REMEMBER

NAMES : …………………………………………………………………………………………….
AN AMERICAN HERO : MARTIN LUTHER KING
If you want to know the translation of an important word,
use this online dictionary:
http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/
1. He is celebrated every year. When does it take place?
http://www.holidays.net/mlk/
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VOCABULARY
2. QUIZZ: match the words on the left to their definitions and then translate them
into French.
English
Civil rights
Minister
Discrimination
/ segregation
To struggle
To boycott
Definition
French
A person allowed to assist with
religious ceremony; a pastor
Rights to personal liberty
To deal with a difficult problem
or situation
To refuse to buy, use, attend or
deal with something as a means of
protest
Separation of people according to
their racial or ethnic groups
HIS LIFE
3. Read the text and answer the questions below:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/MLK/
 When and where was MLK born?
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 Describe MLK as a child in a few adjectives:
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 What did he experience as a small boy ? Why ?
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 What was his job?
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 What happened in 1956 ? Try to imagine who did it and why.
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 When did he die?
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 How did he die?
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4. Reorder the pictures of MLK’s life
BLACK HISTORY
Open this website to answer the questions:
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/specials/articles/0,28285,97502,00.html
 How many slaves were shipped from Africa to America ?
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 Name two persons who, in the nineteenth century, fought for the
advancement of Black people.
Was
a…
Name
Advancement of Black people.
He made
 Who reacted against this situation ? How were they called? Do you think they were White
or Black ?
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 Name 5 Black artists (Harlem renaissance)
5 famous black artists
A poet
Jazz artists
A Blues singer
An entertainer
 Segregation in the 1950s.
Who ?
What they did
Une élève à qui on a refusé l’inscription dans l’école près de chez elle à cause
de sa couleur de peau. Les parents on fait un procès qui a forcé la Cour
Suprême à reconnaître le caractère anticonstitutionnel de la ségrégation des
écoles.
Une femme qui a été arrêtée pour avoir refusé de céder son siège dans un bus.
Après un boycott des bus de la ville mené par MLK (pendant 381 jours) la
Cour suprême a reconnu le caractère anticonstitutionnelle la ségrégation des
bus de Montgomery.
CONCLUSION
What are your dreams for the future ? Write it down.
“I have a dream that one day…