4U Raumberg-Gumpenstein student´s blog: 2023

Transforming our World - Sustainable Development Goals - Agenda 2030

https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda

Literature/ Poetry

Figurative Language

A Brief History of Englisch Poetry

The Middle Ages: Canterbury Tales

The Renaissance
Shakespeare Sonnet 18

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Romaticism

William Wordworth DAFFODILS

Edgar Allan Poe

Matthew Arnold DOVER BEACH

Modernism

Stavinsky: The Rite of Spring
John Cage 4´33 ´´ 😂🤦‍♂️😜

T.S. Eliot

Rupert Brooke

THE SOLDIER

Antony Hecht

Dover Bitch

Limerik

The Greatest Short Stories

TASK 1:

Read one short story and give a short summary and interpretation:

Examples of Descriptive Language

TASK 2: Continue this story!

The Fall of the House of Usher Audio Book

DURING the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know not how it was --but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit. ...
Source Sparknote: The Fall of the House of Usher

Conflict: Isael-Palestine

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/9/whats-the-israel-palestine-conflict-about-a-simple-guide

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· Give a short summary of these articles?

· Imagine you are a young Israeli or a young Palestinian and you live in this country. How do you fell about the omnipresent terror? How can we stop the vicious circle of hate and violence? What can be done to make the region a prospering and peaceful country?

· Do you think that the UN and Barack Obama will be able to solve the long-lasting conflict in this region? What could be the solutions

Propaganda vs. Advertising

https://visme.co/blog/visual-advertising-techniques/#color-psychology

Black Lives Matter - The Afro-American Struggle for Freedom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Butler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_(film)

1948 December 10: The General Assembly of the United Nations adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in New York, NY.
http://www.un.org/en/rights/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights

1955 December 1: Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. A well planned boycott of city buses continues for over a year and resulted in desegregation on city buses and the hiring of black bus drivers. Martin Luther King, Jr. utilizes the Gandhian philosophy of nonviolent direct action to inspire the disciplined boycott.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1fGdGjitNY

1957 September 4: Nine students volunteer to integrate Little Rock Central High School, but are kept from entering the school by armed Arkansas national guardsmen. International press coverage and outrage directed at US embassies abroad contribute to Eisenhower’s decision to order the 101st Airborne to protect students. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles warns government officials, “This situation was ruining our foreign policy.”

1960: During the “Year of Africa” numerous African nations gain independence. African Americans pay close attention to this historic transformation. James Baldwin quoted one African American as saying, “At the rate things are going here, …all of Africa will be free before we can get a lousy cup of coffee.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_Africa

1963 August 28: More than 250,000 people gather at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. John Lewis represents the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in his speech demanding protecting voting rights of African Americans, “One man, one vote is Africa’s cry and it is our cry.” The March is an international event, spawning sympathy marches around the world. On the eve of the march, pioneering civil rights leader W. E. B. Bu Bois dies at his home in Ghana.

1964: Martin Luther King, Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize and accepts his award in Norway. The honor reflects the global awareness and support for his commitment to human rights in the United States.

1964 July 2: President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964, outlawing discrimination in public places, federal programs, and employment.

1965 July 9: Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Voting Rights Act prohibited the states from using literacy tests and other methods of excluding African Americans from voting.

1966: Muhammad Ali, world heavyweight champion, refuses to be inducted into the US army in protest against the war in Vietnam.

1966: The Black Panther Party (BPP) is formed in Oakland, California. As part of their 10 point program they demand, “We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice and peace.”

1967 April 4: King speaks out against the war in Vietnam addressing a crowd of 3,000 people in Riverside Church in New York City. In his speech entitled “Beyond Vietnam” King argued that the war effort was "taking the young black men who have been crippled by our society and sending them 8,000 miles away to guarantee liberties in Southeast Asia which they had not found in southwest Georgia and East Harlem." Two weeks later, he and other activists lead thousands of demonstrators on an anti-war march to the United Nations.

Source:

http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/kingweb/liberation_curriculum/civilrights/resources/timeline.pdf

ORAL TASK

Give a short interpretation of this song? How does it reflect the situation of the poor - especially of the African Americans - in the USA in those days? Why did they become more self-confident?

Imagine, as a young black man and you are living in the USA today. Which huge problems is the US administration confronted with?

In your opinion, how is the situation of the African Americans today? Are they still discriminated against?

Small Talk and Flirting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGoIoDuf83o START 2.32

Conversation Starters:

https://wehavekids.com/parenting/Conversation-Starters-for-Teens

https://www.scarymommy.com/conversation-starters-for-teenagers/

Which is your favorite TV show? Which is your most liked TV Character? What do you like about them?
What do you love to do in your free time?
Do you like to read? Which is your favorite book?
Which food do you like the most?
Do you cook? If you could cook anything for yourself, what would you cook?
Which is your favorite film? Why?
Who is your favorite actor/actress? What do you like most about them?
If you could meet anyone, dead or alive, who would that be?
What is your favorite season and why?
What is your favorite holiday to celebrate? Why?
What kind of music do you listen to? Who is your favorite musician?
Have you ever been to a foreign country? Where would you like to travel to the most?
Who is your closest friend?
Which traits do you look for in a best friend?
Are you dating someone? Do you have a crush on someone?
What are the traits you seek most in a partner? Why?
What do you think is most important when it comes to dating?
Who or what makes you laugh the most?
What is your biggest fear? Why?
How do you soothe yourself when you’re feeling scared?
What makes you sad? Why?
What do you do when you’re sad?
How many cities have you lived in? Would you want to live in a different city? Where?
What’s your ultimate Sunday Funday? What would you be doing? Who would be with you?
What are the five most favorite things you like about yourself?
What is one thing that you would want to change about yourself, and why?
What is your favorite part about school?
Which subject in school do you enjoy most? Why?
Which subject do you dislike the most? Why?
What are your future plans? Will you go to college or start working or take a break after high school?
What is your dream job?
What or who inspires you?
What is the one thing that you feel most passionately about in life?
Do you live by any life motto?
What is a skill that you would like to learn?
Should cell phones be allowed in schools?
What are your thoughts about social media?
How do you feel about money? What does money mean to you?
What is your most embarrassing moment? Why was it embarrassing?
What have you learned the most about yourself in the last year?
What is the first thing on your bucket list? Why is that on the top?
What are you most grateful for in your life?
Has there been any incident in your life, which you think has had an impact on the way you think or live your life?