Hi guys! How are you? I hope you and your family are well! It's been a long time since we last met!
🎿⛄How was your ski trip? Did you have a good time? What was the weather like? Did you learn to ski?
I hope to see you guys soon and to learn every little detail 😀 But in the meanwhile, we can keep in touch via the Internet!
🏉🏆🏀Let's keep on talking about sport! But forget the extreme sports or the dangerous & exciting activities we've learned in our unit 3. Today's class is on American sports!
💭 Can you mention some typical American sports? Can you tell the difference between soccer and American football? Where is the baseball stadium in Rimini? What was the name of our local baseball team?
Now, open your book: p. 198 Look and the pictures and the titles: try to guess what the content is about.
Leggi e ascolta i testi e fai gli ex 1-2-3 p. 199. Scrivi su un foglio word: così potrai inviarmi una email all'indirizzo che ti ho scritto nel registro. I ragazzi con Bisogni Educativi Speciali possono leggere e ascoltare la versione adattata.
📺Let's watch a video now: it's on baseball. Have you ever played baseball? Have you ever watched a baseball game? Then, do the comprehension check: how many questions did you get right? Watch the video again and answer the following questions:
1) Why is baseball considered "the national pastime in America"?
2) What do you need to play baseball? 3) How can you "score a home run" in baseball? 5) Who are the New York Yankees? 6) How long does a baseball game last? 7) What do baseball fans do when they go to a baseball game?
Scrivi le tue risposte nello stesso foglio word! That's all for today! Is this lesson difficult? Is there anything you don't understand? Is there anything you would change?
Please, let me know: write an email message or just say "hi" in the section "Post a comment" below! Bye for now and take care 😀👋 Mind map "American sports"
😊🎹🎶🎬🎾Personal topic Prepara una presentazione orale su uno di questi argomenti: 📌 Me & my free-time activities 📌My trips (and school trips too!) 📌 My future plans & my next holidays Ricordati di:
includere un'introduzione
preparare degli appunti su quello che dirai (puoi usare le mind maps qui sotto o le speaking maps distribuite l'anno scorso)
illustrare la tua presentazione con immagini o oggetti (se vuoi, puoi preparare una slideshow)
📢🎤Do you remember the interviews you recorded during your summer holidays? Revise them and practise to answer the questions!
In 1961 Katherine Johnson , Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson
were working at NASA during the preparation for the launch of the astronaut
John Glenn’s spaceship. Their life was not easy; they worked hard, and also had
to face prejudice and injustice. At that time, in the USA, racial segregation
was still a sad reality. African Americans were paid less, did not get
promotion, and had segregated libraries, dining rooms, toilets and even coffee
machines at work! Mary dreamt to become
an engineer, but many American colleges were not open to black people.She
convinced a judge to permit her to attend night classes and became NASA’s and
America’s first female aeronautical engineer.
Women also had to fight for the same rights as men. Katherine
Johnson could not go to important meetings, just because she was a woman.
Katherine Johnson is the film’s main character. Her calculations
helped John Glenn become the first American to orbit the earth. She continued
working at NASA for a long time. In 2015, when she was 97, President Obama gave
her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the most important awards for
American citizens. But everyone
will remember Katherine not only for her great scientific talent, but
also for her determination to challenge race and sex discrimination.
As you know South Africa had a system of racial segregation called apartheid, which means "separation". Under this system black people and white people had to live separate lives, in different neighbourhoods (= quartieri). Racial segregation also existed in the USA.
This picture represents Martin Luther King and his daughter Yolanda. In the photo he was explaining to her that she couldn't go to "Funtown", an amusement park which was for whites only.
(...) One of the most painful experiences I have ever faced was to see her tears when I told her Funtown was closed to colored children, for I realized the first dark cloud of inferiority had floated into her little mental sky (...)
Watch the video and read the text "People who made a difference: Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King" and do the activities.
ex 1
a) They
had to live separate lives from white Americans. They had to go to
different school, hospitals and shops. They had to travel in a different
section on public buses. Then, they couldn’t eat in the same restaurants as
white Americans
b) When Rosa Parks refused to give her
seat to a white man, the bus driver called the police and she was arrested.
This was the beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
c) The Montgomery Bus Boycott ended in
1956 when racial segregation on buses stopped.
d) Martin Luther King was an American
church Minister. He was the leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and of the
Civil Rights Movement in the US
e) Martin Luther King’s dream was freedom
and equality for all Americans.
ex 2
1956
Racial segregation on buses ended: this marked the
beginning of the Civil Rights Movement in the US
1963 An important civil rights protest took place in
Washington: Martin Luther King gave a very famous speech
1964 Martin Luther King won the Nobel Peace Prize
1965 African Americans got the right to vote
1968
Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee (in April)
the American governement passed the Civil Rights Acts and
finally African Americans had the same rghts as white Americans (in July) Ex 3
Questions about Rosa Parks
1. When was Rosa Parks born ?
2. Who was Rosa Parks ?
3. Where was Rosa Parks when she was arrested ?
4. Why did police arrest Rosa Parks ?
5. Why was Rosa Parks arrested ?
6. When was Rosa Parks arrested ?
7. Where did Rosa Parks come from ?
8. Where did Rosa Parks live?
Questions about Martin Luther King
1. Who was Martin Luther King ?
2. What did Martin Luther King believe in ?
3. What did Martin Luther King organise to fight for the Civil Rights of black Americans ?
4. When did Martin Luther King give his famous speech « I have a dream » ?
5. Where did he deliver/give his famous speech ?
6. What did he win in 1964 ?
7. When did Martin Luther King win the Nobel Peace Prize?
8. When and where was Martin Luther King
assassinated ?
Martin Luther King gave his speech in Washington in 1963 and spoke to the people about his dream for the future: freedom and equality for all Americans.
Watch part of Martin Luther King's most famous speech
"I have a dream"
In the following video you can find the Italian translation.
Watch the video and listen to Pride (In the name of love) by the Irish band U2. It's a tribute to Martin Luther King and those who preached (= predicato, promosso, sostenuto) non violence and equality for all the people.
(...) Early morning, April four Shot rings out in the Memphis sky Free at last, they took your life They could not take your pride (...)
These lines refer to the day when Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis.
"Free at last" is a reference to his speech I have a dream.
1) Write your dreams for your school, your community, and the world!
2) Using crayons (= matite colorate) or markers (= pennarelli), decorate your clouds.
3) Cut out the clouds
4) Attach three pieces of ribbon (= nastro) or yarn (= filato) (about 10 cm long) to the bottom of the large cloud (look for the small
circles for reference)
5) Attach the smaller clouds to the other end of each piece of ribbon
The Rainbow Nation is a term which describes South Africa after the abolition of apartheid. Today different cultures, tribes, languages, and religions live together in harmony.
The flag of South Africa is one of the most colourful and has six colours: black, yellow, green, white, blue and red. It symbolizes unity.
Listen to the text The Rainbow Nation. It is about Nelson Mandela, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
This is Free South Africa #2, created by the famous pop artist Keith Haring.
Surf the Internet and find the work (= opera). Then, complete the fact file
TITLE: ..........
YEAR: ..........
DIMENSIONS: ........
COLOURS: ............
THEME: ................
useful words
rectangle
black figure white figure picture = immagine
to tie a rope around = legare una corda attorno
to show = mostrare
to place = collocare big small minority majority
Mandela's life and activism have inspired musicians too. Listen to this beautiful song Mandela Day by Simple Minds (1989)
Search the Internet for the lyrics.
What is the song about? What did the band ask for?
Nelson Mandela has also inspired a famous movie: "Invictus" (2016). Watch the following video
The title comes from the fact that Mandela had the poem
"Invictus", which means "unconquered", written on a scrap of paper, when he was in prison. This poem gave him the courage and the determination to endure his long years in Robben Island
