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What is Britishness?
LO: To understand what Britishness means today and to
develop debating skills
Level 4: Explanation/Analysis/Argument:Make connections to present a coherent argument and offerInformed personal engagement with issues and debates
What is Britishness?
Britishness…
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7469172.stm
Union Jack Girl © Still Pictures/Duncan Walker
Big Ben © iStockphoto.com/Steven Allan
Queen Elizabeth, Visit to Leicester by Flickr user kev747 and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
© Getty images/Doug Menuez
Olympic parade – Tasha Danvers by Flickr user Richard Parmiter and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
Cycling in the Lake District ©iStockphoto.com/David Chadwick
© Getty images/Scott Barbour
Walking in the rain by Flickr user Denni Schnapp and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
Fish ‘n’ chips at the Severnshed by Flickr user ordinaryfool and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
Queen’s Guard by Flickr user Josie Fraser and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
Or is there more to it than that?...
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Image © Jonathan Brunert, producer BBC Panorama
© Getty images/Tom Stoddard
What is your interpretation of Britishness today?
• You have 10 minutes to find 5 images that sum up what you think Britishness means today…
Level 4: Explanation/Analysis/Argument:Make connections to present a coherent argument and offerInformed personal engagement with issues and debates
ONE WORD to define it…
Stuart Hall Reception Theory
• Passive vs Active audience
• Preferred/dominant
• Negotiated
• Oppositional
What is Britishness?
LO: To understand what Britishness means today and to develop analysis skills
Level 4: Explanation/Analysis/Argument:Make connections to present a coherent argument and offerInformed personal engagement with issues and debates
ROYALS vs RIOTS
• Which are we? • Become an active audience!
Level 4: Explanation/Analysis/Argument:Make connections to present a coherent argument and offerInformed personal engagement with issues and debates
Whose winning the debate?
• Move forward:• 1 step – if you agree/think
it’s a good point• 2 steps – if they mention
any stats/research info• 3 steps – if they link to
theory
• Move back:• 1 step – if you disagree
with their point• 2 step – if they make a
point and don’t use evidence
• 3 step – if one member doesn’t contribute anything
Are we royals or rioters?• Level 4:
Explanation/Analysis/Argument:
• Make connections to present a coherent argument and offer
• Informed personal engagement with issues and debates
• Answer this question consolidating what you have learnt today…include Stuart Hall’s theory
• Level 3 – passive vs active audience• Level 4 – negotiated, preferred, oppositional
responses
What do you think at the moment?
Are we royals or rioters?• Level 4:
Explanation/Analysis/Argument:
• Make connections to present a coherent argument and offer
• Informed personal engagement with issues and debates
• Point: I think Britain is represented as royals more than rioters.• Evidence: During the royal wedding, people all over the country had
street parties, over 5, 500 according to guardian.co.uk.• Explain: This connotes a sense of unity in Britain and represents
British people as patriotic because they support the royal family.
What do you think at the moment?
Are we royals or rioters?
• Level 4: Explanation/Analysis/Argument:
• Make connections to present a coherent argument and offer
• Informed personal engagement with issues and debates
What do you think NOW?
Peer assess answers…
Read each other’s – is it level 4?
What is Britishness?
LO: To understand what Britishness means today and to
develop analysis skills
Level 4: Explanation/Analysis/Argument:Make connections to present a coherent argument and offerInformed personal engagement with issues and debates
How did you meet today’s LO?
Britishness in film
• For homework:
• Analyse two British film trailers, and compare their representations of BRITISHNESS…
• Back up your answers using specific micro evidence
• Why do you think they are different/similar?
Level 4: Explanation/Analysis/Argument:Make connections to present a coherent argument and offerInformed personal engagement with issues and debates