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Concepts of national identity

(Die Textarbeit wird als Gruppenpuzzle organisiert)

-text work-

Step 1

( Individual work on text.

Step 2

(( Matching ideas.

Step 3

(((( Illustrating ideas in a diagram

Step 4

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((( Presenting results in class.

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Possible Influences

Discussion in groups of 3

• aspects:

• family

• living conditions (housing, welfare/health system)

• education

• economy

• image

• spirituality

• individual career

• …

Starter:

Round Robin:

Name one aspect you consider typical American.

Working with the pictures:

Cycle 2 nouns for each picture. Discuss with your partner and agree on 1 as caption.

Working with the song:

Listen to the song and highlight/underline 1 word per line which carries best patriotic feelings like pride and respect.

Which other emotions does it transport?

Working with the quotations:

List the basic ideas and controversial issues expressed. Then illustrate them with examples / pictures.

Starter:

Round Robin:

Give your association with the picture.

Working with info-boxes:

Read the text carefully, highlighting key terms and catch phrases.

Can you now answer the questions?

idea taken from / see also:

Working with the Focus on Facts pages, Summit G8, Schöningh 2010, p. 254

Set of questions:

• Explain the ambivalent role religion plays in the US.

• Give a synonym for the expression “inalienable” (rights).

• How can US American ambition to be the first, best, mightiest in the world be explained?

• Name a concept for the USA as a nation of immigrants.

• What does it need to be successful in American terms?

• Which are the notions related to the Statue of Liberty?

• Which expression(s) illustrates the basic idea of the American Dream?

• Which political inequalities flaw America’s image as the ‘greatest democracy in the world’?

• Which system controls the power of the American president?

• Which triad symbolises the basis of US American democracy?

• Which values has the Dream inspired in US American society?

• Why are the USA so exceptional where world politics are concerned?

Starter:

Round Robin:

Looking at the picture which details attracts your attention most/first?

Working with the text

Before reading the text

Think about /Discuss the following questions with a partner:

• Which criteria would you use to identify an English person?

• Who would you say represents his/her country best?

(head of state, sportsman …)

• What according to you is the difference between English and British?

• Is the idea of a United States of Europe something to look forward to or something to dread?

• Is the idea of national identity an idea of the past?

While reading the text

highlight words and phrases in answer to the questions above.

Starter:

Round Robin:

Looking at the picture which details attracts your attention most/first?

Working with the text

Can one of the following suggestions for a national motto be matched with one of the quotations? Discuss why, why not.

a. No motto please, we’re British.

b. We apologise for the inconvenience.

c. Once mighty empire, slightly used.

d. Britain The Birthplace of Freedom

e. Free, Tolerant, Fair-minded & True

Starter:

In your group

discuss what you consider important in the way two people communicate with each other.

Food for thought:

eye-contact / non-verbal messages / feedback / positive support / criticism vs praise / time and place / “I”language / expressing emotions / listening …

for illustrative material see

Martyn Ford, Peter Legon, The How To Be British Collection

Working with the texts

In the text the author deals with what she considers as the typical British problem of behaving appropriately in social situations or as she puts it the British incompetence in the field of social interaction.

autism

agoraphobia An Englishman’s home is his castle

embarrassment (oi- what you looking at)(((((

insularity

awkwardness

perverse obliqueness

emotional constipation

fear of intimacy

over-polite

buttoned up

awkwardly restrained

loud

loutish

crude

violent

obnoxious

games, pubs, clubs, weather-speak (Nice day, isn’t it), cyberspace, pets

US America’s self-concept

Britain’s self-concept

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Textgrundlage:

American truths

A Images and Dreams

Green Line Oberstufe, Klett 2009

Seiten 42 und 43

Ability – Adventure – Amazement – Awe – Brutality – Confusion – Courage – Curiosity – Depression – Despair – Determination – Ego – Elegance – Evil – Excellence – Excitement – Failure – Faith – Fascination - Forgiveness – Freedom – Friendship – Grace – Graciousness – Gratefulness – Grief – Hate – Helplessness – Honesty – Honour - Hope – Humility - Humour – Hurt – Imagination – Infatuation – Inspiration – Jealousy – Justice – Love – Love – Loyalty – Mastery – Maturity – Pain – Patience – Peace – Perfection – Perseverance – Pleasure – Pride – Redemption – Romance - Self Control - Self Esteem – Trust – Vulnerability - …

Textgrundlagen:

The American Dream

Context 21, Cornelsen 2010

Seite 54

American Core Values

Summit G8, Schöningh 2010

Seiten 33 und 34

( Serve & volley

Pupils are divided into two groups facing each other. The two teams take it in turns to ask and answer questions written down before. The winner is the team which has answered at least 5 questions correctly.

Textgrundlage:

The English today

Green Line Oberstufe, Klett 2009

Seiten 92 und 93

Textgrundlagen:

The British Way

Summit G8, Schöningh 2010

Seiten 14 und 15

cartoon+ Britain’s search for an identity

Green Line Oberstufe, Klett 2009

Seite 103

Seiten 92 und 93

word bank:

Both the comment and the motto ...

Just as/ Like the motto ..., the comment ...

Motto and comment have in common ...

While/Whereas the motto ..., the comment ...

The comment on the contrary ...

The motto … . The comment, however, …

In contrast to …

Texte:

A Humble People

Context 21, Cornelsen 2010

Seite 34/35

Social Dis-Ease

Summit G8, Schöningh 2010

Seite 25

influences

influences

inspirations

failures

BASIC IDEAS

influences

influences

inspirations

failures

BASIC IDEAS

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