4V One of us is lying Bronwyn

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

PART ONE

SIMON SAYS

In which American state is the school located?

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Create a Pinterest board (min. 6 pins) or Instagram scenes (min. 6) for Bronwyn that best represents the information you learned about her from part one.

Put the link to your Bronwyn Pinterest / Instagram here, please.

What two questions is Bronwyn left with at the end of part one? What 2 mysteries?

NATE

BRONWYN

ADDY

COOPER

SIMON

grand piano

About That

man-whore

Harvard

Batman

the best thing I ever heard

Captain America

initials

Mr.Camino

Maeve

About That

baseball

Yale

AP English

Can't be bothered attitude

Bronwyn has not much information on Addy at this point. 

The two mysteries are important here:

- How did Simon know about her cheating?

- What did Bronwyn lie about to her parents?

Perhaps, as an additional assignment, have the Bronwyn's work together on a Bronwyn quiz. All in all, students should have relevant information on Bronwyn in their Instagram/ Pinterest and in their Coggle.

The title of part one alludes to ...

1. Simon Kelleher's app
2. a quote from Simon
3. a prank
4. a children's game

Take a screenshot of your group coggle - part one.

What information new information did you learn about your character that you didn't know from what you read?

part two

HIDE-AND-SEEK

Who wants Bronwyn to avoid 'all appearance of collusion'?

1. Javier Rojas
2. Principal Gupta
3. Robin Stafford
4. Mr O'Farrell

lawyer speak 

Robin is Bronwyn's lawyer

How are Nate and Bronwyn 'colluding'?

Which gossip wasn't on the About That app?

1. drunk at school
2. cross-dressing
3. sexual harassment
4. affairs

Why would Simon want to gossip about Bronwyn?

1. she took over from him from student council
2. she had a spotless record
3. She outperformed him at school
4. payback for Model UN

They had once partnered in a Model United Nations competition that brought them to the state finals at the beginning of junior year. Simon wanted to participate too, but Leah and Bronwyn had told him the wrong application deadline and he had missed the cutoff because of that.

Why are the 4chan links relevant?

1. They reveal some of Simon's secrets.
2. They reveal some of Simon's curious interests.
4. They reveal details of a plan to murder Simon.

Found on a thread that celebrated a boy who shot down a teacher and seven students.

Who or what is AnarchiSK?

What is Nate's initial reaction to seeing his mom?

1. emotionless
2. confused
3. angry
4. embarrassed

The word that is used in the text is 'stoic'.

We finally found out mystery number 2: the fact she had left out when her parents asked her whether she had another reason to resent Simon.

"And guys, don't give me that poor-little-thing-had-cancer crap. Not anymore. M can put on her big-girl panties like anyone else and learn a few basic rules."

This was about Maeve's first crush and her first party. Bronwyn was absolutely livid.

Further expand your Pinterest board (min. 6 pins) Instagram scenes (min. 6)

Bronwyn's assignment is a little less extensive than for instance Nate's. That's because the person reading Bronwyn's part has more reading to do. This is compensation ;).

Your character is getting a serious defence and you often come across 'lawyer speak' and 'media buzz'. What expressions go together?

running into

discussion

high

lying 

accidental

Dead end

thread

in wait

profile

circles

injury

death

Take a screenshot of your group coggle - part one and two.

What information new information did you learn about your character that you didn't know from what you read?

part three

TRUTH OR DARE

Explain TRUTH or DARE in relation to your character: Bronwyn.

What stereotype is Bronwyn fighting against?

There's only one gay man Cooper knows of in the field of professional baseball. It doesn't bode well for him.

Cal State is the only university who didn't forget about Cooper when they learned of his sexuality.

Take a screenshot of your group coggle - whole book.

What information new information did you learn about your character that you didn't know from what you read?

Write Bronwyn's yearbook entry keeping in mind all she's been through. What lesson would she like to pass on? Min. 80 words. Take a picture of her yearbook entry. Bring to class too.

Before you watch the video,
what do you think American teenagers
have to say about school shootings?

05:45

What did they actually
have to say about
school shootings?

  At American high schools, some students …

o have lockdown drills in which they pretend a shooter is in their school

o are taught a procedure called ‘run, hide, fight’

o have teachers who have access to guns 

o experience security measures like metal detectors 

Possible solutions according to high school students: 

o Raise the age to buy firearms 

o Ban firearms 

o Regulate ammunition

o Vote 

o Demand change

scared Pilgrims are to blamed

- scared of the Indians
- scared of each other

- scared of the British

- scared of Black People rebelling (which they did of course!)

Samuel Colt made a gun that could fire several shots.

KuKluxKlan - NRA 
pro killing people - pro shooting people

fled to suburbs 

with gates

guns

03:07

According to the producer of this film, Micheal Moore, Americans own guns because ...

scared Pilgrims are to blamed

- scared of the Indians

- scared of each other

- scared of the British

- scared of Black People rebelling (which they did of course!)

Samuel Colt made a gun that could 

7000 school shootings

action would be taken if this were a faulty product

despite media portrayals they are multi-faceted
A crisis on various level

gun laws are at the surface of the issue

but ... no concern for people's lives
--> change the culture about guns
--> make it harder for mentally ill people to own guns
--> gun lobby restriction
--> keep guns out of the hands of teenagers

--> common sense: fewer guns, fewer shootings

Societal problem:
negative stigma around mental health
--> talk about it! Anxiety for instance. 
"Boys don't cry". = weak and feminine but this is wrong at a basic level. Also, around 60% of suicides are male - so talking about problems is vital!!!

- mental illness likely to be in the mind of the shooter

- male entitlement (white males - often the shooters!). Starts at birth. 

- Toxic masculinity. Limit the range of emotion. We excuse violent behaviour when they are white males. 

- Sante Fe shooter. Targeted the class of a girl who refused to date him. 

- Toxic masculinity affects not only the white males, it affects everyone!

- The point isn't all men are like this, but enough are and we need to treat this problem.

The psychological profile of a school shooter:
- he won't fit in the box of toxic masculinity

- fell through the cracks of the mental health system - he went unrecognised

- has access to a gun

She feels society doesn't take responsibility for its issues.

She turned her feelings into action in the TED Talk. Give time to an organisation that votes against gun violence etc. Also, talk about it at home, keep it in your mind's eye. Have that tough conversation. 

Stand up and realise that change is in order! Talk about mental health. 

Stop using femininity as an insult. 

10:57

How many students have died in school shootings in the US?

1. 700
2. 70,000
3. 7,000
4. 70

10:57

The speaker describes the school shootings as a ...

1. masculinity problem
2. societal problem
3. gun problem

10:57

The Sante Fe shooter was a prime example of ...

1. a white privileged male
2. depressed students
3. mental instability
4. Toxic masculinity

What do you think is the likelihood of school shootings happening in the Netherlands?