Lee Daniels’ The Butler
The film 6 The content 6 The characters 7 BiographCalinformation 9 Scene index 12
Das Unterrichtsmodell 15 Vorüberlegungen zum Einsatz des Films im Unterricht 15 Konzeption des Unterrichtsmodells 16 Weiterführende Materialien 17
Klausuren 18
n the USA؛ Component 1 ะ History of African Americans lthe1920s 29؛urit
1.1 Getting started 29 1.2 The first settlers and the slave 30 1.3 The Underground Railroad 31 1.4 Freeing the slaves - Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War and the Era of Reconstruction 32 1.5 The Jim Crow laws of the South 33
Copy 1 ·· The first African slaves in North America 35 Copy 2: Bury Me in o Free Land (Lückentext) 39 СоруЗ: Bury Me in o Free Land 40 Copy 4: Twelve Years o Slove 43 C0py5: Reading project: Notes 45 Copy 6: The Emancipation Proclamation 49 Copy 7: Role cards-reciprocal 51 ¿ כ Copy 8: J¡m Crow laws
ﻧ ﺪ Component I: Introduction to the movie and the characters
2.1 Anjean Americans in the Deep South 53 2.2 Introduction to the movie: Cecil’s childhood and youth 54 2.3 Becoming'The Butler 55 2.4 Introduction to the movie’s 07
Copy 9: Ustening comprehension 59 Copy 10: Research project: Black AmeC^ 64 Copy11:Cecil’schldhood 67 Copy 12: Film analysis: Getting the terms right 69 ١ / Copy 13:Usteníng comprehension: Good advice Copy 14: Introducingthe protagonists of h 73 l Rights Movement 75؛v؛Component 3ะ The c
3.1 Hello Mr. President 75 3.2 Student protests: Sit-ins and f r d 77 3.3 The Kennedy era 79 3.4 Martin Luther King and Malcolm X - Nonviolence vs. black nationalism 80
Copy 15: The Presidents of the USA 83 Copy 16: Researching the historical bac^^ 84 Copy 17: Student protests and sit-ins in Nashville 85 Copy 18: JFK: Speech on civil rights 89 Copy 19: Role cards 92
Component 4: Family conflicts 93
4.1 Conflicts between father and son: Two different ways of fighting for equal rights 93 4.2 Gloria and her demons 96 4.3 Becoming a family a g a in -C e c iS ^ 97
Copy 20: Louis and his family 100 Copy 21 : Guess who’s coming to dinner - Family dynamics 102 Copy 22: Role play: Cedi and Gloria 104 Copy 23: Cedi’s change of heart 105
Com ponents A new era 107
5.1 The first black president 107 5.2 Critical review 110 5.3 Racism in the USA today 110
Copy 24: Obama’s victory speech ỉn 2008 113 Copy 25: The article that inspired a movie: “A Butler Well Served by ״ This Election116 Copy 26: Research: Violence against black citizens ■ ¿0 Copy 27: How people react to racial violence 124 Copy 28: Jon Stewart on Charleston 127 Copy 29: Obama speaks at a funeral 128