Other Side of the Game – Final Seminar
ENG 4U0
FROM THE PLAY: OTHER SIDE OF THE GAME
Your Task:
Review the list of themes.
Activism
Black-Canadian identity
Canadian identity
Crime in cities
Criminalization
Education system
Ethnicity
Family structures
Gender inequality
Gender roles
Gender relationships
Having / not having power in particular settings
History of Toronto Immigrant experiences
Incarceration
Legal system
Literature
Marginalized communities
Memory
Past compared to the present
Poverty
Race
Racism
Sexism
Social justice
Social services
Systems in society
Urbanization
Voices (using voices, voices being silenced)
West-Indian Canadian identity
Put together a THEME STATEMENT.
You should look for support and examples of your theme within the play Other Side of the Game. How can we see this theme represented in the text (2-3 examples)? Make sure your support includes page references and quotations.
Find a historical or contemporary connected speaker/authority on your theme. See the list below for suggestions on speakers you can use. Share some of their thinking – you can include short video and audio (no more than 30-60 seconds each)
Connect to media – you should find at least 1 different media (per person) source that connects and proves your theme in a MODERN CONTEXT. Your sources cannot be older than 2015. You cannot use the same form of media for both examples you share. Suggestions for media include:
Essays
Poems
Painting
Print media
Articles
TED Talk
Sculpture
Television clip
Film clip
Music / lyrics
News coverage
Social media post
Provide a final message about the implications your theme has on the world we live in today. Offer suggestions and solutions to the problems we face in connection to your theme.