MYP3 31-03-22

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Good Morning

Agenda

1.Is the past always present?

2.  'Weep not Child.'

3. What cn we learn from each other?

4. Have our attitudes to education changed over time?

Is the past always present?

Part 2: The Mau Mau uprising

video

article: 'Blacks and whites are battling for land'

Work on questions 3-6

Is the past always present?

Part 2: The Mau Mau uprising

Answer questions 3-6 & 8

What was the purpose of the video?

What was effect of the music used in the video?

What language was used to describe the Mau Mau?

What language was used to present the British and civilians?

Which was most objective?

1. The video
2. The article

Question 8

Watch the video and transcribe Maruge's words.

I was in the detention camps with our founding fathers.

These men sacrificed everything for your generation.

Without them, you'd not be here.

Before, it was only the Queen's face there.

The British did this to me. They cracked my skull.

They chopped off my toes. (Mr. Chairman... Mr. Maruge, that's enough.)

We have to learn from our past. We must not forget.

But we must be better. We need good teachers.

We reap what we sow with our children.

"Weep Not, Child"

Click on the link and work on the Activity

Work on it for 15 minutes

"Europeans cannot be friends with black people."
What does this imply?

How do Mr Howland's son and Mwihaki react to one another?

What is the point the author makes about the power of education?

What can we learn from each other?

For 5-10 minutes, and make notes !

Have our attitudes to education changed over time?

You will be watching a video. Answer the following questions:

Video

Have our attitudes to education changed over time?

Video

What is the significance of the masks the children are wearing?

Have our attitudes to education changed over time?

Video

Have our attitudes to education changed over time?

Compare and contrast the presentation of the teacher in the video and that of Mrs Obinchu in The First Grader.

Reflections

Please go to Managebac and reflect on this Unit.

Unit: Is knowledge Power

Unit 4

Can we guess what the future holds?

Unit 4

Writers of the genre of science fiction subvert our notions of space and time and creatively use futuristic settings to explore anxieties about our immediate and future contexts.

Can we guess what the future holds?

In this chapter, we will....

- Find out what the conventions of science fiction are.

- Explore how science fiction can be used to critique aspects of our own societies.

- Take action to help raise awareness about the plight of child soldiers.

What do you know about science fiction?

Have you ever read science fiction books?

1. yes
2. no

What science fiction books/films/series do you know?

Activity: En L'an 2000

http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/france-in-the-year-2000-1899-1910

1. What do the images predict about the future?

2. What do the images all have in common?

3. Do any of the ideas correspond with what life is like now?

4. Which is your favourite innovation and why?

5. What do these images suggest about how people perceive the future?

6. What do you think the world will be like in the future? Make some predictions!

7. What are the predictions inspired by or based on?

Why should we care about the future?

Let's read the following text.

"We are made wise not by the recollections of our past, but by the responsibility for our future."

What is science fiction?

What are the conventions of science fiction?

part 1

part 2