Discover the June 22 2020 New Yorker cover about George Floyd and read about black victims
Build a vocabulary list about violence and justice :
accuser de meurtre/ accuser/arrêter/assassiner/ battre, tabasser/bombarder, tuer par bombe/ commettre un meurtre/condamner à la prison/ condamner/lyncher/menacer/tuer par balle/
Learn the vocabulary of justice
The simple past passive or the present perfect passive :
- simple past passive : il y a une date, et l’histoire est terminée. Be au simple past + participe passé
- present perfect passive : l’histoire est en cours, elle est toujours vraie, elle n’a pas de conclusion au moment où je parle. Have au présent + been + participe passé
Choisissez la forme qui convient : Attention, il y a aussi des formes actives…. Réfléchissez au sens des mots.
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Reprenez les phrases et complétez-les ici :
1 MLK ________ in Memphis, Tennessee, 1963 (to assassinate)
2 Malcolm X _______ his own biography (to write)
3 Some scholars _______ the graves of enslaved people by looking for periwinkle ( a blue flower used in cemeteries). ( to find)
4 George Floyd _______ by a policeman in Minneapolis on May 20, 2020. The policeman ___________. He _________ with murder. (to kill/to fire/to charge)
5 David McAtee _________ by the police on June 1st 2020 (to shoot)
6 Rodney King ________ by four policemen in 1991. The action________ by a witness. None of the policemen________ in California. (to beat/to film/to convict)
7 Emmet Till _____ by two men in Mississippi in 1955. The men_______not guilty ( to lynch/to find)
8 Hundreds of people _____ from Selma, Alabama, in 1965. A 25 year old activist______ . Dozens ______ by the police. The Voting Rights Act________ that year. ( to march/to die/to injure/to pass).
Kadir Nelson, Once Upon a Time in the City of Angels.
Key (solutions): 1 was assassinated 2 wrote 3 found 4 was killed/was fired/has been charged with 5 was shot 6 was beaten /was filmed/was convicted 7 was lynched /were found 8 marched/died/were injured/was passed
I HAVE A DREAM : listen to the speech