A2 Unit 4: Site B Holiday

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Celebrity

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Holiday

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Coursework titles

1. Getting away from it all: holiday destinations.
2. High Days and Holy Days: holiday as communal celebration/shared experience.
3. Club 18-30 or Saga: age, gender, ethnicity and class on holiday.
4. Gap years and grand tours: better to travel than to arrive?
5. Place yourself in this narrative; the themed holiday.
6. Memories are made of this: capturing holiday experiences.

Suggested TV programmes

Caravans: A British Love Affair (available on iPlayer)

Documentary about the love affair between the British and their caravans, which saw the country establish the world's largest caravan manufacturer and transformed the holiday habits of generations of families

BBC: The Great British Bank Holiday

Bank and public holidays are essential breathing spaces within the working year and welcome breaks from the treadmill of routine. Non-religious days off were introduced in 1871, and were later widened to include Easter and Christmas.

Suggested websites

Inside out: 100 years of holiday fun

Seaside history

Suggested books

The British Seaside: holidays and resorts in the twentieth century

Suggested films

A selection of holiday films on the BFI Screenonline site - film clips, synopsis, stills etc