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MODULE 2 : L’ÉVALUATION À VALEUR CERTIFICATIVE : QUELQUES OUTILS.
Exemple 2 :
Source : Mme N.Flammang – Etablissement Soeurs-Notre-Dame , Namur
Situation et consignes :
You have just read the following advertisement in Publi-Namur and you decide to react
quickly :
AGAINST RACISM – INJUSTICE – INTOLERANCE
FOR A SINCERE EXCHANGE OF CULTURAL EXPERIENCES
Namur, August 17-24 , 2002 : International Youth Summer Camp
Organized by : the City of Namur
Public : all young people feeling concerned by their future
If you are interested send a letter to Mr Noulard, NEW, rue des Brasseries, 5000 Namur
Explain to him why you wish to participate in at least 3 of the forums listed in the programme below
(Write about 100 words for each forum). To persuade him you must express your opinion and
concern about these topics with conviction.
Participants will be selected on the basis of a sincere argumentation and motivation.
Application deadline : June 30th, 2002
Programme of the forums
-August 18th : Terrorism , a fair weapon against unfair people or the opposite?
( Think back of what happened not so long ago)
-August 20th : Should we forget our specific cultures and go global ? Should /Could Shakespeare,
Molière, or A. Nothomb or... be turned into a « Loft » or a soap opera?
(Think of how our past can also be adapted into modern forms (ex : art, cinema, theatre,
literature...)
-August 21st : Apartheid in South Africa is not dead. Must the Afrikaners finally leave the country ?
With special guest star John Briley, Biko’s friend, who will participate in the debates and answer
questions.
( Mind the differences between past and present)
-August 22nd : Debating on the rise of extreme-right movements. Man hasn’t learned from his
past ! This debate will lead to the writing of a chart against intolerance.
-August 23rd : Why should special Children Sessions organized by the United Nations be repeated
more frequently ? What are you ready to do to improve the situation ?
N.B. : Chaque professeur peut adapter la situation aux thèmes développés en classe.
Exemple 3 :
Source : Mr N.Jacquinet – Etablissement Soeurs-Notre-Dame , Namur
Situation et consignes :
The American news magazine Newsweek has recently opened a website to make it possible for
its readers to react to the topics dealt with in this year’s issues.
The following articles have more particularly drawn your attention.
Violence, the new disease of the 21st century. The author describes different sorts of
violence and asks for tougher action.
War on terrorism (article about what happened on 11th September criticising the
intervention of the USA in Afghanistan)
Aren’t secondary schools on the decline in the Western World ? This article compares
different school systems, questions the efficiency of co-educational schools and
criticises the fact that secondary schools have become much too easy and that there is
no real selection.
You want to react and send your opinion on the website.
Write down a text o f approximately 30 lines giving your opinion about the content of the 3
articles mentioned above. You must devote more or less 10 lines to each topic. Make sure you
react to the different aspects of the articles (see topic 3).
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