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Aktuelles Klausur am 16.11.2013 1. Questions on the Text - the topics are Politics in the USA (
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Homework
Watch minutes 1:00 - 16.00 and 27:30-35:06 of this video!
- What strikes you as different/interesting/positive/strange about the family and life of the Amish the teenagers stay with?
Recent Homework
Describe and interprete this cartoon!
Watch the video at least two times!
- What are the children taught to do?
- What /who is "the enemy"?
- How are they convinced/taught to believe/to act as the are supposed to?
Religion and Politics and the Christian Right
Look at your homework (book, p. 80/81) and the worksheet on TV Evangelism and the Views of the Christian Right!
- How do TV evangelists and the Christian Right influence US politics?
- Who are the Christian conservative voters according to these texts?
- How many people can TV evangelists and the Christian Right mobilize?
- What aims do the Christian conservatives have? What do you think would happen in the USA and in US politics if they prevailed?
Watch the video at least two times!
Collect facts about:
- Lakewood "Megachurch"
- Joel Osteen's message
- the "Services"
- financial matters
What is your impression of Osteen and his church?
Why do you think is his church growing so fast?
Explain for three groups/people/events from our blog:
- What person/group/historical event?
- What is the link between them and Obama's Slogan "Yes we can!"
Be prepared to give a three minute talk!
Watch Obama's full speech in 2008 here + identify tricks/rhetorical devices, effective/crucial phrases/emotions ... (+ give timecode, e.g. 1:40).
Use this mindmap to find features that make this speech effective.
- For Friday: Describe+Analyse this cartoon!
- Work on 2nd part of worksheet on Presidential elections (Electoral College) using SQR Method!
- Add useful phrases (E+D) to list of vocab from Wiki (cf US Politics on this page)
Basic Skills & Information
- Information on homework and oral grades
- Reading and Marking technique - SQ3R Method A useful method to read, mark and annotate texts.
- Working with Cartoons
- A good speech/speaker ...
- Answering questions on the text
- Starting a paragraph
- Starting an Essay/Comment
- Writing an interview
- Mediation
- Characterization
- Building an Argument
US Political System
Useful Vocabulary
| Committee | Komitee, Ausschuss |
| politicians | Politiker |
| declare ones candidacy | Kandidatur ankündigen |
| campaign | (Wahl-)Kampagne |
| key states | Schlüsselstaaten |
| the primaries | die Vorwahlen |
| to pledge | sich verpflichten, schwören |
| delegate | Deligierter |
| the party convention | Parteitag |
| running-mate | ein Kandidat für die Vizepräsidentschaft |
| rival | Rivale / Konkurrent |
| state-by-state | staatenweise/ Staat für Staat |
| campaigning | |
| swing states | Bundesstaat mit hohem Wechselwähleranteil |
| televised debate | Fernsehdebatte |
| Voters | Wähler |
| electors | Wahlmann |
| electoral college | Versammlung aller Wahlmänner |
Religion in the USA and Britain
Vocabulary
Cartoon
Facts on Religion and Politics in the US
Special Religious Groups and Institutions
- (Evangelical) Mega-Churches
- church should not play the role of the state, but have clear positions
- against stem cell research
- against gay marriage
- against abortion
- some are liberal in enforcing their views
- 7,500 seats in church
- 11,000 congregants
Trends
- 72% of the Americans want their president to be clearly religious
- majority says churches should not endorse candidates
- half of the Americans think churches should express views on political matters
- 41% of the Americans want more religion in politics
- Americans are comfortable with showing their faith in public
- vote for candidates who aren't afraid to express their religious views
- only about 30% of Americans refuse gay marriage in 2003 - as compared to 41% in 1996
- about 25% are white evangelical christians and vote republican
- so many Americans believe that religion should not have any direct influence on and US politics but believe in religion being a privately exercised, individual matter
- many American Christians are not evangelicals and clearly want a more liberal, open-minded idea of Christianity and belief in God
Typical aspects/facts concerning religion in the USA
- US constitution strictly separates church and state
- US politicians - unlike their counterparts in Europe - often mention God in their speeches (God bless you, God bless America ...)
Influence of the Christian Right in the US
Cf. Book, p. 80/81
- Majority of conservative judges at US Courts appointed by Bush - hope for Religious Right?
- Religious Right fails at forcing schools to do school prayer and teach intelligent design.
- Religiously motivated influence on US Foreign Policy
- Most states forbid gay marriage while Washington refuses to include ban in Constitution
- Christian Right successful with ban on new stem cell research
- Supreme Court still rejects display of religious symbols in public institutions
TV Evangelism & Lakewood Megachurch
Watch the video at least two times!
Collect facts about:
- Lakewood "Megachurch"
- Joel Osteen's message
- the "Services"
- financial matters
What is your impression of Osteen and his church?
Why do you think is his church growing so fast?
Download Summary of facts about Osteen's megachurch
The Amish in the USA
Facts about the Amish (mainly from)
different about life, family:
- transport+farming with horses, mules
- work from dawn to dusk
- hard physical work: baling hay, picking beans + tomatoes
- animals are highly valued
- 6 children
- girls' dresses è modesty ...
- day starts with reading from the bible
- homeschooling (to be with them, not to lose contact, really educate them ...)
- work-ethic of children
- family/time with children valued very highly
- modern technology is not accepted if it threatens to break up the family or community or link the Amish too closely to the world outside - but "independent" gas refrigerators or a small generator just for the washing machine are allowed in some groups.
- Look at text1 and text2! They contain good information about the Amish
- Write an interview with an Amish!
- Start with a short characterization of the person you interview (name, appearance, why/when/where interview is done).
- Structure: question and answer form. Use interesting questions, make sure the answers fit the questions.
- Language: Make sure the register/style of interviewer and interviewee are appropriate (they may be different!) Remember to use "spoken language"!
- Last step: careful proofreading
- The interview should cover the topics of
- electricity
- using cars
- the clothes they wear
- attitude to tourists and being photographed!
Creationism
- Short summary of the text.
