Young and Native American – America is a Stolen Country – Oral comprehension

Watch the video and follow the guidelines… Young and Native American, BBC News. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM8WZ0ztMuc

1. General presentation of the document: type of document (text, image ….), title, main topic (subject), place, date or period, source. MAKE SHORT SENTENCES.

2. Detailed presentation: listen carefully to the journalist and tick (coche) 6 correct answers.

(à partir du repère 0’53)

! The journalist is Benjamin Zand for BBC News. ! The journalist is Bella Wand for Fox News. ! He says he is in a reservation in North Dakota ! He says he is in a reservation in South Dakota ! He is going to sleep in people’s houses ! He says there are lots of (beaucoup) chickens and horses. ! He says he doesn’t like chickens and horses. ! The journalist wants to discover how young people can see their future. ! The journalist wants to discover how young Indians feel about being Americans.

3. Definition: Circle (encoure) the correct definition of a reservation in this specific context: A or B?

A - The action of reserving something.

B - An area of land set aside for occupation by North (American) Indians or (Australian) Aborigines.

1 4. Geography: Look at the map, spot (trouve) and put a cross (mets une croix) on South Dakota.

3. Vocabulary: highlight (surligne) the words you’ve heard in the video.

Reservation – paradise – holidays – alcohol – funny parties – suicide – tribe – Native Americans – Indians – Christmas – Christians – Poverty – Musician – Drugs – Poetry – Wilderness – Mountains –

4. Detailed comprehension. (Repère 2’40 à 3’01)

What is the problem with the qualification “Native American”?

Quote (cite) an important sentence from Justin Rowland.

What is the signification of the sentence? Who stole the land?

2 What do you think Native Americans should be called?

5. Building Identity: Some young natives work on building a good image of their community. They want to break stereotypes. Make a list of negative images / expressions / situations versus positive ones. Organize them into 2 columns. Put 3 to 5 items in each column. (mettre 3 à 5 éléments dans chaque colonne)

Negative images / expressions / situations Positive images / expressions / jobs / situations

Non native people see Natives as people who wear Young Natives can be role models (modèles). headdress (coiffe).

6. Grammar Lab: using the superlative. (repères 1’21 et 2’20)

The reservations are some of the poorest areas in the USA.

Indian youth have the highest rate of suicide among all ethnic groups in the US.

The words that are underlined are:

! comparatives ! superlatives

A superlative is used to:

! compare 2 things or 2 persons ! place someone or something in a big group 3 You can tell it is a superlative adjective because:

! it ends with -est ! it ends with -er

Reminder rule: how to make a superlative with an adjective:

Short adjective (1 syllable) => adjective + -est

Example: small = the smallest

Long adjective => most + adjective

Example: the most beautiful

Irregular adjectives => good = the best (le ou la meilleur-e) / bad = the worst (le ou la pire)

Train: change the adjective into a superlative in each sentence.

" The things in life are free. (good)

" It is one of the oil spills (marées noires) in history. (bad)

" The place name in the world is the French village of Y. (short)

" Harrods is one of the department stores in the

world. (well-known)

Harrods = grand magasin à Londres / Department store : grand magasin / Well-known = connu

" Indians are the people that have lived the period of time in

America. (long)

" Indian reservations are part of the areas of the USA. (wild)

" Indians have the living conditions in USA today. (bad)

" The Indian in the world is Sitting Bull. (famous)

7. Conclusion: Focus on the last words of the video. What do Young Natives want to do?

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