Sample+Units

=Sample Units=

//Dress codes and uniforms//

 * brand names
 * subcultures/urban tribes
 * code sognificance
 * self-representation
 * Groups choose to research and produce:
 * 1) Power Point presentations
 * 2) Newspaper/other text types
 * 3) Discussion

__Customs and traditions 2__

 * class system
 * Political Correctness
 * offensive language in literature

__Science and technology__

 * Internet revolutions
 * Genetically Modified Organisms - cloning
 * SF literature (//Brave New World//)
 * Environment - hybrid cars
 * //Flowers For Algernon// - ethics of experimentation
 * Environment - bio-fuels
 * Accessibility of weapons (//Path To Paradise//)

1. Video clip - listening

 * What is it?
 * What is the purpose?
 * Who goes?
 * Why?
 * Where?
 * Advantages and disadvantages
 * Vocab

2. Speaking/writing

 * Students' experience over summer
 * 4-5min presentations using own photos

3. Speaking

 * Class discussion on summer camps
 * Vote for the best presentation and why

4. Reading

 * Read brochures, internet ads, accounts of people who've been, reviews, etc.

5. Advert

 * radio
 * TV
 * magazine

7. Writing

 * application form
 * letter
 * review

1. Warm-up

 * Picture stimulus father/son cultural shot
 * Brainstorming

2. Authentic text(s)

 * Current news
 * E. Powell - Political Speech (//Rivers of Blood//?)
 * E.M. Forster - //A Passage To India//
 * Holy Cow
 * //My Son the Fanatic// (novel and film)
 * A Pair of Jeans

3. Film

 * //East Is East//
 * //Bend It Like Beckham//

4. Follow-up

 * Role play
 * Hot seat
 * Panel discussion/debate
 * Film review
 * Article

//Migration//

 * voluntary vs. forced
 * integration
 * nationalist parties
 * identity over generations
 * native peoples
 * migration to the USA (Melting Pot, Ellis Island)
 * material:
 * 1) //West Side Story//
 * 2) //Joy Luck Club//
 * 3) //Trinity//
 * 4) //The Emigrants//
 * 5) //The Clay Marble//
 * 6) //House On Mango Street//
 * 7) //The Kite Runner//
 * 8) //Angela's Ashes//

//Access to Health Care Services from a cultural/social perspective//
1. Economic Access, e.g. USA (health care insurance) vs. Tanzania (cash) 2. Geographical Access, e.g. Africa/Asia vs. Sweden (or wherever you may be) 3. Provision of facilities?, e.g. hospitals/specialists 4. Structural Acces 5. Who decides? - debates
 * compare and contrast
 * reflective essay
 * possible texts (//The Kite Runner, 1984, Whose Life Is It, Anyway?, Million Dollar Baby//)
 * Does quality depend on price?
 * education of doctors
 * interview
 * How is it organised?
 * Whon do you approach?