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Project 2: Un Exposé Genres Et Époques Explication, Brenda C. Crosby
Project 2: Un Exposé Genres Et Époques Explication, Brenda C. Crosby
French
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Project 3: Clip Et Critique D'Une Chanson, Brenda C. Crosby
Project 3: Clip Et Critique D'Une Chanson, Brenda C. Crosby
French
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La Jeunesse Et La Quête De Soi Un Scénarimage D'Un Remake, Brenda C. Crosby
La Jeunesse Et La Quête De Soi Un Scénarimage D'Un Remake, Brenda C. Crosby
French
Students most often see films as a consumable and not a resource from which one can learn about themselves and others. Students make a ten-image storyboard demonstrating a cultural adaptation, “une transposition culturelle”, for an American audience of one of the films. Non-historical films are better suited to this storyboard for a remake project. The cultural adaptation must demonstrate a very clear connection to American culture, experiences, and sensibilities, remain true to film’s original intent, and changes must be clear and logical. The characters’ roles, role of society and/or culture, setting (time and space), and ending must be clear and …
Project 1: Artistes-Musique À Rechercher, Brenda C. Crosby
Project 1: Artistes-Musique À Rechercher, Brenda C. Crosby
French
This unit is very flexible and allows for much student choice. Included are three student projects, each of which allow students to choose what they wish to explore. For the first project, students work alone, and simply research and informally present a French or French language artist or group. For the second project, pairs of students research a musical genre or a period of musical history, and present it to the class. The final project asks students to create a clip for an existing song and to critique the song itself. In between the projects, there are several options to …
Examining Prejudice And Discrimination Using Moi, Raciste!?, Brenda C. Crosby
Examining Prejudice And Discrimination Using Moi, Raciste!?, Brenda C. Crosby
French
This activity can be included in units related to, for example, WWII and personal identity. The inspiration for the activity comes from the book Moi, raciste!?, published in 1998 by the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. This book of a series of cartoons, each examining the themes of racism, discrimination, and prejudice. Students are given the charge of updating the book by creating a new page that reflects the current challenges related to racism. The publication is available in English as well. The documents provided are for an advanced high school French class.