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Voir les textes of ciels décrivant cette partie de l’épreuve. 4 Living Together Après les rêves de paysages « plus verts », après avoir traversé les lignes, souvent au prix de grands sacri ces ou face au danger, il s’agit maintenant d’étudier comment les échanges de cultures sont vécus. Pages d’ouverture (p.

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69) Corrigé  (picture 1) This is Canada (by elimination).

This must be a sort of commemorative mural, a tribute to Indian tribes, showing respect for them as Native Canadians and letting them know that their contribution to Canadian society is appreciated.

(This is brought out in the video p.

77.) (picture 2) This is the USA.

We know this from the sign on the shop (...USA) and the slogan on the truck (America, love it or leave it!).

This is probably a street in Chinatown in one of the big US cities. (picture 3) This is almost certainly the UK because the girls are wearing school uniforms, something that is much less common in North America.

This is probably the playground of an inner-city school where there is a huge non-white and/or Moslem/Muslim population, e.g.

London, Birmingham...

(picture 4) From the St George’s cross, we know that this is the UK.

This is either a gathering of football supporters (note the red T-shirts) or a mixture of players and supporters in the changing rooms.

Red and white are the traditional England colours and the colours of the St George’s cross, the ag of England (not of the UK).

This ag has become associated not only with football but with patriotism and far-right political parties.  (examples) Picture 1: it is reassuring that Canadian society values the contribution of Native Canadians. Picture 2: the slogan is provocative, especially because it is going through a district crammed with immigrants, because, although it doesn’t mention immigrants by name (it could, after all, apply to any US citizen), it says that if you start complaining about anything or criticising the USA, you should leave the country (implying, “go back where you came from”). Picture 3: the fact that two of the girls are wearing headscarves, denoting they are Moslem, is something that French people may n d disturbing and provocative.Picture 4: It is unexpected to see a black English football supporter who has no problems sporting the St George’s ag.

He considers himself as English as his friends.

This image might shock far-right racist politicians who might think a black man has no right to identify with “Englishness” .  (students’ own answers) The Apache Girl (p.

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70) Corrigé  (exemple) The present day situation of Native Americans in the USA shows many contrasts.

Some Native Americans have grown rich from tourism and from running casinos on their reservations.

Others have worked hard and managed to become integrated into American society.

However, alcoholism is widespread and there are high unemployment rates among Native Americans, resulting in the fact that many live on the poverty line.  The picture shows an American school bus on a dirt road in the Arizona desert near Monument Valley, home to the Navajos.

The Apaches are one of the many tribes that make up the Navajo Nation.

The text therefore will probably be about the life of an Apache girl in this remote region where huge distances have to be covered to access public services. (p.

70) Corrigé  The two main characters are Lucinda Ridder and Agnes Hooper.

They are on a school bus coming back from the local high school.

Agnes is the bus driver.

Lucinda is a student.  Lucinda always sits at the very back of the school bus because that is where the other childrent have told her to sit.

This reveals that she has no friends as no one ever sits at the back with her.  Lucinda is of Apache origin.

The Apaches were a tribe which managed to resist the white settlers and soldiers for a long time.

The other children on the bus reject her because of her origins.  Agnes feels sorry for the girl but she has never yet done anything to help improve Lucinda’s integration.

However, here, for the rst time, Agnes says a few kind words as Lucinda is getting off the bus.. »