In this B1 article your students will learn about Jamaica, its history and its music as a new exhibition opens at the Philharmonie in Paris: Jamaica! Jamaica! Most students will have heard of Reggae and Bob Marley, and they may have studied the Triangle Trade in History. In any case, this is a good opportunity to work on a real information gap.

This lesson can be taught for itself or as part of an EPI about Jamaican music or slavery. A parallel can be drawn with French history in Saint-Domingue (Haiti), Guadeloupe and Martinique, other Caribbean islands in which French traders were heavily involved in the slave trade.

Vocabulary and structures:

• Music related vocabulary.
• Slavery related vocabulary.
• Passive voice.
• Relative pronouns.

 Jamaica, Jamaica! exhibition
Philharmonie de Paris
Till 13 August 2017