Activities
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Students read a brief interview with contemporary Moroccan writer Abdellah Taïa, a young queer author reflecting on his sexual orientation and gender growing up; students either recognize or produce verbs in the “passé composé” and “imparfait” as a pre-reading.
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Students will explore a French BD written and illustrated by a non-binary artist. They will reflect on how the artist uses the BD as a way to represent their gender expression and experience.
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Students will explore a French movie adapted from a French BD on an LGBTQ+ relationship and compare/contrast how the two works are advertised to general audiences.
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Students will read Jul’ Maroh’s point of view on the movie adaptation of Le bleu est une couleur chaude and discuss. Students will reflect on representation of LGBTQ+ relationships in popular media and how the framing of LGBTQ+ relationships can change between creators.
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Students will read Jul’ Maroh’s point of view on the adaptation of Le bleu est une couleur chaude and discuss Maroh’s perspective on representing LGBTQ+ relationships in media.
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Students will explore the complexity of the BD “Le bleu est une couleur chaude” and reflect on how the author chose to portray LGBTQ+ relationships and coming-of-age themes in their work.