UNIT 3
SESSION 6 • THE LEFLEUR CURSE
CONFIDENTIAL • DETECTIVE MISSION #6

THE LEFLEUR
CURSE

What is the truth behind Marcel's curse?
Today's case: reopen the Lefleur family file, verify our guesses, reconstruct the curse and decide whether Marcel is in danger.
Moonlit bayou
French Quarter at dusk
Louisiana mystery portrait
New Orleans at twilight
START OF SESSION • HOMEWORK CORRECTION

Grammar check: ready for the case?

8–10 MIN

Match each structure with its meaning.

had to → ?
could → ?
were allowed to → ?
were not allowed to → ?
had to → obligation
could → possibility
were allowed to → permission
were not allowed to → prohibition

Complete with the correct structure.

Enslaved people ______ work long hours.
They ______ leave the plantation freely.
They ______ marry in some situations.
Owners ______ follow some rules too.
had to • were not allowed to • were allowed to • had to

Say the same thing differently.

It was allowed to marry.
It was necessary to work.
It was possible to sing spirituals.
It was forbidden to learn to read.
They were allowed to marry.
They had to work.
They could sing spirituals.
They were not allowed to learn to read.
Louisiana bayou atmosphere
ACTIVITY 1 • CASE REOPENED

Check your guesses!

5 MIN
New Orleans at twilight
WHAT DID MARCEL'S ANCESTOR DO?

Choose the ideas you think could be true. Do not correct them yet.

📌 KEEP YOUR THEORY. Video 07 will give us the evidence.
VIDEO 07 • FIRST VIEWING

Don't chase every word.

5 MIN
YOUR MISSION

Find the TWO main topics.

Listen for the big picture only.

1 • Marcel's family history
2 • The Lefleur curse
VIDEO 07 • SECOND VIEWING

Crack the timeline.

10 MIN
1720s
Louisiana bayou landscape
Marcel's family were slave owners. Jean-Baptiste Lefleur owned a prosperous plantation.
1820
Boat on the Louisiana bayou
The first mysterious death: a 17-year-old member of the Lefleur family.
1920
Jazz-era New Orleans
A second mysterious death — again one hundred years later.
21st century
Louisiana parade today
Marcel is 17. He could be the third and final victim.
ACTIVITY 5 • GROUP INVESTIGATION

The origin of the curse.

10 MIN
OPEN YOUR DETECTIVE PACK

First: sort the 6 physical cards in your group. Then reproduce your order on the board.

1
2
3
4
5
6
Drag the cards into positions 1–6, then click CHECK MY ORDER.
community
COMMUNITY
The community sought help.
plantation
PLANTATION OWNER
Jean-Baptiste Lefleur owned a plantation.
curse
CURSE
The Lefleur family was cursed.
Black Code
BLACK CODE
The Black Code had been violated.
Voodoo priest
REVENGE
A Voodoo priest wanted revenge.
three enslaved teenagers
ENSLAVED TEENS
Three enslaved teenagers died.
because • so • as a result
ACTIVITY 6 • FINAL DEDUCTION

Solve the curse equation.

6 MIN
3 DEATHS → 3 LIVES
1820 → 1920 → 21st century
17 years old + every 100 years = Marcel
Marcel could be the third and final victim.
Mysterious Louisiana ritual objects
MARCEL COULD BE THE THIRD AND FINAL VICTIM.
ACTIVITY 7 • DETECTIVE VERDICT

Were our theories right?

5 MIN

WE WERE RIGHT

Old New Orleans apothecary
The Black Code was connected to the story.

WE WERE WRONG

Louisiana mystery archive room
The curse did not begin in Marcel's lifetime.

NEW EVIDENCE

Moonlit bayou ritual scene
A Voodoo priest cursed the Lefleur family after three deaths.
ACTIVITY 8 • CASE UPDATE

Complete the lesson notes.

5 MIN
Marcel's ancestor, Jean-Baptiste Lefleur, was a wealthy plantation owner in the 1720s.
He was accused of killing three enslaved teenagers and violating the Black Code.
The enslaved community turned to a Voodoo priest for revenge.
The Lefleur family was cursed: every 100 years, a 17-year-old member dies mysteriously.
Marcel could be the third and final victim.
Seraphina-style apothecary interior
The case is not over yet...

Teacher controls

← / → change page. Use the reveal buttons progressively. On the Evidence Cards page, students work with the physical envelopes first, then drag the cards on screen. CHECK MY ORDER marks correct positions green and wrong positions red without revealing the solution.

REVEAL CORRECT ORDER is the teacher-controlled correction. RESET starts the sorting activity again.