Bonne année 2016!

 

 

LONG LIVE THE PARTNERSHIP 
BETWEEN ALCOTT PREP  AND THE COLLEGE GEORGE SAND!

Some students from 3ème 3 working in groups

 

Two girls from 3ème 3, Céline on te left and Célia on the right 

reading their US pal's card.

Two iconic family celebrations in modern societies : Thanksgiving/Christmas

THANKSGIVING 

 DIFFERENT PEOPLE / DIFFERENT NATIONS

 

Look and react 

A few Stereotypes/Misconceptions about Native Americans

Misconception   

 Christopher Columbus was the first person to arrive to America
According to History.com, thousands of years before Columbus's ships landed in America, a different group of people discovered America. This group was the ancestors of modern Native Americans who hiked from Asia to what is now Alaska more than 12,000 years ago. In fact, by the time Europeans got to America, some have estimated that more than 10 million people were already living in the Americas. After the Europeans arrived to America, Native Americans were often displaced and persecuted forcing them to struggle to maintain ancestral practices ("Native American History", 2009).

http://nativeamericancultureproject.weebly.com/stereotypesmisconceptions.html 

 To see an enlarged version, go to:

http://community.collegefund.org/2014-nahm-map 

Misconception 
  Indians were uncivilized until Europeans got involved

 This is simply untrue. Indians were civilized. Their culture was just different than the Europeans. Native Americans have a different type of culture than Europeans. They wore unique clothing that was different from Europeans so they thought they were uncivilized. In the movie Pocahontas, there is a part when John Smith calls Pocahontas a savage. She comes back with, "by savages you mean not like you." This is put perfectly and why most people think Native Americans are uncivilized.

Source: http://nativeamericancultureproject.weebly.com/stereotypesmisconceptions.html

Go to this following blog
Scroll down the page
and stop at 'For the 8yh/9th Graders'
http://gsroomb1.blogspot.fr/2015/11/thanks-to-share-with.html

CHRISTMAS ON FRENCH SIDE