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Séquence 7 · My heart's in the Highlands: Scotland and the Union

How has Scotland asserted its identity within the United Kingdom?

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Les mots importants

devolution, referendum, Unionemphasis: it is… that / what… isrefrain and repetitiondebating: rebuttal

Ressources de la séquence

Les notions, les repères et les pistes pour aller plus loin, utiles pour toutes les séances.

Les notions à maîtriser

Devolution
The transfer of some powers from London to the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd (Wales) and the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Cleft sentences
Emphasis: It is the landscape that Burns celebrates. What Burns celebrates is the landscape.
Refrain
A line repeated in a poem or a song.

Repères

DateÉvénement
1707Acts of Union: England and Scotland form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1759-1796Life of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet.
1997Referendum in favour of a Scottish Parliament.
1999First meeting of the Scottish Parliament (12 May).
2014Independence referendum: 55 % No, 45 % Yes.

Pour aller plus loin

Sources et bibliographie

Mon parcours : je choisis mon rythme

Séance 1 · Union and devolution

75 min

Séance approfondie : cours développé, documents sourcés, activités exigeantes avec coups de pouce.

La question du jour

How has the relationship between Scotland and the UK changed?

Mon plan de travail

Le cours à lire · Emphasis: cleft sentences

To emphasise an element, use cleft sentences: It is / was + element + that… (It was in 1999 that the Scottish Parliament met for the first time) and What + clause + is… (What many Scots want is more control over their own affairs).

Document 1 · Three centuries of Union

Text written by the teacher from historical sources.

In 1707, the Acts of Union joined the Parliaments of England and Scotland and created the Kingdom of Great Britain. Scotland kept its own legal system, its church and its education system. In 1997, Scottish voters approved a referendum on devolution, and in 1999 a Scottish Parliament opened in Edinburgh, with powers over health, education and justice. In 2014, an independence referendum was held: 55 % of voters chose to stay in the UK. The debate has not disappeared, and identity remains plural: many people feel both Scottish and British.

Source : teacher's synthesis.

Pour bien lire ce document :

legal system: courts and laws; to approve: to say yes to.

Activité 1 · Understand

15 min
Essentiel

Supports : Documents

Consigne :

Read and answer.

  1. What did Scotland keep after 1707?
  2. Which powers does the Scottish Parliament have?
  3. What was the result of the 2014 referendum?

Ce qui est attendu (5 pts) : Reading

Activité 2 · Practise

15 min
Essentiel

Supports : Lesson

Consigne :

Rewrite with emphasis.

  1. The Parliament opened in 1999.
  2. Scotland kept its legal system.
  3. Many Scots want more powers.
  4. Edinburgh hosts the Parliament.

Ce qui est attendu (7 pts) : Language

Activité 3 · Produce (spoken)

25 min
Travail à rendre

Supports : Lesson, documents

Consigne :

Record 2 minutes: present the key stages of the relationship between Scotland and the UK. Sentence starters: It was in 1707 that… / What changed in 1999 was… / Today, identity….

Ce qui est attendu (8 pts) : Production

Trace écrite · document à compléter (papier ou ENT)

Complète la trace écrite avec les mots de la banque, puis recopie-la dans ton cahier.

1999stay

Since ______, Scotland has had its own Parliament; in 2014, 55 % voted to ______ in the UK.

Séance 2 · « My heart's in the Highlands »

75 min

Séance approfondie : cours développé, documents sourcés, activités exigeantes avec coups de pouce.

La question du jour

How can a poem become a symbol of national identity?

Mon plan de travail

Le cours à lire · Refrain, repetition and landscape

Burns wrote many poems as songs. Notice the refrain (My heart's in the Highlands), the anaphora (Farewell to…), the landscape (deer, hills, North) and the paradox: the heart is in the Highlands, the speaker is not.

Document 1 · Robert Burns, « My Heart's in the Highlands » (first stanza)

Song, c. 1789 (public domain).

My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer; Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go. Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, The birth-place of valour, the country of worth; Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.

Source : Robert Burns, « My Heart's in the Highlands » (text on Wikisource).

Pour bien lire ce document :

Highlands: the mountainous north of Scotland; roe: a small deer; valour: courage; worth: value; to rove: to wander.

Activité 1 · Understand

15 min
Essentiel

Supports : Documents

Consigne :

Read and answer.

  1. Where is the speaker's heart?
  2. Where is the speaker?
  3. Find two words of praise for the Highlands.

Ce qui est attendu (5 pts) : Reading

Activité 2 · Practise

15 min
Essentiel

Supports : Lesson

Consigne :

Find in the poem.

  1. the refrain
  2. an anaphora
  3. an animal
  4. a paradox

Ce qui est attendu (7 pts) : Language

Activité 3 · Produce (written)

25 min
Travail à rendre

Supports : Lesson, documents

Consigne :

Write 180 to 200 words: explain how the poem links identity, landscape and exile. Sentence starters: The refrain emphasises… / What strikes the reader is… / This explains why the poem….

Ce qui est attendu (8 pts) : Production

Trace écrite · document à compléter (papier ou ENT)

Complète la trace écrite avec les mots de la banque, puis recopie-la dans ton cahier.

landscapenostalgia

Burns links identity and _________; the refrain expresses _________.

Séance 3 · Debate: what holds the Union together?

75 min

Séance approfondie : cours développé, documents sourcés, activités exigeantes avec coups de pouce.

La question du jour

Is the United Kingdom still united?

Mon plan de travail

Le cours à lire · Rebuttal: answering an argument

In a debate, rebut an argument: That may be true, but… / I take your point; however… / The evidence suggests otherwise. Support with facts, not feelings.

Document 1 · Arguments heard in the debate

Model statements written by the teacher.

« The monarchy, the NHS and the BBC are shared institutions: they unite the four nations. »

« Devolution shows that the nations want to decide for themselves. »

« The four nations play separately in football and rugby: identity is first national. »

« Many people feel both Scottish and British: identities can be plural. »

Source : teacher's model statements.

Activité 1 · Understand

15 min
Essentiel

Supports : Documents

Consigne :

Classify the statements.

  1. Which ones support the idea of union?
  2. Which ones support the idea of separate identities?
  3. Which one offers a compromise?

Ce qui est attendu (5 pts) : Reading

Activité 2 · Practise

15 min
Essentiel

Supports : Lesson

Consigne :

Write a rebuttal for each statement.

  1. Shared institutions unite the nations.
  2. Devolution proves the nations want separation.
  3. Sport divides.
  4. Identities are plural.

Ce qui est attendu (7 pts) : Language

Activité 3 · Produce (spoken)

25 min
Travail à rendre

Supports : Lesson, documents

Consigne :

Record a 2-minute argument answering one statement with a rebuttal and two facts. Sentence starters: I take your point; however,… / The evidence suggests… / To conclude,….

Ce qui est attendu (8 pts) : Production

Trace écrite · document à compléter (papier ou ENT)

Complète la trace écrite avec les mots de la banque, puis recopie-la dans ton cahier.

evidencetrue

To rebut, I say: That may be ______, but… / The ________ suggests otherwise.

Fiche à trous · je complète

Complète le texte avec les mots de la banque (sur papier ou dans le document de l'ENT).

1707HighlandsNoParliament

The Acts of Union of ______ created the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Since 1999, Scotland has had its own __________ in Edinburgh.

In 2014, 55 % of voters said ______ to independence.

Burns's refrain « My heart's in the _________ » expresses attachment to a land.

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