Conversation B2 : movie clip for today + crime vocab. and intro to protest songs

Hi Group!

Still not feeling well, but I've decided to take Mohammed's idea of watching a part of Bowling for Columbine in last hour of class. I have a copy of the entire video but with subtitles in Spanish. I 've been trying to find a clip with subtitles in English online but only found with NO subtitles. It's short and you can watch before or after watching with the subtitles. CLICK HERE

Vocab. and Questions:
A. General Questions for Columbine:

1.      What happened at a high school in Columbine Colorado?

2.      Do you think that this kind of incident is “typically American” and if so, why?

3..      Do you think that Spanish teenagers (and teenagers all over the world) feel a lot of pressure to be accepted and popular and not to be different?  Do you think that this pressure can have a traumatic effect on some people?

4.      What do you know about the role of the following factors in the history of the United States?

- the Pilgrims         - the Indians   - slavery          - the Civil War

- the Ku Klux Klan           - the NRA        - the Civil Rights Movement   -the suburbs  - the relationship between the police and the justice and penal systems and black Americans

B. Scene 9: A brief history of the United States

Vocabulary

-          to snap (fig.)

-          to be persecuted

-          savages

-          to kill off

-          to wipe out

-          to kidnap

-          to outnumber

-          uprisings

-          to “freak out” (coll.)

-          to fire

-          to calm down

Questions

1.      When and why did the Pilgrims come to the US? What were some of their most significant deeds (according to Moore) after they were there?

2.      What is the 2^nd amendment to the US Constitution?

3.      According to Moore, why did Americans take slaves and what was the result?

4.      What two things occurred in 1871? What is the relationship between them?

5.      What important social movement started in 1955 and what was the result?

6.      According to this cartoon, what has been a constant force and motivation behind American behavior?  Do you agree?

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See you in a short time.  For what to do over the weekend and more , please look at yesterday's post for Conv. C1.

Oh--- and did you google any information to talk about famous crimes??