What could you learn from a film or TV show? Over the last four weeks you have been considering culture –your personal culture, the culture of the place you live, why it is important to learn about other cultures and how you can learn about culture through reading. Today, we are going to look at how films and TV can broaden your cultural knowledge. Can you think of how films or TV could improve your cultural knowledge? What could you learn from a film or TV show?

Learning outcomes ASPIRE: To explore how films and TV can improve your cultural knowledge. CHALLENGE: To consider why it is important to broaden your cultural knowledge.

Task: in pairs Come up with a list of films or TV shows that you have seen or that you have heard of that you think deal with an aspect of culture. It could be a film you have watched at home or perhaps something you have been shown in lessons.

Over the next few pages are some suggestions of films/TV shows that could improve your knowledge of another culture. Learn about: The history of the British Royal Family Conflicts within the Royal Family

How culture is influenced by sport Over the next few pages are some suggestions of films/TV shows that could improve your knowledge of another culture. ESPN 30 for 30 series Learn about: Key sporting events How culture is influenced by sport

Over the next few pages are some suggestions of films/TV shows that could improve your knowledge of another culture. Learn about: The fall of the Berlin wall in Germany The cultural differences between East and West Germany

Black African identity in America Over the next few pages are some suggestions of films/TV shows that could improve your knowledge of another culture. Learn about: Black African identity in America Sexual identity

Over the next few pages are some suggestions of films/TV shows that could improve your knowledge of another culture. Learn about: World War II