Hi guys,

today we continued working on Afro-American history. As you said, we talked about the evolution of society. And with this evolution, also comes an evolution in the language.

Slaves -> niggers / negroes / coloured people (now offensive vocabulary) -> Black people -> Afro-Americans / African Americans

Here the audio document we listened to today:

And what you said about it:

Black people couldn't go to the same restaurants as white people.
Black men were forbidden to play checkers in a park with white men.
They were not allowed to swim at the same public beaches or swimming pools.
They had to sit at the back of buses.
They had to go to segregated schools.
They had to drink in different water fountains.
They had to use separate bathrooms and facilities in general.
They couldn't go to the same restaurants.

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Homework:

- allez sur le site suivant et écrire 5 à 8 lois (dans vos propres mots) concernant les obligations / interdictions de la communauté noire aux USA dans les années 60's.

Cliquez ici pour accéder au site sur les lois "Jim Crow"

- se préparer à un contrôle de leçon sur les deux 1ères leçons de cette séquence.

• Document distribué aujourd'hui:

Hi guys,

today we started a new lesson about Louisiana and New Orleans in particular. You had to read maps and analyse flags to see that "cross-cultural traditions" in Louisiana were very important for the state and for N.O.

Here is what you said:

New Orleans is a cross-cultural city with French, Spanish, and African heritage. France and Spain settled in North America and Black slaves were imported from Mali and Senegal mainly.

Today this melting-pot has special traditions. They are the Creole people.

Vocab: an eerie atmosphere

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Homework:

- bien apprendre la leçon et savoir parler de ce que l'on ressent quand on évoque la Nouvelle Orléans.

Hi guys,

today we started a new lesson with a video montage from a movie.

Here it is again:

You couldn't imagine why the mob was angry at first but them I presented a slideshow and you understood... how incredible, isn't it?

Here is the mindmap that we started to draw at the end of the class:

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Homework:

- être capable de faire des phrases (au moins 5) sur les lois "raciales" aux USA dans les années 60. Qu'avait-on le droit de faire? Qu'est-ce qui était interdit?

Hi guys,

today you had a test about a slideshow to comment in English.

You could record yourself while doing it with the tablets.

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Homework:

- pas de travail pour la prochaine fois. Profitez-en pour remettre en ordre votre cahier (coller les documents, surligner le nouveau vocabulaire, tenir votre carnet vocabulaire à jour, ...).

Hi guys,

today I asked you what you had done so far for the prom project and then we continued working on what you could do for prom and on how to make a suggestion in English.

We used the 2nd part of the worksheet below:

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Homework:

- Pour demain 03/02/2015 -> préparer son évaluation finale (test sur l'Inde / commentaire de diaporama imposé).

Pour le lundi de la rentrée

- compléter le dernier exercice de la feuille (à nouveau; exercice 7) en écrivant au moins 2 propositions différentes pour chaque situation (quelles suggestions pour résoudre le problème rencontré?)

- avancer dans son comité pour prendre de vraie décision concernant votre partie et préparer un compte-rendu des actions entreprises.