3è - Being Black in the USA

BEING BLACK IN THE USA

From slavery to the 21st century

Adapté de documents de Marion Guépin Le Ridant

Extensions réalisées par le collectif S'cape

INDEX

Discover the topic

3.6

Examples of Jim Crow Laws

3.7

Obligation / Interdiction

From Slavery to the War

2.1

Anticipate

The Civil Rights Movement

Life of a plantation slave

2.2

Reading comprehension - slavery

2.3

2.4

La voix passive

2.5

The Civil War

Being Black in the 21st century

2.6

Abraham Lincoln

Segregation and Jim Crow Laws

3.1

After the abolistion of slavery...

3.2

The Ku Klux Klan

3.3

Video - Jim Crow Laws

3.4

Segregated places

3.5

Your feelings about segregation

Step 1 : Discover the topic of our new unit

Observe and describe the following pictures

• People
• Places
• Common points
• Differences

Write a caption for each set of pictures.

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Write a caption for each set of pictures.

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Write a caption for each set of pictures.

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Write a caption for each set of pictures.

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Write a caption for each set of pictures.

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Write a caption for each set of pictures.

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LET'S RECAP! Fill in the mind map

BEING BLACK IN THE USA -> from slavery to the 21st century

Black Lives Matter

slavery

a Black president at the White House

segregation

fight for Civil Rights -> Martin Luther King / Rosa Parks

Step 2 : From slavery to the war

We're now going to watch a video. But first observe these two pictures. What words/topics do you expect to hear?

Step 2 : From slavery to the war

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Watch the video and write down the words that seem important according to you.

KEYWORDS :

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Right

Wrong

In the South, it was illegal for slaves...

to work for a living (= make money) to own property to cook to marry to meet to receive education to vote to be friends

CHECK

Now, focus on the slaves' rights.

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There were 2 types of slaves :

field slaves

house slaves

1) the ............................

2) the ............................

They worked in the fields from sunrise to sunset with just one fifteen-minute break a day.

They took care of the owner's house and family. They were "the luckiest".

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WORK

FOOD

HOUSING/CLOTHES

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Describe their living conditions.

a break

a set of clothes

a blanket

a whip

a cabin

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Reading comprehension

1. Read the following text and write a title for each paragraph.

Work

Living conditions

From Africa to America

No freedom

From Africa to America

* .............................................................. African families were captured in their villages in Africa and chained together. Then, they were packed into dirty ships and carried like cargo across the Atlantic Ocean. Many slaves died during the trip. * ............................................................... In America, the slaves were sold and bought at public auctions. Many families were torn apart. In the South, many slaves worked in their masters' large plantations, in tobacco and cotton fields. In 1860, there were around 4 million slaves in the southern states. In the North, they usually worked in smaller farms. Some of them were house slaves : they worked inside their masters' houses as servants, or nannies for example. * .............................................................. Slaves were forced to work from sunrise to sunset. They didn't have much food and their living quarters were small. Slaves were sometimes beaten or whipped by their masters. * .............................................................. Slave owners had absolute power over their slaves. Slaves had no rights : it was illegal for them to read or write , to marry or run away.

Work

Living Conditions

No freedom

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2. Find the English equivalent of the following words.

capture

carry

transporter : ........................................

capturer : ..........................................

a trip

sell / sold / sold

un voyage : ...........................................

vendre : .............................................

buy / bought / bought

a ship

acheter : ..............................................

navire : ..............................................

tear / tore / torn apart

a cotton field

champ de coton : ..................................

séparer : ............................................

beat / beat / beaten

chain up

battre : ................................................

enchaîner : .........................................

a nanny

sunrise

une nounou : ........................................

lever de soleil : ...................................

whip

slave master / owner

fouetter : .............................................

maître d'esclave : ...............................

sunset

run / ran / run away

s'échapper : .........................................

coucher de soleil : ...............................

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1. Traders sold slaves at public auctions.

Voix ACTIVE

2. Slaves were sold by traders at public auctions.

Voix PASSIVE

Observe ces 2 phrases. Que remarques-tu ?

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Traders

1.

slaves at public auctions.

sold

Voix ACTIVE

Slaves

were

sold

2.

by traders at public auctions.

Voix PASSIVE

1. Dans les 2 phrases, repère :

- le verbe - l'auxiliaire - le sujet

2. Déduis comment se forme la voix passive!

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BE

participe passé

were not

were

Were you

was

was not

Was he/she

were

were not

Were we

were

were not

Were you

were

Were they

were not

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were taken

were separated

were not treated

was abolished

was assassinated

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The Civil war was won by the northern states in 1865

Slavery was abolished in 1865 by Abraham Lincoln.

Slaves were sold by traders at public auctions.

The slaves were forced to work from sunrise to sunset by plantation owners.

Step 2 : from slavery to the war

THE CIVIL WAR

What was the American Civil War?

Step 2 : from slavery to the war

Let's get into details! Watch the video and write down notes in your chart.

Step 2 : from slavery to the war

Let's recap!

The Civil war was the deadliest in American history. 600 000 Americans were killed between 1861 and 1865. The war opposed the northern states (called the Union) and the southern states (called the Confederacy) over the status of slavery. The Northern states’ economy was businesses and factories and they didn’t use slaves. Slavery was illegal in the North. On the other hand, the South was rural, with big farms called plantations. They depended on slaves to work their cotton and tobacco fields. In 1861, after Abraham Lincoln was elected President, the southern states decided to leave the Union and become their own country. They became the Confederate States of America. This led to war with the North. In September 1862, A. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation that stated that all people held as slaves would be free and could join the Union. In January 1865, Congress passed the 13th Amendment which made slavery illegal. The war finally ended when the Confederate army surrendered.

Step 2 : from slavery to the war

Do you know this man? What can you say about him?

Step 2 : from slavery to the war

Let's learn more about him! Watch the video and take notes.

Step 2 : from slavery to the war

ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S LIFE

He was born on 12th February, 1809 in Kentucky.

He married Mary Todd on 4th November 1844.

He became a lawyer in 1836.

He became a member of Congress in 1847.

What can you say about Abraham Lincoln's life?

He signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, which abolished slavery.

He was assassinated by a Confederate spy in 1865.

He was elected President in 1861.

The Civil War was declared in 1861 and it ended in 1865.

Step 2 : from slavery to the war

Read more about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Then, answer the questions.

Step 2 : from slavery to the war

Quelles ont été les conséquences de la guerre civile américaine de 1861 à 1865?

Question A

Qu'est ce qui garantit l'égalité des droits des noirs américains?

Question B

Dans les faits, que s'est-il passé dans les anciens états esclavagistes?

Question C

Que préconisaient ces lois?

Question D

Expliquez la dernière phrase.

Question E

Step 3 : Segregation and Jim Crow Laws

After the abolition of slavery...

Step 3 : Segregation and Jim Crow Laws

The Ku Klux Klan

Step 3 : Segregation and Jim Crow Laws

1.What does "segregated" mean?

It means African Americans were seperated because of race.

2. The southern states passed laws called the Jim Crow Laws. They stated it was constitutional to give blacks "separate but equal" treatment. But what was the problem?

They were separate but NOT equal. Black people didn't have the same privileges and advantages as white people.

Step 3 : Segregation and Jim Crow Laws

1. Blacks were only allowed to sit in the back of buses.

2. Blacks had to ride in Coloured-only train cars.

3. Blacks were not allowed to eat in the same restaurants as whites.

4. Blacks had to use separate bathrooms.

5. Blacks had to use different beaches and park benches.

6. Blacks and whites could not attend the same schools.

Match the sentences with the pictures.

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Where else was segregation enforced?

Step 3 : Segregation and Jim Crow Laws

hospitals

libraries

schools

prisons

Can you name the different places where segregation was enforced?

buses

toilets/ restrooms

trains

waiting rooms

theatres/cinemas

restaurants

parks

swimming pools

Step 3 : Segregation and Jim Crow Laws

I am shocked. This is shocking.

I am outraged. This is outrageous.

How do you feel when you see these photos?

This is awful.

I am appalled. This is appalling.

FEELINGS

I feel... I am... This is...

I am horrified. This is horrifying.

I am upset. This is very upsetting.

Step 3 : Segregation and Jim Crow Laws

Law n°1/ All persons licensed to conduct a restaurant, shall serve either white people exclusively or colored people exclusively and shall not sell to the two races within the same room. Georgia Law n°2/ Separate schools shall be maintained for the children of the white and colored races. Mississippi Law n°3/ All passenger stations in this state operated by any motor transportation company shall have separate waiting rooms or space and separate ticket windows for the white and colored races. Alabama Law n°4/ All marriages between a white person and a negro, or between a white person and a person of negro descent to the fourth generation inclusive, are hereby forever prohibited. Florida

Law n°5/ The white race and the colored race shall be separated in public halls, theaters, opera houses, motion picture shows or any place of public entertainment which is attended by both white and colored persons. Virginia Law n°6/ Every employer of white or negro males shall provide for such white or negro males reasonably accessible and separate toilet facilities. Alabama Law n°7/ Books shall not be interchangeable between the white and colored schools, but shall continue to be used by the race first using them. North Carolina Law n°8/ It shall be unlawful for any amateur colored baseball team to play baseball in any vacant lot or baseball diamond within two blocks of any playground devoted to the white race. Georgia

Step 3 : Segregation and Jim Crow Laws

Match the laws with the pictures.

Step 3 : Segregation and Jim Crow Laws

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Rephrase the laws using the following expressions :

• They couldn't + BV
• They weren't allowed to + BV
• They didn't have the right to + BV
• They were forbidden to + BV

• They were prohibited from + V-ING

• They had to + BV
• They were forced to + BV...

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• They couldn't + BV
• They weren't allowed to + BV
• They didn't have the right to + BV
• They were forbidden to + BV

• They were prohibited from + V-ING

• They had to + BV
• They were forced to + BV...
• It was compulsory to + BV

Step 3 : Segregation and Jim Crow Laws

Step 4 : Segregation and Jim Crow Laws

est à la base verbale.

Relie chaque phrase à ce qu'elle exprime.

Step 3 : Segregation and Jim Crow Laws

go to the hospital

use different drinking fountains

go to school with white people

shake hands with white people

Classify these sentences.

go to prison

sit in the back of buses

eat next to white people in restaurants

Black people couldn't / weren't allowed to...

Black people could / were allowed to...

Black people had to...

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had to

were not allowed to

couldn't

couldn't

weren't allowed to

had to

couldn't

weren't allowed to

were allowed to

LET'S RECAP!

black

From 1876 to 1965, there were laws to keep ................ people and .................. people apart in the USA. They were called the ................................ The principle was that colored people and white people were "................................................... " In reality, blacks and whites were ........................ but not ................... as Blacks didn't have the same ........................... as whites.

white

Jim Crow laws

separate but equal

separate

equal

privileges

"Jim Crow" was the name of a foolish and stupid character in theatre. Calling someone a "Jim Crow" was an insult.

Step 4 : The Civil Rights Movement

Look at the pictures.

What was the aim of the Civil Rights Movement?

Step 4 : A famous civil rights activist

Who is this man? What do you know about him?

Step 4 : Learn more about MLK's life

Step 4 : Learn more about MLK's life

Watch again the video and complete the timeline.

Step 4 : Learn more about MLK's life

King became the pastor of a Baptist church in Montgomerry, Alabama

Nobel Peace Prize

gave the African- Americans the right to vote.

King married Coretta Scott.

- 01.12: Rosa Parks was arrested when she refused to give her seat to a white man. - MLK became the leader of the bus boycott (382 days). ==> End of segragation on Montgomerry buses

King was shot and killed.

King gave his “I Have a Dream ” speech in Washington D.C.

King was born in Atlanta, Georgia.

Step 4 : MLK's "I have a dream" speech.

Watch an extract of MLK's famous speech and fill in the blanks.

Step 4 : MLK's "I have a dream" speech.

today

dream

tomorrow

American

Dream

men

equal

day

red

slaves

owners

brotherhood

Step 4 : MLK's "I have a dream" speech.

Mississippi

injustice

oppression

freedom

justice

children

skin

character

Step 4 : MLK's "I have a dream" speech.

= plein d'entrain

The American dream is the belief that anyone can become sucessful, rich or famous in the USA.

Step 4 : MLK's "I have a dream" speech.

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