2º Bach Sección • 1st Term • SEQUENCING FOR LITERARY CIRCLE “A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE”- WEDNESDAYS

2º Bach Sección · 1st Term ·

SEQUENCING FOR LITERARY CIRCLE FRIDAYS

“A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE”

 

Session	Subgroup	DATE	SCENES
1	A	2 Oct 2020	1, 2, 3
1	B	9 Oct	1, 2, 3
2	A	16 Oct	4,5,6
2	B	23 Oct	4,5,6
3	A	30 Oct	7,8,9
3	B	6 Nov	7,8,9
4	A	13 Nov	10,11, The World…
4	B	20 Nov	10,11, The World…

HEMINGWAY’S THE SUN ALSO RISES SPEAKS FOR THE LOST GENERATION Great Events From History 1901-1940, pg 2139-2141 QUESTIONS

Quote facts of Hemingway’s life that influenced his work.

Give information about Hemingway’s works

Title	Topics & What it is about	Narrator (describe it)	Characters

Name the main characteristics, topics and style  of Hemingway’s work

 Quote authors and works that influenced Hemingway and how.

Superpower . Cold War & Korea · QUESTIONS (Illustrated History USA, pg 117-120)

                

1. In what year was the USA the Superpower in the world ? Why do you think it was? (not mentioned in the text)
2. Who was the 2nd superpower? What part of Europe did they control?
3. How was the frontier between the west & the communist block called?
4. How was the relationship between the USA & Russia?
5. How would you define the Cold War?
6. How did the Marshall plan start?
7. How did it work? Was it effective?
8. Where was the boundary between the two Koreas?
9. Into how many zones was Germany at the beginning and in the end?
10. How did the Russians react when the Americans created a new currency  for Germany? Why?
11. What happened after  that?
12. How did the Americans and British do after that?
13. What was the consequence of the end of the Berlin blockade?
14. Why did America’s plan to create a united Korea fail? Explain.
15. When did the Korean war end? Name the two reasons for it.
16. Who decided to create NATO? Why?
17. What does NATO mean?
18. When and where was it signed?       

VIDEO COMPREHENSION: America the Story of Us: World War 2

Part 1 (min 0 – 22)

Vocabulary:

Questions:

1-     Which countries were the Axis Powers?

2-     What was mass-produced?

3-     Why were Japanese planes perfect for a surprise attack?

4-     How far is Japan from Hawaii?

5-     Say two disadvantages the radar had?

6-     Say the date and time Pearl Harbour was attacked?

7-     Why did WW2 mean an impulse for American industry?

8-     Name some reasons why the Jeep was a perfect fit for war.

9-     What does Jeep symbolize?

10- What was best America’s secret weapon? Explain.

11-  (19’) What was the autonomy of the Amercican aircraft B17 Bomber?

12-  (20’55”)Why did the Americans bomb the train facilities of the Germans in occupied France?

13-  (21’30”) What was the Norden Bombsight?

Part 2 (min 22 – 44 )

Vocabulary:  dog tags, shrapnel

Questions:

1-     What proportion of American pilots died in 1943?

2-     What did the Germans use against the American aircraft?

3-     What were the objectives of the American aircraft?

4-     What collateral damages were there?

5-     Black American soldiers , were they segregated? Where? Where not?

6-     What was Operation Overlord? Which American general was in charge of it?

7-     What was the purpose of this operation?

8-     What was the function of barrage balloons?

9-     What date was D-Day?

10- What took place in Alamo Gordo Desert (New Mexico) on July 16^th 1945?

11- Who was Robert Oppenheimer?

12- What was the scientists’reaction after the experiment?

13- What was the most important consequence for the USA taking part in this war?

2º Bach Sección· The Arsenal of Democracy · Questions

The Arsenal of Democracy · Questions (An Illustrated History of USA pg 105-108)

1-    How was the international situation in the world in the 1930s?

2-    What did the isolationists in the USA think?

3-    What were the Neutrality acts?

4-    When did the Americans realize they could not be isolated anymore?

5-    What was Roosevelt’s Lend Lease Plan?

6-    What meant a disaster for Japan?

7-    What did Japan’s Prime Minister , Hideki Tojo,  intend to do?

8-    What happended on Dec 7, 1941?

9-    Who were the Issei and the Nisei?Was their iinternment in prison camps fair? Why?

10-                      How did the USA organize the economy for the war?

11-                      What was the Manhattan Project?

12-                      What was Churchill’s idea?

13-                      What happened on June 6, 1944?

14-                      What was the Battle of the Bulge?

15-                      Explain the three-pronged attack?

16-                      What did “island hopping” consist of?

17-                      Why didn’t the Americans invade Japan itself when they were ready for it?

18-                      What was the debate in the USA about dropping the atomic bomb? Explain the two sides.

3º D • Sección • 2ND Term • PLANNING FOR LITERARY CIRCLE “SKELLIG”- THURSDAYS

Week	DATE	CHAPTERS
1	14 Dec	1-6
2	21 Dec	7-12
3	11 Jan	13-18
4	18 Jan	19-24
5	25 Jan	25-30
6	01 Febr	31-36
7	08 Febr	37-41
8	22Febr	42-46

4º C · 3rd Term · SEQUENCING FOR LITERARY CIRCLE ON THURSDAYS “HOW I LIVE NOW”

Session	DATE	CHAPTERS
1	01 March	1-4
2	08 March	5-8
3	15 March	9-12
4	05  April	13-16
5	12 April	17-20
6	19 April	21-24
7	26 April	25-27
8	09 May	28-29
9	16 May	1-6 final chapters