Artists and Waste: Doc 1: Dereck Gores  The two artworks under study are pieces made by the American artist Dereck Gores. The first one, Blowing Bubbles, represents a young boy lying on the grass blowing bubbles. The second one, called Full Volume Tokyo, represents a woman in Tokyo. At first, when you look from afar, they could almost...

 (At the following of what we did last time)Their strategies was to organize their sit-in at a five and dime, because everyone could afford having lunch there. Besides, not welcoming people at a lunch counter of a five and dime was legally and morally indefensible. They organized a diversion with a group of people outside to divert the...

 Raising Awareness for Equality (Part 1) The document under study is a video for the campaign #BalanceForBetter, in 2019 promoted on the occasion of International Women’s Day. We can hear the opinions of several women and men: they are saying that women should be hired to more higher positions and they should be more respected in their leadership....

 (At the following of what we did last time)Their strategies were to go to a five and dime because everyone could afford it, no one was usually unwelcomed. First, they put in place a diversion outside the diner to allow the Tugaloo students to go inside and be able to sit at the counter without being bothered by...

 Seizing Opportunities: Yes, She Can! The document under study is a news report from CBC News published in 2018. It deals with new representatives elected during the US midterms. It was the first time that there were several women from different ethnic groups that were elected to the US Congress in that same year. They made history. The...

Seizing Opportunities: Yes, She Can! The document under study is a TV report from CBC News published in 2018. It deals with the US midterms of that same year, when for the first time several women from different ethnic groups and religious confession were elected to Congress. They made history. The first one mentioned was Rashida Tlaib, she...

 Counter Histories: The Sit-in Movement The document under study is a video in which several people are interviewed. There are Rev. Ed King, Joan T. Mulholland, Colia Clark who were former activists, veterans of the Civil Rights movement; Bill Minor was a reporter at the time who photographed the event and Daphne Chamberlain, a teacher at the University...

Unhappily Ever After Series, Jeff Hong The document under study is an extract of a video of an interview of Jeff Hong, an eco-artist, published in 2014. Jeff Hong has been an animation artist for 20 years. He worked at Walt Disney Feature Animation on movies like Tarzan, Mulan, Hercules… Now, through his project “Unhappily Ever After Series”,...

 Making History The document under study is a timeline of famous African Americans who made history by being the first African Americans to achieve these actions. Barack Obama being elected as the first African-American president is the most outstanding achievement because it is the most important role in the American government that Americans cannot ignore. Guy Bluford’s achievement...

 Facing Challenges Text A The document under study is an extract from a novel entitled “Stay With me”, written by Ayobami Adabayo, published in 2017. The two main characters are Yejide and Moomi. Yejide is Moomi’s daughter-in-law as she is married to her son. We can deduce that they are at Moomi’s place. The difficulty Yejide has to...

 Making History The document under study is a timeline of all the first achievements made by famous African American figures who made history through their actions. These actions are considered as being significant landmarks for the community. The most impressive one is Barack Obama being elected the first African-American president in 2008 because the US is known to...

 Michelle Obama on Girls’ education Number and names Adjectives Verbs Lexical fields you can deduce here -Aunt Robbie -4 years old -First combatant -Mom -Parents -Crank -Real -Relevant -Meaningful -faster aunt   -to defeat -to teach -didn’t like           Michelle   -Keep up -To learn -to challenge -to progress -to play the piano -understand...

  Michelle Obama promoting education for girls. Number and names Adjectives Verbs Lexical fields you can deduce here -Four years old -Aunt Robbie -Frist combatant -Mom -Dad -Relevant -Meaningful -Wonderful -crank -real -faster aunt   -Teach -Tell -Defeated -Battle       Michelle   -Learn -Keep up -Progress -Play the piano -Hear -Speak when spoken to -Go faster parents...