Divided City

Product Information

A variety of activities are utilised with many drama activities incorporated which support young learners to walk in the shoes of people with different viewpoints and beliefs. Ultimately, these activities are designed to encourage young people to form their own points of view and feel able to respectfully challenge those with whom they disagree. The thing that amazed me most is plenty and diversity of motifs, touched in this book, based on religious division. The definitions between Catholics and Protestants are considered in many spheres of the life, from the football tastes up to demonstrations and city sights. Using this resource will offer learners the opportunity to explore sectarianism, the history, its impact and their own personal response.

DIVIDED CITY by Theresa Breslin | Goodreads

Nevertheless, I was so deeply impressed by this book, because it was written brilliantly. Of course, I admired the football match descriptions and the teenagers' dreams of them playing in the World Cup final. Of course, I was nearly interested in asylum seekers problem, because this is urgent problem nowadays. Graham’s eyes widened in terror. He couldn’t speak, couldn’t take his gaze from the knife. The boy raised his knife. ‘Speak, ya wee—’ At that moment noise and shouting erupted behind him, and Graham knew right away that he was in trouble. the main characters (Joe and Graham) are two young boys who love football. they both play football and they are the two best football players of the team. Graham pressed himself against the door, glad of his skinny frame. The remainder of the gang came down the street, veering onto the pavement as they spotted him.

I cannot dislike the book, which keeps so precise and true descriptions and thoughts about my favourite game - football. The dialogs about it are brilliand, because they are very logical and they are written very competent, even though the author is a woman. It doesn`t prevent me from comprehension, that one of the tasks of penetration of this theme into the book is to make it attractive for such readers-fans as I and to focus through the football theme on other themes, opened in this book. But the Orange Walks are beginning - the annual marches that bring the city's tensions to the surface. And Joe and Graham have to decide where their loyalties lie. A powerful, gripping story about friendship, prejudice and tolerance from multi-award-winning author Theresa Breslin.

Divided City scheme of work and worksheets - Tes Divided City scheme of work and worksheets - Tes

Best of all are Joe and Graham. We like them both. We understand their dreams of footballing glory, and admire the way they negotiate a complicated minefield of prejudice and misunderstanding. This resource has been created by the Citizens Theatre and is designed to be used in conjunction with a novel study of Divided City by Theresa Breslin (ISBN 978-0-552-55188-5). However, it can also be delivered by reading excerpts from the novel. Graham’s legs stopped working. He was too far from the main road. Too far to run. This gang would catch him easily. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2020-07-20 17:03:54 Boxid IA1887815 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier The book is very easy to read. It has a good plot which moves along at a good pace. The book is well constructed and well written. The author uses language which is easy to understand without making the book simple and boring. A 'must read' for all teenagers and adults!

PDF EPUB Download

At first, I thought that Graham's character was too common, but then I realized that if it wasn't, Graham's evolution wouldn't seem so broad. However, I still think that such a marvelous book deserves better final. It is too simple and predictable. To my mind, it is so because this book is written for teenagers and in the end everybody should be happy. I would recommend this book for young adults who want to read about cultural misunderstandings, outsiders, and nationalism/tribalism. It's easy to pretend that we are all unbiased and fair, but reading books like this one help to show that there is a side to every story, including yours.

Divided City: Exploring sectarianism – Primary pack Divided City: Exploring sectarianism – Primary pack

At the end of Reglan Street nearest the playing fields, huge shadows danced. The outline of the hunters – distorted and elongated against the bright floodlights used for night games on the football pitches. Graham saw them gather together, become one monstrous creature, then break apart. Their twisted shapes thrown out ahead of them as they came. Seeking. Searching. It could be any street, in any city. But it's not. It's Glasgow. And it's May - the marching season. The Orange Walks have begun. When I finished this book, I was a bit puzzled. I still couldn't understand, that the whole city is divided into two parts, having different religions, different traditions, different football teams... If there are so many differences, what connected these groups? Why there are living together? Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Old_pallet IA18213 Openlibrary_edition Find sources: "Divided City"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( December 2009) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)It would be a three for story and writing, but I think the aim of this book was to put across a message to a demographic which I am not part of, and that it does very well so I bump it up to a four. Glasgow is a divided city. Catholics and Protestants; Celtic and Rangers. Stumble down the wrong street at night, and you might not find your way home again. This isn't a preachy novel, but if there is a message it's this: if we want to understand one another, perhaps the best way is through the young. The city, Glasgow, is what might one day unite the two sides, and enable them also to include the newcomers, the asylum seekers who have been added to the mix. A football team whose players include supporters of both the Greens and the Blues has got to be a good idea. Not Celtic or Rangers but Glasgow City.

Divided City - Reviews Theresa Breslin - Divided City - Reviews

This article about a young adult novel of the 2000s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. I mostly liked this book. It describes the story of two boys, who belong to different religions. Also they support different football teams. That we can accept each other for who we are and that we can be allowed to have different views and opinions is very important. But to realise that we can we work together and be greater than the sum of us as individuals for all that is even more. The main characters are young boys called Graham, a Protestant supporting Rangers. Joe, a Catholic supporting Celtic, and a young asylum seeker named Kyoul.

From either side the dark openings of the tenement building mawed at him. It was the beginning of May and fairly light at this time in the evening. But even so . . . Graham glanced around. The sky was densely overcast and shadows were gathering. He shouldn’t have lingered so long after football training. It seems that one has to treat another just like another stranger and best be on his way out. Atmosphere in which live each of them should have big influence on them. But, they become good friends, although they have different world outlook, they believe in different things, support different teams. Granted the dilemma of an asylum seeker from a ‘White List’ country, deemed to be safe but which isn’t, may need elucidating to a wider audience, yet while the novel is even-handed enough as between Protestant and Catholic viewpoints I struggled to see for what audience this could have been written, whom it was intended to educate. The book’s cover is emblazoned with the phrase “Carnegie Medal winning author” implying it’s for young adults. But young adults in Glasgow will know about sectarianism, those elsewhere likely not care (Northern Ireland excepted.) The incidental illustration of the usual parental restrictions on adolescent comings and goings do not expand the scope. Divided City’s earlier chapters reminded me of a certain kind of not very good Science Fiction which doesn’t trust its reader to make the connections, so too much is spelled out. And there is an overuse of exclamation marks. I would submit that YA readers deserve better. The six workshops cover an exploration of discrimination, the history of sectarianism and the impact of sectarianism on friendships and on individuals. How far as a school community do we challenge bigotry, prejudice and discrimination towards members, or presumed members, of a religious denomination?