as coursework - guardian articles to get you started

school leaving rites of passage 

high school proms in britain

influence of american media on school leavers' celebrations 

forum about school leavers' celebrations

first holiday without parents 

memories of first holidays without parents

mother/daughter discussion about first holidays 

advice for teen holidays abroad

family's influence on us

family influence and technology 

influence of birth order 

forced marriage

what's a normal family?

nuclear family disappearing 

children by different fathers 

lgbt families

rubbish

living off landfill

waste conservation

freegansim

upgrade culture

unsustainable mobile phone use 

positive effects of technology developments 

upgrade confusion

a2 coursework - some guardian articles for wider reading

here are some really useful articles from the guardian as wider reading for your coursework submission - not everything will be relevant to everyone, but check them all out

construction of a pop star

genre nostalgia

capitalism and vinyl 

capitalism and sexualisation of the young

jay z and marketing 

capitalism, marketing and music genre

links between narrative fiction and music 

a2 - feminism, marketing and music

here are four links for coursework research...

here's a link to an article about charlotte church's recent speech at a music industry gathering where she discusses sexualisation of pop.

here's a link to an article about the effects of pop on young children.

here's a great article about how hit songs have portrayed women.

and, finally for now, here's an article about how female pop stars use instagram for self-promotion.

a2 feminism - FEMEN and The Powder Room

here's an article about a new film about an international radical feminist movement called FEMEN which are receiving a lot of publicity at the moment.


here's an article about women and cinema's representation of females, concentrating on a new film just released. .

as - coursework titles

here are the potential areas of focus for the first part of your coursework submission - the 500-word investigation.

you will need to choose ONE over the next week or so to work on.

read through the titles, and make some initial notes.

remember, you will need to refer to the key concepts we have studied on the course so far in your writing.

Education: All I learnt at school?

• The happiest days of my life?  School and me. 
• A hidden curriculum? What school taught me to be.

 

Food : You are what you eat.

• Eat drink and be merry. What my celebration meals say about me. 
• Breakfast - the most important meal of the day? What my breakfast says about me

Stories of my life.

• Happily ever after? The first story I remember, and what it means to me.
• My cyber narrative. Who I am online.