Guidelines: Questions 1-4 will be answered in two paragraphs (3-5 sentences) and question 5 only needs to be answered in one paragraph. You can use examples from other materiales to help you (films and texts from class)
1. What was the role that the People's National Party (PNP) played in the anti-colonial struggle?
2. What was/is the role of women throughout the 75 years of the PNP? (Give at least 3 examples)
3. How did the implementation of democratic socialism affect the Jamaican people?
4. How does the PNP justify privatization and its role in creating a path of neoliberal reforms in Jamaica?
5. How do you compare the role of PNP in the film, Ghett'a Life (Lenny Thompson, Derrick's Father) versus the documentary?
*Comment on my blog what was the part you liked best about the course :)
I loved how every text and film were approaching Jamaican history to us, letting us know even in a abbreviated way how the country has evolved since the beginning of the twentieth century. For that reason, i'm looking forward to take the South Africa/Apartheid course next semester. Have a great New Year's Eve, Benjy!
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ResponderBorrarI like to see how the history of Jamaica have many similarities (but also differences) with us, the latino american people, who also were colonized. And hopefully, we have texts and movies to make it simple and fun.
ResponderBorrarSo, I'm very happy to being able to participated in this course.
Best wishes to you, Teacher Benjy! And happy holidays.
Just like with the previous course, Africa and Apartheid in film, I really enjoyed the movies we reviewed in class. Watching the productions from unknown studios, as well as the cinema history of a country like Jamaica, is very interesting to me. I think it is very important to look at how the context and history of these nations can be told in creative ways.
ResponderBorrarI really liked this course because I have learned a lot of the Jamaican history. I think that my favorite part of the course were the films that we viewed in classes.
ResponderBorrarI enjoyed the movies and some of the text we read in classes, there are many things in common between Chile and Jamaica and its political histories, to see that was very interesting.
ResponderBorrarWhat I liked the most was learing about Jamaica, its history and it's reality, which was really different of what I thought . Even though the movies were not my thing, is safe to say that they were really useful to show us the real Jamaica and society's reality.
ResponderBorrarLike I said in the last class, I loved the course, I think you are an amazing teacher, you have patience, you love the history and the things you try to show. I think I liked more was read poetry, because I love it <3. This was an incredible course, better than the other called South Africa and Apartheid. But both are really good, we need practice the english outside of the english courses.
ResponderBorrarI really liked to know about Jamaica, because I didn't knew anything about their culture. The films were fun to watch, specially knowing the context in which they were created.
ResponderBorrarI really like the coursed, specially because you're such a great and kind teacher, that's the biggest reason why I enjoyed the course. I didn't really care for most of the movies, sorry, but the poetry was really good.
ResponderBorrarIt was a fun class. The movies were my favorite part, they reflected the culture and also you can get what they tried to do even if they didn't have a huge budget.
ResponderBorrarI really liked the movies and documentaries. I really loved learning more about Jamaican culture because i really like reggae music, and i learned that it has played a big role in Jamaican history.
ResponderBorrarI really like this class! I think it was fun to practice english like this. My favourite part was the texts and poems that we had to read, I was fascinated of the similarities between jamaican women and latina women. Thank you very much, you were a great teacher!!
ResponderBorrarI love this class! Thanks for the opportunity to learn about a different topics about the Jamaican culture. You are the best Benjy!
ResponderBorrarI hope see you soon!
I like to know Jamaica in this way, like with movies and texts of real people of the country that could talk with the full knowledge of the reality that they live. I didn´t expect to see this face of Jamaica, is not like we imagine with the Hollywood films. Thank you for the patience and for try to do a course in an entertaining way! Hope you have a great 2019!
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