Secondary Unit Plan

Chapter 2: USA SMALL TOWNS

Guiding question: Are we defined by where we come from ? AXE: axes Identités et Echange + Espace Publique /Privé

USA SMALL TOWNS

USA SMALL TOWNS

Textbook page 18 1. Look at the map and imagine Jimmy's typical day in his hometown. 2. In a chart sort the various places : places of work, places to socialise, places of residence. 3. Which elements reveal some of the difficulties people face in the town? 4. Choose 2 adjectives that describe Bryson's vision of life. Do they correspond to the map?

USA SMALL TOWNS

React to the photograph Use three adjectives to describe the feelings this photograph expresses about rural America.

USA Small Towns

Meet the American who fear they're being forgotten, Washington Post, 2017. 1. Identify the issues addressed in the video 2. List the values these rural Americans are defending 3. Sum up the way they compare themselves to urban Americans.

USA Small Towns

Kacey Musgraves - Merry Go 'Round (Acoustic Performance) Until 2:45

Justin Moore - Small Town USA Until 2:30

1. List the various activities of rural American life. 2. Sum up the values of small towns life that Justin Moore defends 3. Rephrase the dark sides Kacey Musgraves mentions. 4. Compare and contrast how each singer expresses their vision of American small towns' identities.

A hillbilly is an unsophiscated country person. The term is offensive but carries both positive ideas of independence and negative ideas of class-mindedness

USA SMALL TOWNS

Write a Newspaper Article about the Life in Small-Town America: Challenges and Hopes for the Future. Students must write a newspaper article (250–300 words) for a local American newspaper. The article must include: - A short introduction setting the scene (name of the town, where it is, what it is like) - A description of a problem faced by the town (economic decline, lack of services, depopulation, etc.) - Quotes from imaginary residents (invented but realistic) - A conclusion explaining what the community hopes will change