8: Focus - Black America
Competence aims in focus:
The aims of the studies are to enable students to:
- elaborate on and discuss how key historical events and processes have affected the development of American society
- elaborate on and discuss current debates in the USA
- analyse linguistic tools in texts in dissimilar genres and assess their impact
- summarize, comment on and discuss differing viewpoints on social issues
- produce texts in a variety of genres with clear content, appropriate style, good structure, and usage that is precise and accurate
- present a major in-depth project with a topic from Social Studies English and assess the process
(Translation: udir.no)
How parents talk to their African-American sons about the police
As communities around the nation grapple with questions of race and police brutality, a New York Times short documentary asks parents of African-American boys what they say to their sons about how to respond if stopped by police.
Textbook Tasks
Extra Tasks
Listening
Web resources
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Anniversary of Michael Brown's Killing
(edition.cnn. com) -
Shots are Fired as Anniversary is Marked in Ferguson (NY Times)
(nytimes.com)