Emanuela Simoncini

L’argomento.
 Lives è un testo di civiltà che intende stimolare la curiosità verso culture, popolazioni, abitudini e stili diversi dalla nostra per favorire la reciproca comprensione. I brani fanno riferimento ai principali paesi parlanti la lingua inglese: Gran Bretagna, Irlanda, Stati Uniti, Australia e Sud Africa.
 
 Ciascuna Unità presenta testi originali, informativi ed accattivanti, suddivisi per argomenti:
 
 <ul><li>Cities &amp; Landmarks
</li><li>Culture, Art &amp; Literature
</li><li>Customs &amp; Traditions
</li><li>Environment &amp; Technology
</li><li>Geography
</li><li>History
</li><li>Music &amp; Sport
</li><li>Geography
</li><li>People, TV &amp; Cinema
</li></ul>Lives è suddiviso in tre sezioni corrispondenti ai livelli linguistici delle tre classi della secondaria di primo grado:
 A1, A1+, A2.
 
 Ogni Unità prevede:
 
 <ul><li>un’attività di warm-up che introduce il tema del brano
</li><li>un ampio glossario, per offrire una lettura agevole e scorrevole
</li><li>diversi esercizi di comprensione, per consolidare l’apprendimento e stimolare l’analisi
</li><li>una rubrica dedicata all’Agenda 2030 e alle Competenze del XXI secolo
</li><li>un’attività di Do-it-yourself: compiti di realtà da svolgere in coppia o in gruppo
</li></ul>Ogni sezione si conclude con delle mappe riepilogative per singolo brano, utile supporto allo studio e all’analisi.
 
 La sezione dedicata alla classe terza include altri spunti per l’Esame di Stato, suggerendo, per ciascun brano, possibili collegamenti interdisciplinari. Il testo si chiude con delle mappe geopolitiche e un piccolo gioco: “Guess the Country!”.

Index

LEVEL A1

Cities & Landmarks

Culture, Art & Literature

Customs & Traditions

Environment & Technology

Geography

History

Music & Sport

People, TV & Cinema

LEVEL A1+

LEVEL A2

EXAM

GEOPOLITICAL MAPS

GUESS THE COUNTRY!

HISTORY The Suffragettes WARM-UP Scrivete in cinque minuti i nomi di donne famose nella storia e il motivo per cui sono ricordate. Vince la coppia che in cinque minuti scrive più nomi. WRITING PAIR WORK 51 The history of the movement At the beginning of the 20th century, in the UK, some women started to fight to obtain social reforms to allow women to vote: women were excluded from political life because it was believed that their place was at home as housewives and mothers. In 1903 a women-only movement called Women s Social and Political Union (WSPU) was founded and it was involved in civil disobedience. In 1906, to belittle the movement, a journalist from The Daily Mail invented the term  suffragettes  to refer to it, from the word  suffragist  (any person who asks for the right of vote). Its members adopted the name to show they were stronger than any provocation. The movement was not peaceful : its members often used violence to protest, for example they chained themselves to gates , broke windows or set things on fire. When the First World War began, however, the suffragettes had the chance to show their strength and skills by working to support their families and country. Eventually, in 1918, the Government approved the Representation of the People Act, which gave women aged over 30 the right to vote. 102 Emmeline Pankhurst founded the WSPU and was the most important member of the suffragette movement. She was often criticised for her violent protests (she said that women had to  terrorise the British public  to obtain their rights) but her work was crucial. In 1999, Time named her as one of the 100 most important people of the 20th century. Edith Garrud was a playwright and a journalist. She was also one of the first female martial arts instructors of the western world. In 1906 she joined The Women s Freedom League to fight for women s suffrage and sexual equality. There, she organised a self-defence club to teach women martial arts as a form of emancipation.     1 Famous suffragettes Indica se le frasi sono vere o false e correggi le false. Suffragettes were political activists and some of them even died in the protests. These are some of the most famous.   Millicent Fawcett, a writer and one of the first feminists in history, founded the National Union of Women s Suffrage in 1897. She organised peaceful protests to prove that women deserved to be part of the political life of the country and had the right to vote and access higher education. She was the first woman to have a statue in Parliament Square in London. 1. At the beginning of the 20th century in Great Britain, women had no active participation in political life. 2. The suffragette movement was always peaceful. 3. The Representation of the People Act gave every woman the right to vote. 4. Millicent Fawcett was the founder of National Union of Women s Suffrage. 5. Emmeline Pankhurst s protests were always peaceful. 6. Edith Gerrud thought that martial arts were important as a form of emancipation. READING WRITING T F 

A2 52 2 Ascolta il brano  Emmeline Pankhurst s Speech  e scegli l opzione corretta. LISTENING 1. The powerful words Emmeline used in her speeches were  soldier, battle, war  /  soldier, peace, world . 2. Emmeline said that the government had this alternative: kill women or stop them from voting / kill women or give them the right to vote. 3. Women over the age of 21 had the right to vote by 1918 / 1928. 4. According to the speaker,  You can / cannot easily kill an idea . 3 WRITING SDG 5 - GENDER EQUALITY 4 WRITING SPEAKING Guarda l infografica circa il ruolo delle donne nella Comunità Europea e scrivi un testo che riassuma le informazioni date (40-50 parole), poi rispondi alle domande. 1. How would you define the expression  gender equality ? 2. Can you make any example that refers to the  difference  society makes between men and women? Completa il testo con le parole mancanti. vote   Congress   town   rights   husbands   education Women s Suffrage in the USA In 1800 women didn t have many 1.             in the United States. They weren t encouraged to go to college, and they could only marry and take care of their children, husbands, and house. Once they got married, they were totally dependent on their 2.             . Women couldn t have any property and weren t allowed to 3.             . By mid-1800s, women started to fight for their rights, especially for the right to vote. Their battle started in Seneca Falls, a 4.             near New York, in 1848, when, during a convention, some women asked for better 5.            , independency from men, the right to work and to vote. Finally, on August 18, 1920, the American 6.             granted women the right to vote. Adapted from: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/ womens-suffrage-movement GLOSSARY to allow: permettere to belittle: sminuire to chain: incatenarsi to deserve: meritare gate: cancello to grant: garantire grave: tomba to involve: coinvolgere peaceful: pacifico to prove: dimostrare strength: forza underpaid: sottopagato DO-IT-YOURSELF 5 Scegliete una delle donne famose che avete indicato nel primo esercizio, fate una ricerca e preparate un cartellone che contenga, oltre ad alcune immagini, le seguenti informazioni. WRITING PAIR WORK   Short biography   Historical / social context   Short description of her successes ODDITIES Mimosa   On 8th March 1908, 129 women died in a fire in a factory in New York where they were working. They were protesting because they were underpaid . People put some mimosa that grew near the factory on their graves . In 1977 the United Nations declared March 8th the International Women s Day and mimosa as its symbol everywhere in the world. 103 

Testo che esplora le culture dei paesi anglofoni con brani su città, arte, tradizioni, storia, ambiente e altro.

Lives - A collage of the culture of English-Speaking Countr

A COLLAGE OF THE CULTURE OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

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