ANOTHER GREAT DOCUMENTARY TO DIGEST..

POISONING AMERICA. THE DEVIL YOU KNOW.
Here you go folks. An incredible film that would make Dickens RAGE! This is a film about PROFIT BEFORE PEOPLE in a way that will leave you staggered. Some of the people working for the TEFLON company remind me of Bounderby. I also thought of COKETOWN.
What say you? Give this your eyes.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bs68rr/storyville-poisoning-america-the-devil-we-know

Only available for 3 weeks.

WATCH THIS FILM. THIS IS IMPORTANT.

This is Sean McAllister's A NORTHERN SOUL. It is a documentary about a man from HULL trying to survive both economically and emotionally. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FILM YOU WILL WATCH THIS YEAR.
THIS IS A FILM ABOUT THE REALITY OF LIFE ON LOW PAY IN the UK in 2018.
What would Dickens make of this film?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bshjrv/a-northern-soul

POVERTY IN BRITAIN...How would Dickens react?

This is the Channel Four news segment I discussed in the last session. HARD TIMES? I think so!
https://www.channel4.com/news/un-probes-uk-poverty-amid-benefits-shake-up

Here is a link to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's Website.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/blog/could-government-have-done-more-enable-people
https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/uk-poverty-2017
The GUARDIAN:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/22/un-poverty-chief-calls-for-e 

THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION RECORDED IN 2017 THAT 60% of ALL PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY  IN THE UK ARE LIVING IN WORKING HOUSEHOLDS. CLEARLY THE 'WORKING POOR' IS NOT JUST AN ISSUE WITHIN THE PAGES OF DICKENS' HARD TIMES.
LAST WEEK THE UNITED NATIONS PUBLISHED A REPORT ON POVERTY IN BRITAIN.
Channel Four News segment:
https://www.channel4.com/news/un-expert-says-austerity-has-condemned-millions-to-poverty
Government response..
https://www.channel4.com/news/mel-stride-mp-in-this-government-there-is 
Amber Rudd's response...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6406423/Amber-Rudd-dismisses-UN-poverty-report-returns-line-politics.html 
Amber Rudd in Parliament..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jbM_53G1Bs
BIG ISSUE article...
https://www.bigissue.com/latest/social-activism/the-un-poverty-report-highlits-a-national-emergency-that-we-must-act-on/
BBC Article...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46236642
Any consideration of the issues explored by Dickens needs to be placed within the context of our own world.

YEAR 12 ..OTHELLO....15th Nov 2018.

Today we completed our reading of the play so next week we begin to discuss OTHELLO within the context of tragedy and attempt to provide answers to some key questions:

• IS OTHELLO A TRAGIC HERO?
• CAN THE TRAGIC CONCEPT OF HAMARTIA BE APPLIED TO THE CHARACTER OF OTHELLO?
• TO WHAT EXTENT IS THIS A CONTEMPORARY PLAY?
• WHAT ARE THE KEY THEMES BEING EXPLORED BY SHAKEY?
• WHY IS IAGO SUCH A MAGNIFICENT WORK OF ART?
• HOW SHOULD THE AUDIENCE FEEL AT THE END OF THE PLAY? TO WHAT EXTENT HAVE THE AUDIENCE EXPERIENCED THE EMOTIONS OF  'PITY and FEAR' or 'PITY and TERROR' ?
• TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU AGREE WITH THE CRITICAL OPINION OF A.C BRADLEY, F.R.LEAVIS or T.S.ELIOT?
• HOW CAN MILLER OR SHELLEY'S VIEW OF TRAGEDY BE APPLIED TO THE PLAY?

Here is a link to my OTHELLO PODCAST....You must listen to this before the next session as it will inform our class discusion:
https://soundcloud.com/fishymedia/othello-pod

This is a link to the National Theatre resource that presents an introduction to Greek Tragedy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSr6mP-zxUc&t=69s 

Here is a link to a blog entry from September that contains some excellent resources for students to digest:
https://becuriouslit.blogspot.com/2018/09/othelloyear12sept-18.html

Here are some more Othello resources:
LANGUAGE IN OTHELLO....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trhHBQRJUcQ
Opening section of Act 5 Scene 2....RSC 2015...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaIQ2Rv35ng
ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY REHEARSE Act 5 Scene 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLPZf6SjCMo
THIS IS THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY'S YOU TUBE EDUCATIONAL LEARNING ZONE. CHECK THE OTHELLO RESOURCES. They are fascinating:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjz6LNDQOWaCkQegAHxyo2g
Here is a link to the OTHELLO RESOURCES on The Royal Shakespeare Company's Website:
https://www.rsc.org.uk/shakespeare-learning-zone/othello

RESOURCES FOR YEAR 9....WAR POETRY..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-gloucestershire-46154997/grace-jone
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-46154097/armistice-the-soldier-who-di
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-merseyside-46039028/sculpture-insp

Danny Boyle's beach sculptures....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umi59coNrvg&pbjreload=10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jNHw4pAlyU

Owen...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB4cdRgIcB8
Brooke..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAFnhJojMYY&list=PLPoFiRrHslxNjKvG3DqleloDuS-LCgMCv 
Sassoon..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLuTiITZykg&index=6&list=PLPoFiRrHslxNjKv

CAROL ANN DUFFY..poet laureate's poem for the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1.
THE WOUND IN TIME:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-46169604/remembrance-day-car 
Peter Jackson's colour footage of WW1..
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-45803977/peter-jackson-world-war-one-footage-brought-to-life-by-lord-of-the-rings-director

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-sussex-42933171/film-remembers-lewes-world-war-one-dead

BLACKADDER...Final episode....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0078nnr/blackadder-blackadder-goes-forth-6-plan-f-goodbyeee

Sainsbury's advert 2014....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWF2JBb1bvM

THE NOT DEAD...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvA3K-tC6t8&has_verified=1

This is the documentary created by Brian Hill and Simon Armitage that helped create the poem REMAINS. Armitage created this poem having listened to some of the soldiers discussing their experiences when recording material for this film. The soldier that inspired the poem discusses his experience and recites the poem beginning 44 mins...