BTS SAM1 / RETAILING/ Black Friday goes global

 Describe what you see on the video

Define the topic in one sentence

Pick up the words related to consumption/ black Friday / that you hear

What are the retailers mentioned in the video ?

How different is the Black Friday shopping in the UK ?

How different is it from the traditional January Sales ?

BTS SAM1 / India set to change its retailing industry

Pick up words related to consumption 

Compare retailers/ wholesale retailers / bulk sales/ to local markets

What are the stakes ( = enjeux) of opening the indian market to foreign investors ?

BTS SAM1 / Black Friday Frenzies Leads to Violence

BTS SAM / CONSUMPTION

1)http://www.bbc.com/news/business-30228733

Black Friday - in 60 seconds

28 November 2014 Last updated at 15:16 GMT

Retailers are forecasting record online sales as part of pre-Christmas discounting.
Black Friday - originally a big sales day in the US - is now being adopted by more and more shops in the UK.
But why is it called 'Black Friday'? The BBC explains.

2)http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-20473252

23 November 2012 Last updated at 21:32 GMT Help
US retailers have begun their "Black Friday" sales, reopening stores after the Thanksgiving holiday.
Black Friday is usually the busiest shopping day of the year, as the Thanksgiving weekend marks the start of the holiday shopping season.
A survey estimated that 147 million people would go shopping between Friday and Sunday, despite more shoppers going online.

1L : work songs - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

A work song is typically a rhythmic a cappella song sung by people working on a physical



and often repetitive task. The work song is probably intended to reduce feelings of



boredom. Rhythms of work songs also serve to synchronize physical movement in a gang.



Frequently, the usage of verses in work songs are often improvised and sung differently



each time. The improvisation provided the singers with a sometimes subversive form of



expression: improvised verses sung by slaves had verses about escaping, improvised verses



sung by sailors had verses complaining about the captain and the work conditions. Work



songs also help to create a feeling of familiarity and connection between the workers.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_songs

1Lspé / protest songs: Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Summertime

Listen to these two famous jazz singers ( Ella Fitzgerald/ Billie Holliday) and contrast the feelings of the audience when listening to the two performances ( Summertime/Strange fruit). Use adjectives to qualify your feelings/ how must have felt the audience at the time.

Can both songs be qualified as protest songs ? Why ?

What is a protest song according to you ?

1L spé : Billie Holiday - Strange fruit

 

The lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abe Smith in Indiana in 1930 inspired Abel Meeropol to write Strange Fruit. Photograph: