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1. Listen carefully and take notes. Can you write a detailed account in French? Find some help HERE.

2. Can you explain why this was “a night of firsts in the U.S. midterms”? Find out about your task HERE.

3. How did C.J. Walker manage to become America’s first self-made millionaire woman? Take a test HERE.

4. Who is RBG? Why does every American now want to take a picture with her?

5. What barriers do women face in politics? How can we eliminate those barriers?

6. Is business giving women a bad deal?

7. Practice makes perfect, they say. Click on the pic to work on your grammar!

8. Who is Jacinda Ardern? What makes her personal story remarkable? Read more HERE. 

9. What happens when people don’t have access to economic rights? Read more HERE.

1. Do you know the story? Try summarizing it using a SWBST chart.

2. Why were the “Games” decreed? Read more HERE.

3. Who is Katniss Everdeen? Try completing this CHARACTER MAP.

1. Watch the video and then take the TEST.

2. How does “Orwellian” compare to “authoritarian”? Take the QUIZ.

3. Why does George Orwell matter? Do a reading comprehension exercise on his BIOGRAPHY.

1. Watch this video and listen carefully for examples of language used as a tool of manipulation. Read more HERE.

2. Why are times so tough for animals on Animal Farm? How does the chapter parallel real history? Take a reading comprehension test on chapter 7 HERE.

3. Listen to ALRA postgraduates speak about Animal Farm and the roles everyone plays. Which role would YOU like to play? Explain why in a 3-minute video presentation.

YOUR TASK: “You are a communication manager. You’re working for a utopian project. Make a leaflet to promote it”.

Give precise information. Explain the idea behind the project (values, rules, goals). You can use an online tool like www.canva.com  to make your leaflet.

1. Learn what Utopia is with the British Library. Then use this INTERACTIVE to answer the question, “Can perfect worlds ever exist in reality?”  

2. Learn why John Lennon and Yoko Ono created Nutopia. Utopia may be nearly impossible to find, but now you can rent Nutopia!

3. What is EPCOT? Can you explain the name? What makes this project a typical utopia?

4. Explain the advantages of co-housing. Do you see any drawbacks in this way of life? 

5. Click below to study a literary text and find out more about YOUR TASK.

1. Why are Japanese women protesting? Check your understanding of the video HERE.

2. Click on the pic to do more work on high heels.

3. Click below to listen to an interview with the author of “High Heel”. Read an EXCERPT.

4. High heels were once an essential accessory for men, too. Learn MORE. 

1.  Slave Narratives read by African-American actors.

2. Why is this movie an “infamous masterpiece”? Read MORE. 

3. What does Nate Parker wish to achieve with his movie?

4. Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American to win an Oscar in 1940. Why was she then criticized by civil rights activists? 

5. How does S.L. Jackson explain both Django and slavery?

6. Who is  Solomon Northup? How did he manage to survive? Read MORE.

7. How far would you say this poem captures Solomon’s experience? Study the poem HERE

1. Build up your listening skills, take the TEST.

2. Let’s prepare for the written exam. First, watch the video and complete the QUIZ.

3. Now click on the cartoon and answer a few questions.

4. Can reparations help right the wrongs of slavery?

1. Listen to the audio book version of the excerpt you have to study. Find HERE the list of all the documents we used this year. Feel like revising a bit of grammar? Find HERE  a wide selection of activities.

2. Colson Whitehead telling more about his book to French readers in 2017.   

3. It might look like kid stuff but Mr Q can actually help you grasp the legacy of Harriet Tubman.

4. The New York Times Magazine’s 1619 Project wants to tell the full story of slavery.

5. How can a book start a war? Study a passage from another book by a former slave HERE. 

1. Who is Avi Shiffmann? How did he get to be so popular? Read more HERE. YOUR TASK: Imagine you’ve interviewed Avi. Write an article reporting your interview: WRITING TIPS.

2. Click on the pic below to access Avi’s website.

3. Prepare for the listening exam. Watch and listen to the story. Then write a brief account of it in French. 

4. Click below to revise your grammar!