I want to break Free

I want to break free....

Fighting to make a better world

5. Black Lives Matter

1. Obligations in the Past

Music Links

Index

1. Slavery

4. Civil Rights

3. Cause/Consequence/Goal

3. Segregation

2. The Civil War

B) Fighting for Equality

A) Introduction

C) Language tools

2. Passive Voice

practice speaking better

Read the texts with your group and find important information. Then, practice reading your text out loud.

Pierre Ballouhey, The Three Greats Take a Selfie in Heaven, 2013

Fighting for Freedom around the world

These three men are pictured together. They all fought for freedom around the world. They wanted to make the World a better place. How did they fight to Heal the World?

Do you know this song? What do the lyrics mean to you? What does it mean to “Break Free”? What can you “break free” from?

Jack's lament in English Jack's Lament in French What's this?

Do you know this film? Do you know the character? His name in English is Jack Skellington. Can you present his biography? Jack Skellington is the patron spirit of Halloween, portrayed as being on par with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny within his own holiday. Yet Jack is not always happy with his holiday. Listen to his song called “Jack’s lament”. Why is he not happy? Why does HE want to “break free”? Then, listen to the beginning of the song “What’s this”: What would he like to do?

Can you compare the two visions of Mr Obama? Mr Obama was the first Black President in the United States. This was an Important moment for the USA. Can you compare the two different images that these cartoonists make of Mr Obama? Why is he compared to Jack Skellington? Why “Yes they could”?

“L’Amérique d’Obama”, published November 5, 2008 by Philippe Chappatte, International Herald Tribune

“Nightmare before Christmas” published October 30, 2008 by Randy Bish politicalcartoons.com

Another cartoonist published this :

In 2008, the year Barack Obama was elected as president of the USA, the cartoonist Randy Bish published this cartoon caricature of Mr Obama:

Here is some information about Mr Obama. Can you speak about his biography?

Drive

Digiview

Revise for a Flash Test: - passive -obligations in past -irregular verbs -biography

Test

Read to discover more

Read this document to discover "Twelve Years A Slave" Who was Soloman Northup?

Twelve Years A Slave

Slavery

What was slavery? Can you give a definition? How were blacks treated?

Abraham Lincoln

Lean more about the American Civil War.

The Civil War

President Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, abolished slavery in 1863. Can you speak about his biography?

You have discovered how slavery ended, and read how Segregation began. Now do the exercises with the tablets to learnmore about how blacks were treated after 1865:

Segregation

After the Civil War, Slavery was abolished by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. But Soon SEGREGATION Became the new problem. Click above to learn more.

Now practice talking about their biographies. Don't forget to use expressions to express the causes, consequences and goals of their actions....

Civil Rights

During the 1950s and 1960s many people fought to change the laws and make segregation illegal. Listen to the Audio of a History Professor on the Alabama educational TV channel. and take notes.

Read these two articles and answer the questions to learn more about this movement

Black Rights Matter

Black People Continue Fighting for their rights today. Inown as the "Black Lives Matter" movement, their fight is as important as ever....

Imagine

What's going on

The 1960s was a pivotal decade for protest music, with many iconic songs that reflected the social and political turmoil of the time. Many young people protested the way blacks were treated and also the new war their country was involved in in Vietnam. Clothes also became a way the young protested against the older generation....

We Shall Overcome

Say It Loud

One Day

Abraham, Martin & John

A chage is gonna come

+Segretation/Civil Rights

Making Life in the fields easier

+Work Songs

Music Links- Sometimes music says it best

+Heal the world

Listen to the song here

Learn More

To speak about obligations in the past: had to Something that was not allowed, not possible: couldn't Possibilities in the past: could

Obligations and Interdictions in the past

How were slaves treated? To stress how people were treated, we use the passive voice: Be + Past Participle

Why?Expressing cause, consequence and goals...

Document D

For the Fast Workers: Thinglink Look at the information and watch the videos

When President Obama became president, Rockwell's painting was exhibited in the White House. Learn More Here Watch here:

Document C

Document B

Document A

Intro

Look Carefully at the close up of Ruby's Notebook..... What does it look like? What could it represent?

Discover a little girl who wanted to go to school....

A very important little girl

field and work songs

How were slaves treated?

- The passive Voice

What were their obligations?

-Obligations in the past

Language tools

Slavery in the USA

Read this text and learn more about slavery in the USA Use these questions to check your reading.

Two very important people in the Civil Rights Movement were Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. Rosa was arresed for not giving her seat in a public bus and Martin helped her by organizing the bus boycott in Montgomery Alabama. Click see a short extract of a film about Rosa and to listen to Martin's famous speech I Have a Dream:

3 men who advocated non-violence to bring social and political changes