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NOTION 1 : Lieux et formes de pouvoir
THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 2012
What would have changed if Mitt Romney had been elected?
What are the political differences between Democrats and Republicans?
If you were an American citizen, who would you have voted for and why?
The issues: -Economy and taxation
- Health care
-Social issues, abortion, gun control
- Immigration
- Foreign policy
Texts: The US presidential elections
Barack Obama’s political views
Mitt Romney’s political views
Videos: Romney girl
Mitt Romney vs. Obama
Notion 2: Espaces et échanges
CONSUMERISM
To what extent is consumption an economic necessity or can it lead to excesses?
What are the advantages and excesses of consumerism?
How can new technologies change the way we shop?
- Black Friday and sales
-Shopping addiction
-The future of shopping
Texts: Shopping wild, from The American Cult of Consumerism by Tirdad Derakhshani
Shopaholics Anonymous
I shop, therefore I am
Video: Black Friday madness
Confessions of a shopaholic
The future of retail
Retail stores of the future
Notion 3: Idée de progrès
Gobal warming
How can the fight against global warming be a source of progress in our society?
Global warming: causes, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, the burning of fossil fuels.
Deforestation
Consequences: the melting of ice; the rise in the sea level; threat to low-lying areas
climate change; hurricanes, droughts, floods.
What should be done? Reduction of GHGs emissions; the Kyoto Protocol, The European
Emissions Trading Scheme.
How? – Renewable energies
-Energy saving, energy efficient buildings, bulbs..
- Transport: electric and hydrid cars, biofuels.
Conclusion: progress - economic boost from developing green technologies; high-paid jobs
in research and development, construction
- Cleaner and greener, less noisy cities
Texts: Global warming, the great thaw from National Geographic, September 2004
Videos: Global warming, National geographic
Climate change facts: NASA
Discovery Channel: deforestation
Discovery Channel: climate change