יום שישי, 5 בפברואר 2010

Day 8
Part 1
Translate the following words:
brag
bunch of other stuff
save up
buck
shy
until the coast is clear
on full blast
hassle
get stiffed

Answer the following questions:

Part 2
Why was Greg mad?
Why did he want his own TV?
How did he try to make some money?
Why did his plan fail?

Part 3
Have you ever had a job?

Part 4
Write a conversation between Greg and the Roses when they got back home?

יום רביעי, 3 בפברואר 2010

Vocabulary

considerable

evict

leap of imagination

fine

take for granted

charged with assault

slavery

cease

barred

devote

range of occupations

legacy

movement

fray

vote

adore

league

shackles

promote

passage of law

Women in the 19th century

It takes a considerable leap of the imagination for a woman of the 21st century to realize what her life would have been like had she been born 150 years ago. We take for granted nowadays that almost any woman can have a career if she applies herself. We take for granted that women can choose whether or not to marry, and whether or not to have children, and how many.

Women of the mid-19th century had no such choices. Most lived in a state little better than slavery. Girls received less education than boys, were barred from universities, and could obtain only low-paid jobs. Barred from all well-paid work women were forced into a very small range of occupation. Almost the only skilled work for women was in clothing trade, but even that was ill-paid and low-status.

Emmeline Pankhurst – Suffragette

Emmeline Pankhurst (1858 - 1928) was the British suffrage leader who led the movement to win the vote for women in Britain.

In 1889 Mrs Pankhurst was one of the founders of the Women's Franchise League. Five years later the league succeeded in promoting the passage of a law granting women the right to vote in local elections. In 1903, she founded the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU).

On 13 October, 1905, Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney attended a meeting in London to hear Sir Edward Grey, a minister in the British government. When Grey was talking, the two women constantly shouted out, 'Will the Liberal Government give votes to women?' When the women refused to stop shouting, the police were called to evict them from the meeting. Ms Pankhurst and Ms Kenney refused to leave and during the struggle, a policeman claimed they kicked and spat at him. The two women were arrested and charged with assault.

For the first time in Britain women had used violence in an attempt to win the vote. Members of the WSPU now became known as suffragettes.

In July 1913 attempts were made by suffragettes to burn down the houses of two members of the government who were opposed to women having the vote. These attempts failed, but soon afterwards, a house being built for David Lloyd George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was badly damaged by suffragettes.

The beginning of World War I in 1914 prompted Mrs Pankhurst and the WSPU to cease their campaign and devote themselves to war work.

Mrs Pankhurst died in London on 14 June, 1928, a few weeks after British women were granted full voting rights. Her legacy is that each and every female in the country, once attaining the age of 18 years, has the right to vote in political elections.

Answer the questions:

  1. What do the Women's Franchise and the the Women's Social and Political Union have in common. Name TWO things.

a) _____________________________________________________

b) _____________________________________________________

  1. According to par 3 Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney were found innocent. YES/ NO

Copy the expression to justify your answer.

  1. WSPU was originally violent. YES/NO
  2. Copy the expression to justify your answer.
  1. Why was David Lloyd George mentioned?

  1. Paraphrase paragraph 6.

  1. What is the main result of Emmeline Pankhurst's fight?