CULTURES OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD 2【ABｸﾞﾙ-ﾌﾟ】*
外国語学部 - 英語学科
FES10401
コース情報
担当教員: WILLIAMS Laurence
単位数: 2
年度: 2024
学期: 秋学期
曜限: 月2, 木2
形式: 対面授業
レベル: 100
アクティブラーニング: あり
他学部履修: 不可
評価方法
出席状況
授業参加
リアクションペーパー
レポート
詳細情報
概要
This course will give you the opportunity to improve your knowledge of the culture, history, and current political issues of the United States. It will also help you develop your English and academic skills. Topics will include: the US constitution and founding ideals, "manifest destiny" and the American West, immigration history, race in modern America, LGBTQ rights, the US economy, and indigenous peoples. We will also make case studies of particular regions of the US, including (provisionally) California and New York. Texts will include newspaper articles, NGO reports, short essays, fiction, and films (including, provisionally, ""Barbie", "Nomadland", and "Lady Bird"). The class will place emphasis on active learning. Classroom activities will include worksheets, quizzes, debates, and group-work activities. You will use the same Slack accounts you used for Cultures A-1 last semester. * Students wishing to retake this course are required to email the instructor before the first class.
目標
1. To improve your general knowledge of the United States, including its geography, political system, population, and culture. 2. To improve your awareness of current social issues in the United States, including class, race, and gender issues, and to be able to apply this knowledge to other contexts, including Japanese society. 3. To develop your academic skills, including critical thinking, academic writing, media literacy, and collaboration / discussion skills. 4. To develop the discussion, presentation, and ICT skills that you will need for later study at Sophia.
授業外の学習
Students will be expected to do at least 90 minutes' preparation for every class, including - 1. Reading a short piece of writing for each class (which will be distributed on Moodle) 2. Revising for class quizzes 3. Writing assignments, to be submitted regularly during the semester. 4. Preparing for group presentations There will also be a final essay.
所要時間: 90 minutes+ per class (180 minutes+ per week)
スケジュール
- Orientation (schedule below is provisional and may change)
- Introduction to American geography, history, and culture (1): The US Constitution
- Introduction to American geography, history, and culture (2): The Rhetoric of US Exceptionalism
- Introduction to American geography, history, and culture (3): Overview of US Geography
- Introduction to American geography, history, and culture (3): Family life and the middle class
- Christianity in US Culture
- US politics (1): Understanding the US electoral system
- US politics (2): The right-left divide
- US politics (3): "Knock the House Down" and diversity in US politics
- Gender issues in contemporary America (1): History of US feminism
- Gender issues in contemporary America (2): LGBTQ+ rights
- Native American History
- The American West (1): Capitalism, Oil, and US Expansion
- The American West (2): Film study of "There Will Be Blood"
- Race and diversity in contemporary America (1)
- Race and diversity in contemporary America (2)
- Introduction to American Literature (1)
- Introduction to American Literature (2)
- Young People and Generational Divides
- Regional case studies (1)
- Regional case studies (2)
- Final research project workshop (1)
- Final research project workshop (2)
- Final research project workshop (3)
- Student-led discussion and presentation class (1)
- Student-led discussion and presentation class (2)
- Student-led discussion and presentation class (3)
- Overview of both semesters' work
教科書
Texts will be distributed electronically.
参考書
書籍情報はありません。