Napoleon : hero or villain ?

Par gary johns

Was Napoleon a hero or a villain ? A) Listen to the audio about the events in Jaffa, Egypt in 1799 and explain the painting and the caricature above B) Click on the link here to read the text. Group A will find arguments for Napoleon being a "hero", and...

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Napoleon seen by the British

Par gary johns

London (AFP) - Two hundred years after the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon is still under attack in Britain, where the image persists of a military genius consumed by a fanaticism comparable with Hitler or Stalin. The emperor of French revolutionaries and...

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Territory and Memory

Par gary johns

A) Listen to the speech and complete part A of the worksheet Télécharger « obama-opens-us-black-history-museum » B) Read the text and do part B of the worksheet A country which refused to offer respect or even basic humanity to African Americans is honoring...

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Napoleon takes a bow

Par gary johns

A) Speak about these paintings. Say what you can see and try to guess what is happening. B) GROUP A : Find out more about the first painting and the event it depicts. Listen to the audio here : Télécharger « Audio : a famous painting » C) GROUP B : Find...

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