Ces exercices sur Lewis et Clark te font voyager de Saint-Louis au Pacifique : vocabulaire, prétérit, frise chronologique, deux textes à comprendre et, pour finir, une page de journal d’explorateur à écrire.
Les exercices
Exercices sur Lewis et Clark : en route vers l’Ouest
Exercice 1 : Associer mots et définitionsAssocie chaque mot (1 à 7) à sa définition (a à g).
- a settler
- the frontier
- a covered wagon
- a reservation
- a journal
- the wilderness
- a tribe
- a. a vehicle pulled by horses or oxen, with a cloth roof
- b. wild land where nobody has built towns or farms
- c. a notebook where you write what happens every day
- d. a person who goes to live in a new place
- e. an area of land given to Native Americans by the government
- f. a group of families who share the same language and traditions
- g. the moving limit between settled land and wild land
Complète le texte avec les verbes entre parenthèses au prétérit.
- In 1803, the United States (buy) ___ Louisiana from France.
- Jefferson (choose) ___ Meriwether Lewis to organise the expedition.
- Lewis and Clark (lead) ___ a group of about thirty men.
- They (set) ___ off from St. Louis in May 1804.
- At Fort Mandan, they (meet) ___ Sacagawea.
- She (give) ___ birth to a baby boy in February 1805.
- They (ride) ___ horses to cross the Rockies.
- The explorers (find) ___ many new plants and animals.
Remets ces événements dans l’ordre chronologique (de 1 à 7).
- The explorers reached the Pacific Ocean.
- The United States bought Louisiana.
- The Corps of Discovery came back to St. Louis.
- They spent the winter with the Mandan people.
- Gold was discovered in California.
- They crossed the Rocky Mountains.
- The expedition set off from St. Louis.
Lis le texte, puis réponds en anglais.
Sacagawea was a young Shoshone woman. When she met Lewis and Clark at Fort Mandan, she was married to a French-Canadian trader, Toussaint Charbonneau. In February 1805, she gave birth to a baby boy, Jean-Baptiste, and she carried him on her back during the whole journey. She translated for the explorers, she found plants to eat and she recognised places in her homeland. When the group met the Shoshone, their chief turned out to be her brother! Her presence also showed other tribes that the group was peaceful, because a war party never travelled with a woman and a baby.
- Which Native nation did Sacagawea belong to?
- Who was her husband?
- What happened in February 1805?
- Give three ways in which she helped the explorers.
- Who was the Shoshone chief?
- Why did her presence show that the group was peaceful?
Lis cet extrait de journal imaginaire, puis dis si les phrases sont vraies (True) ou fausses (False) et justifie avec le texte.
June 12th, 1847. We left Missouri six weeks ago with forty other families. Our wagon is so heavy that the oxen walk very slowly, and I walk next to it all day. Yesterday we crossed a wide river: the water was cold and our flour got wet. Mother is worried because little Tom has a fever. In the evening, we sit around the fire and Father plays the fiddle. Today, we met a group of Pawnee men. They wanted to trade buffalo meat for our blankets and tobacco. Father says Oregon is still three months away. I miss my grandmother and my school, but I dream of our new farm by the ocean.
- The family is travelling alone.
- The girl rides in the wagon all day.
- They lost part of their food in a river.
- Everybody in the family is in good health.
- The Pawnee men attacked the wagon train.
- The journey to Oregon will last three more months.
Choisis le mot correct.
- The Rio Grande forms part of the (border / frontier) between the USA and Mexico.
- In the 19th century, the (border / frontier) moved further west every year.
- The (journey / trip) to the Pacific took eighteen months.
- We went on a school (journey / trip) to the museum last Friday.
- Lewis wrote about the expedition in his (journal / newspaper).
- Today, we say (Indians / Native Americans) to talk about the first peoples of America.
Écris la question qui correspond à la partie entre crochets.
- The expedition set off [in May 1804].
- [Thomas Jefferson] organised the expedition.
- They travelled up the Missouri [in boats and canoes].
- Sacagawea helped them [because she spoke Shoshone].
- They covered [about 13,000 km].
Qui pourrait dire chaque phrase : un colon (a settler) ou un Amérindien (a Native American) ?
- « This land is free, we can build a farm here. »
- « Our ancestors have hunted on these plains for centuries. »
- « The buffalo are disappearing, my children are hungry. »
- « The railroad will bring more people and more business. »
- « They signed a treaty, then they broke it. »
- « Out west, I can start a new life. »
Traduis en anglais.
- Lewis et Clark sont partis de Saint-Louis en 1804.
- Ils ont traversé les Rocheuses à cheval.
- Sacagawea a porté son bébé pendant tout le voyage.
- Les pionniers voyageaient dans des chariots bâchés.
- Beaucoup d’Amérindiens ont perdu leurs terres.
- Ils ont atteint l’océan Pacifique en novembre 1805.
Traduis en français.
- Jefferson wanted to find a water route to the Pacific.
- The explorers faced snow, hunger and illness.
- Many Native Americans were forced to move to reservations.
- For the settlers, the West was a land of opportunity.
- Thanks to Sacagawea, they got the horses they needed.
Imagine que tu es membre du Corps of Discovery. Écris une page de journal (8 à 10 lignes) au prétérit.
- Commence par une date entre 1804 et 1806 et le lieu.
- Raconte ce que vous avez fait ce jour-là (au moins cinq verbes au prétérit, dont trois irréguliers).
- Décris un paysage ou un animal découvert.
- Parle de Sacagawea ou d’une rencontre avec une nation amérindienne.
- Termine par tes sentiments (tired, excited, worried, proud…).
