READ AND FIND THE CORRESPONDING PICTURES.

GREAT FIGURES OF AMERICAN HISTORY

Martin Luther Barack Ruth Bader Abraham Dolores Huerta George

King Obama Ginsburg Lincoln Washington

N°…… She is a civil right N°…… He was an activist and the leader of N°……… She was a lawyer
activist who fights for the Civil Rights Movement. He fought for and a jurist of the Supreme
workers', immigrants' and blacks' right to vote, desegregation and Court. She died in 2020.
women's rights. labor rights. He was assassinated in 1968.

N°…… He became the first N°……. This American President abolished N°…… He became the 44th
American president in 1789. slavery in the country. He was assassinated American President when
in 1865. he was elected in 2008.

RIGHTS : _____________________ A LAWYER : _____________________ SLAVERY : _____________________

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FAMOUS AMERICAN LANDMARKS

Mount Rushmore

It is a colossal sculpture carved into the ……………………. face of Mount Rushmore

in ………………………………………… . It features ………………………. of four presidents:
……………………………………………. , Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and
Abraham Lincoln.

Lincoln Memorial Washington Monument

This statue was built to honor the It is an ……………………. which

…………………………………………………. of was built to commemorate
The United States. George Washington.

The Stone of Hope

It is part of the Martin Luther King Memorial located in Washington DC.

The Stone of Hope is ……………………. of the …………………….. American activist who …………….
in 1968. He is famous for his speech (= son discours) " ………………………………. ".
 Crazy Horse Memorial

This monument is still under construction, which began in 1948.

It will depict the Lakota …………………. , Crazy Horse, riding ………………………..
and pointing to his tribal land. It is located in South Dakota, 27km from
Mount Rushmore.

Statue of Liberty

Located on ……………………………………….. in ……………………………………. , this statue

is made of …………………… and was designed by a ……………………. sculptor,
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi.

WORD BANK : a horse – an obelisk – granite – sixteenth President – Liberty Island – French – died –
the heads – warrior– copper (= le cuivre) – African – the statue – South Dakota – New York City –
George Washington – I have a dream

WATCH THE VIDEO AND SPEAK.

Watch from 0'0 to 1'18. What are these American figures and landmarks doing?

Imagine why.

Watch at 1'19. What monument can you see ?

Explain why they are so happy.

LET'S PLAY THE FAKE NEWS GAME !

Tick the assertions that are fake (= wrong). Put them into the negative form.

q Donald Trump actually won the election in 2020.

q Joe Biden was Obama's Vice President.
q Donald Trump will have his statue at Mount Rushmore.
q The American President can be elected three times.
q Gustave Eiffel helped build the Statue of Liberty.
q Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by an actor in a theatre.
q Joe Biden is a Republican.