Specialist Assessment Focus - Representation
Learning Objectives
To develop knowledge and understanding of the history of South Africa to provide the right context to understand the messages of District 9
First - watch the video and think about these questions:
- What was the purpose of apartheid?
- Why did it happen?
- Does it still happen (indirectly)?
Next - Researching into the history of South Africa
Answer the questions on the District 9 contextual study worksheet using the link on the worksheet to source the information need
Challenge - In a world where our awareness of racism has been changed by the death of George Floyd and the global Black Lives Matters protest movement, does apartheid exist anywhere today (indirectly)?
The worksheets
- There are a series of worksheets to enable students to meaningfully engage with the film and ultimately prepare them for the exam.
- The worksheets have been designed to be used in sequence. The purpose of each of the worksheets is explored below.
Learning Objectives - to develop your knowledge and understanding of the events and characters of the film
Worksheet 1
- Film note making is to record descriptive notes of the film, track the journey of a nominated main character and gather textual evidence of the impact of the micro-elements of film language for use later in the cycle.
Instructions for learners
- Summarise the key events of each segment of the film in the left hand column
- In the right hand column, track characters of Wikus, Christopher and Tania
- Consider…
