Histories of Art, Race and Empire: 1492-1865

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 23.01.07

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Content Objectives
  4. Teaching Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Appendix
  7. Bibliography
  8. Notes

La Francophonie Diverse: French Adjective Agreement Through Art

Brittany Zezima Dilworth

Published September 2023

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Notes

1 Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2020 musical, in which Alexander Hamilton’s son Phillip practices his counting in French

2 https://www.francophonie.org/ Further information on the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie

3 Further information on PS DuPont Middle School in Wilmington, Delaware https://www.brandywineschools.org/psdupont

4 Additional information on the DuPont family, their immigration from France, and their establishment in the Delaware area https://delawaretoday.com/life-style/people-community/du-pont-family-history-delaware/

5 Full text of Poem to My White Brother https://www.ovws.org/applecore/2019/1/22/cher-frre-blanc-dear-white-brother-a-poem-by-leopold-senghor

6 Combat de coqs image : https://iartx.com/gallery/casimir-laurent-combat-de-coqs/

7 Example of using color-coding to teach noun/adjective agreement: http://mmefromage1.weebly.com/adjective-agreement.html

8 Sous-titre image: https://www.artsy.net/artwork/laurent-casimir-untitled-political-firing-range

9 Carnaval Haiti image: https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/e06212c1dbee2a3b6027c8748eb0a1ce/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/furniture-antiques-collectables-art-two-day-aucti-lot-959/.

10 Additional background on Senegalse painter Iba N’Diaye. https://art.state.gov/personnel/iba_ndiaye/

11 See page 52 of Race, Culture, and Identity: Francophone West African and Caribbean Literature and Theory from Negritude to Creolite

12 Further reading on artist Andrew LaMar Hopkins https://louisianastatemuseum.org/cabildo/exhibit/creole-new-orleans-honey-art-andrew-lamar-hopkins

13 Further reading on Franco-Martinician writer, Edouard Glissant https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/feb/13/edouard-glissant-obituary

14 La Belle Nouvelle Orleans Creole image : https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/arts/design/Andrew-LaMar-Hopkins-New-Orleans-winter-show-.html

15 Additional information on the theory of “plausible vs. implausible language selves” https://doi.org/10.1080/15348458.2020.1753199

16 Marie-Joseph Angelique image by Black French-Canadian artist Annie Beaugrand-Champagne https://toronto.citynews.ca/2020/07/15/anti-black-racism-the-story-of-marie-josephe-angelique-and-the-1734-fire-of-old-montreal/

17 Laure image by Matinician-French contemporary painter Elizabeth Colomba https://www.elizabeth-colomba.com/history?pgid=jdb4s96e-830e3b7d-b3d8-4a74-8747-8a07219a33c1

18 Basic example of student-created “Word Art”. https://senoritacreativa.com/fun-ideas-for-teaching-colors-2/

19  Further explanation of using EPortfolios in the second language classroom. https://towardproficiency.com/2013/08/01/creating-a-world-language-eportfolio-using-google-drive/

20 Lingt recording program website. https://www.lingt.com/

21 EdPuzzle video/listening app website. https://edpuzzle.com/

22 Further information on using vocabulary journals in the second language classroom. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1314964.pdf

23 American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Language’s Website- World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages https://www.actfl.org/educator-resources/world-readiness-standards-for-learning-languages

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