Year 12s
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How does Margaret Atwood's dystopia reflect reality ?

Vocab Axis 5 : Analyzing a movie + the Handmaid'S Tale
doc 1 : Meet Margaret Atwood
Document 1bis :
Margaret Atwood's Bio :
lire et compléter le texte avec les mots mélangés qui sont entre parenthèses
Document 2 : poster for the TV series The Handmaid's Tale. 2017
Look at the poster and the slogan
1. What strikes you the

most ?

2. Can you imagine what this series is about ?

 
questions docs 2-3-4-5 : The Handmaid'S Tale
Document 3 :THE HANDMAIDS TALE Season 1 TRAILER 2017 Hulu Series
Watch the trailer and understand the plot :
1. Who's speaking ?
Identify as many details about her as possible
2. Explain the situation : What happened ? What changed ?
3. What is the effect of the voice over ?
Original link
doc 4 Handmaid's Tale Summary
1.What's the name of the Christian fundamentalist regime depicted in the Handmaid's Tale?
2. What type of government has it established?
3. Where ?
4. who has the power in this governement ?
5. When was the novel published ?
6. What was happening at the time in the US ?
7. What was this movement advocating ?
8. What are the relationships between men and women in the novel ?
9. Name the 4 different women social classes of the novel.
Associate a colour to each of them.
10. Show that women are no longer free in this regime.
11. Recap what you have learnt about the main character.
Original link
Doc 5 : Margaret Atwood In The Ny Times
Final Task Axis 5 :
Write And Deliver A Speech