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What is your final task?
ART
What do you see when you look at this artwork?
Spend 3 minutes noting down everything that you see in this image.
In pairs, discuss what you noticed.
What might this mural mean?
Homework
Search for “The American Dream” and be ready to explain it.
The American Dream
American Dream, ideal that the United States is a land of opportunity that allows the possibility of upward mobility, freedom, and equality for people of all classes who work hard and have the will to succeed.
How would you start your presentation of a painting?
Introduction
A key component of Articulation is research.
You might ask the following questions: - Who made the artwork? - When was the artwork made? - Where was the artwork made? After this, you might ask: - What was the context the artwork was made in? - How does the artwork reflect the society or time it was created?
Match the introduction to the painting.
Repérage de la voix passive
This painting was painted in 1945 by an American artist Horace Pippin in West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. It is called Saturday Night Bath and it depicts typical American life and qualities.
This painting was painted by Jacob Lawrence, a famous African American artist, as a part of Migration Series, which depict the migration of African American people from the South to the North of the United States.
This painting was done by Norman Rockwell in 1953 in Massachusetts, the USA. It is called Outside The Principal’s Office. The artist painted a real model, whose name is Mary Whalen Leonard. He said she was his favourite model.
This mural was done in Vancouver, by an anonymous street artist called iHeart, in 2014. It is called Nobody Likes Me and it received a lot of attention online, notably from Banksy.
The Passive Voice
This painting was painted… This painting was done… It is called…
Sujet + BE + participe passé
Your turn! Write an introduction to this painting
Norman Rockwell March 6, 1943 United States Freedom From Want Highly criticised
This painting…
Description
In small groups, describe the following painting
Norman Rockwell, The Problem We All Live With, 1963
BE + verb-ing
The girl is walking...
Describe a work of art to the blind
Travail en pairs. La moitié de la classe doit tourner le dos au tableau. L’autre moitié doit décrire le tableau projeté pour que ceux qui tournent le dos puissent le dessiner. Le but est d’arriver à une description que la personne ne voyant pas le tableau puisse comprendre.
What questions we might ask to find out about the context of this painting?
https://youtu.be/snhUTXp-t6M
What do you think of it?
Tips for your video
Le rêve américain
Le rêve américain (the American Dream) est l’un des grands idéaux des États-Unis. Ce concept prône la réussite sociale et l’égalité des chances. C’est pour cela que les Américains appellent ce pays the land of opportunities. Cependant, avec l’accumulation des crises économiques, sociales et politiques et les inégalités qui ne font qu’augmenter, ce concept propre aux États-Unis ne semble devenir qu’une illusion.
https://major-prepa.com/anglais/american-dream/
Articulation
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Watch and react
Watch again.
What is your final task?
ART
What do you see when you look at this artwork?
Spend 3 minutes noting down everything that you see in this image.
In pairs, discuss what you noticed.
What might this mural mean?
Homework
Search for “The American Dream” and be ready to explain it.
The American Dream
American Dream, ideal that the United States is a land of opportunity that allows the possibility of upward mobility, freedom, and equality for people of all classes who work hard and have the will to succeed.
How would you start your presentation of a painting?
Introduction
A key component of Articulation is research.
You might ask the following questions: - Who made the artwork? - When was the artwork made? - Where was the artwork made? After this, you might ask: - What was the context the artwork was made in? - How does the artwork reflect the society or time it was created?
Match the introduction to the painting.
Repérage de la voix passive
This painting was painted in 1945 by an American artist Horace Pippin in West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. It is called Saturday Night Bath and it depicts typical American life and qualities.
This painting was painted by Jacob Lawrence, a famous African American artist, as a part of Migration Series, which depict the migration of African American people from the South to the North of the United States.
This painting was done by Norman Rockwell in 1953 in Massachusetts, the USA. It is called Outside The Principal’s Office. The artist painted a real model, whose name is Mary Whalen Leonard. He said she was his favourite model.
This mural was done in Vancouver, by an anonymous street artist called iHeart, in 2014. It is called Nobody Likes Me and it received a lot of attention online, notably from Banksy.
The Passive Voice
This painting was painted… This painting was done… It is called…
Sujet + BE + participe passé
Your turn! Write an introduction to this painting
Norman Rockwell March 6, 1943 United States Freedom From Want Highly criticised
This painting…
Description
In small groups, describe the following painting
Norman Rockwell, The Problem We All Live With, 1963
BE + verb-ing
The girl is walking...
Describe a work of art to the blind
Travail en pairs. La moitié de la classe doit tourner le dos au tableau. L’autre moitié doit décrire le tableau projeté pour que ceux qui tournent le dos puissent le dessiner. Le but est d’arriver à une description que la personne ne voyant pas le tableau puisse comprendre.
What questions we might ask to find out about the context of this painting?
https://youtu.be/snhUTXp-t6M
What do you think of it?
Tips for your video
Le rêve américain
Le rêve américain (the American Dream) est l’un des grands idéaux des États-Unis. Ce concept prône la réussite sociale et l’égalité des chances. C’est pour cela que les Américains appellent ce pays the land of opportunities. Cependant, avec l’accumulation des crises économiques, sociales et politiques et les inégalités qui ne font qu’augmenter, ce concept propre aux États-Unis ne semble devenir qu’une illusion.
https://major-prepa.com/anglais/american-dream/