Sections Européennes et Orientales (M.Linol et C.Mondollot)

Site disciplinaire Histoire-Géographie

Fortress Europe

Cécilia Killian (Rapporteuse) Lycée Edmond Perrier Tulle
Christian Fuguet Lycée Edmond Perrier Tulle
Alain Faurieux Lycée Marcel Pagnol Limoges
Lisa Atkinson

1° Séance :

Document : Magazine Cover Prospect (Modified) Picture and Subtitle : " Coping with Mass immigration " - soit sur Transparent soit sur photocopies

Under permission of the Prospect Magazine Feb 2003

1- Brainstorming to produce Fortress (castle) Europe (Flag), the people inside want to keep the others out etc etc….

2- Make the link with the subtitle:

Who is inside?

Who is outside?

Why do they want to get in? (political, human rights, economic issues)

3- Give the title 'In defence of fortress Europe'

What does it mean?

Who and what need to be defended? (This article will be against mass immigration)

Trace écrite: Write the first paragraph of the article: 70 words in about 15 minutes.


On peut faire lire quelques productions, les ramasser et photocopier certains, les utiliser pour réactiver la 2° séance.




2°/3° Séance: Song

Document : song Fortress Europe Asian Dub Foundation + Lyrics

Lyrics :

Asian Dub Foundation

Fortress Europe

Keep bangin' on the wall

Keep bangin' on the wall

OF FORTRESS EUROPE!

2022 -A new European order

Robot guards patrolling the border

Cybernetic dogs are getting closer and closer

Armoured cars and immigration officers

A burning village in Kosovo

You bombed it out now you're telling us go home

Machine guns strut on the cliffs of Dover

Heads down people look out! we're going over

Burnin up! can we survive re-entry

Past the mines and the cybernetic sentries

Safe european homes built on wars

You don't like the effect don't produce the cause

The chip is in your head not on my shoulder

Total control just around the corner

Open up the floodgates Time's nearly up

Keep banging on the wall of Fortress Europe

Keep banging

Keep banging on the wall of Fortress Europe

We got a right , know the situation

We're the children of globalisation

No borders only true connection

Light the fuse of the insurrection

This generation has no nation

Grass roots pressure the only solution

We're sitting tight

Cos assylum is a right

Put an end to this confusion

Dis is a 21st century Exodus

Dis is a 21st century Exodus

Burnin' up can we survive re-entry

Past the landmines and cybernetic sentries

Plane, train, car , ferry boat or bus

The future is bleeding coming back at us

The chip is in your head not on my shoulder

Total control around the corner

Open up the floodgates Time's nearly up

Keep banging on the wall of Fortress Europe

Keep banging

Keep banging on the wall of Fortress Europe

Dis is a 21st century Exodus

Dis is a 21st century Exodus

They got a right - listen not to de scaremonger

Who doesn't run when they're feel the hunger

From where to what to when to here to there

People caught up in red tape nightmare

Break out of the detention centres

Cut the wires and tear up the vouchers

People get ready it's time to wake up

Tear down the walls of Fortress Europe



1- Partial listening :

Type of music ? Tone?

Reccurent words to pick out?

· Asian / Orential Intro, contrast with Harsh Dub Style

· Recurrent phrase: 'banging on the walls of fortress Europe'

2- Distribute lyrics:

Group work: vocabulary search using the themes: violence, authority, references to the future....

3- Mise en commun :

What's the message?


En DNL, on peut donner un travail sur l'immigration en Europe en s'appuyant sur plusieurs sites:

- CNN

- BBC

- Guardian