blog 2 2020-21

 Watch the first 3 minutes of the video and take notes. Then write a summary in French and send it.

 Browse the web and use what you learnt to answer the following questions.   A) Where did they live ?    Find the names of three different sorts of Native American homes.       B) Find ten of the states whose names have Native American origins;   C)  Who were : Pocahontas ?  Geronimo ?  Crazy Horse ?  Sitting Bull ? D) Native American Culture What is a totem ? Which weapons did the American Indians use ? Why were buffaloes so important ? E) Native Americans today : What does AIM stand for ? What is the goal of that movement? Who wrote The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian  ? Find some information about Native American casinos.

 - Recopiez les phrases dans votre cahier avec les verbes conjugués à la forme qui convient (ex A et B).  - Remettez les mots dans l'ordre (ex C) .  - Revoyez les premiers documents sur les Native Americans et les verbes irréguliers. Wild Wild West : Language     A) Complete with the verb in the past (V-ED or Irreg.) :   1) Indian people ________________________ (be) friendly but they _________________ (scare) the settlers who _________________________ (think) they __________________ (not/look) nice. 2) They ______________________(help) the settlers who _________________________ (understand) the Native Americans could be very helpful. 3) In November they ____________________________ (eat) the traditional turkey and ____________________ (spend) a lot of time dancing to celebrate Thanksgiving. 4) Lewis and Clark __________________ (go) West where they __________________ (meet) different Native Americans.   B)  ...

 Read the text and answer the following questions: Native Americans : A lost cause against white expansionism   Indian tribes were scattered all over the American continent. Pioneers moving west invaded the Indians' territories.   At first the Native Americans helped the Pilgrim Fathers (the colonists) survive their first winter by sharing corn and wild turkey with them and showing them where to fish. Indian generosity is still celebrated on Thanksgiving Day.   But the quest for land had only begun. In 1787 and 1830 Congress issued acts* allowing immigrants to go west and driving Indians west of the Mississippi River. Indians were dispossessed of their lands and considered "domestic dependent nations". Thousands of Indians were deported or killed. One example illustrates how things happened: when gold was discovered in Cherokee country, settlers and the army invaded their territory and removed them to Oklahoma in the winter 1838-39. Four thousan...