Sumários

How Fear Works: Culture of Fear in the 21st Century

4 Fevereiro 2020, 16:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

Discussion of the central ideas in the chapter by Frank Furedi.

TED Talk: Megan Watson: Why I live in mortal dread of public speaking

For next class:
Answer the post-reading questions on p. 23

How Fear Works: Culture of Fear in the 21st Century

4 Fevereiro 2020, 14:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

Discussion of the central ideas in the chapter by Frank Furedi.

TED Talk: Megan Watson: Why I live in mortal dread of public speaking

For next class:
Answer the post-reading questions on p. 23

The songs of Bob Dylan -- Introduction

3 Fevereiro 2020, 12:00 • Gaile Parkin

Introduction to the songs of Bob Dylan. Context of his protest songs - The Vietnam War. Song: “Blowing in the Wind” – small group work: tweak the lyrics to make the song fit a modern-day climate protest event. Introduction to Cambridge FCE (aka B2 First) Reading and Use of English test.

Notes on Evaluation

3 Fevereiro 2020, 10:00 • David Michael Greer

Notes on Evaluation read and discussed.
More student intros

Discussion about individuals' attraction and responses to fear

30 Janeiro 2020, 16:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

Video screening and discussion: 

TED Ed: "Why is being scared so fun?"
"Why do we love to be scared?" by Margee Kerr

For next class:
Read "How fear works: culture of fear in the 21st century" (pp. 20-23) and answer the Pre-reading questions on p.20