Creole / Cajun Cuisine

Image: http://pages.mapsofworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/food-of-lousiana.jpg

images: http://www.neworleansonline.com/neworleans/cuisine/traditionalfoods/

Background Photos Restuarants

Thanksgiving Family Role-Play

Ellen's Thanksgiving Plan 1

Until 2:15

Ellen's Thanksgiving Plan 2

A Thanksgiving Miracle (SNL)

The Real History of Thanksgiving

Traditional Thanksgiving Food

Cornbread

Gravy

Green Bean Casserole

Mashed Sweet Potatoes / Yams

Pumpkin Pie

Stuffing

Mashed Potatoes

Turkey

Cornucopia - table decoration

Glazed Carrots

Cranberry Sauce

Corn on the Cob

 

Breadbasket- when all people at the table hold hands and give thanks. Here, the people are praying but not all families pray when they give thanks.

Thanksgiving toast - Everyone holds his/her glass up and someone may say a few words (make a short speech), then people clink their glass together before drinking. 

Football - there is always a football game on Thanksgiving

Black Friday

Usually stores open at Midnight on Thursday. Some families go line up at stores right after dinner. Notorious for injuries and deaths.

1 BACH
Thanksgiving memes 1
Thanksgiving memes 2

Weirdest Jobs

10.__________ _________

The job of a ______ ________  starts when everybody else is asleep. They get out wearing their protective outfit in the dark, especially in rainy days, and look for ______ colonies. They select the best ________ and stuff these filthy creatures in cans that are sold fishermen in markets worldwide.

9. ______ _____ ____

____ _____  cannot arrive on store shelves unless it meets a food technologist’s taste. Not only does a ____ ____ _____ smell and taste animal ____, they also chew it to ensure pets eat high-quality food. Though Fido would probably prefer having barbecue leftovers every day.

8. ______ _______  _____

Ever watched the series Bones and those brilliant minds solving complicated murder investigations by comparing soil samples and types of worms and maggots? Ever wondered how they come up with all this information [hint, in real life, they don’t really do it all by themselves]? It is all responsibility of a ____ ____ _____, who not only drags a dead body out of a grave but also removes the maggots attached to its rotten flesh and everything else that could be on interest to scientists.

7. ________ ___________

While there are no good reasons to sleep at work, there are countless advantages of working in your sleep. These __________  ________  take part in sleep studies and research and literally have a dream job.

6. ____  _____  ________

The people who do this must be very brave. They have to dive down in the the water-filled enclosure and clean while Jaws watches.

5. _______ _______

________ _________ have special trainings before being allowed to identify and separate male hatchlings from the females. 

4. __________ _______

Bird, cat and dog corpses on roads are always an eyesore. While many of us try to overpass them, a _______ __________ has to pick them up and put it in their car on a regular basis. The stinky smell of the rotten corpses make this job one of the weirdest. To add to weirdness, some cleaners feed their families on fresh roadkills.

3. _________ _______ _____

A ____ ____  tries to do one thing in a hundred different ways. Though the job sounds quite interesting initially, it could become tough after sometime when you run short of creative ideas. People do not want repetitive cookies and your cookie manufacturer pressures you to come up with something interesting every time, which is not always possible. That is why we occasionally receive unusual messages.

2. ______  _______ 

Gambling is a big business and dices are rolling all around the world. If dice angle is imperfect or the dice has incorrect proportions or if it has slightly distorted centre of mass, dice will favor one outcome, therefore corrupting a game of hazard. Moreover, a company which produced and delivered corrupted dices could be sued right away. For this reason, a _______  ________  has to check every dice very carefully which is indeed a tiring and a time-consuming job. I bet you would not like to do it.

1. ______  _____

Entertainment parks are as good as their most stomach-churning rides. They not only make you lose your mind, but very often your lunch, too. This is why many _______ ________ are hired to clean up most thrilling amusement parks. Real rollercoaster ride of a job.

10 Worm farmer

9 Pet food tester

8 Body farm caretaker

7 Professional Sleeper

6. Shark Tank cleaner

5. Chicken Sexer

4. Roadkill Cleaner

3. Fortune Cookie Writer

2. Dice Inspector 

1. Vomit cleaner

From: https://www.neweurope.eu/article/lg-bets-cloud-computing/

Present Simple VS Present Continuous

Present Simple	Present Continuous
Things which are always true: Water boils at 100 degrees.	Things which are happening at the moment of speaking: The water is boiling now, so you can put in the pasta.
Permanent situations (or nearly permanent; true for a few years at least): Julie lives in London.	Temporary situations: Julie is living in Paris for a few months (usually she lives in London). Situations which are slowly changing: I'm getting better and better at speaking English.
Habits or things we do regularly: I drink coffee every morning.	Temporary or new habits: I'm drinking too much coffee these days because I'm so busy at work. Annoying habits (usually with 'always'): My flatmate is always leaving the kitchen in a mess!
Future events which are part of a timetable: My plane leaves at eight tonight. To talk about the future after certain words ('when' 'until' 'after' 'before' 'as soon as'): I'll call you when I get home.	Definite future plans: I'm meeting John after class today.
To talk about what happens in books, plays and films: At the end of the book, the detective catches the killer.	To talk about people in pictures and photos: In this photo, my mother is walking beside a lake.

Remember:

• We use the present simple with stative verbs. We can't use any continuous tense (including the present continuous tense, of course) with stative verbs

Thanks: http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-simple-or-present-continuous.html !!

You Gotta Be: Modals and Advice

"You Gotta Be" by Des'ree

Karaokee

Possible activities:
fill in the blanks on lyrics.
Change lyrics (the advice given and or the modal verbs)

lyrics

Warm-up game

Mingles-Bingo : Abilities

1. As a class, we will brainstorm a list of abilities. (run, jump, skydive, dance bachata, etc.)
2. Choose 10 abilities and write them on a piece of paper. At least five need to be interesting abilities.  
3. Everyone will mingle. Each time you meet another student, ask him or her: "Can you _______?" If the student responds "Yes, I can." Cross off the ability and write the student's name by it. The first to cross off all ten yells "Bingo!"

Would You Do That?

1. Think about the things you would and would not do.

2. In random order, write 5 things you would do and 5 things you wouldn't do. 

3. Partner up and exchange lists. Each partner will try to guess which things the other partner would and wouldn't do.

4. You get 5 guesses to find out what your partner would and wouldn't do. Phrase guesses  like “(I think) You would _________.” Parter responds: "Yes, I would" or "No, I wouldn't"

5. One point for each correct guess. 

6. Change roles.

From: http://busyteacher.org/17140-how-to-practice-english-modals-5-fantastic.html

Modals and Music

material

Debate Time: Social Issues

Printout for Students

Video from 1:30

Debate scenarios

Minorities in the US: Resistance P1 & P1

P1: Minorities Today

Powerpoint
Discussion

Song
N-word
What is Tupac's overall message?
What changes does he want to see?
What is the reality he's depicting?
What's his attitude towards the subject?
What politic remarks does he make (say 3)?

Tupac Lyrics - Changes Tupac Video - Changes Lyrics

I Have a Dream

The famous “I have a dream” section occurs at 12:45 in the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU0opfi2avM

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

Common - I Have a Dream

Rights Movements in the USA

1. You will work in groups of 4-6. Groups will need to work quickly and efficiently to get the work done.

2. Each group gets a movement (1 doubled-sided page, give a few copies per group)

3. Hand out the reading questions (the text is difficult but the questions are easy. they don't need to look up all the words, just get the main ideas)

4. show presentation rubric

5. Hand out a poster to each group

6. Presentations 2-3 min per group

P2
Reading
1. What group of people is the text talking about?
2. When / where did the movement take place?
3. What conditions were they protesting?
4. What were their goals?
5. How did they protest?
6. What were the consequences or results of the movement?


Presentation Rubric
Present the answers to the reading questions in a creative way.  Answers must include at least 3/4 sentences.
3-4 minutes
Everyone MUST participate in the presentation
VISUAL AID: Your poster must include illustrations/comics, keywords and/or key figures of the movement. It cannot contain full paragraphs. 


Reflection
After hearing your classmates' presentations, how are these movements related?


Study Resources
Print Out

Topics:
American Indian Movement
AIM Occupation of Alcatraz
March on Washington
#BlackLivesMatter
Stonewall and the Beginning of LGBT Rights
Cesar Chavez
Chicano Movement
Disability Movement
Women's Movement




DIRECT LINKS
Gender Equality / Title Nine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_IX
http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/home/advocate/title-ix-and-issues/history-of-title-ix/history-of-title-ix
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-wave_feminism

Native Americans
http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.pd.005
We hold the Rock
Occupy Alcatraz

Civil Rights
The March on Washington
March on Washington Video
Oral History

Cesar Chavez
The Story of Cesar Chavez
Video

#Blacklivesmatter
black lives matter detailed text
revolutionary aims
origins by co-founders

Stonewall
Riots Detailed

Chicano Movement
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6582/
https://revolutionaryfrontlines.wordpress.com/2010/03/26/30-years-after-the-chicano-moratorium/
http://lulac.org/about/history/

Disability
http://archive.adl.org/education/curriculum_connections/fall_2005/fall_2005_lesson5_history.html
http://yodisabledproud.org/organize/docs/PRIDE/4_Middle_School/Unit_1_Middle/1_5m-Disability_Leaders_Info_Sheet.pdf
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun05/itpi.aspx
http://americanhistory.si.edu/disabilityrights/exhibit.html

Religious Minorities & Politics in the United States

Presentation:


Accompanying Text:
Religion Profiles and Current Events

Direct Link to Articles:
Why Religion Rules America Politics

What Factors Might be Influencing Religious Trends

Videos:
Kim Davis
Link: County Clerk Goes to Jail Over Same-Sex Marriage Stance

The Pope Visits the USA

A New You