1. The Industrial Revolution – Industrialization Capitalism and Globalization A Gallery of Testimonials MODULE 1 – GROUP 7 From the Industrial Revolution to the Postmodern Crisis of Capitalism Manchester: A Case Study in European History

2. WHAT AND HOW? Task: To generate a testimonial gallery of scholars, thinkers and writers who dealt with the problem discussed. Objectives:  to generate of a multimedia archive;  to focus on different the thinkers’ ideas about economic and social transformation processes (The Industrial Revolution - Industrialization Capitalism and Globalization);  to create synthesis in the English language. Materials: quotations, texts, resources, videos, pictures, articles, Pc, the Internet, teacher’s site. Text types analysed: argumentative texts, novel, articles, essays Methodology: Group work (cooperative and collaborative learning)

3. WHY? Language skills: speaking, reading, writing, discussing, interacting, public speaking. Study Skills and Knowledge: structure of argumentative text, use of literary code, textual structural analysis, selection of testimonials, quotations, connection with suitable context study of resources, spoken and written production, interaction. ICT skills: Office (.doc,.ppt,.pdf), Internet surfing, work with images, Microsoft Picture Management. Competence  What to do with the language: Use it to generate a testimonial gallery.

4. SKILLS - STUDY PRACTICE FEED-BACK Learning skills  reading,  manipulating different text types,  acquiring a specific vocabulary,  comprehension,  textual analysis,  group discussion,  Selection skills,  critical thinking,  gathering of ideas,  planning,  drafting,  redrafting,  peer proof reading,  image selection,  reorganizing,  generating a.ppt presentation,  generating a.pdf document,  public speaking.

5. FEEDBACK 1. What you have learnt?  The problems of capitalism and European’s current economic and social situation  Reading a Postmodern Novel  Studying essays and argumentative text about the problems  Studying and interpreting quotations from testimonial’s works  interacting in a workgroup  Selecting relevant data  Synthesizing concepts  Writing in English  Creating a.ppt presentation 2. What could be improved?  Our communication skills, precision, time organization 3. Level of appreciation and usefulness of workshop:  The work useful to learn new details about economy  Learning together offers deeper insights  Occasion to study and share discussion  Reading and speaking in English with a real purpose

6. WORKSHOP 7 CREDITS  BALDO Sara  MONGERA Enrico  MONTANARI Veronica  TALIAN Lorenzo  ZANUTTA Riccardo