Popular Culture in the Classroom
So0arcOz has a great post here about a tv programme that I have not seen – maybe it is only available so far in Oz, but it is a satirical sopa opera based in aschool.
I love that the kids in this school have the same uniform as kids in a local private school near me.
Aaaanyway I think the programme looks just spot on for use in the classroom as it provides hot topics for kids to discuss and would also be a good media studies topic in itself – ‘what makes popular culture so controversial?’
Check it out.
Hilarious. I really wanna watch it on our tvs in the UK. Please can we buy it Mr BBC?
Thanks for the link! I have Summer Heights High on DVD here.You can get it through the ABC website in oz (try http://www.abc.net.au), or no doubt through http://www.sanity.com.au which is like HMV in Oz.
Clearly not appropriate for the young kiddies I teach, but I do agree that it does present good conversation topics for older children/teens.
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8 Feb 08 at 9:55 am