T1:The United States of Hispanic America

The United States Hispanic of America

Associate the following words with their translation

Harvest

Crops

Diseases

Harassed

Law enforcement

Lawful

Citizens

Widespread

Growth

The electorate

La croissance

Les électeurs

Harcelé

Maladies

Personnes chargées de faire respecter la loi :

Récoltes

Très répandu/général

Légal/légitime :

Citoyens

Récolter/moissonner

 -This report deals with (Choose the right answer): illegal immigration in the US/ The impact of latinos in US culture and political life/ the new generation of US latinos’future /

-What is the new phenomenon touching the Latino community ?(Several answers): increasing immigration/a population boom / increasing political role / growing wealth/

-Today, according to the 2010 census, the latinos are moving : to the cities/ to the rural parts of the USA ?

-What is the reaction of some conservative white residents ?

What do they fear ?

What do they want (See billboard) ?

-List the problems the latinos have to face in the USA = (In politics/ in their everyday life/at work)

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Find the statistics corresponding to :

-Number of latinos living in the USA :

-the Latino electorate in California :

-Population growth :

-Latino citizens Under the age of 18 :

T1 : Migrant families divided at Mexican border

Migrant families divided at Mexican border

1)What do Patricia Lopez and Rosario have in common ? (Beginning and end of the report)

2) Are their relatives legal or illegal immigrants ?

What is the expression used to say whether  the immigrants have papers or not ?

3)Why have they chosen to go to the USA  without their family ?

Why don’t they come back home from time to time ?

4)Pick up information about the fence separating the US-Mexican border :

Length :

Crossings :

Contol :

Security :

5) What is the aim/goal of such  fence ?

6)How many unauthorized immigrants live in the US according to the report ?

T6 :Salem Witch trials

1)The Salem Witch Trials of 1692

In January of 1692, the daughter and niece of Reverend Samuel Parris of Salem Village became ill. When they failed to improve, the village doctor, William Griggs, was called in. His diagnosis of bewitchment put into motion the forces that would ultimately result in the death by hanging of nineteen men and women. In addition, one man was crushed to death; seven others died in prison, and the lives of many were irrevocably changed.

Dr. William Griggs examines Betty Parris and declares  her possessed by the Devil.

To understand the events of the Salem witch trials, it is necessary to examine the times in which accusations of witchcraft occurred. There were the ordinary stresses of 17th-century life in Massachusetts Bay Colony. A strong belief in the devil, factions among Salem Village fanatics and rivalry with nearby Salem Town, a recent small pox epidemic and the threat of attack by warring tribes created a fertile ground for fear and suspicion. Soon prisons were filled with more than 150 men and women from towns surrounding Salem. Their names had been "cried out" by tormented young girls as the cause of their pain. All would await trial for a crime punishable by death in 17th-century New England, the practice of witchcraft.

Trial of Rebecca Nurse

In June of 1692, the special Court of Oyer (to hear) and Terminer (to decide) sat in Salem to hear the cases of witchcraft. Presided over by Chief Justice William Stoughton, the court was made up of magistrates and jurors. The first to be tried was Bridget Bishop of Salem who was found guilty and was hanged on June 10. Thirteen women and five men from all stations of life followed her to the gallows on three successive hanging days before the court was disbanded by Governor William Phipps in October of that year. The Superior Court of Judicature, formed to replace the "witchcraft" court, did not allow spectral evidence. This belief in the power of the accused to use their invisible shapes or spectres to torture their victims had sealed the fates of those tried by the Court of Oyer and Terminer. The new court released those awaiting trial and pardoned those awaiting execution. In effect, the Salem witch trials were over.

The parallels between the Salem witch trials and more modern examples of "witch hunting" like the McCarthy hearings of the 1950's, are remarkable. http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/education/index.shtml 2) http://www.history.com/topics/salem-witch-trials     In January 1692, 9-year-old Elizabeth (Betty) Parris and 11-year-old Abigail Williams (the daughter and niece of Samuel Parris, minister of Salem Village) began having fits, including violent contortions and uncontrollable outbursts of screaming. After a local doctor, William Griggs, diagnosed bewitchment, other young girls in the community began to exhibit similar symptoms, including Ann Putnam Jr., Mercy Lewis, Elizabeth Hubbard, Mary Walcott and Mary Warren. In late February, arrest warrants were issued for the Parris' Caribbean slave, Tituba, along with two other women--the homeless beggar Sarah Good and the poor, elderly Sarah Osborn--whom the girls accused of bewitching them. Salem Witch Trials: The Hysteria Spreads .The three accused witches were brought before the magistrates Jonathan Corwin and John Hathorne and questioned, even as their accusers appeared in the courtroom in a grand display of spasms, contortions, screaming and writhing. Though Good and Osborn denied their guilt, Tituba confessed. Likely seeking to save herself from certain conviction by acting as an informer, she claimed there were other witches acting alongside her in service of the devil against the Puritans. (...) Salem Witch Trials: Conclusion and Legacy .Though the respected minister Cotton Mather had warned of the dubious value of spectral evidence (or testimony about dreams and visions), his concerns went largely ignored during the Salem witch trials. Increase Mather, president of Harvard College (and Cotton's father) later joined his son in urging that the standards of evidence for witchcraft must be equal to those for any other crime .(...) The vivid and painful legacy of the Salem witch trials endured well into the 20th century, when Arthur Miller dramatized the events of 1692 in his play "The Crucible" (1953), using them as an allegory for the anti-Communist "witch hunts" led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. Did You Know? In an effort to explain by scientific means the strange afflictions suffered by those "bewitched" Salem residents in 1692, a study published in Science magazine in 1976 cited the fungus ergot (found in rye, wheat and other cereals), which toxicologists say can cause symptoms such as delusions, vomiting and muscle spasms. Read the texts above and watch the videos on the following link to be able to answer the following questions on the Salem Witch Trials: http://salemwitchmuseum.com/videos/ a-What led to the Salem Witch Trials? (Historical reasons/religious reasons/ specific event ). Name the historical figures that we saw on the film "the Crucible". How can the girls' "illnesses" be accounted for/explained ? b-What type of people were accused of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials? c-Were only women accused of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials? How many persons were convicted ? How many died ? d-How were people accused of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials?  e-How did the Salem Witch Court decide who was a witch?Explain what is "spectral evidence" . f-What happened to people convicted of witchcraft at the Salem Witch Trials? (Give two different "sentences" to death) g-How did the Salem Witch Trials end? h-What is a now called a " witch hunt "? Name a more recent historical period in the American History. WORDS: Find in the texts above the equivalent for: Text 1 Un procès :                        Passer en jugement :                  Etre déclaré  coupable : Une preuve :                      Etre libéré : Etre ensorcelé:                   Enchantement : Proche : Etre écrasé, broyé : La variole : Etre en guerre : Etre rempli : La potence/le gibet : Une forme (spectrale): Le destin/sort : Text 2 Un accès de/éruption : Montrer : un mendiant : Délivrer un  mandat : démonstration, étalage: Se tordre/contorsionner en tous sens: Condamnation: Un délateur/dénonciateur : Douteux/discutable : Inquiétudes : Héritage : perdurer :

1ères 8 =Jingle All The Way theatrical trailer

1ères 8/ 2 Black Friday Shoppers Killed

Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, traditionally the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. On this day, many retailers open very early, often at 4 a.m., or earlier, and offer promotional sales to kick off the shopping season, similar to Boxing Day sales in manyCommonwealth countries. Black Friday is not actually a holiday, but many employers give their employees the day off, increasing the number of potential shoppers. It has routinely been the busiest shopping day of the year since 2005.

Recent years have seen a marked increase in extreme chaos resulting from people's desires to take advantage of Black Friday sales.During Black Friday 2010, a Madison, Wisconsin woman was arrested outside of a Toys 'R' Us store after cutting in line, and threatening to shoot other shoppers who tried to object.A Toys for Totsvolunteer in Georgia was stabbed by a shoplifter. An Indianapolis woman was arrested after causing a disturbance by arguing with other Wal-Mart shoppers. She had been asked to leave the store, but refused .(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)

1ères 8 :Confessions of a Shopaholic (HD Trailer)

2ndes 3: NEW YORK

1)http://193.50.91.173/sites/maurel/soundguide/spip.php?article231

Cette vidéo de www.watchmojo.com nous présente la ville de New York.

(Voir fiche polycopiée)

Les 5 visites incontournables à NewYork

 2)http://www.soundguideweb.com/spip.php?article162

You're watching watchmojo.com, my  is Alex, and today, we're going to give you top 5  to  if you're going to New York City.
The statue of Liberty, the   of  and  is the most recognized icon of the  . 
Radio Music Hall : home to the  Rockettes and Christmas Spectacular, with over one   attending  .
Central Park : it is at the  of New York and it is one of the most  combinations of ,  designs and urban planning to be found anywhere on the  of the .
Times Square : at the conjunction of  and 7th , the theaters of Broadway and the large  of animated neon and  style signs had made it one of New York's iconic images.
MOMA Museum :  by many to be  of the     in the , with major  pieces, such as Andy Warhol's Marylin Monroe, you'll have plenty to see.

3) Find New York's different nicknames and explain why in one sentence (In your own words).

Useful website =http://www.essortment.com/new-york-city-got-its-nickname-32528.html

4) Websearch :Find  various examples of :
 New york's famous sports teams,newspapers, famous films which take place in New York and renowned NewYorkers you admire.Quote 2 songs about New York you know and introduce them to the class.

Locate New York's boroughs on the map


 (useful sites :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_New_York_City )

5)The Statue of Liberty:http://www.history.com/shows/america-the-story-of-us/videos/statue-of-liberty-unknown#the-statue-of-liberty
Task one =Watch the video and prepare an oral account about the statue of Liberty.
Task Two =Describe and contrast both pictures.(Immigration in the USA/ the Statue's symbol/what "she" represented to the immigrants/ The reality today as far as immigration is concerned)