Tagesspiegel 27. 10. 2008:
EU-Außengrenze – Fast 400 Bootsflüchtlinge auf Lampedusa eingetroffen
Die italienische Marine hat 400 Bootsflüchtlinge im Mittelmeer aufgegriffen. Der Großteil der Menschen stammt aus Afrika. Die genaue Identität wird nun in einem Flüchtlingslager auf der Insel Lampedusa ermittelt. >>Artikel
Etwa 200 afrikanische Flüchtlinge haben am Montag versucht, in die spanische Exklave Melilla zu gelangen. Grenzer setzten Gummigeschosse und Tränengas ein. Die Bilanz: 23 Menschen wurden verletzt, 84 Afrikaner wurden auf marokkanis…
Three weeks time to work on this topic in pairs with a special point of view (French, Spanish, Italian, British, Asian, African, European, Polish, German…):
- basic read for all: SPIEGEL article October 27th, 2008 [handout]
- basic read for each pair: one of the various newspaper/magazine articles from the last three years
- aim: knowledge about topic (facts, numbers, policies, pros & cons, differences, details)
- presentation: in three weeks, 10 mins oral presentation (with or without PowerPoint) and digitally: results with links, facts & photos in your blog(s);
- skills: show us in your oral presentation that you know all the secrecies of an excellent presentation and in your digital presentation that you can write a text of your own with decent quotations and definitely no copy & paste tricks
- mark: based on digital and oral presentation
Helpful:
BBC – Destination UK >>website
BBC – Half EU migrants have left the UK >>article
BBC – Migrant world >>website
METHODEN TIPPS IM UNI-SPIEGEL:
RHETORIK- ABC
Vorn hat ein Student hektische Flecken und liest monoton vom Blatt, hinten werden alle immer schläfriger – müssen Referate so trostlos sein? Studenten denken oft nicht daran, wie entscheidend die Präsentation bei Referaten ist: ein Rhetorik-ABC für bessere Vorträge. Von Britta Mersch mehr…
This has to be done | organized | decided | taken care of:
- list: names/mobile/group
- parental OK and telephone no. (back on Thurs, please]
- experts needed: Hindu Temple >>more; London discovery game; Industrial Revolution; Indians in London …
- Anke H: any news concerning evening events free of charge?
- final schedule: when are we doing what together?
- things not to be forgotten like ID etc.
- task in London: “My London” [photo; text, one page
]
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Here is the travel information from Herolé-Reisen [8 pages pdf-file]: Reiseablauf
Organization:
- four groups please, coordinator and list of mobile phone numbers
- luggage and hand luggage
- who drives when with whom
- who wants which Reclam
[--> List, please]
- individual money/Gruppenkasse?
- magical mystery tour with tasks, photos and internet cafe/youth hostel?
Topics:
- Indians in London
- Industrial Revolution and sights/museums worth seeing
Sights/activities
- who is in charge of what and prepares info/intro/speech [two per topic]?
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This is what has to be done today: 
- Berechnung der Abitur-Durchschnittsnote/Meldung
- besondere Lernleistung
- Shakespeare/ARTE >>more
- Elternbrief Transfer Bremen/Aurich
- T-Shirt idea
- new posts on London-blog
- London schedule to be worked out in more detail
- adopt a sight/an activity and become an expert
- London blog to be improved
- Reclam books: who fancies which of the two?
We’ll have 4 groups to boil the plans down:
1. Our programme from Sun – Fri
[Marje, Bianca, Lela & more]
==> boil the suggestions down to the week’s schedule to be discussed and voted on
2. The ticket group (London Transport, entrance fees, etc.) [Kristin, Kristin & more]
==> work out the best price, contact group 1 and try to prepare a suggestion
3. The “all free” group [Marina and Paula are in charge]
==> go through list of “attractions with free admission” and work out interesting ones
4. Culture and Museum group [Annika and Lady Mi are in charge]
==> galleries and exhibitions, paintings and photos, Museums ( –> Industrial Revolution);
what’s worth visiting?
Daniel works on London-Blog and invites all course members by email to enable anybody to write in the London-Blog.
All results in the London-Blog, please.
EVERYBODY decides on one of the London Reclams
Another reading suggestion: Mark Billingham – “Lifeless” >>more >>first 10 pages pdf-file
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Work in three groups, please:
- group captains: Marje, Lela, Bianca
- work out the visitors’ programme for Sunday noon to Friday noon, covering mornings and afternoons
- which sights should be visited, which museums are worth going to, which activities look interesting enough to consider doing them? Individual interests/ideas are welcome, too
- write the result into the group captain’s blog, please
Literary London:
Which of theese books would you like to have in your pocket in London?
“London Poems”, “London Stories”, “London Underground” –> www.reclam.de
Here we go, folks, your turn: Please find out what we’ll be doing in London and become an expert
–> you prepare the information on your suggestion/sight/activity, you’ll be able to deliver a short and informative speech when we are there and you give us an insight into “it” in brief in your blog
But before you can do that, you have to do lots of research to find out what’s worth doing/seeing etc.; use your blog as a note-book, please.
>> useful London links on an extra page
>> free London photos
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1. Presentations of Facharbeiten:
2. Discussion based on Spiegel-article and on three specialists [Franziska, Nadine S. & Marina]
- pros & cons of development aid and of Hollywood’s involvement
Reading tip: Henning Mankell – “Tea Bag” >>more
Clicktip, following Lela’s presentation:
SUMMER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
As the weather warms up and the waves calm down, thousands of would-be immigrants are setting sail for Europe from African shores. Many get picked up by EU authorities — or die before they get that far. more…
I need your digital Facharbeit asap: Thursday last chance, otherwise less points
Three presentations: 
Franziska, Mi, Merle >>watch
Individual NEWS presentations:
A current article from BBC News Africa: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/default.stm
- choose an article which is of interest to you and tell us about it in 2 minutes
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Next Tue:
- please read Hollywood Stars & Africa: “Manager der guten Tat” (pp. 105 ff. )
- presentations: Lela, Paula, Anke H.
