World's Apart - Barbies, Altars and Convent Walls - Theme & Cultural Context

A comprehensive, exam-focused teaching resource for Leaving Cert. English, designed to compare and contrast three diverse texts - Marina Carr's searing modern tragedy Girl on an Altar, Greta Gerwig's cinematic phenomenon Barbie, and Claire Keegan's quietly devastating novella Small Things Like These. The webinar includes cross textual comparisons under the Theme Mode tracing core conflicts from ancient Mycenae to modern-day Barbie Land and 1980s Ireland; as well as examining the Cultural Context Mode, exploring how the worlds of these texts shape human behaviour.

Facilitator Bio:
Ann Marie Garvey has over twenty years teaching experience and works in Coláiste Cholmcille, Ballyshannon. She was seconded for three years as an English Advisor with Junior Cycle for Teachers. She has been an Advising Examiner of Leaving Cert Higher Level English for many years and remains an English Associate with Oide.

Elaine McGowan has over twenty years teaching experience and is currently a teacher of English and History and Year Head in St. Attracta's Community School, Co. Sligo. She was an Examiner for both Junior and Leaving Cert. Higher Level English. Elaine returned to her classroom after a four year secondment to Junior Cycle for Teachers as an English Advisor.