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1. Identities and Exchanges
Ch. 1
The Canadian Tale
Ch. 2
Go Greek!
2. Private and Public Spheres
Ch. 3
Is It a Man’s World?
Ch. 4
The Roaring Twenties
3. Art and Power
Ch. 5
A Camera of Her Own
Ch. A
Conscious Art
4. Citizenship and Virtual Worlds
Ch. 7
To Tweet or Not to Tweet?
Ch. B
Digital Passports at Risk...
Ch. C
May I Borrow This?
5. Fiction and Realities
Ch. 8
Chivalry Isn’t Dead!
Ch. 9
It’s GoT to Be Shakespeare!
6. Scientific Innovations and Responsibility
Ch. 10
Breaking the Code
Ch. 11
Green Waves
Ch. D
To Infinity and Beyond!
7. Diversity and Inclusion
Ch. 12
Multicultural New Zealand
Ch. 13
Black Lives Matter
8. Territory and Memory
Ch. 14
Lighting Up Africa
Ch. 15
American Vibes
Méthode
Méthode : Les épreuves de Terminale
Unit 6
Activity 2

McCarthyism

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Group 1

B1+
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In cobra country a mongoose was born one day who didn't want to fight cobras or anything else. The word spread from mongoose to mongoose that there was a mongoose who didn't want to fight cobras. If he didn't want to fight anything else, it was his own business, but it was the duty of every mongoose to kill cobras or be killed by cobras.

“Why?” asked the peacelike mongoose, and the word went around that the strange new mongoose was not only pro-cobra and anti-mongoose but intellectually curious and against the ideals and traditions of mongoosism.

“He is crazy,” cried the young mongoose's father. “He is sick,” said his mother. “He is a coward,” shouted his brothers. “He is a mongoosexual,” whispered his sisters.

Strangers who never laid eyes on the peacelike mongoose remembered that they had seen him crawling on his stomach, or trying on cobra hoods, or plotting the violent overthrow of Mongoosia.

“I am trying to use reason and intelligence,” said the strange new mongoose. “Reason is six-sevenths of treason,” said one of his neighbors. “Intelligence is what the enemy uses,” said another.

Finally, the rumor spread that the mongoose had venom in his sting, like a cobra, and was tried, convicted by a show of paws, and condemned to banishment.

Moral: Ashes to ashes, and clay to clay, if the enemy doesn't get you your own folks may.
James Thurber,
“The Peacelike Mongoose”, Further Fables for Our Time, 1956.

Copyright © 1956 by Rosemary A. Thurber.
Reprinted by arrangement with Rosemary A. Thurber and The Barbara Hogenson Agency, Inc. All rights reserved.
To read more about James Thurber, go to and
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Exercise 1

Pick out two details proving this text is a fable.
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Exercise 2

a. What is the peacelike mongoose accused of? Why?


b. What happens to the peacelike mongoose at the end?
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Exercise 3

a. Does this tale share any similarities with the treatment of alleged communists during McCarthyism?


b. Who do the cobras stand for in real life?
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Group 2

B2
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Exercise 1
Get ready!

Have a close look at the cartoon. Then listen to the following words and use them to guess what the topic of the video is.

Get ready!


Herblock
McCarthyism
dangers
communists
hysteria
the United States

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Placeholder pour “It's okay – We're hunting Communists”“It's okay – We're hunting Communists”
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“It's okay – We're hunting Communists”, Herblock, 1947.
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Exercise 2

Watch the and find the following information.
1. Type of document ➜

2. Number of speakers ➜

3. Topic ➜
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Exercise 3

Complete the table with information from the .

Who was Joe McCarthy?Why was McCarthyism a threat?
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Exercise 4

a. What aspect of the video does the cartoon illustrate?


b. What image of the House Un-American Activities Committee is given in the cartoon?
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Group 1 & 2

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Mediation
Let's recap!

Use the elements above to present your documents orally. Explain to what extent art is a powerful weapon to denounce society.

Useful vocabulary
It deals with... It denounces… It is a way to... It uses the metaphor of… to condemn… It exposes... As far as I'm concerned… To my mind…

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