Aufgabenstellung
Assess the claim that globalisation has made the world both smaller and more unequal. Approximately 280 words. (Operator: assess)
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Britische Identität, devolved nations, das Verhältnis Grossbritanniens zur EU (Beitritt 1973, Brexit 2020) und die kulturellen Folgen. Behandelt werden Devolution, Brexit, Northern Irelands besondere Lage und Schlüsseltexte aktueller britischer Literatur.
6Abschnitteca. 14Min Lesezeit4KompetenzenNiveauBasis 1 · Standard 3 · Vertiefung 2Stand 06/2026
grundlegendes Niveau
gA-Track: Devolution, Brexit-Eckdaten, britisch-europäische Beziehungen, ein literarischer Anker (z. B. Ali Smiths Seasonal Quartet).
erhöhtes Niveau
eA-Track: Multinational state, Northern-Ireland-Protokoll, Windsor Framework, Vergleich politischer Reden, mehrere literarische Stimmen.
Lesetiefe: Vertiefung
Schriftgröße: Standard
Karte — British Isles und devolved nations
Discuss whether the United Kingdom is likely to remain stable as a multinational state after Brexit. Refer to Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. (Operator: discuss)
A "discuss" task requires a weighed argument, not a verdict stated up front. Define "stable" operationally: no further constituent nation secedes and devolved institutions continue to function. This makes the discussion testable rather than impressionistic.
Scotland voted 62% Remain; the SNP frames Brexit as a material change of circumstances justifying a second independence referendum. Northern Ireland's land border with the EU forced the Protocol/Windsor Framework, reviving tensions between unionist and nationalist communities. Brexit thus reopened settled constitutional questions.
Westminster controls whether an independence referendum is legally held (the 2014 Section 30 order was a one-off). The 2014 result (55% No) and economic uncertainty temper appetite for secession. Wales shows no comparable independence majority. Institutional inertia and the costs of separation favour continuity.
Avoid treating the nations as one bloc. Northern Ireland's position is the most volatile (border, demographic change, Good Friday Agreement obligations); Scotland's is contingent on legal permission and economic confidence; Wales is the most integrationist. A graded answer scores higher than a uniform one.
Synthesise rather than predict: Brexit has raised the long-run probability of constitutional change without making break-up imminent, because the most centrifugal pressures (NI border, Scottish grievance) are real but constrained by legal control at Westminster and the practical costs of separation.
Ergebnis: A defensible answer concludes that the UK is more strained but not obviously breaking up: Brexit reopened independence and border questions (especially in Scotland and Northern Ireland), yet Westminster's legal control of referendums and the costs of secession make gradual constitutional renegotiation more likely than imminent dissolution.
Typische Fehler
LK-Vertiefung
eA-Vertiefung: Diskutieren Sie, ob das Vereinigte Königreich in seiner gegenwärtigen Form nach Brexit langfristig stabil ist — berücksichtigen Sie Schottland, Nordirland und den Status der Crown Dependencies.
Aktive Wiederholung
Analyse the relationship between Britishness as an overarching identity and the four constituent nations of the United Kingdom. Discuss how Brexit has affected this balance. (Operator: analyse + discuss)
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UK and Europe — Timeline 1973 bis 2024
Brexit-Referendum 2016 — Leave-Stimmen nach Landesteil
Analyse the rhetorical strategies of a pro-Leave campaign speech built around the slogan "Take Back Control". Focus on framing, pronouns and appeals. (Operator: analyse)
The phrase "Take Back Control" front-loads three persuasive moves: "take" (active agency), "back" (presupposing that control was once held and lost — a restoration frame), and "control" (sovereignty as the master value). The slogan does its arguing through presupposition, not assertion.
Leave rhetoric typically opposes an inclusive "we / the British people" against a distant "they / Brussels / the unelected bureaucrats". The in-group/out-group split (us vs. them) constructs the EU as an external imposition rather than a membership the UK helped shape.
Pathos: nostalgia and pride (national independence, "a great trading nation again"). Logos in a populist key: the contested "£350 million a week for the NHS" claim packages a complex budget figure as a simple transfer. Ethos: the speaker positions themselves as the voice of ordinary people against elites.
Recurrent metaphors of chains, shackles and "being run by Brussels" frame membership as captivity; "taking back" frames withdrawal as liberation. The metaphor cluster turns an institutional question into a narrative of bondage and escape.
The strategies combine into a restoration narrative: a sovereign people, temporarily constrained, reclaiming agency from a faceless elite. Its persuasive force lies in compressing economic, legal and cultural complexity into one emotionally legible storyline — which is also where it is most open to critique.
Ergebnis: The speech persuades less through evidence than through framing: a restoration slogan, an us-versus-them pronoun structure, captivity-and-liberation metaphors and mixed populist appeals together convert a complex constitutional question into a single emotive narrative of a people "taking back" what it had lost.
Abitur-Aufgaben (IQB / Länderpool)
Aufgabenstellung
Typische Fehler
LK-Vertiefung
eA-Vertiefung: Vergleichen Sie eine Pro- und eine Contra-Brexit-Rede aus dem Wahlkampf 2016 (z. B. Johnson vs. Cameron) und beurteilen Sie, welche rhetorischen Strategien die Leave-Kampagne erfolgreicher gemacht haben.
Aktive Wiederholung
Discuss the main causes and consequences of Brexit. Refer to political, economic and cultural factors and evaluate to what extent the United Kingdom has benefited from leaving the EU. (Operator: discuss + evaluate)
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Typische Fehler
LK-Vertiefung
eA-Vertiefung: Vergleichen Sie literarische Verarbeitungen der Troubles in Seamus Heaneys Poetry und Anna Burns "Milkman" und beurteilen Sie, welche unterschiedlichen Strategien beide Werke nutzen, um Trauma sprachlich zu fassen.
Aktive Wiederholung
Examine the role of the Good Friday Agreement (1998) for peace in Northern Ireland and discuss how Brexit has affected the political situation since 2020. (Operator: examine + discuss)
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Typische Fehler
LK-Vertiefung
eA-Vertiefung: Beurteilen Sie, in welchem Verhältnis die Monarchie zur kolonialen Vergangenheit Grossbritanniens steht und ob die Forderungen nach Reparationen legitim sind — referenzieren Sie konkrete Caricom-Forderungen.
Aktive Wiederholung
Discuss the role of the monarchy and the Commonwealth for British identity in the 21st century. Refer to recent developments such as the death of Elizabeth II and the move of Barbados to a republic. (Operator: discuss)
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Typische Fehler
LK-Vertiefung
eA-Vertiefung: Beurteilen Sie das Verhältnis von kosmopolitischem London und Brexit-waehlendem Rest-England — wie liest sich diese Spannung in Ali Smiths Seasonal Quartet (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer)?
Aktive Wiederholung
Analyse how London's multicultural identity has shaped contemporary British literature. Refer to at least two authors and discuss the political significance of figures such as Sadiq Khan. (Operator: analyse + discuss)
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Typische Fehler
LK-Vertiefung
eA-Vertiefung: Interpretieren Sie einen Auszug aus Ali Smiths "Autumn" und beurteilen Sie, wie der Roman Brexit als kulturelles, nicht nur politisches Ereignis literarisch erfasst.
Aktive Wiederholung
Evaluate the claim that contemporary British literature reflects the political fractures of post-Brexit Britain. Refer to at least two contemporary authors and one literary form / genre. (Operator: evaluate)
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