Teaching General English : webquest. Activité de recherche sur internet pour enseigner le vocabulaire et apprendre à connaitre les Indiens d'Amérique et l'actualité du Dakota du Nord et du Sud.
This summer I found out about this both surprising and dramatic conflict going on between Native Americans (particularly the Sioux) and an oil pipeline company.
A David vs Goliath fight over the construction of a pipeline... it just makes so much sense to study it with my students since it perfectly fits into the 'STI2D' syllabus! Plus it's a crude oil pipeline so it's also good to trigger a debate on sustainability.
By way of introduction, I started with a webquest on the Sioux (where they live, how they used to live, what reservations are , what happened to the 1868 Great Reservation, what is Cannonball Ranch and the Black Snake Prophecy...)
It took two 50 minute sessions for the students to be able to finish the web quest. And once they completed the webquest, I gave them this correction exercise.
Then I followed up with this listening exercise.
Here are the elements of the syllabus this lesson could fit into:
By way of introduction, I started with a webquest on the Sioux (where they live, how they used to live, what reservations are , what happened to the 1868 Great Reservation, what is Cannonball Ranch and the Black Snake Prophecy...)
It took two 50 minute sessions for the students to be able to finish the web quest. And once they completed the webquest, I gave them this correction exercise.
Then I followed up with this listening exercise.
Here are the elements of the syllabus this lesson could fit into:
Entrée culturelle :
L'idée de progrès / Espace et échange / Mythes et héros
Pole de connaissance :
Matériaux et structures / Energie et environnement
Exemples de problématiques :
Quelle est la place des Indiens dans l’espace américain? L'exemple de la construction d'un pipeline.
Quels sont les problèmes que posent le passage d’un pipeline sur une terre sacrée indienne ?
Le mythe Sioux du serpent noir est-il entrain de se réaliser ?
Cécile Sohier
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