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The current crisis: society, serving the economy?

The current crisis: society, serving the economy?

Portfolio with documents for a film forum

Organized by: Vilafranca Solidaria. Sponsored by Vilafranca del Penedès Council and Diputación de Barcelona.

The problems that are affecting our country right now are the same problems that other countries are suffering as a result of the current economic crisis: the collapse of whole sectors of the economy (in Spain mainly real estate), the closure of thousands of companies, the significant increase in the number of unemployed, the growing debt of central, regional and local governments ... The situation is so serious that it jeopardizes our current welfare state.

What are the causes of the crisis and how have we got there? How is this crisis different from previous ones? Where are we going now? Are there currently enough resources for all of us? Must we choose between growth and social justice? ...

To help reflect on these and other questions we have developed this portfolio of activities with different materials (texts, interviews, film excerpts, photographs ...). With all this we try to enlighten students on the reality that surrounds us.

Activities:

- Dossier 1: Tulipmania and other crisis (text in Catalan) / Video 1: Tulipmania (audio in Spanish)

- Dossier 2: Origins of the current crisis (text in Catalan) / Video 2: Origins of the current crisis (audio in Spanish)

- Dossier 3: Now what? (Text in Catalan and Spanish) / Video 3: Our society after the crisis (audio in Spanish)

- Glossary of financial terms (in Catalan and Spanish).

- Online Activities: Test on economic terms used. If you want to measure your level of knowledge of economic terminology used, try to do this self-correcting test.

If after studying the subject you want to contribute with your opinion, you can do it through our Facebook link (at the top of the page).

Video 1:Tulipmania (audio and words in Spanish)

Video 2: Origin of The Current Crisis (audio and words in Spanish)

Vídeo 3: Our Society After the Current Crisis (audio and words in Spanish)

HOW TO USE OUR WEBSITE

On our website Cinema for students you will find the following sections:

FILM SEASON IN CATALONIA. CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR

Information about the films we have scheduled in Catalan cinemas for the current academic year. Here you will find the titles of the films, the educational grades and subjects in the education curriculum related to the films, the names of the cinemas, cities, dates and times of the screenings, the registration form and prices.

FILM ARCHIVE

The web browser for films classified according to different concepts. For some of the films, there are free online classroom materials and other interesting resources for use in the classroom.

ONLINE RESOURCES

Our catalogue of films with an offer of free online classroom materials in different languages, according to the film. The films are also classified according to different concepts.

SPECIAL SESSIONS (in Catalonia)

Film forums in the classroom which study a topic based on the screening, analysis and commentary of some film excerpts.

NEWS

News about the world of cinema, audiovisual language and education.

LIBRARY

A proposal of topics that can be worked in the classroom and films that can be projected to illustrate the themes.

NOTE :

- English titles of the films: international titles, titles of the premiere in Great Britain or in the USA; you can look for the titles in other countries and in other languages through http://www.imdb.com/. Inside the file of each film you will find the original title too.

- Ages and educational grades: the suitability of a film for a certain age or educational grade takes into account the subject matter of the film, its quality and its cultural interest, as well as the age classification of films existing in Spain: Suitable for all, Suitable for 7 years and over and Suitable for 13 years and over. No film listed on our page is recommended for over 18 years.

- Languages available on DVD/Blue-ray: These are the languages of the films sold in Spain (you should check the availability of the languages with your respective DVD/Blue-ray or internet dealers).

- Subjects in the education system curriculum from which you can work a film: according to its subject matter, a film can be worked from one or more subjects. But any film could be worked from the area of language (English, French, Spanish, Catalan, Basque, etc) according to the teacher's criteria and the objectives to be reached with its projection (enrichment of vocabulary, learning of new terminology, watching film adaptations of literary works, etc.).

- All the films included in the Online Resources section offer classroom materials in different languages: Spanish, Catalan, English and/or French according to the film. For some films, activities are offered in two formats: PDF activities and interactive activities enabling work from a computer suite.

- The website Cinema for students is an educational proposal of free access. If, after looking at the classroom materials in the Online Resources section, you are interested in the answers sheet for these activities, you can get in touch with us via our email address: info@cinemaperaestudiants.cat. The price of the answers sheet is 3 € each.

- Please, use this page as you wish and do not hesitate to suggest other possibilities. We are open to your opinions at any time. If you want to share your comments and reflections with us, please come through our forum on Facebook, by clicking on the icon at the top of the page.

With support of:

Mataró Council. Education

Sabadell Council. Education

Terrassa Council. Education

Collaborators:

Catholic Circle. Badalona

Cinemes Girona

La Calàndria Cinema. El Masnou

Casal Nova Aliança. Mataró

Cinema Catalunya. Terrassa

Círcol catòlic. Vilanova i la Geltrú

Pedagogical Resources Centre. Mataró

Pedagogical Resources Centre. Baix Maresme

Pedagogical Resources Centre. Badalona

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Answers. Online resources

If, after looking at the classroom materials in the Online Resources section, you are interested in the answers sheet for these activities, you can get in touch with us via our email address: info@cinemaperaestudiants.cat

The price of the answers sheet is 3 € each.

Online activities

These interactive activities are an educational initiative of the Terrassa City Council, through the Municipal Board for Education, and of a team of teachers at Torre del Palau Secondary School in this city. Their goal is to promote the use of new technologies in the classroom.

From the school year 2011-12, these interactive activities can be found on our website www.cinemaperaestudiants.cat with the aim of offering another educational tool for all those teachers and students who are interested in them.

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