Cours Puerto Rico Term AMC

UNIT 6 : Puerto Rico

Thématique 1 : Faire société Axe 1 : Unité et pluralité

https://www.canva.com/design/DAHC_vOIpDs/8FP88tEZIYwlepNjleElKQ/edit?ui=eyJBIjp7fX0 

Problématique : How are Puerto Ricans claiming their identity through culture?

PF : Oral expression.Using the support of your choice (oral presentation, poster, comics…) answer the main question of the chapter..
You must make an explicit link to the theme of the unit. In your answer you must refer to at least two documents seen in class AND one or two documents not seen in class (one text, one image).  You must use at least ten words learned in class.

NB – You will have two hours in class to prepare and record your presentation. You may not bring your notes to class. You may bring unannotated versions of the documents studied in class.

Séance 1 :

Can you guess the theme of our chapter? Write 3 hypothesises

Anticipation : vocabulary

What status for Puerto Rico? https://vimeo.com/423964209/94ed20c7e1 

Worksheet + Correction

TE attendue pour la question 4 : Puerto Rico has a special status because it is not an independent country but a territory of the United States. It is controlled by the federal government, which makes important decisions for the island. However, many Americans ignore this situation and do not fully understand Puerto Rico’s political reality.

Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens and can even serve in the army, but they do not have the same rights as people living in U.S. states. For example, they pay certain taxes, like Social Security and other federal contributions, even if they don’t always pay federal income tax.

Despite this, they have very limited political representation: they cannot vote for the U.S. president and do not have voting members in Congress.

So overall, Puerto Rico’s situation is often described as unfair: it is under U.S. authority but without full rights or equal representation.

• In French, write a summary of what you understood of Puerto Rico’s conditions

Worksheet : Diaspora

Mise en commun et TE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg1iAjyKR9E 

1. What is the event?
2. Where does it take place?
3. Why do people attend this event?
4. What was the theme in 2025?
5. What does it say about the place of Puerto Ricans?

Correction

Séance 2 :

Anticipation : Do you know what Gentrification is?

Worksheet : gentrification

Vocabulary matching anticipation vidéo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJE0MZTGIDc : worksheet + correction

Worksheet structures causatives

TI : Record a short podcast to present an element of Nuyorican or Puerto Rican culture such as a meal seen in the vlog, the flag and its origins or an event in NYC.

Pay attention to :

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