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SOUNDS OF FREEDOM
PROTEST HYMNS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SOCIETY
Unit info
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Check in. Create a word cloud about what freedom in the USA means to you.
Equality
Freedom
African-Americans
Check in. Create a word cloud about what freedom in the USA means to you.
Equality
Freedom
African-Americans
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Aretha Franklin, Respect
1967's Respect became the anthem* of the civil rights campaign and the feminist movement."It was the right song at the right time", she said. As she rose in popularity, Franklin did not abandon her sense of activism. She held free concerts, housed activists and helped them fundraise*. [...] The Queen of Soul remained a prominent face -and voice- for African American civil rights throughout her life. In 2015, President Barack Obama said: "Nobody embodies more fully the connection between the African-AMerican spiritual, the blues, R&B, rock and roll -and the way that hardship* and sorrow* were transformed into something full of beauty and vitality and hope." bbc.com
*anthem= hymne, fundraise= collect money, hardship= épreuve, sorrow= peine.
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james brown's pride
In 1968: James Brown sings his pride of blackness. "Now we demand a chance to do things for ourselves We're tired of beatin' our head against the wall And workin' for someone else We're people We're just like the birds and the bees We'd rather die on our feet Than be livin' on our knees Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud." James Brown, Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud, 1968
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black lives matter's anthem
"I can't breath" (George Floyd's last words) remains perhaps* the most disturbing* phrase in modern American history. Countless musicians have pledged their support to the Black Lives Matter cause, addressing racism, violence and disillusionment in a way that hasn't been heard in decades. Beyoncé made one of the most striking* political statement of her career with "Freedom". [Kendrick Lamar] did not set out to create an anthem for protestors with his hopeful exploration of black pride, but it ended up being adopted by many who would chant "We gon' be alright!" during protests. "It's a chant of hope and feeling", he said. adapted from rollingstone.com
perhaps= maybe, disturbing= bouleversante, striking= frappant.
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h.e.r. I can't breath
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Read the facts below.
8. "I Have A Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 9. Award: Novel Peace Prize in 1964 and Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 (posthumously). 10. 700 streets in the United States with his name.
10 facts about ..................? 1. Birth: January 15th, 1926 in Atlanta, Georgia. 2. Death: April 4th, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee (murder). 3. Marriage with Coretta Scott King, on June 18th, 1953, Four children. 4. Baptist minister. 5. Civil Rights activist in the 1950s and 1960s: believer that all people were created equal regardless of the color of their skin. 6. Spokesman for the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955: leader of a campaign by the African-Americans of Montgomery to force integration of the city's bus lines. 7. Believer in nonviolence: leader of many civil rights groups in a campaign at Montgomery, Alabama.
Guess. Who are these facts about?
Classify the ten facts in the table. Then find a verb/verbs you can use to present each fact. What are their preterit form?
Use the facts and the verbs in the table to write King's biography. Use the preterit tense.
1. Read the speech. a. Pick out Martin Luther King's words related to Black people's conditions in the past. b. Highlight the quote from the Declaration of Independence. Why did King quote it? 2. Listen to the speech. a. Focus on the beginning of each sentence. What do you notice? b. Explain. what does it bring to the speech? 3. Recap Martin Luther King's hopes for the future. 4. Write your own "I have a dream" sentence.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed*: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."*I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves* ans the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character, [...]. I have a dream that one day [...] right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today! Martin Luther King Jr's speech, August 28th 1963. creed= crédo, quote of the Declaration of Independence (4th July 1776), slaves= esclaves.
"Your vote is precious"
THE HILL WE CLIMB
Alexandra Gorman delivered a poem at Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20th 2021 in Washington. We the successors of a country and a time where a skinny Black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming president only to find herself reciting for one. [...] We are striving* to forge a union with purpose, to compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and conditions of man. [....] We seek harm to* none and harmony for all. Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true, that even as we grieved*, we grew, that even as we hurt, we hoped, that even as we tired, we tried, that we'll forever be tied together, victorious. Not because we will never again know defeat, but because we will never again sow* division.
Read the text. a. Answer to the questions on the worksheet. 2. Listen to the audio a. Focus on the rythm and sound of the poem. b. Say what gives it strength.
striving= s'efforcer, harm to= vouloir du mal à, grieved= cried when someone died, sow= semer.
THE HILL WE CLIMB
Alexandra Gorman delivered a poem at Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20th 2021 in Washington. We the successors of a country and a time where a skinny Black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming president only to find herself reciting for one. [...] We are striving* to forge a union with purpose, to compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and conditions of man. [....] We seek harm to* none and harmony for all. Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true, that even as we grieved*, we grew, that even as we hurt, we hoped, that even as we tired, we tried, that we'll forever be tied together, victorious. Not because we will never again know defeat, but because we will never again sow* division.
Read the text. a. Answer to the questions on the worksheet. 2. Listen to the audio a. Focus on the rythm and sound of the poem. b. Say what gives it strength.
striving= s'efforcer, harm to= vouloir du mal à, grieved= cried when someone died, sow= semer.
THE HILL WE CLIMB
YOUR VOTE IS PRECIOUS
I have a dream
We the successors of a country and a time where a skinny Black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming president only to find herself reciting for one. [...] We are striving* to forge a union with purpose, to compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and conditions of man. [....] We seek harm to* none and harmony for all. Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true, that even as we grieved*, we grew, that even as we hurt, we hoped, that even as we tired, we tried, that we'll forever be tied together, victorious. Not because we will never again know defeat, but because we will never again sow* division.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed*: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves* ans the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character, [...]. I have a dream that one day [...] right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today!
Do you want to go back? Or do you want to keep America moving forward? My dear friends, your vote is precious, almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have to create a more perfect union. And we have come too far together to ever turn back. So, Democrats, we must not be silent. We must stand up, speak up and speak out. We must march to the polls like never, ever before. We must come together and exercise our sacred right. And together, on November 6, we will reelect the man who will lead America forward,
1. Read the speeches. a. Compare the general topics of the speeches. b. Explain the evolution from the first to the last speech. 2. Read out loud and act out with your group.