Voyages, territoires, frontières Axe 3: Migration et exil Unit 11 • Migration: journeys to a new life

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notée sur 20, coefficient 2) SÉQUENCE 9 Voyages, territoires, frontières Axe 3: Migration et exil Unit 11 • Migration: journeys to a new life A.

Introducing the theme 1.

Video The United States has long been considered a nation of immigrants. Migration started in the early 1600s with communities of Europeans settling around the Eastern seaboard. Stories of migration have been told over and over in novels, films, songs and works of art.

But how does migrating to the U.S.

build a new identity? What is it like leaving one’s home country and creating a new life somewhere else? Some migrants fled persecution in the hope of a new beginning.

They wanted to start over in the land of opportunity.

But living in a new country can be tough. Sometimes migrants feel like they’re still on the outside of society looking in. The newly-arrived tell of the challenges of shifting between two cultures: trying to integrate their new society without neglecting or rejecting their origins.

Yet, many migrants rise to the challenge and shake things up.

Walls are broken down, barriers demolished, as they build a new identity for themselves.

Follow the stories in “Migration: journeys to a new life”. TLLCE_Voyages, territoires, frontières_Axe3_U11_2023-2024 Page |2 Wednesday, March 27, 2024 B.

New beginnings 1.

Document B: Ellis Island (The Corrs, 2016) a) Listen to the song and list the elements linked to immigration.

Explain the title. “Annie be my guide” ⇒ reference to Irish Annie Moore (1874-1924), first immigrant to the USA to go through federal immigrant inspection at Ellis Island in 1892. “Liberty’s a welcome” ⇒ Statue of Liberty. “Far away from home” ⇒ leaving one’s homeland. “Crossed the sea and ocean” ⇒ immigration coming from Europe. “To the land of hope” ⇒ The American Dream. “Six minute medical” ⇒ medical examination center of Ellis Island. “Leaving no chalk on me” ⇒ after a first inspection, when some immigrants needed to be checked more thoroughly, their clothes were marked by a piece of chalk. “Goodbye Ellis Island, hello land of free” ⇒ no health issues - immigrants allowed to enter the country. “Sing we will belong” ⇒ immigrants’ will to adapt and belong to the new country. “Sing of Ireland” ⇒ nostalgia for the homeland. “Thanking Ellis Island - Thank you, USA - You gave us a home here” ⇒ gratitude for the new country. “Wild Atlantic Ocean” ⇒ harsh journey across the ocean. b) Underline the significance of The Corrs being an Irish band. As many as 4.5 million Irish arrived in America between 1820 and 1930.

In the 1840s, they represented nearly half of all immigrants to the USA.

The Irish Potato Famine / The Great Famine (1845-1852) and its effect on the following decades increased Irish emigration.

Facing poverty and disease, the Irish set out for America where they hoped for a better life, reunited with relatives who had fled earlier on.

The Corrs share that journey to America as part of their history. c) Pick out expressions to show how the immigrants feel about their “new beginnings”. “We’ll grow up together / Far away from home” “Crossed the sea and ocean / To the land of hope” “You gotta keep your wits on you” “Goodbye Ellis Island, hello land of free” “Sing a song of hope / Sing for us together / Sing we’re not alone / Sing we’ll go back someday” “Sing we will belong / We will come together / Sing of Ireland” “Thanking Ellis Island / Thank you, USA / You gave us a home here / Crying a brand new day” d) Say what you think should appear in the video. (Réponses libres et cohérentes) e) Watch the video clip.

Justify the director’s choices and compare them to yours. Defend your choices in front of the class. (Réponses libres et cohérentes) TLLCE_Voyages, territoires, frontières_Axe3_U11_2023-2024 Lyrics: On the second Sunday Annie be my guide Liberty's a welcome To an aching eye We'll grow up together Far away from home Crossed the sea and ocean To the land of hope Kingstown to Liverpool Crossing the Irish Sea You gotta keep your wits on you Where you lay your head Six minute medical Leaving no chalk on me Goodbye Ellis Island, hello land of free Every man and woman Every girl and boy Sing out Ellis Island Sing a song of hope Sing for us together Sing we're not alone Sing we'll go back someday Sing we will belong When the leaves are falling Sky is upon the ground We will come together Sing of Ireland Page |3 Thanking Ellis Island Thank you, USA You gave us a home here Crying a brand new day Queenstown to New York bay Wild Atlantic Ocean You gotta keep your wits on you Where you lay your head Six minute medical Leaving no chalk on me Goodbye Ellis Island, hello land of free Every man and woman Every girl and boy Sing out Ellis Island Sing a song of hope Sing for us together Sing we're not alone Sing we'll go back someday Sing we will belong Sing Sing Sing Sing for us together we're not alone we'll go back someday we will belong Sing Sing Sing Sing Sing out Ellis Island we're not alone we'll go back someday we will belong we will belong TLLCE_Voyages, territoires, frontières_Axe3_U11_2023-2024 Page |4 Wednesday, March 27, 2024 (travail en autonomie) Thursday, March 28, 2024 (autonomie & correction) 2.

Document C: The Girl Who Smiled Beads, Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil, 2018. a) Present Clemantine, the narrator. female teenager - lives in the U.S.

- immigrated from Rwanda at the age of 12 with her sister Claire - difficult childhood through refugee camps across 7 African countries – granted asylum in the U.S.

in 2000 - started school at the age of 13 - took part in an essay contest - took part in Oprah Winfrey Show. b) Explain the sisters’ difference of personalities. Claire: elder sister - kept her toughest, most skeptical face - refused to think anybody was better or more important than her - never felt inferior inviolable Clemantine: younger sister - feels her life story is fragmented - lost inside - forever confused c) Comment on the reference to Elie Wiesel. other guest of the show - another immigrant to the U.S.

- fled horror from extermination camps - survivor – witness - ill at ease - parallel between two lives d) List the stage effects and what they used for.

Use Let’s focus on… (p.208, biography) to account for the presence of iconic Ophrah Winfrey. iconic figure - super star: white love seat of Oprah - Oprah said glowing things impressive: well-dressed people - black TV blazer - black TV pants emotion: video of Oprah and Elie Wiesel walking arm in arm through Auschwitz - horrified - crying – “before you left Africa, did you ever find your parents?” – “when was the last time you saw them?” - letter from the parents repetition “from your parents...

from your father and your mother and your sisters and your brother” - “your family is HERE” suspense: the producers gave us a break - silence - Oprah put her hand on mine to stop me from unfolding the letter - repetition of “you don’t have to read it in front of all these people” - she paused - repetition of “because” e) You find the staging of the family reunion more popular than personal. Send an email to the production company to complain about it. (Réponses libres et cohérentes) Useful websites: Clemantine Wamariya reflects on fleeing Rwandan genocide - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-ykzg5UUlo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bR3WwyCeIs TLLCE_Voyages, territoires, frontières_Axe3_U11_2023-2024 Page |5 Wednesday, April 3, 2024 (proposition de corrigé) C.

Remaining a stranger 1.

Document A: They Don’t Love You Like I Love You a) Read the poem and comment on the elements referring to Native Americans and their history. Extermination of Native Americans: someone to love you, someone - not your kind, someone white - some one some many who live - because so many of mine - have not, and further, live on top of - those of ours who don’t - If not the place we once were - in the millions? Ghosts: reference to the spirits of the dead layers, maps: reference to Native Americans being displaced, places being renamed - America is Maps Maps are ghosts - white and layered with people and places I see through Heavy legacy of her history: when really, she said, Weight, - meaning heft, preparing me - for the yoke of myself – the beast of my country’s burdens which is less worse than - my country’s plow b) Pick out words which represent the USA. • someone - not your kind, someone white - to lay my face against their white - laps ⇒ White vs Native Americans • What is the United States if not a clot - of clouds? If.... »