Zweiter Gedanke: Generell liegen im 2. Quartal zu viele mündliche Prüfungen. Ich glaube, wir hatten Q1, 10 und 9 alle im Dezember und Januar? Oder noch Französisch dabei? Ich finde, man sollte davon etwas ins erste Quartal schieben ... z.B. die Q1. Dann könnte man auch das ungeliebte Indien-Thema vom Anfang des Schuljahres wegkriegen.

Das hatte ich nämlich ursprünglich nur deshalb dorthin gelegt, weil der American Dream mit der mdl. Prüfung damals unbedingt im 2. Quartal liegen sollte. 

 

Vielleicht sollte man auch das neue Lehrwerk in die Überlegungen zum Curriculum von vornherein mit einbeziehen, da die neue EF (und damit auch die nächste Q1, die es geben wird) das ja dann hat. Also auch direkt mal schauen, was man evtl. schon in der EF gebrauchen kann und was man in der Q benutzt. Und sammelt mal noch was für die Spalte “Material-Vorschläge”. Die sollte ja noch ergänzt werden. Bisher stehen da nur meine Ideen von vor zwei Jahren.

Globalization – a threat to the world? (Q.2 2)

-presents advantages and disadvantages of globalization, growing global network of communication, information  and economic cooperation versus deceasing and waning national and local institutions such as national states, local customs, culture and industry. 

- outlines the basic conflict that companies like Apple face producing and selling in various countries which are at odds regarding their democratic standards and labour regulations, yet are both used by the company to avail of low production costs and thus serve the final consumer. 

-refers to the problems that world-wide trade and outsourcing might cause both for the local workforce in developing countries (exploitation, dire working conditions) and  the industrial countries (job-loss, unemployment). 

- outlines the interplay of exploitation of workforce in developing countries and the fulfilled demand for high-tech gadgets at affordable prices in industrialized countries that global players master

Top-notch performance:

- highlights the contradiction of the power and influence of the company Apple to bring the FBI successfully to court and its timidity towards the Chinese authorities, in the first case to appeal to consumer demand, in the second case to guarantee production at low costs, respecting the individual on the one hand, and the state on the other, combined to serve the end of maximizing gains

 

 

 

Shakespeare in his time and today (Q.2 3)

General information about the playwright (born Stratford upon Avon 1564, died 1616), renaissance artist, putting man and his basic conflicts, desires and ambitions at the center of his plays; mirroring the basic movements of his time to put man in the foreground, replacing God as the ultimate authority in the universe; reason, understanding and exploring take over from sheer scholasticism; man being the direct master of his fate, he is also responsible for every twist it takes and often is overtaken by his passions and desires, references to “Hamlet” where appropriate; relevance for today: timeless topics such as love, desire, ambition and reckless cruelty addressed, readers can relate to the characters, countless aphorisms have found their way in modern English: “Blood wants blood”, “What’s done is done” “They stumble that run fast”; plays can be adapted easily due to their concise stage directions

 

The American Dream – more relevant than ever?  (Q.1 1)

(Basic aspects: pursuit of happiness, equality before the law, freedom of possession, freedom of travel, self-sufficiency, self-responsibility, basic belief that man can go from rags to riches/climb the ladder if he/she puts her mind to it/works hard, belief in free markets, Adam Smith’s mantra: In free competition individual ambition serves the common good vs. freedom of the wolves means the death of the lambs; downsides: eat -or -be eaten/dog eat dog mentality, rat race, survival of the fittest, casting aside of the unsuccessful, absence of social welfare and public healthcare; potential discrimination against African Americans at odds with the promise of “all men are created equal”:  the struggle of the middle class to make a living despite working hard and taking on several jobs; the fact that the theory of open markets now may fall back on its advocates as cheap imports and low-cost overseas production take away market shares from national and local producers or threaten the domestic job market

Topics in second part:

Globalization – a threat to the world? (Q.2 2)

-presents advantages and disadvantages of globalization, growing global network of communication, information  and economic cooperation versus deceasing and waning national and local institutions such as national states, local customs, culture and industry. 

- outlines the basic conflict that companies like Apple face producing and selling in various countries which are at odds regarding their democratic standards and labour regulations, yet are both used by the company to avail of low production costs and thus serve the final consumer. 

-refers to the problems that world-wide trade and outsourcing might cause both for the local workforce in developing countries (exploitation, dire working conditions) and  the industrial countries (job-loss, unemployment). 

- outlines the interplay of exploitation of workforce in developing countries and the fulfilled demand for high-tech gadgets at affordable prices in industrialized countries that global players master

Top-notch performance:

- highlights the contradiction of the power and influence of the company Apple to bring the FBI successfully to court and its timidity towards the Chinese authorities, in the first case to appeal to consumer demand, in the second case to guarantee production at low costs, respecting the individual on the one hand, and the state on the other, combined to serve the end of maximizing gains

 

 

 

Shakespeare in his time and today (Q.2 3)

General information about the playwright (born Stratford upon Avon 1564, died 1616), renaissance artist, putting man and his basic conflicts, desires and ambitions at the center of his plays; mirroring the basic movements of his time to put man in the foreground, replacing God as the ultimate authority in the universe; reason, understanding and exploring take over from sheer scholasticism; man being the direct master of his fate, he is also responsible for every twist it takes and often is overtaken by his passions and desires, references to “Hamlet” where appropriate; relevance for today: timeless topics such as love, desire, ambition and reckless cruelty addressed, readers can relate to the characters, countless aphorisms have found their way in modern English: “Blood wants blood”, “What’s done is done” “They stumble that run fast”; plays can be adapted easily due to their concise stage directions

 

The American Dream – more relevant than ever?  (Q.1 1)

(Basic aspects: pursuit of happiness, equality before the law, freedom of possession, freedom of travel, self-sufficiency, self-responsibility, basic belief that man can go from rags to riches/climb the ladder if he/she puts her mind to it/works hard, belief in free markets, Adam Smith’s mantra: In free competition individual ambition serves the common good vs. freedom of the wolves means the death of the lambs; downsides: eat -or -be eaten/dog eat dog mentality, rat race, survival of the fittest, casting aside of the unsuccessful, absence of social welfare and public healthcare; potential discrimination against African Americans at odds with the promise of “all men are created equal”:  the struggle of the middle class to make a living despite working hard and taking on several jobs; the fact that the theory of open markets now may fall back on its advocates as cheap imports and low-cost overseas production take away market shares from national and local producers or threaten the domestic job market