Sunday 30 September 2012

YALE UNIVERSITY RESOURCE ON WILFRED OWEN and Modernism

http://modernism.research.yale.edu/wiki/index.php/Poems_%28Wilfred_Owen%29

 The Modernism Lab is a virtual space dedicated to collaborative research into the roots of literary modernism. We hope, by a process of shared investigation, to describe the emergence of modernism out of a background of social, political, and existential ferment. The project covers the period 1914-1926, from the outbreak of the first world war to the full-blown emergence of English modernism. The Lab has supported undergraduate courses at Yale on Modern Poetry, the Modern British Novel, Modernist London, and Joyce's Ulysses and a graduate course in English and Comparative Literature, "Moderns, 1914-1926," as well as a class on modern German literature at the University of Notre Dame. Students in the classes have contributed materials to the website and used it as the platform for their research. The main components of the website are an innovative research tool, YNote, containing information on the activities of 24 leading modernist writers during this crucial period and a wiki consisting of brief interpretive essays on literary works and movements of the period.



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Tuesday 18 September 2012

Martin Luther King's Prophetic Last speech


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Been_to_the_Mountaintop

MLK - A Knock at Midnight

                                                  My favourite speech by MLK about the human toll of the Civil Rights struggle on him and his family. The video shows the face of the 'old' South, faces of racists and bigots in Alabama and other Southern States, these images remind us that fanatics anywhere always have the same twisted expressions on their faces.

Thursday 13 September 2012

Martin Luther King A Time to Break Silence part - 1/ BEYOND VIETNAM

American Vets Return to Vietnam

Cold War Documentary in HQ- Episode 11: Vietnam (1954--1968)

Vietnam war history - 1 of 4

Vietnam

Wilfred Owen's Poetry

http://www.wilfredowen.org.uk/poetry/

FROM THE WILFRED OWEN SOCIETY WEBSITE
"These introductions to Wilfred Owen's poems are, in the words of the author Ken Simcox, "not intended to be scholarly essays".  They were written over ten years ago, when the Wilfred Owen Association's website was first launched by former Treasurer Philip Guest, because Philip felt that such introductions might succeed in promoting interest in Owen and his work.  The number of hits year after year has proved the case.

Sadly Ken Simcox passed away in July 2010.  He was Secretary of the Wilfred Owen Association for six years, and these commentaries spring from his lifelong liking for poetry.  He is the author of Wilfred Owen: Anthem for a Doomed Youth.  The Association is extremely grateful to Ken for his contribution to this website."



I encourage students and teachers to click on the link above. I am very grateful to the authors of the website for making these resources available.     Wilfred Owen the Poet
Here is a link to another website with an excellent overview of his short life and work.  http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/wilfred-owen

Tuesday 11 September 2012

Martin Luther King I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH ANALYSED

Thank you Prianka for thinking of other students and sending me this for the blog. Please do share your resources as learning is a collaborative effort. There is no "I' in TEAM.  Well done Prianka and Aashna and Nina who have emailed me and recently posted on the blog also.

Roasa Parks Part 1 - BEST VIDEO ON MLK AND CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT