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Dimanche 22 avril 2007 7 22 /04 /Avr /2007 09:19

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About the Amish

Watch this video clip to get information and then have a look at the help to understand part of it. This is a song by Weird Al Yancovic

WORKSHEET ON THE VIDEO

1.What’s their occupation?

Match the English and the French

milking the cow

feeding the chickens

plowing

churning butter

sawing wood

scything

scier du bois

labourer

traire la vache

faire du beurre

faucher à la faux

nourrir les poulets

2.Fill in the blanks with the correct verb

The Amish ……….on the farm. He ……….. the cow, he ……. the chickens, he …………. the fields, he ……….. butter, he …… wood and ………

3. Fill in the blanks with the following words:

dresses- colours- buggies- clothes- suspenders

As they live separate from society they have horse-drawn ……….. to go from one place to another. Besides they also wear plain ……...with limited………. Men have ………………for their trousers, women have long…………… .

4.Watch

Find what they have (8 traditional things), who is watching the Amish and what they’re doing

Put into the correct order

They have…….

Those who are watching the Amish are....... and they are .............................

a) aecdnls :...............................

b) (1) lio (2) amlps :

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c) (1) eht (2) bblie:

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d) (1) aolrs (2) achtw:

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e) iultqs :.............................

f) abnrs: ..............................

g) aeenpprwss :........................

h) aaiegmnsz :........................

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For the lyrics go to this site:

http://www.com-www.com/weirdal/amishparadise.html

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Mardi 24 avril 2007 2 24 /04 /Avr /2007 11:01

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The celebrities of the roaring twenties

The 1920s were famous for people like Eliot Ness or Al Capone and that's why films or Tv series were created .

An example of the latest film about that period can be used to give you an idea of the history of the USA . So have a look at the trailer of

THE UNTOUCHABLES

WORKSHEET ON THE TRAILER

1. Pre-listening task

1) What are the sounds you hear?

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2) Write your own story with these sounds

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2. Listening task

Listen to the whole document and answer the following questions:

a) What sort of document is it?

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b) Who is talking?

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c) Pick out words you heard?

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d) Write your own story

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Then you can learn more about them

WORKSHEET ON THE CELEBRITIES OF THE TWENTIES

Web sites for the work on the internet

http://www.historicaldocuments.com/18thAmendment.htm#t1

http://www.historicaldocuments.com/VolsteadAct.htm

http://www.chicagohs.org/history/capone.html

http://www.crimelibrary.com/ness/nessmain.htm

http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=NE

With the help of the pages of the internet fill in the identity for the celebrity and answer the questions to prepare your oral presentation to the class.

Al Capone

First name:	..................................................................
Surname:	..................................................................
Nickname:	..................................................................
Date of birth : Date of death:	..................................................................
Place of birth:	..................................................................
Left school at the age of:	..................................................................
4^th December 1918:	..................................................................
30^th December 1918:	..................................................................
His business:	.................................................................. ................................................................... ...................................................................
Where did he go in 1928?	..................................................................
What happened on February 14^th 1929	..................................................................
Why was he called the public enemy n°1?	..................................................................
Where was he sent to prison?	..................................................................
What did he die of?	..................................................................

Summary of his life:.................................................................................................................

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Find what the 18^th amendment was about:

1)....................................................................................................................................................

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2)...................................................................................................................................................

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3)..................................................................................................................................................

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What was the Volstead Act about?

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Eliot Ness

First name:	.................................................................................................
Surname:	.................................................................................................
Date of birth:	.................................................................................................
Place of birth:	.................................................................................................
His family life:	.................................................................................................
His occupation :	.................................................................................................
He was famous for:	.................................................................................................

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Vendredi 4 mai 2007 5 04 /05 /Mai /2007 18:11

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Why is Queen Elisabeth in the USA today?

The Queen has arrived in the USA to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown,Virginia, although many people say that it was at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620 with the Pilgrim Fathers.

La reine est arrivée aux états-unis pour fêter les 400 ans du premier établissement permanent des colons à Jamestown, en Virginie bien que beaucoup de personnes disent que ce fut à Plymouth dans le Massachusetts en 1620 avec les pères pélerins.

People thought Jamestown had been lost for ever in James River but it was not. Indeed in 1993 digging started and some pieces of pottery were found out thus other excavations were organized and later on, in 2003 more exactly, the remains of the triangular palissade and the towers of the fort which the settlers had built in only 19 days were discovered.

Les gens pensaient que Jamestown était perdu à jamais dans le fleuve James mais non. En effet en 1993, on a creusé et découvert des morceaux de potterie, ainsi d'autres fouilles ont-elles été organisées et plus tard, en 2003, plus précisément, les restes de la palissade triangulaire et les tours du fort que les colons avaient construits en seulement 19 jours furent découverts.

More than 750,000 artefacts have been recovered from the site ; clay pipes , buttons, parts of a suit of armour, a helmet, iron tools, remains of food like fish bones. These things were in a deep well that's why they were well preserved.

Plus de 750 000 objets ont été retrouvés sur le site: des pipes en argile, des boutons, des morceaux d'armures, un casque, des outils en fer, des restes de nourriture comme des arrêtes de poisson. Ces objets étaient au fond d'un puit c'est pourquoi ils ont été bien conservés.

Jamestown has been forgotten for a long time by the Americans although it was the capital of Virginia for almost 100 years. Nevertheless today it's different and with the celebration of its 400th anniversary, the Americans will learn its history and discover the new museum "Archaearium" on the site.

Jamestown a été oublié pendant pendant un long moment par les américains bien que ce fut la capitale de Virginie pendant presque 100 ans. Toutefois aujourd'hui c'est différent et avec les commémorations de son 400ème anniversaire, les américains vont apprendre son histoire et découvrir le nouveau musée "Archaearium" sur le site.

Jamestown avant les fouilles en 1990

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Mercredi 9 mai 2007 3 09 /05 /Mai /2007 18:15

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On the trail of John Smith

In 1606 about 105 men both upper class gentlemen and common workers sailed from London in three small ships, headed for Virginia. They had three goals: establish a colony, find gold and discover a water passage to the Pacific Ocean. They knew they would encounter unknown lands, unfamiliar climates, and the powerful Indian tribes who inhabited the area.

They expected to trade with and be fed by the Indians, but they feared Spanish rivals. Two-thirds of the men would not survive their first year in America. But the Jamestown settlers would succeed in establishing the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States.

One of the men on board was a common born soldier called John Smith. He would go on to escape danger many times, became the colony's greatest leader, and documented the Chesapeake Bay area's beauty and natural riches in more than 4,800 kilometres of exploration in an open boat.

During the long voyage, Smith's outspoken nature angered others, and by the time they finally reached Virginia, Smith was in chains as a prisoner. That was Captain John Smith's story.

Nowadays the Americans don 't forget their past and they celebrate it at Jamestown for three days; May 11-13, 2007.

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Mardi 22 mai 2007 2 22 /05 /Mai /2007 14:04

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The golden door

Do you want to know more about the immigrants in the USA? So have a look at the trailer of the GOLDEN DOOR! You'll find some information of the history of the country.

That was how it happened in the past.

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