The Second Years students of the euro section worked on dystopian universes in fiction during their last term.
Premiere euro
Organisation
– 1h d’anglais en classe entière hebdomadaire + 1h de demi-groupe de quinzaine en plus des 2,5h du tronc commun
– 1h d’histoire-géographie en anglais (DNL) + 1h de demi-groupe de quinzaineen plus des 3h du tronc commun
Programme d’histoire-géographie en anglais (DNL) - les thèmes tournent d’une année à l’autre en fonction de la programmation établie par les professeurs d’Anglais et de DNL
Theme 1 : Vile Victorians – Inequalities and Crime in the 19th-century-british society (History)
- Might and Misery : challenging the notion of “Victorian Era”
- "My Fair Lady" : Ascot Gavotte + Eliza small talk
- Jack the Ripper : forensic files and case study
Theme 2 : Global cities and Globalization – Urban mutations in the 21st century (Geography)
- The American Megalopolis
- Silicon Valley’s Global Influence
- World Trade : an example of TNC
Theme 3 : Born this way - From the shadows to proud limelights (History and Geography)
- American Horror Story (AHS), season 4 : "Freak Show" (History)
- The rise of LGBTQIA+ rights in America (English)
Theme 4 : “Rule Britannia” – The British Empire from the 19th century to World War I (History)
- Rise of the British Empire – The War of The Boers, example of colonial war
- WWI causes and consequences for Britain
- War testimonies : Canada, India and Australia at War
- Britain in WWI – War of trenches and the battle of the Somme
Theme 5 : Living in Contemporary urban environments
- Global forms and patterns of urbanisation
- New Urban Landscapes
- Urban microclimates (case studies)
- The postmodern western city (case studies - Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Mumbai)
Theme 6 : Muticultural societies : myths and realities through the centuries
- Slavery in the Caribbean and in the UK in the 18th century
- Civil War America : from Lincoln to Jim Crow
- Contemporary controversies on the role of slavery in modern-day Britain economy & society
- What does it mean "to be woke" ?
- Netflix series and the visibility of Black people : Queen Charlotte (case study)
Theme 7 : Australia, a rising power in the Southern hemisphere