Teaching material Recommended level : Year 9, year 10 and upper secondary (gymnasiale uddannelser) Subject : English Cross-curricular work: Danish (and other languages), history, social studies, media studies and art 1 Table of contents FOR THE TEACHER ................................................................................................................................................ 4 About the material ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 SYNOPSIS – PRECIOUS /CHARACTERS ................................................................................................................... 6 Glossary and things you might want to know ............................................................................................................... 8 HARLEM .............................................................................................................................................................. 9 For the teacher .............................................................................................................................................................. 9 Pre-teaching - before you watch the movie ............................................................................................................. 9 Pre-activity ................................................................................................................................................................ 9 While-activity ............................................................................................................................................................ 9 Core-activities ......................................................................................................................................................... 10 Post-activity ............................................................................................................................................................. 10 Pre-teaching - history, facts and statistics .................................................................................................................. 11 Pre-activity .................................................................................................................................................................. 16 While-viewing activity ................................................................................................................................................. 17 Analyzing and noticing activity ................................................................................................................................... 21 Picture #1 ................................................................................................................................................................ 22 Picture #2 ................................................................................................................................................................ 23 Picture #3 ................................................................................................................................................................ 24 Discovering Harlem ..................................................................................................................................................... 25 Postcard template ................................................................................................................................................... 28 Post-activity................................................................................................................................................................. 29 Worksheet 1 ............................................................................................................................................................ 30 Worksheet 2 ............................................................................................................................................................ 32 Worksheet 3 ............................................................................................................................................................ 34 Worksheet 4 ............................................................................................................................................................ 36 EDUCATION ....................................................................................................................................................... 40 For the teacher ............................................................................................................................................................ 40 Before watching Precious ........................................................................................................................................... 41 Aim .......................................................................................................................................................................... 41 Activity .................................................................................................................................................................... 41 Follow-up activity .................................................................................................................................................... 41 Extra ideas or activities ........................................................................................................................................... 41 While viewing Precious ............................................................................................................................................... 44 2 Aim .......................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Activity .................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Follow-up activity .................................................................................................................................................... 44 Extra ideas or activities ........................................................................................................................................... 44 After viewing Precious ................................................................................................................................................ 48 Activity .................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Overview of Production .......................................................................................................................................... 48 Extra ideas/activities ............................................................................................................................................... 48 DOMESTIC ABUSE .............................................................................................................................................. 50 Definition of abuse ...................................................................................................................................................... 50 For further DK information ..................................................................................................................................... 50 For further US information ..................................................................................................................................... 50 How to use the material ............................................................................................................................................. 51 Pre-viewing activity ..................................................................................................................................................... 52 While viewing the movie “Precious” .......................................................................................................................... 53 Core activities .............................................................................................................................................................. 56 Produce a folder ...................................................................................................................................................... 56 Newspaper article ................................................................................................................................................... 56 Annual day for “Stop Domestic Abuse” .................................................................................................................. 56 Write a letter to…. ................................................................................................................................................... 57 Interview with Jackie Fernandez ......................................................................................................................... 58 LINKS AND REFERENCES ..................................................................................................................................... 65 Credits: Cast : Original title:'Precious',