Friday 28 November 2014
Project #2 : IMMIGRATION
Notion: Space&Exchange
Introduction
Doc #1: a photograph of the Statue of Liberty
It's the Statue of Liberty to be found / that stands in New York , to be more PRECISE it's on an island called Liberty Island near Manhattan / off the shores of Manhattan. next to / BY Ellis Island
It was made in France and it was a present from the French.
The statue is actually a woman who is holding a torch in her right hand and a book/a tablet in her left hand. She has got / is wearing a crown with long spikes. It represents / stands for Liberty and for Enlightment.
ENLIGHTEN comes from LIGHT -> to show the light/the way
The poem on the pedestal of the statues is interesting :
I = statue / the USA
“ golden door “ : the symbolic door to the USA ;
she is addressing immigrants / the rest of the world ;
the immigrants = poor / tired / homeless / wretched ( = miserable ) / tempest – tossed ( = refers to the tempest that immigrants faced during their long VOYAGE )
Hence the statue appears here as a symbol of homeland / a refuge / freedom.
Why would immigrants leave ?
They probably wanted a better life
They perhaps looked for a job opportunity
VOCABULARY :
A torch
A spike
To enlighten
HOMEWORK:
1- Find 15 words linked to the theme of IMMIGRATION
2- Find 6 reasons why people chose/choose to immigrate/emigrate to the USA
TOOLBOX: how
to express PROBABILITY:
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ADVERBS
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VERB
EXPRESSIONS
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MODAL
AUXILIARY
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EXPRESSION
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Perhaps
Maybe
Probably
Certainly
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I think
that
I suppose
that
I can
imagine that
I can
guess that
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Subject+
MAY+BV
MIGHT
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… BE LiKELY to ..
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Monday 1st
December
The Statue of Liberty
It
was a present from France to the Americans. It symbolises freedom / peace ( =
liberty ). It represents immigrants because it's the first sight ( = view )
they had.
· Why did they immigrate ?
They
were poor and they wanted a better life / wished to work / hoped to study and
start again
Doc #2: The Gate to New York (oral comprehension)
1. Ellis Island was an
immigration station from 1892 to 1943. It is located in the bay of NYC.
2. Germans , Irish people
and British people had people the US.
3. Italians , Russians Jews
, Poles , Hungarians and Greeks.
4. They were looking for a
better life. They were running from / escaping from war , famine and political
/ religious persecution.
5. They were tagged , they
went though medical and legal examinations …
if they were fit
6. From 1900 to 1914 ,
10000 people day
7. People stayed a few
hours but others stayed for days or weeks.
8. Ellis Island is now a
museum
9. People visit Ellis
Island to trace their ancestors
HOMEWORK :
1-
Préparez 15 mots liés
à IMMIGRATION
2-
Être prêt à rendre
compte de Ellis Island
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Reminder
From 1892
to 1954 Ellis Island was a station for immigrants. Immigrants had to go trough legal and
medical examinations.
If the immigrants were sick then
they were sent back home / they were kept in quarantine
If the immigrants were Communists
or Bolsheviks, then they were not accepted / were
rejected / were refused.
Doc #3: Waves of immigrants
This
graph entitled “ waves of immigrants “ represents the number of immigrants who went to the USA between 1820
and 1996
left their countries to live in / stay in / settle in the USA.
We
understand that there were three waves of immigration which took place at the end of the 19th
century , then
at the
beginning of the 20th century and finally at the end of the 20th
century. During this evolution , immigration
changed. People came mainly / principally from
Europe between 1880-1940 and from South America from 1960-1980.
Doc#4: A
timeline of immigration to the USA
- - Look at the document for 1 minute and try to memorise as much
information as possible
- - Recap together: what dates/events do you remember?
VOCAB
REMINDER:
To remind
someone of something : rappeller a quelqu’un quelque chose
A graph :
un graphique
A pie chart
: un camembert
A line
chart: un histogramme
A
percentage : un pourcentage
ex: 10 % : 10 percent of ..
To take
place : happen
GRAM
REMINDER:
"Qui" :
Who => humain / which => non humain
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There
is / are
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There
was / were
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There
will be
Beware of
irregular verbs:
- Go,
went, gone
- Leave,
left, left
- Take,
took, taken
HOMEWORK:
1- Learn
voc and gram reminders for test;
2- Try
to complete the blanks with as many dates or events as you can in the timeline
given to you.
