TV Series and Social Changes in the US

Starsky & Hutch, Charlie’s Angels and Generation X were TV series from the 70s
a) True.
b) False.

What was the main theme of the 80s series?

What was very popular among young people in the 90s?
a) Body piercing and leather jockets.
b) Body piercing and tattoos.
c) Tattoos and gothic clothes.

The sixties, marked by the western genre of TV Shows, were replaced by allien and sc-fi TV series.
a) True.
b) False.

What was the main genre of TV series in the 90s?


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Virginia Coll Rodriguez
Álvaro Moltó Pérez
Jose Vicente Benavent Cháfer
Enrique González Rodríguez

Blibliography:

• Wikipedia.
• Corcos, Christina A. VISITS TO A SMALL PLANET: RIGHTS TALK IN SOME SCIENCE FICTION FILM AND TELEVISION SERIES FROM THE 1950s TO THE 1990s.

Digital Story 2012 final project

QUESTIONS:

1. What was the aim of immigrants to come to Britain?
a) because it is a touristic plalce
b) because of the drought in their motherlands
c) because they were looking for work
d) they wanted to learn English

2. What happened after the arrival of immigrants?
a) the British economy grew and there was a demand for labour
b) the British people discriminated against the immigrants
c) the situation for immigrants was so bad that they become homeless
d) all the British people were openminded and friendly with the immigrants

3. In British tv series, which ethnicities generally represent the upper-class?

a)indians
b)chinese
c)white-british
d)africans

4. Which work won the Bokker-Prize?

a)Gone too far!
b)Mende Nazer's autobiography
c)Midnight's Children
d)Never let me go

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Diana Banu
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Advertisement in Super Bowl

Questions

1. What was the game called before being Super Bowl?

a)      Champions League

b)      NFL- Championship Game

c)      NFL-AFL World Championship Game

2. Which commercial was the first famous one?

a)      Noxzema

b)      Gillette

c)      Coca-Cola

3. When does the most expensive advertisement appear?

a)      At the end of the match

b)      After the big show

c)      In the halftime break

4. Which of these statements are true and which are false?

-Christmas, Super Bowl ands Thanksgiving are the most important cultural events during the year.

-M&M’s, H&M and Coca-Cola have appeared for the first time this year.

- In this year’s edition, the final has been held in Texas.

- 51% of viewers watch the commercials more than the actual game.

5. How much costs a 30 seconds long commercial during Super Bowl?

a)      1.7 million dollars

b)      1.5 million dollars

c)      3.5 million dollars

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Paula Gandia Fornes
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Important people of 20th and 21st centuries

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QUESTIONS:

1.Racial segregation is:

a. to keep one group of people separated from another and treat them differently because of race.

b. to though out of the country people from another races.

c. to accept people from different races.

2. Why was Rosa Parks arrested?

a. She made a public scandal.

b. She refused to cede her seat to a white passenger.

c. She sat on a bench where a white person was already sitting.

3. What was the famous speech of Martin Luther King?

a. “ There is no black America and white America, a Latino America and Asian America, there’s the United States of America”

b. “Action Now”

c. “I have a dream”

4. True or False:

a. Obama was the first black candidate for Presidential Elections in US  _____

b. Civil Rights Act was established  in 1965  _____

Million Dollar Money Drop with United States Art & Architecture

Here are our questions!

1. Art Deco's concern was more __________ than fuctional.
2. The Chrysler Building was started in 1928 and completed in 1940. T/F
3. What criticizes the Organic Architecture?
4. ___________ designed one of the most important postmodernist building of the USA, the AT&T Building (New York)
5. There are no differences in Campbells' Soup Cans. T/F

British Royal Family (digital story)

1. Who changed  the name of the dinasty from Saxe- Coburg & Gotha to House of Windsor?

a) George V                   b) Edward VII                  c) Queen Victoria              d) George VI

2. Camilla Parker was Prince Charles' mistress when Diana was alive. T/F. 

3. What's the name of the mother of Queen Elizabeth II?

a) Mary of Teck            b) Alexandra of Denmark       c) Elizabeth Bowes- Lyon   d)Margaret

4. Why was the name of the Royal House changed?

a) Because of the anti-German feeling

b) Due to a problem with the Spanish Monarchy

c) Because is the surname of the creator.

5. Who is Baron Carrickfergus?





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Cristina Brotons Fons
Belisa Beatriu Chulià Langa
Gülşen Kocaevli
Borja Gil García

D. S. Cultural Symbols (Ireland, Canada, South Africa, Australia)

Hello to everybody!

We are pleased to present you our video about Cultural Symbols in which we talk about four countries which were colonies of the British Empire.

We will enjoy the video through a tour in our "Happy Voyage Airlines" and we will discover some interesting aspects of these countries with the help of our guides.

Fasten your seatbelts and be careful with turbulence!

We really hope you enjoy the tour!

And here we have our 4 questions:

1) Who did King William III of Orange defeat?

              a)Henry VIII.

            b)King James II.

            c)Queen Victoria.

2)How many points has the Maple Leaf of Canada’s flag?

            a)6.

            b)9.

            c)11.

3)What does the Motto of South Africa mean?

            a)Divided people.

            b)Diverse people unite.

            c)Equal people.

4)What do you think is a swagman in the song of Waltzing Matilda?

            a)An itinerant worker.

            b)Landowner.

            c)A shepherd.

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Àngela García Ibáñez

Natasha Martínez Caminero

Beatriz Prieto Bolinches

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