the thing around your neck

• Engels
• Voortgezet speciaal onderwijs

Globalization

Mees, Emma, Sharihan, Jill en Rosa 

Learning objectives

At the end of the lesson...

• You will know what the term globalization means and how you can recognize this when analyzing a text. 
• You can connect/recognize the themes of 'The thing around your neck'. 
• You can explain what the title means

Do you have an idea of what globalization is ?

What is globalization?

It describes the way countries and people of the world interact and integrate. Many things have become globalized as people come into contact.

Think - pair - share 

In what other poems/short stories have you seen elements of globalization? 

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• Nigerian born author
• Feminist
• Award winning author of Half of a yellow sun and Americanah
• Purple hibiscus

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"Leaving Nigeria made me much more aware of being Nigerian and what that meant. It also made me aware of race as a concept, because I didn’t think of myself as black until I left Nigeria."

Put the plot in the correct order

A - You wrote home finally, when the thing around your neck had almost completely let go.

B - You walked into the restaurant nearby and said you would work for two dollars less than the other waitresses.

C - In comparison to the big car and house (and possibly gun), the things they wanted were minor

D - So when he asked you, in the dimness of the restaurant after you recited the daily specials, what African country you were from, you said Nigeria and expected him to ask if you knew a friend he had made in Senegal or Botswana.

E - Your father was dead; he had slumped over the steering wheel of his taxi. It had happened five months ago, she wrote.

What is the story about ?

What do you think the title means?

CONNECT THE THEMES

Can you explain these themes? 

• Discrimination/ Stereotypes 
• Loneliness
• Culture clash 
• Independence 

Work in your group to connect the quotes with the themes above. 

What elements of globalization do you see in this short story?

What other concepts can you recognize in the short story?

Learning objectives check

At the end of the lesson...

1. You will know what the term globalization means and how you can recognize this when analyzing a text.
   
2. You can connect/recognize the themes of 'The thing around your neck'.
   
3. You can explain what the title means