Sunday, September 4, 2016

Terminale

WELCOME BACK!
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1) MYTHS & HEROES
Urban legends, myths and monsters of the american folklore


1) Pictures by Scottish photographer Calum Douglas: 


VIDEO Rachel Nevada Extraterrestrial Highway



2) YOUR TASK: Now that you know some things about the Roswell case

CREATE A LEAFLET FOR UFO ENTHUSIASTS 
ABOUT AREA 51 OR THE CITY OF ROSWELL!



FIND INFORMATION ON THINGS TO DO IN THE ROSWELL, NM / AREA 51, NA AREA:


In Roswell:

UFO MUSEUM 

THE ROSWELL FILES

POSSIBLE ACTIVITIES

POSSIBLE ACTIVITIES II


Vocabulary you might need:

Words:
out-of-the-ordinary / extraordinary
one-of-a-kind / unique
legendary / mythical


Verbs:
catch a glimpse (voir furtivement)
experience
Don't miss
Don't forget to...
Be sure to...
You can't leave without ... +ing
How about ...+ing? 

Hypotheses:
It could have been...+ plausible hypothesis
It might have been... + plausible hypothesis
Maybe it was... + plausible hypothesis


3) Draw the portrait of a famous american monster





a) Watch the videos and gather information on Bigfoot.

b) Sort them by category. 

Physical / Location / First sighting(s) / Other


Vocabulary: 

"a cryptid": an animal whose existence cryptozoologists believe has been suggested but has not been discovered or documented by the scientific community or by direct evidence.

c) Write a short text to introduce the monster and its myth.




5) Idea of progress

Pioneers and great explorers forging ahead

ONE SMALL STEP FOR A MAN. 
ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND

July 21st 1969: a milestone in human history.
(a milestone: un moment très important.)

John Fitzgerald Kennedy's "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University in 1962.

"We choose to go to the Moon" speech. 
(Short edit)



"We choose to go to the Moon" speech
(with human discoveries timeline).


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LEWIS AND CLARK's EXPEDITION 
1804- 1806



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THE NEXT GENERATION OF PIONEERS?