The past and the present are two antithetical structures, in which the focus falls on the evolution of society, the image of man and woman from ancient times to the present, starting from the concept that Jupiter is the supreme god of Roman mythology, who took care of the laws and social order, and Hera, in Greek mythology, is the protective deity of marriage. With the Renaissance, women take on another dimension, placing themselves on a higher level compared to their predecessors from the medieval period, and today, modern women assert themselves in political life alongside men, they have an important role both in society and in the family.
One of the most famous books in world literature, Gone with the Wind, Scarlet O’Hara, also having a screenplay, captures the main heroine breaking all the canons of the time and distinguishing herself as a successful businesswoman. The novel written in 1940 has clear influences of the period when the mentality begins to change even in men, clearly feeling accents of feminism. https://youtu.be/h2oX0zQA67U
TYPE OF THE ACTIVITY:
Video/Article/Quiz
DURATION:
40-50 minutes
TEACHING AID:
Video projector, smart board, quiz
TEACHING PRACTICE (STEP BY STEP):
Content exploitation:
How do you see the accents of feminism in society/literature? What about the man’s pose?
Solve the following Quiz based on the discussed text:
https://www.sparknotes.com/film/gonewiththewind/quiz/
Through the cube method, we pursued description, comparison, association, analysis, application and argumentation of man and woman from ancient times to the present.
The mutual teaching-learning included palettes with questions from the film, badges, and fixation achieved through a mind map.
Last but not least, the Double Bubble is the technique that helps in grouping the similarities and differences between two people, processes, phenomena, ideas and concepts, after the in-depth study of the visual / audio-video material. Starting from the topic under discussion, the woman is the one who occupies the central role, around her is the society with all its influences.
MATERIALS:
Download/print this plan of the activity (pdf).
SOURCES:
https://youtu.be/lrhNPS4nbmQ https://www.sparknotes.com/film/gonewiththewind/quiz/
