Year 11 Reading List
English
- https://www.uzickagimnazija.edu.rs/files/Catcher%20in%20the%20Rye.pdf
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5107.The_Catcher_in_the_Rye
- https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/catcher/summary/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-R2EQfixOI
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63SmYDhQBzE
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEak-27j9eM
- ‘Invisible Man ’by Ralph Ellison https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16981.Invisible_Man? ac=1&from_search=true&qid=hEAYOxvN5h&rank=1
- ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ by Oscar Wilde https://www.gutenberg.org/files/43/43-h/43-h.htm
- ‘The Poetry Foundation’ – Selected Poets https://www.poetryfoundation.org/
- ‘The Scarlet Letter ’by Nathaniel Hawthorn
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/25344/25344-h/25344-h.htm
- ‘Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth’ by A.C. Bradley
- ‘The Time Machine’ by H.G. Wells
- ‘The Kite Runner’ by Khaled Hosseini
- ‘Birdsong’ by Sebastian Faulkes
- ‘On the Road’ by Jack Kerouac
- ‘The Name of the Rose’ by Umberto Eco
- ‘The Trial’ by Franz Kafka
- ‘David Copperfield’ by Charles Dickens
- ‘Pride and Prejudice’ by Jane Austen
- ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ by Gabriela Garcia Marquez
- ‘Dune’ by Frank Herbert
- Find out when the authors shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize are speaking about their novels and attend their talks and special events. Read 5 books shortlisted as nominees for the Man Booker Prize http://themanbookerprize.com/
Maths
- Read ‘Alex’s Adventures in Numberland ’by Alex Bellos https://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/nov/09/alex-adventures-numberland- alex-bellosreview
- Read ‘Outliers ’by Malcom Gladwell https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3228917-outliers
- Research Ada Lovelace and her works
- Research the works of John Forbes Nash Jr
- Research Carl Friedrich Gauss
Science
- ‘Cosmos’ by Carl Sagan
- Isaac Physics https://isaacphysics.org/alevel
- Why Not Chem Eng https://www.icheme.org/education/whynotchemeng/
- ‘A Brief History of Stephen Hawking ’- Biography https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/a-brief-history-of-stephen-hawking/z43k382
- Use the minute physics videos https://www.youtube.com/user/minutephysics
- Download the Infinite Monkey Cage Podcasts from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w/episodes/downloads
- TED talk on growing organs. https://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_growing_organs_engineering_tissue?la nguage=en
- Listen to RadioLab podcasts; a range of science based podcasts downloadable from https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab
- NASA TV https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public
- Read the New Scientist Magazine https://www.newscientist.com/
- Nature http://www.nature.com/nature/index.html?foxtrotcallback=true
- Scientific American Magazine: www.scientificamerican.com/
- Podcasts, news and interviews with scientists about recent scientific developments http://royalsociety.org
- Details of the history of the best scientific discoveries http://nobelprize.org
- Cambridge Science Podcasts www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/
- Oxford Science Podcasts
http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/units/mathematical-physical-life-sciences-division
- Oxford Science Blog www.ox.ac.uk/media/science_blog/
- PE/Health and Social Care/Catering
PE
- ‘Sportshour’ – Stories of Hope https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172x3br1cxmr3p
- Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and The Greatest Race the World
- 'Has Never Seen' by Christopher McDougall
- The Champion in all of Us: 12 Rules for Success by Steve Backley
- Check out Brianmac.co.uk. Here you can find all sorts of links to training programmes, information on different sports and links to journal articles. https://www.brianmac.co.uk/
- Or these available on Netflix https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/g26837686/best-sports- documentaries-netflix/
- Try watching some of the Sports documentaries highlighted in this article. https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/film/a15963/best-sports-documentaries-of- all-time/
Geography
- New York Times’ https://www.nytimes.com/
- Rocking Our Priors https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rocking-our-priors/id1282553335
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/anthony-bourdain- parts-unknown-netflix-stream-uk-episodes-watch-online-a9509826.html
- Film - The war to live in London: Regeneration Game (2015)
- Film - More than a river (2005)
- Film - Blue Gold: World Water Wars (2008)
- Film - Syriana (2005)
- Film - Bitter Lake (2015)
- Film - The New Rulers of the World (2001)
- Film - Capitalism: A love story (2009)
- Book - ‘Prisoners of Geography’ by Tim Marshall
- Book - ‘China Inc.’ by Ted C. Fisherman (2006)
- Book - ‘Superpower: Three choices for America’s role in the world’ by Ian Bremmer (2015)
- Book - ‘Energy security: Economics, politics, strategies and implications’ by Carlos Pascual and Jonathan Elkind (2009)
- Book - ‘City rebranding: Theory and Cases’ by Keith Dinnie (2010)
- Book - ‘Remaking London: Decline and regeneration in urban culture’ by Ben Campkin (2013)
- Book - ’Globalisation and the environment: Capatalism, Ecology and Power’ by Peter Newell (2012)
- Book – ‘Guns, Germs, and Steel’ by Jared Diamond
- Book – ‘The Revenge of Geography’ by Robert D. Kaplan
- Book – ‘The Geography of Thought’ by Richard E. Nesbitt
- Listen to the ‘From Our Own Correspondent’ or ‘The Documentary’ podcasts from the BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qjlq https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nq0lx/episodes/downloads
- Global Flooding over the next 100 years by National Geographic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sZwcnP1r8M
- Jane Goodall – A selection of documentaries:
https://www.janegoodall.org/our-story/about-jane/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRlUJrEUn0Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhtJSSLiUNY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Kir4OvgLo
https://www.ted.com/talks/jane_goodall_what_separates_us_from_chimpanzees?l anguage=en
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jane-goodall-hopes-the-coronavirus-pandemic-will- wake- people-up-11594396166
History
- In Our Time https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl
- Revisionist History http://revisionisthistory.com/
- Podcast series: Historical Association - Politics, Reform and War https://www.history.org.uk/student/categories/495/module/4701/podcast-series- politics-
- Listen to episodes from Dan Snow’s ‘History Hit’ podcast: there are hundreds! http://www.historyhit.com/podcasts/dan-snows-history-hit/
- Book – ‘A History of Modern Britain’, by Andrew Marr
- Book – ‘What is History?’, by E.H. Carr
- Book – ‘The Guns of August’ and ‘A Distant Mirror’ by Barbara Tuchman
- History Today (Magazine) https://www.historytoday.com
Modern Foreign Languages
The BBC has a guide to watching TV in:
- French http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/tv/
- Spanish http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/tv/
- Watch one (or more) of these films: - Elle s’appelait Sarah - La rafle - Intouchables - A la folie, pas du tout - Amélie - Un long dimanche de fiançailles - L’auberge espagnol
- Watch the daily news online https://www.newsinslowfrench.com/ http://www.telecinco.es/informativos/ www.canalsur.es
- A great resource for new daily content from RFI (Radio France International) for all who are learning French: http://www.rfi.fr
Art and Textiles
- My Kid Could Paint That (2007)
- Crafts Magazine- www.craftscouncil.org.uk
- Arts Award https://www.artsaward.org.uk/site/?id=1954
- TV - Simon Schama – The Power of Art
- TV - Robert Hughes - The Shock of the New
- Grayson Perry Reith lectures: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03969vt
- Google Cultural Institute Art Project website https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/partner?hl=en
Technology
- The Clever Podcast http://www.cleverpodcast.com/
- Watch videos from D&TTV http://tv.data.org.uk/
Computing
- Tech Tent https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01plr2p/episodes/downloads
- Computing podcasts https://teach.ocr.org.uk/computer-science-podcasts
- Tech Podcasts https://player.fm/cities/uk-tech
- Financial Times https://www.ft.com/technology
Business
Drama
- London theatre - streamed and live streamed https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/stage-shows-musicals- opera-free-stream-online_51198.html
- ‘Official Small Island’ – National Theatre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pac-Furijsw
https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/small-island
- ‘Hamilton’ - Lin Manuel Miranda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSCKfXpAGHc
https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/hamilton-movie-review- disney-1021867/
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/jun/30/hamilton-review-disney-plus-lin- manuel-miranda
- Read any plays written by Bertolt Brecht. For example: ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle’, ‘The Threepenny Opera’, and ‘Mother Courage and her Children.’ Consider how Brechtian techniques are weaved into the plot.
Music
Citizenship
Read:
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- We Should All be Feminists by Chimamanda Adichie
- The Stationary Shop of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
- Daughters of the Dragon by William Andrews
- Prisoner of Penang by Claire Flynn
- The Bird on the Bamboo Cage by Hazel Gaynor
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
- Pachinko by Min Jee Lee
- White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht
Watch:
- Letters from Iwo Jimo
- Silk Road
- Four Lions
- Have I Got News for You
- 66
- Mock the Week
- News Night
- Panorama
- Anything by Louis Theroux
- Anything by Reggie Yates
- Anything by Stacy Dooley