Guiding question:
Does art have an important role in how we perceive political leaders ?
Démarrage :
Terminale ABC : 04/02/2025
Objectifs de la séquence :
Communicationnels :
Comprendre les informations essentielles et les explications dans un(e) extrait/ critique/ bande annonces de film, ou un texte littéraire. Etre capable d’écrire la suite d’un texte en respectant un style.
Linguistiques :
Le superlatif/ could/ questions au simple present, simple past/ la voix passive.
Phonologiques :
Les sons /æ/ /ɑ:/ /^/, la prononciation du suffixe –tion,
Méthodologiques :
La description d’image/ comment débattre efficacement
Culturels :
4 British Prime Ministers as represented through art.
Churchill, Thatcher, Blair, Johnson, British political parties/ events/things/speeches/positions they are remembered/known for.
Axe culturel du programme : Art and Power
Evaluation/ tâche finale : EOI. Débat virtuel entre deux rivaux politiques et prétendants au titre de Premier Ministre britannique. (*)
SEANCE 1
=> Introduction / brainstorm
=> 4 Prime Ministers (web search)
HW : Finish websearch about your PM + be ready to ask questions about the others.
SEANCE 2
=> 4 Prime Ministers (web search+grid)
HW : Revise your lesson and remember as many facts as possible.
SEANCE 3
=> CE, A Brush with Boris Johnson (appollo-magazine.com, 2018)
HW : Find 3 at least arguments in favour of and against Boris Johnson from British voters. Be ready to debate.
+ pédagogie différenciée : fiche méthode blog*** “How to make my point in a debate…”
SEANCE 4
=> Class Debate.
HW : What’s the link between Helen Masacz’s artistic statement and the cultural axis “Art and power”? Is it the same approach as in the other documents we saw in this chapter?
SEANCE 5
=> CO video, Sink it (extract from Iron Lady, Phyllida Lloyd 2012 )
HW :
+ watch video again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4vuLCjuad4
+ Does the image of Thatcher here correspond to what you already know?
++ Pédagogie différenciée : download sheet “learn how to describe a picture”**** on the blog.
SEANCE 6
=> CE, The portrait that Churchill couldn’t face
HW : Focus on the highlighted passages of the text. What grammatical structure do you recognize? Sum up the text in one sentence, using that same structure.
SEANCE 7
=> CO, Spitting Image, an interview with Tony Blair
HW : Préparer débat. Donner le sujet aux élèves à l’avance pour qu’il se prépare à n’importe quelle configuration. Rappeler qu’il n’y aura pas de temps de préparation en classe.
Lesson's video available here, if you want to watch it again:
https://twitter.com/spitting_image1/status/1146730628857159681
(*) DEBATE
(practise for the final task)
