Students are to research and perform a 4-minute presentation on a famous person, place, or term from Irish or British culture. Pay close attention to the assignment expectations in the course pack. Students are to select one topic from the list below and add their name beside it. Once everyone has selected one, students wishing to earn bonus marks may choose a second topic. Research on the topic is expected to be done ahead of time.
Irish
The Claddagh myth and symbol - Aliya Rubin - Monday, July 4
St. Patrick - Sam Bateman - Thursday, July 7
The Abbey theatre - NAME
Sinn Fein - Monika Wickham - Tuesday, July 12
Daniel O’Connell - NAME
Lady Gregory - NAME
Parnell - NAME
Sean O’Casey - NAME
Hurling - Justin Michitsch - Tuesday, July 5
10.U2 - Lindsay Patrick - Tuesday, July 5
11.Michael Collins - NAME
12.Trinity College - Lauren Boyd - Tuesday, July 12
13.Oscar Wilde - Katie Coleman - Monday, July 11
14.William Butler Yeats - NAME
15.James Joyce - NAME
16.Fly fishing - NAME
17.Bloomsday/Ulysses - NAME
18.The Book of Kells - Jessica Tait - Tuesday, July 12
19.Druids - Victoria Poulton - Thursday, July 7
20.The Easter 1916 Rebellion - NAME
21.Kilmainham Gaol - Jake Mathewson - Sunday, July 10
22.The EU - Sarah Gallant :) - Thursday, July 7
British
C.S. Lewis - Kristen MacLellan - OXFORD
William Shakespeare - Chloe Basinski-Ferris - Thursday, July 14
J.R.R Tolkien - Shenille Tilbenny - OXFORD
Christopher Marlowe - Jessica Tait - Thursday, July 14
George Orwell - Hannah Yindra - OXFORD
The Globe theatre - Nicole Stukas - LONDON
Queen Elizabeth I - Mina Khosravi - LONDON
Mary I (“Bloody Mary”) - Megan MacGregor - LONDON
King James I - Michelle Barbaro - LONDON
10.King HenryVIII - Matt Paisley - Thursday, July 14
11.Oxford University - Lauren Smith - OXFORD
12.Punting - Nicole Stukas (BONUS) - OXFORD
13.Trafalgar Square - Alyson Schwichtenberg - LONDON
14.The George Pub - NAME
15.The British Museum Reading Room - Alyson Schwichtenberg - LONDON
16.“Oxbridge,” “first,” and “blue” - NAME
(related to Oxbridge)
17.Bedlam - NAME
18.Orwell’s socialism/communism - Jessica Lu - OXFORD
Students are to research and perform a 4-minute presentation on a famous person, place, or term from Irish or British culture. Pay close attention to the assignment expectations in the course pack. Students are to select one topic from the list below and add their name beside it. Once everyone has selected one, students wishing to earn bonus marks may choose a second topic. Research on the topic is expected to be done ahead of time.
Irish
- The Claddagh myth and symbol - Aliya Rubin - Monday, July 4
- St. Patrick - Sam Bateman - Thursday, July 7
- The Abbey theatre - NAME
- Sinn Fein - Monika Wickham - Tuesday, July 12
- Daniel O’Connell - NAME
- Lady Gregory - NAME
- Parnell - NAME
- Sean O’Casey - NAME
- Hurling - Justin Michitsch - Tuesday, July 5
10.U2 - Lindsay Patrick - Tuesday, July 511.Michael Collins - NAME
12.Trinity College - Lauren Boyd - Tuesday, July 12
13.Oscar Wilde - Katie Coleman - Monday, July 11
14.William Butler Yeats - NAME
15.James Joyce - NAME
16.Fly fishing - NAME
17.Bloomsday/Ulysses - NAME
18.The Book of Kells - Jessica Tait - Tuesday, July 12
19.Druids - Victoria Poulton - Thursday, July 7
20.The Easter 1916 Rebellion - NAME
21.Kilmainham Gaol - Jake Mathewson - Sunday, July 10
22.The EU - Sarah Gallant :) - Thursday, July 7
British
- C.S. Lewis - Kristen MacLellan - OXFORD
- William Shakespeare - Chloe Basinski-Ferris - Thursday, July 14
- J.R.R Tolkien - Shenille Tilbenny - OXFORD
- Christopher Marlowe - Jessica Tait - Thursday, July 14
- George Orwell - Hannah Yindra - OXFORD
- The Globe theatre - Nicole Stukas - LONDON
- Queen Elizabeth I - Mina Khosravi - LONDON
- Mary I (“Bloody Mary”) - Megan MacGregor - LONDON
- King James I - Michelle Barbaro - LONDON
10.King HenryVIII - Matt Paisley - Thursday, July 1411.Oxford University - Lauren Smith - OXFORD
12.Punting - Nicole Stukas (BONUS) - OXFORD
13.Trafalgar Square - Alyson Schwichtenberg - LONDON
14.The George Pub - NAME
15.The British Museum Reading Room - Alyson Schwichtenberg - LONDON
16.“Oxbridge,” “first,” and “blue” - NAME
(related to Oxbridge)
17.Bedlam - NAME
18.Orwell’s socialism/communism - Jessica Lu - OXFORD