Sidekicks and Heroes
Francophone Groups
Texts and Authors
We Have So Much In Common!
History and Geography
100
The cat that accompanies La Grande Sauterelle and "the man" on their voyage across North America
Who is Chop Suey?
100
Immigrants from Quebec, this group established themselves in the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Who are the Franco-Americans/Franco-Canadians?
100
Jacques Poulin’s text about French in North America.
What is Volkswagen Blues?
100
Jacques Cartier appears in one form or another in these three texts.
What are "The First Voyage of Jacques Cartier," "Volkswagen Blues," and "Jacques Cartier Discovers America"?
100
Legend has it that Christopher Columbus “discovered” the pineapple on this island in 1493
What is Guadeloupe?
200
An expert shot at marbles, math whiz, and “failure” at school.
Who is Big Bellybutton?
200
This francophone group was expelled from Acadia in 1755 and found a new home after a decade of exile.
Who are the Cajuns?
200
the author of an epic poem about the deportation of the Acadians
Who is Henry Wadsworth Longellow?
200
Each of these three texts recounts a physical journey
What are "Evangeline," "Volkswagen Blues," and "The First Voyage of Jacques Cartier"?
200
The word Jacques Cartier used to designate the Amerindian settlements he encountered in the New World. A form of it can still found on modern maps.
What is Kanata/Canada?
300
Jack Kerouac’s childhood hero.
Who is Gerard/his brother?
300
These wealthy descendants of French families were the aristocratic class of early New Orleans.
Who are the Creoles?
300
Born in the Caribbean and educated in France, this author is best known for the novel “Texaco.”
Who is Patrick Chamoiseau?
300
Two groups of people from the southern part of North America that historically were treated as inferior by their French-speaking neighbors.
Who are the Cajuns and the Creoles in the Caribbean?
300
These three bodies of water, introduced on the second day of class, were the primary axes of French exploration and exploitation of the North American continent in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries
What are the St. Lawrence River, the Mississippi River, and Hudson's Bay?
400
A self-proclaimed champion for French culture in North America who vows to take his fight to preserve the language and culture to the highest possible authority.
Who is Jacques Cartier (in the play "Jacques Cartier Discovers America")?
400
The French-based dialect spoken by the descendants of slaves brought to the New World by the French.
What is Creole?
400
A Louisiana folklorist who also writes poetry under the name Jean Arceneaux.
Who is Barry Jean Ancelet?
400
These two famous members of the “Beat Generation” appear as characters in texts we read this semester
Who are Jack Kerouac and Lawrence Ferlinghetti?
400
This organization, formed in 1968, is empowered by Louisiana state law to ““to do any and all things necessary to accomplish the development, utilization, and preservation of the French language as found in the State of Louisiana for the cultural, economic, and touristic benefit of the State.”
What is Codofil?
500
This “coureur du bois,” translator, and hero to The Man in VW Blues was killed and eaten by the Huron.
Who is Etienne Brûlé?
500
This group of mixed ethnicity had a rich literary tradition in 19th century Louisiana and up until the American Civil War enjoyed many of the rights and privileges of their aristocratic White neighbors.
Who were the Creoles of Color/the Free Men of Color?
500
This book was the first anthology of African American poetry ever published.
What is "Les Cenelles"?
500
These three writers/characters from three different parts of French North America complain about being punished at school for speaking the wrong language
Who are Ti-Jean in Jacques Cartier Discovers America, the Little Boy in School Days, and Arceneaux in Je Suis Cadien?
500
In this year, the Treaty of Utrecht resulted in the transfer of Acadia to Great Britain.
What is 1713?
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