Hello everybody!

Today, we started our new chapter abour african-American history. here is the lesson:

Thursday, November 16th

SEQUENCE 2 : African-American History

Friday, November 17th 2017

The video

Objectif: comprendre une partie de l'histoire des Etats-Unis, parler de ce qui s'est passé, ce qui était possible ou interdit pour les minorités, décrire une œuvre d'art et comprendre un mouvement artistique.

Lesson one: the video

-In the first extract, there is a big crowd. They are angry/ revolted, everybody is demonstrating in the street in front of a big building.

We can see many journalists : they are taking photos/pictures. There are many policemen (they have badges on their arms). The action takes place in the USA.

In the second extract, we can identify the building as a school : there are classrooms full of desks and chairs, there are teachers too.

The parents are coming to take their children out of the school.

We know that the situation takes place in the 1960s because it was the end of segregation in the United States.

Grammar point :

-Obligation au passé : had to +BV

-INTERDICTION/IMPOSSIBILITE au passé : couldn't +BV