Cultural News Lessons

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Culture news lessons: English butler

English butler leads China's latest cultural revolution.

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Culture news lessons: Beware the shopocalypse

One man's crusade against consumerism in New York.

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Culture news lessons: We are all teenagers

Culture is dominated by the concerns of young people.

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Culture news lessons: Jerry Springer: The Opera

Blasphemy and censorship. Who controls what we watch on TV?

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Culture news lessons: Harry's gaffe

Harry's bad choice of costume.

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Culture news lessons: The latest gadget

Consumerism gone slightly mad or consumers who are pioneering early adopters?

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Culture news lessons: Pot and porn

An article about black markets in the US.

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Culture news lessons: Game show cheats

Who wants to be a millionaire so much that they will cheat in order to win? The court case that followed the TV game show.

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Culture news lessons: NYPD moves to the beat of rap music

A story from New York about the police listening in to rap.

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Culture news lessons: Shakira

A pop star with politics.

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Culture news lessons: The Princes of Ponderosa

Light-hearted article about how some Australians have declared their homes, streets or suburbs independent of the Australian government.

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Culture news lessons: Hollywood boys' club

Are there enough women making films? Hollywood remains a boys club with women directors and writers hitting a 'celluloid' ceiling.

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Culture news lessons: Should TV entertain or inform?

In Britain the soaps, the 'reality' shows and celebrity TV dominate the small screen.

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Culture news lessons: The influence of American culture

Invasion through the big screen and the television.

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Culture news lessons: Slackers at Covent Garden

The riffraff are storming the barricades of high culture.

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Culture news lessons: London's wobbly bridge

Using a plate of jelly to test a bridge?

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Cultural Lessons

A selection of culture news lessons from The Guardian Weekly, focusing on general interest stories, each with an accompanying worksheet of activities.

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Culture news lessons: Honking horns teacher's notes

A lyrical response to the nuisance of traffic noise in the big city.

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Culture news lessons: Honking horns

A lyrical response to the nuisance of traffic noise in the big city.

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Culture news lessons: English butler teacher's notes

English butler leads China's latest cultural revolution.