I. Find out 3 plays.
II. Describe each play:
a Name
b Director
c Staff or characters
d Plot (Briefly)
Major Barbara - Bernard Shaw (1905)
The central conflict of the play is that between the extremist ideas of Andrew Undershaft, the armaments giant, and the ideas of his aristocratic relatives, representing the ideals of society. Undershaft's devilish power and wit make the outcome inevitable, and at the end everyone recognizes the fusion of money with morality.
Mr. Undershaft
Lady Britomart
Adolphous Cusins
Peter Shirley
Prince Bronterre
lunes, 26 de julio de 2010
lunes, 5 de julio de 2010
Research Project
Look up these points...
I. Find the meaning of these 'words' in English:
1. Ghetto: a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions.
2. Nigger: offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga".
3. Discrimination: unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice.
4. Segregation: the act of segregating or sequestering; "sequestration of the jury".
5. Ebonics: a nonstandard form of American English spoken by some Black people in the United States.
6. Immigration: migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there).
7. Integration: the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community.
8. Opportunity: a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance".
9. Empower: give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"
10. Take over: to take control of something, especially an organization or a country.
11. Overcome: overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us"
II. Write one sentence per word.
1. In Brazil the guetto.
III. Find information about the 'Arizona Law'
1. Main points (3)
2. Who is most affected?
3. Do you agree with that law? why?
IV. Individual Post. Work in 2s.
I. Find the meaning of these 'words' in English:
1. Ghetto: a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions.
2. Nigger: offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga".
3. Discrimination: unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice.
4. Segregation: the act of segregating or sequestering; "sequestration of the jury".
5. Ebonics: a nonstandard form of American English spoken by some Black people in the United States.
6. Immigration: migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there).
7. Integration: the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community.
8. Opportunity: a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance".
9. Empower: give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"
10. Take over: to take control of something, especially an organization or a country.
11. Overcome: overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us"
II. Write one sentence per word.
1. In Brazil the guetto.
2..In EEUU the black people is called nigger.
3. The discrimination have been punished.
4. Segregation is the worst thing in the life :)
5. I can't understand ebonics.
6 A lot of people inmigration
7. In South Africa the white people have been integrated after the apartheid.
8. I have the opportunity of doing a lot of things.
9. Empower
10. take over
11. overcome
III. Find information about the 'Arizona Law'
1. Main points (3)
2. Who is most affected?
3. Do you agree with that law? why?
IV. Individual Post. Work in 2s.