This fantastic poem was a lot of fun to teach as it provoked debate and discussion in the classroom. There are plenty of clips online to help fill in some of the background on the issues that come up in the poem – from Northern Ireland to nuclear war.
Here is another blog post I found useful.
And here are my resources: two presentations and a sheet of questions.
This is one of my favourite films and teaching it to a class of 18-year-olds was a great experience. Here are some resources I did up to help my students study the film.
First, below is a long presentation intended to go over multiple class periods. It covers Cultural Context, General Vision & Viewpoint and Literary Genre (For the benefit of international visitors, these three headings are the three Comparative Modes in Ireland’s Leaving Certificate course).
All images credited to Children of Men (2006) dir. Alfonso Cuarón – with the exception of the Blade Runner stills and a few from Wikimedia Commons.
Next, below, a worksheet looking at Literary Genre.
Last, a brief exercise designed to help students learn off a few quotes from the movie that they can use in essays and exams (or in casual conversation if they want to confuse people)
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