myths and heroes

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GETTING READY FOR THE ORAL EXAM

TST2S

DOCUMENTS Introduce the topic and define the notion.

TIPS & IDEAS Find different definitions for the words “MYTH” and “HERO” and link the definitions to the topic above.

THE FRONTIER

Painting “American Progress” by John Gast (1872) Trailer “How the West Was Won” by Henry Hathaway (1962)

THE AMERICAN WEST

Audio “A Dream of Instant Wealth” Painting “The Herd Quitter” by Charles Marion Russell (1897) Video “The Cattle Trail” Text “From the Wilderness to the Arena” Audio “Jesse James and the Widow”

WESTWARD EXPANSION AND ITS SYMBOLISM LIVING ON THE FRONTIER THE SETTLERS’ EXPECTATIONS HOMESTEAD ACT PIONEERING SPIRIT THE PIONEERS’ DREAMS AND HOPES HEROES OF THE WEST ROMANTIC VISION

THE REALITY OF THE WEST

Text “Broken Dreams”

HARDSHIPS THE SETTLERS’ LIVING CONDITIONS

THE IMPACT OF THE OLD WEST

Text “Our Western Roots”

AMERICAN IDENTITY DEBUNKING THE MYTH

Conclude

To get ideas  Business corner and technology corner p. 170-173

You can listen to some oral presentations (notion: “Idea of progress) here: http://andre.english.free.fr/spip.php?article71