Historia a kultura Česka

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Anotace:

Learning outcomes and competences:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will:

Students will learn to make themselves understood and participate at the linguistic level in everyday situations, such as using the public transportation, ordering food and shopping.

Given the differences between the American and Czech cultural heritage and evolution, the student will learn to appreciate a different culture and find the diverse aspects of it enriching.

Students will understand the rich history of the Czech Republic and our position in Central Europe and Europe as a whole.

Students will be capable of moving around the city in a competant and professional manner.

Požadavky:

GRADING:

¼ in class attendance and mandatory event attendance

¼ travel sheets MUST be completed each travel week and weekend

¼ exam

¼ travel journal

Osnova přednášek:

Course content:

Week 1: February 27

Prague castle visit

Week 2: March 6

Powerpoint 1- Welcome to the Czech Republic

Powerpoint 2 Language basics. Greetings, thank you, politeness, alphabet, introduction to phonetics. Dobrý den, prosím, prosím?, pardon, s dovolením

Czech books: choose a topic and complete simple research activity

Travel plans/suggestions

Traveling: Trams, Where and how to buy a train ticket, ČD info

Week 3: Break

Week 4: March 20

Powerpoint 5 Where to Go in Prague, Bohemian and Moravian Cuisine

Shops, restaurants and cafés recommendations (including vegetarian, Italian, French, Mexican, etc.

How to order, orientation in a Czech menu, problems in a restaurant

Tipping and Prices

Review phonetics, greetings, pronunciation

Language: Tady, tam, Pošta, metro, banka, náměstí, ulice

reading: further reading from The Czechs in a Nutshell: A User's Manual for Foreigners

Activity: based on what youve learned from this lecture, write up a recommendation for Prague

Week 5: March 27

Quiz

Powerpoint 3- history of Czechoslovakia, Bohemia

In class readings and discussion from The Czechs in a Nutshell: A User's Manual for Foreigners

Bohemia

Moravia

Jan Hus

Language- gender of nouns, ordering, food vocab slides 7-22

Ja si dam, dam si

numbers 1-100

Elementary plural, Elementary acusativ

Week 6: April 3

Powerpoint 4 Czechoslovakia, communism, Velvet Revolution, Charter 77, Vaclav Havel

Velvet Divorce

Readings and class discussion from The Czechs in a Nutshell: A User's Manual for Foreigners,

Charter 77

Communism

Jan Palach

Vaclav Havel

Russians

Velvet Revolution

Mini research project about one aspect of communism. 30 ish min research and presentation in groups

Language: Basic adjectives, colours, Verb to be : jsem

Week 7: April 10

History of Anthropoid mission

Anthropoid film

Week 8: Break

Week 9: April 24

Anthropoid church visit and Vyšehrad visit

Week 10: May 1 no class, state holiday

Week 11: May 8 no class, state holiday

Week 12 : May 15 final exam

Mandatory Events:

February 23: Communist museum

February 27: trip to Prague Castle

March 28-30: Prague weekend

March 28: RFE visit - bring your PASSPORTS - Holmes

March 29: All day trip to Terezin concentration camp (10.30), Krusovice brewery 15.00)

March 30: trip to Karlsteijn castle. Meet at main train station at 10.00 am

If any student misses a MANDATORY EVENT: Radio Free Europe, Terezin Concentration Camp, Karlstejn Castle or Prague Castle, 15% will be deducted from your final grade. Mandatory events are 1/4 of grade

Osnova cvičení:

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Studijní materiály:

Readings:

Terje B. Englund, The Czechs in a Nutshell: A User's Manual for Foreigners, Praha, 2004.

Hugh Agnew, The Czechs and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown. This book is available in a printed version and you can also consult it on-line: http://www.hoover.org/publications/books/2994881.html

Jaroslav Pánek, Oldřich Tůma, A History of the Czech Lands, Prague, 2009.

General Historical Overview of Prague, https://sites.google.com/a/aauni.edu/art143-prusova-13-12-2013/home/materials

Timothy Garton Ash, Does Central Europe Exist?, http://www.visegradgroup.eu/the-visegrad-book/ash-timothy-garton-does

Václav Havel, The Power of Powerless, 1978. https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/wp-content/uploads/1979/01/the-power-of-the-powerless.pdf

Peter A. Toma, Why Was the First Democracy in East-Central Europe Established in Czechoslovakia? Lessons for Today, Kosmas, Vol.22, N°1, Fall 2008, p.120-131.

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