1. ASSIGNED READINGS1) Critical Essay on the Film The Class2) The Intouchables racist – French people don’t think so and here’s why – Slate3) Untouchable- How did a French comedy about disability become global hit. The Guardian2. VIEW/ STREAM ONLINE To stream online the French films:1. The Intouchables.2. The Class.Requirements of Homework:1. Discussion:Share TWO posts on the discussion forum designed for Module 3, in response to ALL of the following questions. Two posts must be individual contributions: Your assigned readings show that the French film Intouchables was received with mixed reactions nationally and internationally. Discuss this idea using examples from your readings to explain why this was the case. Discuss and compare how social conflict is represented in both The Intouchables and The Class by answering the following questions: 1). How does the film The Intouchables signal differences that exist between the two main characters? How do those differences reflect social realities and biased social perceptions of difference in France? How does the film portray the ways both characters come to form meaningful connections, affirming self-perceptions (to counter biased social perceptions of their difference) and bonding experiences despite their differences? 2). What kinds of struggles do students face at school in the film The Class as a direct result of class and racial differences? What are the consequences of those struggles? What challenges do teachers face? What factors contribute to those challenges? How do they attempt to resolve them? 2. Assignment:Question/Prompt:Please answer ALL of the following 3 questions: Summarize what you learned from this week’sthreeassigned readings, by indicating how they help us understand the setting, themes and social issues explored in the films The IntouchablesandThe Class. Illustrate your points by using specific examples directly from the assigned readings. In the filmThe Class, how is the figure of the teacher portrayed in this film? How does he respond to the struggles faced by the students? How does the school experience of the students shape their sense of identity? Choose one character from the film and offer an analysis of his/her dilemmas/struggles and their school experience and how it mirrors larger social issues that affect contemporary French society. In the filmThe Intouchables, what doyouconsider to be a strength and/or a weakness in the film’s character portrayal and the social issues it explores (immigration, disability, class relations, race relations)? Does the film advance our understanding of these realities in France? If so, how does it do so? Give specific examples directly from the film to illustrate your points.

Read the version of the Kohlberg example listed below and respond to the dilemma in writing.

“In Europe, a lady was dying because she was very sick. There was one drug that the doctors said might save her. This medicine was discovered by a man living in the same town. It cost him $200 to make it, but he charged $2,000 for just a little of it. The sick lady’s husband, Heinz, tried to borrow enough money to buy the drug. He went to everyone he knew to borrow the money. He told the man who made the drug that his wife was dying and asked him to sell the medicine cheaper or let him pay later. But the man said, “No, I made the drug and I’m going to make money from it.” So Heinz broke into the store and stole the drug.”

1. Did Heinz do the right thing? Write at least four complete sentences in response.

2. Now evaluate your response and place your response on both Kohlberg’s and Giligan’s levels of morality (the scales are below these questions for your review). Tell me which level of morality you would fall under for Kohlberg’s levels and for Giligan’s levels, and discuss why you feel you would fall under those levels (min. 2 sentences for each).

3. What do you see as the major differences between Kohlberg and Gilligan’s stages of moral development? Which do you see yourself belonging to primarily? (min. 3 sentences)

4. Where did you get your personal sense of morality? (min. 4 sentences)