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Lecturer(s)
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Königová Veronika, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Week 1 Introduction (?How Did Jews Become White Folks?? by Karen B. Brodkin. Pages 274-283 in Seeing Ourselves: Classic, Contemporary and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology. 7th edition, John J Macionis and Nijole V. Benokraitis, eds.) Week 2 America: nation of immigrants (?The Great Depression: History in the key of jazz.? Excerpted from Jazz: A History of America?s Music, available at <http://www.pbs.org/jazz/time/time_depression.htm>) Week 3 History of Amrican music (1) (BC News ? ?Country music and the U.S. economy? 27 September 2011, available at <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15070421>) Week 4 Dějiny americké hudby (2): obrázek ekonomické krize (Vocabulary preparation for Idiocracy directed by Mike Judge, screenplay by Mike Judge and Etan Cohen, 20th Century Fox, 2005.) Week 5 Concepts of utopia and dystopia in American ideology (?Entrapment or Foiling Terror? FBI?s Reliance on Paid Informants Raises Questions about Validity of Terrorism Cases? Democracy Now! 6 October 2010 <http://www.democracynow.org/2010/10/6/entrapment_or_foiling_terror_fbis_reliance>) Week 6 Sociological and political aspects of graphic novels and comics (Excerpt from Maus: a survivor?s tale, Vol. I by Art Spiegelman. Pantheon: New York, 1986. ISBN 0-679-40641-7) Week 7 Introduction to American visual art (Vocabulary review, preparation for midterm test) Week 8 Habeas corpus and the U.S. constitution in crisis (?FISA Court approved record number of secret searches in 2006? Democracy Now! 2 May 2007 <http://www.democracynow.org/2007/5/2/headlines>) Week 9 The industrial food system in America (Vocabulary preparation for Food, Inc., directed by Robert Kenner) Week 10 Income inequality in America and Great Britain (Happiness: Lessons from a New Science by Richard Layard, pp. 29-38 and 50-53) Week 11 The Occupy Wall Street movement (?Occupy Everywhere: Michael Moore, Naomi Klein on Next Steps for the Movement Against Corporate Power? Democracy Now! Novemer 25, 2011 <http://www.democracynow.org/2011/11/25/occupy_everywhere_michael_moore_naomi_klein>) Week 12 Review Week 13 Credit test
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Discussion, Multimedia supported teaching, Students' portfolio, Skills demonstration, Task-based study method, Seminar classes, Textual studies, Seminar
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 15 hours per semester
- Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
- 18 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 20 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| No prerequisite subjects. |
| learning outcomes |
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| Students are able to: - analyze the latest trends in Anglo-American culture - understand the role of Anglo-American culture in the process of globalization - critically work with British and American media as well as texts on cultural history - discuss the subject in specialized language |
| teaching methods |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Task-based study method |
| Textual studies |
| Skills demonstration |
| Students' portfolio |
| Discussion |
| Seminar classes |
| assessment methods |
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| Test |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Continuous assessment |
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Recommended literature
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ABERCROMBIE, N., W., A. Contemporary British Society. Cambridge: Polity, 2002.
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CAMPBELL, N. American Cultural Studies. New York, 1998.
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HENNESSY, P. Having It So Good: Britain in the Fifties. London, 2006.
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MARR, A. A History of Modern Britain. London, 2007.
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MARWICK, A. British Society Since 1945. London : Penguin, 2003.
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TEMPERLY. H. Britain and America Since Independence. London.
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