This year, you’ve had your first experience with Language Skills Projects. For English, you’ve had different reading Projects as well as writing, speaking and listening Projects.
Next year in mavo 4, you will have a Project called SCC (Society, Culture & Context). This Project will be all about the history and cultures of the UK and the USA. However, because we think that it will be a lot of information to take in at once, we will do a little introduction this year, covering the most important parts. SCC is an important part of a society and when learning a language it's important to take all of this into consideration. Knowing cultural information will make you a better communicator with people of different countries!
In the reader (workbook) below, you will learn more about the struggles of minorities in the USA.
First download the reader (=het werkboekje) and save it in your English folder on your laptop.
Have fun!
To truly learn and understand a language, you need to (at least) know some general information about English speaking countries. For example, you need to know something about the history and culture!
Why? Well, language is closely tied to culture and the way people behave and think! Did you know that? You must be able to understand the weight and context of certain words to be able to communicate properly and respectfully with people in that country. Furthermore, it makes you a more well-rounded person that understands the world around them better. Dare I say it'll even make you a great world citizen?
The country that we will discuss during this project is the United States of America. We have all heard of this country and the influence and power it has on our world. Here you can truly chase and live the iconic 'American dream'! Or, can you? Can anyone for that matter, or do you have to fit in a specific mold to thrive there? Let's find out.
In the following weeks we will take a look at a group of people in the USA that still undergoes hardships for just being alive and the painful history that accompanies them. It is important that history like this is not overlooked and forgotten to honour the people that had to live (and often still have to live) through it. Subjects that we will discuss are: slavery, the US after slavery (Jim Crow, KKK) and now (KKK, BLM).
Learning goals:
To understand and interpret texts/videos covering slavery and other historical events.
To be able to name 4 important people regarding the Civil Rights Movement and what they accomplished.
To be able to research and gather more information regarding a specific topic.
To give a short presentation with suitable/correct words and grammar at A2 level.
