English History Project

• This is an activity that you will be developing between now and December to help you think about the history of Hong Kong Popular Culture using English language arts like drama, role play, interview, poetry etc.

Topic

• Hong Kong (Chinese popular culture from 1950-2007

Hong Kong Popular Culture1950-2008

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Hong Kong Popular Culture

• Cartoons/Newspapers• Food Culture • Pop Music• Movies• Martial arts-Wu Shu ,Kung Fu etc• Neighbourhoods/Architecture • Eg Wet markets, Temple Street, Shamshuipo• Superstitions –Feng Shui etc• Majanhn/Popular signs etc

Websites

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8MZeLrqpSY&mode=related&search=

Websites

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XZJ2ZF_TsE&mode=related&search=

Websites

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BXjDq7QgZ0&mode=related&search=

The 1950’s-2007

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Idea to be developed in English lesson

• You can choose any aspect of popular Hong Kong culure from after WW2 to now using role play ,interviews , video , drama ,poetry , historical news report, poetry etc .

• Explore through one of these methods either a popular figure (person e.g. Teresa Tang) or the time that they lived .

• You can make a drama about people who lived during that time to try to give some idea about what it was like to live then.

• This will count for your course mark in English and history subjects

Group Discussion

• Try to think of famous people who lived and influenced Hong Kong from 1950 –2007

• Try to think of things that have happened in Hong Kong from 1950-2007

• Try to think of popular entertainment in Hong Kong from 1950-2007

Hong Kong Popular Culture Group Work

• Work in group and discuss the following:_

• 1. From Hong Kong Popular Culture 1950-2007 what would be a good topic for your project?

• 2. How you would present your topic?

• How have these things changed from 1950 to 2007?

• Why have these things changed from 1950 to 2007?

• E.g. Films ,TV, Movies, Comics, Dramas,

• Newspapers, entertainment

Hong Kong Popular Culture 1950-2007 Topics

• Films• Dramas• Newspapers• Advertisements• Comics• Television• Popular Entertainment• Children’s Toys• Music • Songs Singers• Street Culture (Markets etc)

• Eating and Food Culture• Sports and Leisure

Activities• Hong Kong Popular Culture

–Before and After the Handover

• Popular Culture and education

• Theatre and Art• Martial Arts (Kung Fu, Judo

,Karate etc)• Transportation

Hong Kong Popular Culture 1950 –2007 Presentation

• Mini Dramas• Video• News Report• Documentary• Poetry• Mini Musical• TV Programme• Music Video• Remember that Presentation must be in English so if so

me content is in Chinese it must be translated.

Provisional Schedule

• Week 1:Develop and present proposal

• Week 2:Develop and present proposal

• Week 3 Rehearsal in Class

• Week 4: Class Competition

• December 14th Form 3 Competition In Hall.

• The best Project from 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F will perform in the Hall.

Group Work

• 1. Get into your project groups and discuss what would be a good topic for your project.

• 2. You should discuss how and why it (the chosen topic) has changed from 1950 –2007.

• 3. You should further discuss what would be the best way to present the topic in order to make it easy to understand and enjoyable.