Jim Crow Laws - explanations and examples

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 or could have said about it:

50 years ago, blacks and whites were segregated in the USA.
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.

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Homework:

- Faire l'exercice 3 de la feuille = 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 1ères leçons de cette séquence.

• Document distribué aujourd'hui:

•  Construction de la Mindmap telle qu'élaborée à l'heure actuelle:

• Here is a very nice song (they won an oscar this year for "best song") about the topic: