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Teenage life across cultures
Being a teenager still seems bloody awesome!! I envy you guys! Let’s see what it’s all about.
Sometimes it may seem like hard work, but have a look at the video about teenage life in the middle ages.
But teenage life in present-day UK is still not all that easy.
In South Africa we see entirely different issues at stake. It's an intriguing country of great beauty and massive difficulties - and that goes for teenagers as well.
The US is supposed to be the land of opportunities. Is that still the case?
Not all teenagers are lucky enough to live in peaceful nations. Let's find out what it's like to be a teenager at war.
Now you know what it's like to be a teenager around the world, but what can you do to improve your own quality of life as well as that of your local community?
UVB - Teenage life across cultures
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Behandlet materiale:
Anya Sharma: “Are the Teenage Years Really the Best of Your Life?”, September 16, 2024, The Teen Mag, https://www.theteenmagazine.com/are-the-teenage-years-really-the-best-of-your-life
Associated Press: “3 Ukrainian teens begin their final year of high school holding on to hopes for the future”, September 02, 2024, Voa, https://www.voanews.com/a/three-ukrainian-teens-begin-their-final-year-of-high-school-holding-onto-hopes-for-the-future/7767946.html
BBC: “Why London has a teenage mental health crisis - BBC London”, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEZCDvelwlo
Drew Desilver: “The concerns and challenges of being a U.S. teen: What the data show”, Pew Research Center, FEBRUARY 26, 2019,https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/02/26/the-concerns-and-challenges-of-being-a-u-s-teen-what-the-data-show/
Free Spirit Team: “10 Ways Teens Can Make a Difference in Their Communities”, December 14, 2023, TCM, https://www.teachercreatedmaterials.com/free-spirit-publishing/blog/10-ways-teens-can-make-a-difference-in-their-communities?srsltid=AfmBOoq7yrHCN6JQVU3Y4nLUJzTYrL3PpHBhzcAfztpcguWz91UUx-Eu
Newzroom Africa: “What being 18 means for SA youth”, June, 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39KVeF4BpEw
Sarah Shamim: “Why are UK teens the least happy in Europe?”, 5 Sep 2024, al Jazeera, https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/9/5/why-are-uk-teens-the-least-happy-in-europe
The Learning Network: “Teenagers on the Best Thing About Being Their Age”, April 27, 2023, The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/learning/teenagers-on-the-best-thing-about-being-their-age.html
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Faglige mål:
̶ - analysere og fortolke tekster med anvendelse af faglig terminologi og metode
̶ demonstrere viden om fagets identitet og metoder.
̶ - forstå mundtlige engelske tekster og samtaler af en vis længde om almene og faglige emner
- læse og forstå skrevne tekster på engelsk i forskellige genrer af en vis længde om almene og faglige emner
- udtrykke sig sammenhængende og forholdsvis flydende, herunder formulere egne synspunkter, i præsentation, samtale og diskussion på engelsk om almene og faglige emner med en relativ høj grad af grammatisk korrekthed
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Arbejdsformer:
Klasseundervisning af forskellig art.
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