Stolen from Africa
P.92-93
Compétence
Écrire et réagir à l'écrit : j'écris pour expliquer, argumenter.
Did you know?
Mandela and Gandhi are well‑known for their inspirational speeches. Gandhi delivered his famous “Quit India Speech” in Mumbai in 1942. Do you agree with the saying “speech is silver and silence is gold”?
Thomas Rice as Jim Crow, mid 19th century.
Exercice 2 : The Jim Crow Laws
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I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream today…
This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream today…
This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”
King, Martin L., Jr. “I Have a Dream”. Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D. C., August 28, 1963.
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Exercice 3 : Speaking for freedom
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Phonology
Pronounce "th"
Listen
breathe, brother, breath, truth
Yell
Both my brothers know it’s the truth: we’re stronger together.
Grammar
Link words
Observe: 1. Slavery was abolished. However black people suffered from discrimination. 2. Black people were not considered as citizens that’s why MLK fought for their rights.Think: How do you express a consequence? An opposition?
Practise: Write 2 sentences showing a consequence and a opposition.
I have a dream that one day...
Write your speech
Use Padlet and write your own “I have a dream” speech.
How far can you go?
A2 I can fill in the given template.
A2+ I can draw inspiration from the original speech.
B1 I can write my own version of the speech.
A2+ I can draw inspiration from the original speech.
B1 I can write my own version of the speech.
