NKJO British Culture Topic areas for the class test


British Culture Topic areas for the class test

  1. How do British people identify themselves?

1. HO (O'Driscoll) Identity

2. HO British Unity in Diversity: aspects of regional differences, the notion of Britishness (Please, pay attention to questions a b c)

  1. Images of Wales

  1. HO p. 48 Culture, Famous Welshmen & women, Sport

  2. HO Saint David and Saint David's Day

a) What is Saint David synonymous with?

  1. HO The History of Wales

  1. Who were Marcher Lords?

  2. What did Edward I introduce to Wales?

  3. What were the implications of the Act of Union?

WALES from a cultural, linguistic, historical and geographical perspective Konspekt:

  1. Introducing Scotland

  1. HO X 5: Clans & Tartans (what these two stand for); Writers & intellectuals; Great Scottish Inventions (two of them); Scotch Whisky; Highland Music & Games

  2. Scottish Heritage Konspekt

  3. Scottish celebrations: Ceilidh Konspekt

  4. Scottish celebrations: Burns Night Konspekt

  5. Two aspects of Scotland's history Konspekt:

IV. Northern Ireland The `Irish problem'

  1. Some facts from Irish history Konspekt

  2. The population: the Protestants , the Catholics, Konspekt

  3. London's negligence of basic rights of the Catholic N. Ireland Konspekt

V. Ethnic minorities. Britain as a highly diverse society

  1. HO The legacy of the British Empire

  2. HO PM's Speech at Munich Security Conference 2011

  1. Why, according to David Cameron, multiculturalism has failed?

  1. HO Natural Mystic. Bob Marley & 90's dance music (Peace & Justice par only - reggae & the Rastafarian message)

  1. Celebrity culture The Queen

  1. HO p. 44 A Tour of Duty: Comparable to a small war

  2. HO p.42 Regal Routine: Under the constitution; The queen's engagements

  3. HO `World Britain: The Wisdom of Queens' Time Jan 2012 (point 1 & 2 from the article)

VII. British Painting: The Pre-Raphaelites. Banksy & Street Art

  1. The Pre-Raphaelites Konspekt

  2. HO J. E. Millais Ophelia

  3. HO Banksy Art or vandalism

VIII . UK Tertiary Education Konspekt only

  1. (1) Oxbridge = Oxford (1209) & Cambridge (1284) founded in the medieval period

  2. Oxbridge

  3. (2) The Open University = good quality education

  4. (3) The early 19th English universities

  5. (4) The older civic ('redbrick') universities

  6. (5) The campus universities (1960s)

  7. (6) The newer civic universities: technical colleges→polytechnics→universities

IX. Sport

1. HO Four shrines of UK sport

2. HO The culture of sport

3. a) HO The Welsh & rugby (working class & amateur)

b) The Scots & football (their national passion & why)

  1. Sports and games - a passport to social contacts Konspekt

  1. Nature & culture. Rural England. [The countryside & Englishness] Konspekt only



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