CLASS SYLLABUS : Let’s go !

Chap 1 : media as the 4th Estate : Black power versus white power Doc 1 > The working of the media institution Video : “What happened to the news?”. Local coverage versus big media networks Media institution Doc 2 > Media prejudices : news analysis Video news : BBC news report on Saint-Denis CNN’s “muslim 2005 riots” in suburbian Paris Doc 4 > media-manufactured prejudices : Newsreel movement Video : “Newsreel”, Paul Mac Isaac > Oral presentation L.A 1945 riots Rodney King riots The Newsreel movement founded by Paul Mac Isaac Doc 5 > Racial issue : Media-manufactured riots Doc iconographique : L.A riots Text : “The Merchants of Chaos”, Angel’s flight, Michael Connelly Media-manufactured riots L.A riots Doc 6 > Media as the 4th Estate : Media-manufactured elections in the USA Video news : “Obama under Fox attack”. 2012 US elections > news Doc 7 > Black revolution versus white power Song : “The Revolution Won’t be televised”, Gil Scott Heron > Oral presentation White media The Last Poets and the Black Revolution / Black Panthers

Chap 2 : Heroes of the Black Revolution : Power of speech Doc 1 > Jim Crow laws and white power Video : Rosa Park (Film The King) Rosa Park : A hero standing against the law > Oral presentation Racial Act (1954) Doc 2 : From emancipation to KKK executions Doc iconographique 1 : “Abolition of slavery” Doc iconographique 2 : “necktie parties” Long lasting myth of white supremacy > Oral presentation KKK / WASP > White supremacy revisited > Oral presentation Abolition of slavery > emancipation proclamation The Jim Crow 1900’s hit music Doc 3 > Standing against White supremacy Text : Southern Trees, Lady sings the blues, Billy Holiday Billy Holiday : a committed blues singer and a hero > Oral presentation The roots of the blues > a black-American music > Oral presentation “Separate but equal” doctrine Malcom X ‘s speech on his name Doc 4 : From Rosa Park to Obama : Heroes making history Doc iconographique : “Making History” Martin Luther King as the hero of the Civil rights Obama as the 1st Black president : a mythical figure From the outhouse to the White House Obama as a Black president ? > Class interaction

Chap 2 : Heroes of the Black Revolution : power of speech Doc 5 : From Martin Luther King to Obama : Luther King’s dream versus the American Dream Video and text : Martin Luther King’s speech “I have a Dream” (1963) Video and text : Obama’s inauguration speech “yes we can” > oral comprehension March on Washington Right to vote (1964) The White House as a symbolic place of power Founding myth of the American dream / the Founding Fathers Martin Luther King as a civil rights leader > Oral presentation Doc 6 : “From the outhouse to the White House” DM Doc iconographique “From the outhouse to the White House” Text “Inauguration speech” Obama Obama’s election Doc 7 : Black power and words as weapons Song : “When the Revolution comes”, The Last Poets Harlem Renaissance > Oral presentation The first rappers and engaged singers

Chap 3 : Colonialism and imperialism  The British Empire : colonial spaces and conquests  Doc 1 >The remains of the British Empire in India Video : Gandhi (film) The British empire / The commonwealth Gandhi as a non-violent hero and nobel peace prize > Oral presentation British conquest War for independence in India Doc 2 : Independence Audio : Gandhi’s speech on religious belief Buddhism Submissiveness rooted in religion Doc 2 > Insight on India (DM) Doc iconographique : “All equal” > Oral presentation The caste system The Commonwealth and economic exchanges today Doc 3 > Colonizers versus colonized : domination and submission Text : “The Reception” British colonizers and white supremacy Submissiveness and power balance Cultural and ideological conflicts

Chap 3 : Colonialism and imperialism  The British Empire : colonial spaces and conquests Doc 4 > Nigerian revolution against British domination Song : “Authority robber”, Fela Kuti Black movement in Nigeria Dictatorship Fela Kuti : a hero and a scapegoat > Oral presentation Doc 5 > Biafra’s independence Nigeria versus Biafra Civil war in Nigeria Doc 6 > The remains of colonialism today in Britain Text : “The refugee”, By the Sea, Abdul Razak Gurnah Zanzibar Immigration to the UK Multiculturalism in Britain and cultural gaps

Chap 4 : Globalization and Glocalization Cultural gaps, world exchanges and disparities Doc 1 > Big megamarketers as world powers Doc iconographique : “Coca-cola’s global strategies” (Times) History of the brand and branding strategies Packaging and advertizing marketing strategies  Doc 2 > Marketing startegies Video : “History of Coca-cola” Marketing strategies > the 4 Ps History of the product > oral presentation Global startegies Doc 3 > “Think global, think pepsi” (DM) Text : “Coca-cola and Pepsi in India” Glocalization > oral presentation Marketing strategies Cultural disparities  Doc 4 > Think global : Americanizing the world Text : “Coca-cola in Mexico” (Times) Tradition versus modernity Westernization Cultural shifts and western values Pros or cons globalization ? > class interaction  Doc 5 > The big ones : Big America Video : The Big Ones, Michael Moore (film) The American bald eagle

Chap 5 : Science and ethics : dangers The end of the world : a myth ? Doc 1 > Global warming Doc iconographique : “An inconvenient truth” > movie poster Global warming Al Gore’s commitment World divide Pollution and greenhouse gaz Natural disasters   Doc 2 > Mother Earth going wild Text : The Mist, Stephen King Civilization versus wilderness Natural disasters and hurricanes in the USA Global warming as a fiction ? Political and scientific commitment > class debate Sci-fi literary genre rooted in reality Doc 3 > The end of the world : a fiction ? Video : “The road” (movie trailer) Mythical frontier civilization / wilderness The end of civilization Nuclear disaster Survival of the fittest William Blake : Songs of innocence / songs of experience Doc 4 > The fall of man : man praying upon himself Text : The Road, Cormac Mc Carthy The myth of the Apocalypse The descent into hell The remains of civilization / wilderness Back to nature

Chap 6 : New technologies and new utopias Doc 1 > New technologies and social mutations Video : The social network (movie trailer) Facebook and other social networks Marc Zuckerberg as a self-made-man and hero Internet and social mutations New means of communication Ethics : private space and public space   Doc 2 > social mutations : the public eye Text : “A self-made hero”, Times Mark Zuckerberg as a self made man > oral presentation The facebook company Ethics and law suits American Dream Myth of the self made man in America Doc 3 > “Big Brother is watching you” (DM) Doc iconographique : “Facebook is watching you” Facebook Private and public spheres Blogs and lobbies Dissidence and opposition Government control Doc 4 > Big Brother’s government : a utopia ? Text : 1984, George Orwell Orwell as a visionary writer : “Big brother is watching you” > class debate Sci-fi genre and utopia Language as an instrument of power > newspeek

CHECK-UP TIME ! Compréhension écrite : Expression écrite : 1 à 3 documents écrits pouvant relever de différents genres (extraits œuvres littéraires, articles de presse) et renvoient à des notions du programme. Expression écrite : Rédiger un ou plusieurs textes construits à partir des indications données et en prenant appui sur des faits ou des prises de positions identifiées dans les documents écrits. Compréhension orale : Document audio ou vidéo lié à une des notions du programme d’1m30 > 3 écoutes 10 min pour restitution écrite en français Expression orale : 10 min de préparation 5 min de prise de parole en continu autour de la notion du programme présentée . 5 min de conversation en interaction.