Watch in 4 weeks'time!
How do you become "a saint"?
Catholics versus Christians
Back to school after the Autumn holidays...
STARTER
Look, read and react.
Describe and explain.
You may draw a Mind map.
DOCUMENT 1
DOCUMENT 2
DOCUMENT 3
DOCUMENT 4
DOCUMENT 5
ACTION 1
Watch, listen and understand.
What does Freedom of Speech mean?
On the US side...
1791
For the Explorers
For the Bold and the Experts
On the French side...
1789
ACTION 2
Look, read and explain.
What does the French motto imply?
Look, describe and explain.
Which symbols specifically stand for
Liberty, Equality and Fraternity?
By reading only the symbols,
explain the meaning of the painting of the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen.
ACTION 3
Look, read and explain.
What does French "Secularity" mean?
ACTION 4
What is your own vision?
Do you share any of these teens' personal views?
Why or why not?
For Everyone
US elections 2020
STARTER
Read and speak your mind.
Take the quiz.
in Red and Blue States!
10.00 p.m.
248 voting bills out of 270
for
Joe Biden
THURSDAY, 5TH!
11.00 p.m.
3RD DAY OF UNCERTAINTY!
FRIDAY 6TH
4TH DAY OF UNCERTAINTY!
SATURDAY 7TH!
5TH DAY OF UNCERTAINTY ...
...THEN REALITY FROM THE ELECTORATE COLLEGE!
SATURDAY EVENING
8 p.m. in Philadelphia
2 a.m. in Paris
Vice-president Kamala Harris makes History
by becoming the First Mix-raced Woman
Vice -President of the USA!
Vice-president Kamala Harris's Victory Speech
Listen and understand.
Work on words ...in action.
Pick-up the key words.
Count how many times words like "Democracy"
are repeated!
Newly President-elect Joe Biden
addresses the Nation after Election Victory
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ACTION 1
Speak.
Challenge yourself with US presidents!
Which ones impress you most
or do you want to know more about? Why?
ACTION 2
Watch, listen and understand.
What is the US president's job?
What is the Executive Branch?
ACTION 3
Watch, listen and understand.
How does the US Election work?
ACTION 4
Read and understand.
Meet the candidates.
Who are they?
ACTION 5
Read and understand.
What are their programmes?
Where does each candidate stand on key issues?
Compare by completing a chart.
STEP 1
Look, describe and explain.
DOCUMENT 1
DOCUMENT 2
Step 2
Read and understand.
Make a comparison chart.
ACTION 1
Look and understand.
Look and answer the following questions.
1) What type of document can you see above?
2) Who is the cartoonist?
3) Where is the scene?
4) How many people are there in the scene?
5) Who and what can you see?
6) What is strange in the scene?
ACTION 2
Read and understand.
Learn more about the event above!
Take notes in English
or recap in French.
Learn more about the event above!
Take notes in English
or recap in French.
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FOR
THE ADVENTURERS
FOR
THE EXPLORERS
FOR
THE BOLD AND THE EXPERTS
ACTION 3
ACTION 4
Read and understand.
1° What is the document?
Is it a song, a safey code, a poem?
2° Who is the code from?
3° How many recommendations are there?
5, 7, 9?
4° What is the English for "feu d'artifice"?
5° Look onto a dictionary and find the meaning of these words in the message:
verbs: 'keep', 'follow', 'light', 'throw', 'put' and 'fool
nouns: 'box', 'flame', 'torchlight', 'safety', 'wick',
'face', 'pocket', 'pets' and 'indoors'.
6° Go to this site eand try to find common recommendations!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/15357129Is it a song, a safey code, a poem?
2° Who is the code from?
3° How many recommendations are there?
5, 7, 9?
4° What is the English for "feu d'artifice"?
5° Look onto a dictionary and find the meaning of these words in the message:
verbs: 'keep', 'follow', 'light', 'throw', 'put' and 'fool
nouns: 'box', 'flame', 'torchlight', 'safety', 'wick',
'face', 'pocket', 'pets' and 'indoors'.
6° Go to this site eand try to find common recommendations!
Action+
Make a Wanted poster of Guy Fawkes!
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
/20
1) Task completed /2.
2) Presentation /6.
3) Contents /6.
4) Language /6
Break Time
for help and for the Experts
Here are some templates...
Scotland Yard phone number
020 7230 1212
Scotland Yard history
Money converter
http://projectbritain.com/moneyold.htm
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https://www.myenglishteacher.eu/blog/how-to-say-thank-you-26-thank-you-sayings/
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https://www.therootedfamily.com/blog/gratitude-words
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...and they landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA...
British currency
STARTER
Look at the document above.
Answer the questions below.
1) Which event is presented?
2) Say it in 2 different languages.
3) What are these 2 languages?
4) Say this historical event
in the French language.
5) When was this "Wall" destroyed?
ACTION 1
Look, describe and react.
Back in November 1989...
Document 1
Document 2
Document 3
Document 4
Document 5
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Nowadays in November 2019...
Document 1
Which famous monument in Berlin
can you recognize?
Document 6
Document 7
1861-1989
Document 8
ACTION 2
Listen (describe) and take notes.
Video 1
Video 2
Video 3
For the Adventurers
For the Explorers
For the Bold and the Experts
ACTION 3
Look, describe and react.
What do you think of what you see
on this photo
and what do you understand of
this citizen's intents
by keeping this object?
(Commemorative?
Dignifying and enhancing
[FR: " Dignes et valorisantes". ]?
Touching? A touch nostalgic?
Shocking? Indecent?
A bit regressive?)
"Keeping this object
-a bit of German History"
has it to do with History? Art? Emotions? Both or all three?
ACTION 4
Do you know
other "walls" in the world?
ACTION+
Make
a Welcome and Fraternity poster
for strangers and Migrants.
You may create
either a paper or a digital poster!
ACTION++
Make
a Welcome and Fraternity poem
for strangers and Migrants.
ACTION+++
Go and visit Berlin...
...whenever you want
...or for Christmas Season!
Yummy, yummy...
STARTER
Discover the event.
a) Read the 2 documents above.
Describe and (try to)
answer the question.
b) Watch and enjoy the emotion.
First, pick up the key-words.
Secondly, classify them according to the following categories:
PEOPLE
NATURE
WAR
IDEAS or VALUES
ACTION 1
Read and understand.
Answer the questions below.
1° What is the document?
How do you know?
(Give clues from the text)
2° What is the title of the document?
3° What is represented on either side of the title?
4° How many parts does the document have?
5° Which type of phrase starts these parts?
Copy them.
6° Who is the document about?
How do you know?
(quote the text)
7° What is it about?
How do you know?
(quote the text)
8° Why do you think this document was written?
ACTION 2
What do you remember?
ACTION 3
Listen and enjoy a poem
recited by a school girl!
Want to commemorate War heroes?
ACTION+
Could you take the challenge
and recite the poem in turn?
ACTION++
Pay tribute to our War heroes
in your own way!
Break Time
for help and for the Experts
Option 1
Make your own Poppy
in remembrance of War heroes!
Option 2
Make a Remembrance poster
for War heroes!
STARTER
Look, read and describe.
What are your impressions?
Which is your favourite Super hero,
if any?
Document 1
Document 2
Document 3
ACTION 1
What do you remember?
ACTION 2
Watch, listen and report.
For the Adventurers
For the Explorers
For the Bold and the Experts
ACTION+
Make
your own Comic Book Super Hero!
Paper version...
Digital version...
STARTER
Read and discover.
ACTION 1
Look and explain.
What is the UN 2019 theme?
Why a toilter is not JUST a toilet
and can save lives??
ACTION 2
Read and play.
Do you take your toilet for granted?
Play and discover
your "toilet privilege"!
ACTION 3
Look, read and take action.
Soap and Sanitation
Go
hand in hand!
ACTION+
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ACTION++
10 Things you can seriously do
FOR
UN World Toilet Day!
STARTER
Look, listen and enjoy
the Thanksgiving Rap!
Copy the song lyrics
in your File inside front cover.
ACTION 1
Discover the event.
a) Look and read the document above.
1) What are the documents?
2) What can you see
on the left document?
(Describe the scene and give your impressions.)
3) What can you see
on the right document?
(Describe the scene and give your impressions.)
4) What is striking in the right scene
compared to the left scene?
5) How are the 2 scenes related?
(What do they symbolize?)
6) Which historical event
do they represent?
7) Which country does it concern?
8) Do you know anything
about this event?
b) Read and compare.
Document 1
Document 2
ACTION 2
Read and write.
Think of your 'Thanks' Tour
and be inspired!
Take notes of the expressions you prefer.
Special tribute to my dear students...
Miss B
Special thanks...
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https://www.myenglishteacher.eu/blog/how-to-say-thank-you-26-thank-you-sayings/
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ACTION 3
Look, describe and analyse.
1) What is the document above?
2) Where is the scene?
3) Who can you see or recognize
in this scene?
4) What do they look like?
5) What are they doing?
6) Is it a modern scene?
Why or why not?
7) What do you undersdand of US history from this scene?
First video
1) Who were the first inhabitants
of North America?
2) Who landed later
on the 'new' continent?
3) How were their relationships
at first?
4) How did the 2 groups solve
the problem in 1621? (2 facts)
5) Which American president proclaimed 'Thanksgiving' a national holiday?
1) Who were the first inhabitants
of North America?
2) Who landed later
on the 'new' continent?
3) How were their relationships
at first?
4) How did the 2 groups solve
the problem in 1621? (2 facts)
5) Which American president proclaimed 'Thanksgiving' a national holiday?
When? Why?
Second video
Second video
1) Who invited whom
for the first 'Thanksgiving'?
2) When was
for the first 'Thanksgiving'?
2) When was
the First Thanksgiving?
3) How many days did it last?
4) What did it consist of ?
5) What do we learn
3) How many days did it last?
4) What did it consist of ?
5) What do we learn
about the menu?
Was turkey on the menu
at that time?
6) Which US president made 'Thanksgiving'
6) Which US president made 'Thanksgiving'
an annual event? When?
7) Which woman participated in
7) Which woman participated in
the growing interest in Thanksgiving afterwards? (Give details.)
8) Which US president finally fixed 'Thanksgiving''s date on the 4th Thursday of November?
9) Which special tradition
8) Which US president finally fixed 'Thanksgiving''s date on the 4th Thursday of November?
9) Which special tradition
about the turkey
has been developed
has been developed
by US presidents ? When first?
ACTION 4
Watch, listen and understand.
Recap the story!
For the Explorers
For the Bold and the Experts
STEP 1
Watch this photo album!
Learn more about US history...
This is the Pilgrim Memorial in Plymouth, England,
where the settlers called 'the Pilgrims' or 'the Forefathers' departed...
where the settlers called 'the Pilgrims' or 'the Forefathers' departed...
...and they landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA...
... where a monument stands!
Fill in the monument ID card.
Monument name: ...
Location: ...
Date of creation: ...
Height: ...
Structure: ...
Composition: ...
Central figure: ...
Dedicated to: ...
Matrix message: ...
STEP 2
Watch
this video the Pilgrims' sea itinerary.
a) How did
the Pilgrim Fathers or Forefathers
get there?
b) Look at the map below...
...Here are the first 4 questions...
1) When did the Mayflower ship leave England in Europe?
2) When did it arrive
on the coasts of America?
3) Which ocean did the ship cross?
4) Which is the name of the ship
in which they sailed?
1) When did the Mayflower ship leave England in Europe?
2) When did it arrive
on the coasts of America?
3) Which ocean did the ship cross?
4) Which is the name of the ship
in which they sailed?
...then click on the link
to answer the other questions.
ACTION 5
Read and understand.
Food, Glorious Food...
What's for Thanksgiving dinner nowadays?
What about other traditions
of modern Thanksgiving?
ACTION 6
STARTER
Have you ever heard of
'Black Friday'?
ACTION 1
Look, read and understand.
Take notes about the 'stories'
behind the origin of 'Black Friday'.
ACTION 2
Read and understand.
1) What is the document?
2) Which company edited it?
3) Which event is advertised?
4) When is it each year?
5) What are the two types of bargains (one on the left side and one on the right side) does the company offer?
6) Which offer(s) do you find interesting?
(Justify your answer-s.)
ACTION 3
Watch and understand.
Describe and react!
Listen and understand.
What is the controversial issue
about Thanksgiving?
Listen to these vivid testimonies
and report!
ACTION+
Make a storyboard
of your Thanksgiving story!
Break Time
for
Help and for the Best!
Step 1
Think of your story
by writing a draft
with squares and captions
on a A3-format blank paper.
Step 2
Draw your characters
with their speech bubbles
in your draft.
Step 3
Decide if you are going to make
a paper or digital storyboard.
Here is a link!
Step 4
Write your first name
followed by the initial of
your family name and your class
between parenthesis
in the bottom right-hand corner
of
your paper storyboard.
STEP 5
Bring your artwork in class
or send it by mail to your teacher!
You may use:
STARTER
'Black Friday'?
ACTION 1
Look, read and understand.
Take notes about the 'stories'
behind the origin of 'Black Friday'.
ACTION 2
Read and understand.
1) What is the document?
2) Which company edited it?
3) Which event is advertised?
4) When is it each year?
5) What are the two types of bargains (one on the left side and one on the right side) does the company offer?
6) Which offer(s) do you find interesting?
(Justify your answer-s.)
ACTION 3
Watch and understand.
Describe and react!
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