Proposed Course Outline - Myung, Mark, Cheng

Year 1

Literary

1. ‘Poetry by Anna Akhmatova / Wislawa Szymborska / Bei Dao'

2. ‘Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea’ – Guy Delisle

3. ‘A View from the Bridge’ – Arthur Miller

4. ‘Oxyx and Crake’ – Margaret Atwood

Non-Literary

1. ‘West World’ by Christopher and Jonathan Nolan

2. Autobiographical writing by North Korean defectors

3. Photography by Henry Cartier Bresson

4. Speeches by Winston Churchill

5. The Economist / The New Yorker Cartoons

6. The Alex Jones Show

7. Tweets by Donald Trump / Milo Yiannopoulos / Nigel Farage

8. Ad Campaigns by Green Peace / Amnesty International / Oxfam / Red Cross

To be completed...

Year 2

Literary

1. ‘Non-Existent Knight’ – Italo Calvino

2. ‘Walden’ – Henry David Thoreau

Non-Literary

To be completed

Extended CAS-TOK Project

Non-literary texts to be covered: 

1. Extracts from autobiographies written by North Korean defectors

2. Docu-series on North Korean defectors

3. TED talks on North Korean defectors

Targeted students: 

A class of 20 (divided into 6 mini-groups)

CAS Initiatives

1. Info-graphics / listicles to be presented during a school assembly (organized under 3 parts, with 2 groups responsible for 1 part)

2. Posters to crystallize the narratives of North Korean defectors in a visually captivating and stylistically consistent/diverse manner (organized under 3 parts, with 2 groups responsible for 1 part)

3. Book drive / fundraiser to be tied to local NGOs (Rosters for 6 groups needed for the week-long initiative)

4. Videographers / photographers to document the actual experiences

TOK Discussion

1. Presentation of histories from contrasting perspectives

2. Role of power in writing History and micro-histories 



 

Hedda Gabler (Ibsen) <-----> Persepolis (Satrapi)
Concepts in common: Identity, Perspective

Themes, Ideologies, Issues (between texts):

• Rights and oppression - social restrictions
• Inequalities
• Challenging society and authority
• Individual struggle - internal and external
• Breaking free
• Writer's intentions to bring about social awareness (reception)
• Silencing and marginalization of women
• Ideologies  (political and social)