The Reverse Underground – 12 Years a Slave (2013) The document under study is a trailer for the movie entitled “12 years a Slave”, released in 2013. It is about the real story of Solomon Northup, who was born a free black man in the North. However in 1841, he was kidnapped by slave catchers to be sent...

The benefits of studying abroad. The document under study is a video from CNN Student News, published in 2014. It is an interview of former First Lady, Michelle Obama speaking about the benefits of studying abroad. She was at the time in China. She was interviewed by two American exchanged students: one of them studied in Japan, and...

International students and their host countries The document under study is an article from Keystone Academic Courses, published in January 2019. The document deals with how international students contribute to their host countries. Indeed, international students have an impact on the economy, the social life on campus and the soft power of their host countries. For the economic...

 Those who Diced with Death: The Life of Harriet Tubman The document under study is a video about the life of Harriet Tubman, a former slave who became an abolitionist later. This video is from TED-ed and was posted in 2018. We have learned that Harriet Tubman was born in the 1820s in Georgia under the name of...

Those who diced with Death: Harriet Beecher StoweHarriet Beecher Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe was a white woman who was one of the best known abolitionists and a novelist. When she was a young mother in the 19th century, she lost her son, Charlie because of cholera. Through her pain, she felt connected with the slave mothers who also...

Those who diced with death: Harriet Beecher StoweHarriet Beecher Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe was a white woman who was a famous abolitionist and author in the 19th century. She wrote a famous novel entitled “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”. She was also a mother, but she lost her son who died of cholera at a young age. After this sad...

A Win-win Experience The document under study is a video from an Australian organization that organizes student exchanges in the USA. We have learned that the USA is a popular exchange destination. In fact, it has a political and cultural force. Besides, it has the world’s largest economy. Exchange students can go there for a stay of 5...

 Theme 1: Knowledge, Creation, Innovation. Topic 1: Producing and sharing knowledge   Unit 4: Enriching exchanges To what extent is the power of education?   Enriching Exchanges: to what extent can studying abroad be a life changing experience?   The document under study is an extract from a web article “Student International”, published in May 2018. It is...

Underground (TV Series) The document under study is a trailer for the first season for a TV show entitled “Underground”, released in 2017. In this TV show, we are following two main characters: Noah and Rosalee, they are both slaves in the Macon plantation in Georgia. Noah works on the plantation and Rosalee is a house slave. Their...

 Colson Whitehead: The Underground Railroad 1.     When did the resistance become more organized? The resistance became more organized in the  1840s. 2.     How did the network of people help the slaves to escape? They helped : a.     By crossing rivers b.     By hiding the runaway slaves c.      By giving them passage on wagons d.     By giving them money...

Colson Whitehead: The Underground Railroad The resistence became more organized in the 1840s.   2.     How did the network of people help the slaves to escape? They helped : a.      By hiding them in their homes. b.     By giving them money c.      By helping them crossing rivers d.     By giving them passage in the back of their wagons...

 Synthesis: Wikipedia     Document 1 Document 2 Nature, date, source Web article June 2019 Wikipedia@20 Web article June 2019 Wired.co.uk Main ideas -People have bias ideas. A bias idea is always subjective, it has a personal judgement. -> The problem with Wikipedia: people are writing articles led by their bias judgement. -Therefore: Wiki: not that neutral. -Paradoxically...

 (At the following of what we did last time)Eventually, the Canadian government acknowledged to have committed a cultural genocide through these schools. Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister, even made amends to the Aboriginal community. The latter were very happy and moved about this apology. Moreover, they also felt relieved now that their situation have been legitimized, they know...

 (At the following of what we did last time)The station masters were in charge of keeping the runaway slaves safe and hide them in their houses called “stations”: they were safe houses for the fugitive slaves. The fugitive slaves would mainly go to the Northern states as they were free states, up to Canada. Everyone was transported on the...

 (At the follwing of what we did last time.)Eventually, the Canadian government acknowledged the cultural genocide they committed through  the Residential schools. In fact, in the House of Commons and the presence of other Representatives of the government, the Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, gave an apology speech to make amends. As a result, the government created the Truth...

 Unit 3: The Secret Road to Freedom How did a chain of diverse people save thousands of slaves from the Deep South? Axe: Diversity and Inclusion   Dawn of Days: Story of the Underground Railroad The document under study is video about the Underground Railroad and how it was organized. It took place in the 19th  century in...

 Unit 3: The Secret Road to Freedom How did a chain of diverse people save thousands of slaves from the Deep South? Axe: Diversity and Inclusion  Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, Paul Collins 2005 Dawn of Days: Story of the Underground Railroad The document under study is video about the Underground Railroad. It took place in the...

 Truth and Reconciliation is Canada The document under study is a video from CBC, a Canadian Channel, published in 2017.  It deals with how the Truth and Reconciliation commission was created in Canada. The narrator of the video is Chief Robert Joseph who belongs to the Aboriginal community. He shares his experience in a Residential school in Canada....

Deep Fake on the Queen (2020) The document under study is an article from The Guardian published in December 2020. The article deals with Channel 4 deep fake video on the Queen. It was a controversial video as it depicted the Queen in a different version of her usual Christmas speech. In fact, people are very respectful of...

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