You may have never heard his name before, but you’ll never forget it after watching this film or even just the trailer for Till, written and directed by Chinonye Chukwu. These B1 activities explore the heart-wrenching story of 14-year-old Emmett Till who was lynched for misjudging Jim Crow conventions in the 1950s segregated American South.
This resource can be used as part of a sequence on the Civil Rights movement or Black Lives Matter with B1 students. For example:
Shine Bright 1e File 8 African-American Art
Shine Bright LLCER File 15 Equality on Trial
Shine Bright AMC File 5 Black Lives Matter
Vocabulary and structures
- explaining past events: preterite (simple + be V-ing)
- chronology of events: first, then , finally…
- defining personalities: determined , strong-willed…
- violence / discrimination: racism, segregated / segregation , murder , maim…
- giving advice: should / ‘d better
- expressing cause / consequence / paradox: since, as, thats’ why, however, even though…
- giving opinions: I think, reckon / I find the film (+ adj)
- expressing feelings: I feel / it’s moving…
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Emmett Till B1 Video-projectable Article
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Emmett Till B1 Pupil Worksheet
> Before Rosa Parks
> To Kill a Mockingbird: Changing the Point of View
> Telling the Story of Emmett Till
> Black Lives Matter : Travail collaboratif et éducation aux médias autour d’un sujet d’actualité
> Videos for Martin Luther King Day
> Great Short Videos on African American History
> Civil Rights: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
> Ruby Bridges, Civil-Rights Icon
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