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ENGLISCH

(un)arranged marriage

Character Conestallation

India

Here you can find the most important aspects regarding George Orwell's short story Shooting an Elephant Datei:Orwell.doc

Information regarding questions on the text (December 18, 2012): Shooting an Elephant

Possible answer to question on "Exit Wounds" text which we read on Friday

The government in London sent Cyril Radcliffe, an English attorney, to India to take care of the separation of the country. Although Radcliffe had no intimate knowledge of the country and its culture he divided the British Raj into Muslim Pakistan, East Pakistan and Hindu India. Not knowing of the economic significance of Calcutta for the Muslim population in East Pakistan, for example, he gave the thriving city to India and therefore condemned East Pakistan, today’s Bangladesh, to decades of low economic development. This wasn’t, however, the only negative consequence of Radcliffe’s doing. As a result of his separation lines, India faced a time of violence and death as Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs fought against each other over the territories and their religion. The animosities were so severe that they almost resulted in the eradication of whole peoples.

Possible mediation of the text about the separation of British India

Separation of British India in 1947

Lord Mountbatten, the representative of the British king, was sent to India to organize the separation of the country in the course of its independence. Not being able to negotiate an agreement between the Muslim League and the Indian National Congress, the country was divided into Muslim Pakistan and East Pakistan and Hindu India along religious lines. The Indian rulers were free to choose which country they would belong to. In the process the British did not pay attention to economic and cultural considerations. As a consequence of this separation a mass exodus started during which Hindus and Sikhs moved to India and Muslims immigrated to Pakistan. The separation did not run smoothly and peacefully as it often resulted in violent conflicts between the citizens of the respective new countries.

Possible mediation for "Gefängnis für Millionen"

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The caste system in India consists of fours castes or levels which are defined by the occupation or social status of its members. The Brahmin caste is the highest level a Hindu can achieve and is made up of priests and teachers. Below the Brahmins there are the Kshatryas, the warriors, who are followed by the Vaishyas being made up of farmers and traders. The servants form the lowest caste of the Shudras. The people who do jobs which are considered dirty, like e.g. cleaning toilets, the streets or being midwives, are called the “untouchables” who are not part of the caste system. Their backgrounds as aboriginal people or outcasts force them to live in the poorest parts of cities where they are neither allowed to get water from the well or pray in the temples as their touch would pollute the places and deity in more than the literal sense. The new independent Indian government tries to implement laws to guarantee equality to all Indian people. So far they haven’t been very successful as even the untouchables stick to the hierarchy within their social group.

Solution for grammar WORKSHEET

5a

standing in the doorway of a hut and watching us

backpack shaking it

After getting up, we..

we heard somebody shouting

Looking round, we...

we thanked him offering...

spoke to... asking him why...

by selling...

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shop assistant/ shelves/ aisle/ counter/ coat/ store/ customers/ on special offer/ packaged meals/ senior executives/ company/ aisle/ business/ a roaring trade/ mangoes

Ireland

Trouble in Northern Ireland Weltspiegel newscast

Worksheets for mediation: Datei:Ulster1.doc / Datei:Ulster2.doc

Shakespeare

Information about the Elizabethan Age Datei:ElizabethI.doc

based on:

Claybourne, Anna. The Usborne World of Shakespeare(London: Usborne Publishing, 2006) Usborne Homepage

Drake, Jane. "Queen Elizabeth I- Pitkin Guide" (Norwich: Jarrod Publishing, 1993)

Henry V

Group work results

• Diary entry and historian's report Datei:HenryV.doc

Norman Conquest

Summary of fights for succession to the English throne England 11th Century

Science

Answer these questions by reading the text in your textbook on p. 198

Explain the abilities of stem cells

Explain the advantages of embryonic stem cells

Explain how embryonic stem cells are harvested

Explain why therapeutic cloning is a good alternative .

Create a schematic based on the information about genetics on p. 198

Environment

Here you can download the mind map on global warming Mind Map

If you would like to get additional information you can go to the website of An Inconvenient Truth [1]

Version

If you are translating a text, go through the following steps:

• Read the COMPLETE text
• Before translating a sentence read the COMPLETE sentence (as words order differs in German, you might have to start with an aspect from the end of the English sentence)
• Check your translation without looking at the English text(check for IDIOMATIC German)
• Check that you haven't forgotten to translate a sentence

Here you can find the completed VERSION worksheet HOW to translate

How to write a summary Media:Howto.doc

• Different grammatical structures (gerunds, participle constructions, if- clauses, relative clauses)
• Connect sentences: connectives, adverbs of comment, detreminers (this, that, these, those)

Connectives to achieve sentence cohesion

Connective 2

• Structure your answer LOGICALLY. DO NOT just list your ideas.

Presentations

NEWS Presentations

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013: Rudolph, Katharina

Tuesday, April 16, 2013: Sauer, Sebastian

News presentation gives information on THREE important news items from the English speaking world. If the news of of global relevance you may

include it in your presentation. The presentation should be no longer than 5-8 minutes and include pictures.

You might find these websites useful for your research.

USA

CNN

CBS News

USA Today

New York Times

Great Britain

London Times

The Guardian

BBC

Australia

General news

Sydney Morning Herald

Canada

General news

CTV News television

Ottawa Citizen

Ethnic Diversity

USA

Slavery in the USA

The Underground Railroad

Virtual Escape "on" the Underground Railroad

Civil Rights Movement Videos

Abraham Lincoln Biography

Separate But not Equal- Segregation

King Leads March on Washington

JibJab

• He's Barack Obama
• So Long To Ya, 2010
• Jib Jab Website

Religion

Religious groups in the United States of AmericaMedia:denominations.doc

Scientology Scientology Worksheet

SOUTH PARK "Trapped in the Closet" Episode

Oral Exams

Dialogue

• Introduction:

You greet each other and introduce the topic (e.g. I have recently read in a newspaper article, Last night a watched a program on TV which..., Have you aver thought about the fact that....?, etc.)

• Discussion:

- You present your arguments: present your thesis and explain it (you might even present an example)

• BUT do NOT list your arguments
• LISTEN to your partner and respond to his/her arguments
• The parts of the dialogue should be linked (logically)
• Do NOT be rude (you can interrupt your partner BUT do not do this continuously)

• Compromise:

IF asked for you might have to come up with a compromise.

If not, you are free to to end the conversation as you please

Analysis of a cartoon (example) Cartoon

Publisher:

This cartoon from kirktoons.com from the year 2004 was published on the website of the Humanistischer Pressedienst.

Description:

In this cartoon you can see three people. Two of them are men, who are wearing old- fashioned black and white clothes and hats,and they are standing in a dark room talking. One of them says that you just don't get intelligence like that without torture while pointing at the third person, who is a woman. She is shackled to a wheel which is attached to the roof of the room and turning above an open fire. In the speech bubble above her head she admits to being a witch. In the background you can see a flight of stairs leading up, which suggests that this room is in a basement, probably a torture room.

Analysis:

The clothes of the people depicted are typical of what Puritans were wearing in the 17th century. This is supported by the fact that the woman is "tested" to find out whether she is a witch, which refers to the Salem witch trials in the late 17th century. During this time especially women were often accused of being a witch. In order to find out whether they had magical powers they were subjected to cruel tests which they either survived, which proved them to be a witch, or during witch they died, which was proof of their innocence. The cartoonist wants to refer to a growing number of Christian Americans who agree to torture to get information from suspects. The US government has used several torture techniques like waterboarding to get information from assumed terrorsits who had been imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay. A survey has shown that most people are in favour of using torture to get information despite their religious convictions. The cartoonist wants to show the parallels to the Salem witch trials which have been proven to accuse people wrongly. The cartoon wants to remind people of this fact and show that it is not Christian to approve of torture but actually the opposite of what Jesus taught in the New Testament. So it uncovers, in a rather funny way, the hypocrisy of many US Americans who consider themselves to be Christian.

Topic:

So the topic of this cartoon is the influence of religion in the USA and its sometimes negative effects on politics.

(You can talk about the topic either at beginning, after the description of at the end of the analysis as it might sometimes be difficult to understand the topic right from the start.