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Pros and cons: Can ce­le­bri­ties be role mo­dels?

21.05.2012 - 16:46

Stuttgart - Do rich, beautiful, famous and powerful people set a good example?

Are celebrities role models? No!

A role model should behave in an exemplary way. For example, they should do good and look after other people. But which celebrities do this? And what do we really know about the people the world thinks we know? What is a facade, what is behind it?

Apart from a few exceptions, what we see of them is the following: they earn money out of self-interest, donate small amounts of it at best, in order to appear as benefactors to their fans. It seems to be part of the image of many pop stars and actors that they are addicted to drugs or alcohol, or that they behave badly in public.

Celebrities are seen as perfect, and young people especially suffer as they try to be like them. For example, many young girls have models as role models and want to have their measurements and bodies. This can lead to anorexia.

First of all, celebrities are people who live far away from us, about whom we know nothing except what we hear about them in the media. We don't know them, we don't know the character behind the facade. And this lack of knowledge is no basis for seeing someone as a role model.

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Below is a list of German words. Your task is to find the corresponding English words in the text and match them up. Write the English words next to their German equivalents.



vor­bild­lich

Aus­nah­me

spen­den

Wohl­tä­ter

süch­tig

lei­den

Ma­ger­sucht

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Out­line the main messa­ge of the text Pros and cons: Can ce­le­bri­ties be role mo­dels? in 3-4 sen­ten­ces.

Ap­pearance vs. Re­a­li­ty - The Dark Side of Role Mo­dels

In­struc­tions:



1
Role model sel­ec­tion
  • Choo­se a role model that a mem­ber of your group pre­sen­ted in the last les­son.
2
Re­se­arch task:
  • Re­se­arch the pos­si­ble dark sides, con­tro­ver­sies or mis­re­pre­sen­ta­ti­ons of your cho­sen role model.

  • Use the In­ter­net to gather in­for­ma­ti­on.

  • Look for articles, in­ter­views, do­cu­men­ta­ri­es and re­li­a­ble sources that dis­cuss your role model.
3
Gui­ding ques­ti­ons:
  • Has the role model ever made mista­kes?

  • Are there any scan­dals or con­tro­ver­sies as­so­ci­a­ted with the role model?

  • Is there any evi­den­ce that the pu­blic image of the role model does not re­flect re­a­li­ty?
4
Ana­ly­se your fin­dings:
  • Dis­cuss your fin­dings as a group and iden­tify key points that high­light the discrepan­ci­es bet­ween the pu­blic image of the role model and the re­a­li­ty.
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Pre­pa­re a pre­sen­ta­ti­on (5-7 mi­nu­tes):
  • In­clu­de the po­si­ti­ve aspects from your pre­vious pre­sen­ta­ti­on and ex­plain why you chose this per­son as a role model in the first place.

  • Sum­ma­ri­se your fin­dings on 'the dark side of your role model'.

  • What did you learn about the re­a­li­ty be­hind the pu­blic image of your role model?

  • In­clu­de key points and ex­amp­les to sup­port your ana­ly­sis.
Use cards



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Pre­sent to the class:
  • Share your fin­dings with the class.

  • Be pre­pa­red to ans­wer ques­ti­ons and en­ga­ge in a dis­cus­sion about your role model.
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