two events or times.
Strand ➜ a thin piece of something, like hair, thread, or string.
Genesis ➜ the beginning or origin of something.
Division ➜ the act of separating something into parts or groups.
Aspire ➜ to want or try very hard to achieve something.
Irreconcilable ➜ impossible to make friendly or agree again.
Polarised ➜ divided into two completely opposite sides or opinions.
Consensus ➜ general agreement among a group of people.
Salient ➜ very noticeable or important.
Partisan ➜ strongly supporting one side, often without considering others.
Homogeneous ➜ made up of things or people that are all the same or very similar.
Divergence ➜ a difference or separation between things that used to be similar.
Endemic ➜ regularly found among certain people or in a certain area.
Moderate ➜ not extreme; in the middle between two sides or opinions.
Sustained ➜ continuing for a long time without stopping.
Exacerbate ➜ to make a problem or situation worse.
Fractious ➜ easily upset, angry, or difficult to control.
Group Discussion
Group Discussion
🕒~15-20 minutes
✍️Discuss the questions together with a classmate(s) and motivate your answer. This is your exit ticket!
🎯Develops your discussion skills
The article shows that in the UK, media coverage of the "culture war" exploded from 21 articles to 534 in five years. The article also mentions that "Where America leads, Britain often follows." Does this also apply to Sweden? Why?
Using the article's insights (like the rise of 'noisy extremes' and political leaders focusing on 'division') is Sweden immune to this phenomenon, or is it already happening here?
What are the local "salient issues" (like same-sex marriage, segregation or gender identity) that serve as cultural battlegrounds in your society today?
Hint! How to motivate your answer
Start with a clear and direct answer to the question. Don't hide your opinion.
Immediately follow your position with the primary reason why you think that way.
Connect your reason to the texts, concepts, or examples from your experiences (the proof). This shows you've read and understood the material.
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