New Standpoints N°48

ARTICLES

PANORAMA Procreation & Politics in the USA Jennifer Merchant explains how women ame to achieve reproductive and privacy rights in a context of ethical and social contradictions. For further reading on what could happen if Roe v Wade were overturned, see also: What If Roe Fell? and What If Roe v Wade were Reversed?

YESTERDAY A page of HERstory: Images of & by Suffragettes
Vanina Géré shows how the different social and poliical trends among suffragists reflect upon the esthetics of their propaganda campaigns.

TO THE POINT Population Politics in the U.S.A.: The 2010 Census
In a land of immigration and mobility, the decennial census has enabled Americans to get a picture of who they are... More than just statistics, as Paul Schor demonstrates, the census is also a page of history that has reflected the varying ideological trends of American society throughout its history. To see the 2010 form as well as some other information from the Census Bureau: Interactive Form and Constitutionality.

GOING PLACES A Scrapbook from Four Corners
Marie-France Chen Géré provides us with a rambling and impressionistic travelogue of a road trip across the Four Corners region, a land of Indian legends and spectacular landscapes that has long inspired artists and writers. For more information, see also: Taos Schools and Group 9 Art on the High Road.  

BACK TO LITERATURE Hanif Kureishi: The Buddha of Suburbia
Vanessa Guignery explores the subverisveness of the writer Hanif Kureishi, whose work is constantly in search of identity beyond the borders of race, gender and class. 

WORDWISE Of Actresses & Queens
Will the words actress and waitress soon be going the way of authoress and doctoress? Regan Kramer looks at the last vestiges of gender in English. 

SAFE & SOUND Transparent but Opaque Words
Ruth Huart analyzes some transparent words and the problems they raise in aural comprehension.

SCHOOL TRIP En voiture
Ce second volet de notre article consacré aux préparatifs nécessaires aux voyages scolaires apporte l'éclairage d'un chef d'établissement, Catherine Azoulay.

YOUNG LEARNERS "Cat Trap", projet théâtral: Des souris et des élèves
Le langage corporel est un facteur déterminant dans l'appresntissage d'une langue chez les enfants, tout aussi important que le "geste mental" ! Vous pouvez aussi consulter le projet pédagogique en ligne.

INTERACTION Option Histoire des Arts
Le Cadre Européen a deux vertus : il crée un cadre, donne des repères, et structure l'enseignement et l'apprentissage. Mais en même temps, un cadre, c'est aussi ce qui permet de voir autour : invitation au pays des arts.  

LATEST IN LEARNING Option Théâtre... Langue et théâtre, l'empathie comme compétence interculturelle
Dans ce récit d'une rencontre culturelle étonnante, Joëlle Aden explore les ressources riches, mais trop souvent ignorées, de l'empathie dans la communication non verbale.

WORKSHEETS

NATIVE AMERICANS
Let's Go Camping! (Beginners/A1) Pupils in pairs will enjoy imagining themselves as young Americans -- including one of Indian (Native American) origin. This worksheet channels that imagination,allowing pupils first to be physically active, then writing down what they have learned.

Where Humans Come From: A Chumash Indian Legend (Lower Intermediate/A2) By reading and studying this tale, pupils will learn about Chumash mythology and the art of story-telling, accompanied by short, playfil activities. NS Live ▶ Tracks 67-70 

Lactose Intolerance (Upper Intermediate/CLIL/A2-B2) A cross-cultural project which teaches pupils about diets, genetic mutations and Native Americans, enabling them to integrate this information into role play. A second, more scientific set of activities is available here.

Apache Culture (Lower Intermediate/A2) By listening to an interview and studying an Apache website, pupils will understand how Apaches are preserving their traditional culture. Pupils will enjoy finding out how similar today's young Apaches' lives are to pupils' own. NS Live ▶ Tracks 71

INTEGRATION

The Buddha of Suburbia (Terminale L/B2-C1) Hanif Kureishi's novel provides the basis for a TV talk show presented by pupils, where are given the oportunity to discuss the successes and failures of integration in Britain. 

An Indian Headband (Lower Intermediate/SEGPA/A2)
Pupils use this listening-comprehension activity to work on understanding instructions and creating an Indian headband.

WOMEN'S RIGHTS

Emmeline Pankhurst (Lower Intermediate-Intermediate/A2-B1) 
Using visual documents and on-line videos, pupils will reach an understanding of how, with the aid of the suffragist movement, women's social conditions began to change about a century ago.

Women, Bridging the Gap (Intermediate/A2) Women today still vie for recognition and gender equality. Pupils are presented with the tools for lively discussion, and a greater comprehension of the evolution of women's role in society. 

Florence Nightingale (Intermediate-Upper Intermediate/A2-B1) Pupils will learn about the great contributions this strong-willed woman made to hospital hygiene and to society in general, and how she became the most popular British woman of her time after Queen Victoria. NS Live ▶ Track 72

TEACHERS' LOUNGE
Extra information, films, books, art exhibits, websites and more on the themes of the issue or simply of interest to ESL teachers. All of the books reviewed in a given issue can usually be ordered (in English) from Amazon.fr.

- Tony Hillerman, the Map-Reader (1925-2008) Hillerman's fondness for maps is visible in his novels. "I have always felt that making the reader aware of the vast emptiness of our high desert is important to making the story work," he says. You can read about his work in the magazine, or listen to and/or read extracts from some of his books on harpercollins.com (just search "Tony Hillerman").

- Georgia O'Keeffe A retrospective of the American artist's work will be touring Europe (Rome, Munich and Helsinki, from October 2011 to Spetember 2012).You can also see much of her work at the O'Keeffe Museum's website.

- Made in Dagenham If you missed this moving film (title for the French release: We Want Sex Equality) based on a true story about British women factory workers demanding equal pay for equal work at the cinema, try to catch it in DVD.  For once, feminists are portrayed as reasonable, ordinary women asking for nothing more than their due.