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Yes he can!: why President Macron made his speech in English

On Thursday 1 June, from The White House Rose Garden, President Trump announced his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change. He described the move as a reassertion of American sovereignty and said: “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris”.

02 Juin 2017

White House

Donald Trump

climate change

Sélection culturelle

Churchill Hesitates

Churchill is a portrait of the wartime British Prime Minister, not as a one-dimensional heroic leader but as a far more human, and in some ways more likeable, character with all the frailties and contradictions that implies.

01 Juin 2017

war

film

mythes et héros

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Music Against Terror

A very special concert will place in Manchester on Sunday 4 June. After the tragic terrorist attack on crowds leaving her concert on 22 May, U.S. singer Ariana Grande is returning to the city to play a benefit concert for the victims and their families. An all-star cast of musicians is joining her.

01 Juin 2017

charity

Ariana Grande

Manchester

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Young Voters

You might think young British voters would be getting jaded after two general elections and a referendum in two years. But on the contrary, young people are signing up to vote in record numbers.

31 Mai 2017

citizenship

politics

UK

Young Voters Webpicks

Bite the Ballot and The League of Young Voters are both British charities created by young people and focused on getting young people engaged in voting, especially in the general election on 8 June. Their videos, apps and animations are extremely teen-friendly and excellent for working on citizenship in class.

31 Mai 2017

citizenship

video

politics

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Digital Girl of the Year

Cerys Lock, 14, loves computer coding, and in fact everything about computers. She was recently awarded the European Digital Girl Award and hopes it will help her encourage other teenagers, and particularly girls, to take up coding, and consider a career in computing.

24 Mai 2017

careers

science

computers

Saying Sorry

For more than 150 years, tens of thousands of Australian Aboriginal children were forcibly removed from their families and communities. On 26 May, Australia recognises and commemorates this injustice on Sorry Da

19 Mai 2017

commemoration

civil rights

Australia

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Pirates of the Caribbean

In this A1+ article your students will use their speaking and reading skills to travel in the world of Disney’s latest Pirates of the Caribbean film Salazar’s Revenge This can be the starting point of a writing activity which could be expanded through three or four units of work.

19 Mai 2017

film

creative writing

pirates

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Into the Unknown: A Journey through Science Fiction

In June, the Barbican Centre in London will open a major science-fiction exhibition, “Into the Unknown: A Journey Through Science Fiction”. This unprecedented show encompasses literature, contemporary art, film, music, comic books and video games to present a new, global perspective on Science Fiction.

19 Mai 2017

London

exhibition

science fiction

Sorry Day Teaching Resources

Reconciliation Australia is an NGO set up to facilitate reconciliation between the wider Australian population and Indigenous Australians. They have a very attractive learning section on their Share Our Pride website which includes the following videos. It's perfect for a theme about Indigenous Australians and/or Sorry Day.

19 Mai 2017

commemoration

civil rights

mythes et héros

Les nouveaux manuels à découvrir

Ils sont arrivés ! Les spécimens des 4 nouveaux manuels d'anglais Nathan : Thumbs up! 6e et Give me five! 5e, 4e, 3e, ont été livrés dans vos collèges, rapprochez-vous de votre documentaliste et cherchez les petits cartons violets ! Thumbs up! est une nouveauté spécialement conçue pour la 6e, dont le maître mot est “pédagogie spiralaire”. Grâce à une structure en trois temps, les élèves consolident les acquis du primaire. C’est de plus un manuel très visuel qui propose de grands documents authentiques et des cartes mentales, ainsi que des pages dédiées aux spécificités des nouveaux programmes : parcours citoyen ou artistique et Éducation aux média (EMI). Enfin, les thèmes proposes sont vraiment innovants et SO British! Et si ça vous plait, sachez que le Thumbs up 5e est prévu pour 2018 ! La collection Give me five! a elle été spécialement pensée pour le cycle 4. Trois mots d’ordre pour qualifier cette collection : interdisciplinaire, original et innovant ! Les unités sont dynamiques et offrent toutes des possibilités de travail interdisciplinaire grâce à des thèmes et documents ancrés culturellement. Le travail collaboratif est à l’honneur dans des pages spécifiques (Team challenge, Drama club). De nombreuses possibilités sont offertes pour mettre les élèves en activité dans le cadre des parcours (santé, citoyen, artistique ou avenir) et de l’Éducation aux média (EMI) via des pages dédiées et des dossiers EPI “clé en main”. Enfin, l’innovation pédagogique est au rendez-vous avec des pages How to sous forme de défis, des activités d’anticipation et d’écriture dans les workbooks. Ces deux collections disposent enfin de la technologie Nathan Live, LA nouvelle appli qui permettra aux élèves de scanner très simplement les pages des manuels à l'aide d'un smartphone ou d'une tablette afin d'accéder directement à toutes les ressources élèves !

19 Mai 2017

EPI

cross-curricular

collaborative work

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Medieval Murder and a Sword Called Excalibur

The new film "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" is a high-energy action film of one of Britain's most enduring myths: the sword in the stone.

16 Mai 2017

UK

history

film

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Money for Nothing?

Give 20,000 schoolchildren £10 each and ask them to start a mini-business. It sounds ambitious, but the Tenner Challenge is a big success with British pupils and teachers.

09 Mai 2017

schools

economics

jobs

5

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UK Elections

This A2 level article enables pupils to understand simply the electoral system in the United Kingdom as both the UK and France go to the polls.

09 Mai 2017

citizenship

video

UK

Celebrate Modern Languages

Du 15 au 20 mai 2017 aura lieu la deuxième édition de la semaine des langues vivantes. L’apprentissage des langues vivantes étrangères et régionales tient une place fondamentale dans la construction de la citoyenneté, l’enrichissement de la personnalité et l’ouverture au monde.

09 Mai 2017

celebrations

cross-curricular

May

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"I Am Not Your Negro"

In 1987, James Baldwin died without having finished his last book. He left just thirty pages of the manuscript. The book was intended to be a personal account of the assassination of three of his friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. In the documentary film I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished.

09 Mai 2017

U.S.A.

Martin Luther King

civil rights

Organising a Modern Languages Week

As schools all over France celebrate the second national Semaine des langues vivantes from 15 to 20 May, Christophe Goarant tells us about the annual languages week which has become a highpoint of the year at Lycée Fulbert in Chartres. For the past 11 years, the new pupils arriving in Seconde spend their first week at lycée in a polyglot cultural bath. The teaching team has gradually got the language week down to a fine art!

09 Mai 2017

celebrations

cross-curricular

DNL

Fair Trade Celebrations

Fair Trade is in the air in May. The international "Celebrate Fairtrade" challenge runs from 12 to 14 May and is France is celebrating la Quinzaine du commerce équitable from 13 to 28 May. As it approaches its 30th anniversary, the Fairtrade movement is spreading fast, both in terms of sales to consumers, and the number of producers who are joining Fairtrade schemes.

05 Mai 2017

sustainable development

economics

ecology

Teaching About Fair Trade

France is celebrating la Quinzaine du commerce équitable from 13 to 28 May. Fair Trade Fortnight has just finished in the UK and the Fairtrade Foundation has some great films and lesson plans that make it easy to discuss Fair Trade

05 Mai 2017

sustainable development

economics

ecology

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Make It Fifty Fifty

Fifty-Fifty Day on 10 May is a global event encouraging discussion about a gender-balanced world. What would our lives be like if both genders participated equally in all aspects of it? A free film and discussion guide and online Q&A session aim to spark a conversation.

05 Mai 2017

politics

history

film

50/50 Day Film in Class

“50/50: Rethinking the Past, Present, and Future of Women + Power” is a free downloadable film and discussion guide about gender balance that is central to 50/50 Day on 10 May. Here are some suggestions for using the film and other resources for a them on women's rights or gender balance. You can find more information about 50/50 Day in our article. The film can be streamed or downloaded in Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, French, Hindi and Portuguese as well as English, so it could be used as a cross-curricular resource with your colleagues. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zg_8lGAtjI In a language-learning context, it would be difficult to screen the whole 20-minute film (but a French or history-geography colleague might want to screen it in French.) The following extracts are usable individually or together as part of a sequence on gender equality or the representation of different groups in history and our national stories. This fits well into the bac history curriculum: Thème 1 - Le rapport des sociétés à leur passé . The first minute or so of the film is simple to understand from A2 and raises an interesting discussion point. The filmmaker, Tiffany Shlain, tells how surprised she was in a conversation that there had been 50 elected women heads of state around the world. This was much more than she imagined. And she decided it was time to start telling the story of women's contribution rather than just complaining that we don't have equal, 50/50 representation. This segment can be associated with the final part (18:00-19:35), where we see a succession of images of the female heads of state. History Herstory From 2:40 to 5:50, Ms Shlain looks back at prehistory and history, describing how Neolithic times were pretty egalitarian, but that then the power in society shifted towards men. She gives some examples of successful women leaders, many of whom were written out of history by male successors. This fits into a Mythes et héros theme and the cycle Terminale history curriculum and is usable from B1+ . Votes for Women The section from 8:45 to 9:40 is on women's suffrage in the U.S. Shlain points out that social change is slow through the story of the women who signed the Seneca Falls declaration demanding the right to vote in 1848. By the time women finally did get the vote in 1920, only one of the signatories was still alive. And at 92 she was too ill and frail to make it to the polling station. B1 For more resources on women's suffrage, you will also find an A2+ sequence on Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the movement for women's suffrage in the UK, in Speakeasy Activities 4e. And you'll find audio on women's suffrage at B1 level, with accompanying interactive comprehension activities on the Banque de ressources anglais cycle 4 . To see the resources, register or log in now . Then go to: Audios > B1> Rencontres avec d'autres cultures > Interviews > "Votes for Women". A museum curator describes the women's suffrage movement in the UK. Includes suggestions for an EPI on making a presentation about a woman from history. 50/50 — Everyone Wins In the 50/50 film, the 30-second segment from 13:00 gives statistics on inequality, and is followed (13:32-15:45) by a discussion of research showing that equal treatment can improve life for everyone — for example countries which have good gender equality also rank highly on the Global Happiness Index. The small snippet where Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asked why he wanted a gender-balanced cabinet is easy to understand and good for discussion. This part would fit into a l'idée de progrès theme, from B1+ .

05 Mai 2017

politics

history

film

Sélection culturelle

"I am Groot!": My Kingdom for a tape!

Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket and Groot are back for “Guardians Of The Galaxy Volume 2”, an adventure through the cosmos to try and track down Peter Quill’s mysterious father. If you've seen “Volume 1”, you're guaranteed to be interested in its sequel.

04 Mai 2017

Comics

music

science fiction

Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady Of Song

Ella Fitzgerald was one of the most recognized voices in jazz history. Named "The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for almost 60 years. In her lifetime, she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. This year, she would have turned 100.

26 Avril 2017

mythes et héros

music

jazz

Ella Fitzgerald Online Exhibition

2017 is the centenary of the birth of Ella Fitzgerald, one of the most recognized voices in jazz history. The Smithsonian National Museum of American history is hosting an exhibition in tribute to "The First Lady of Song". The online version is an excellent authentic document for classroom use.

26 Avril 2017

mythes et héros

Culture et création artistiques

music

5

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The Sound of Jamaica

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.

26 Avril 2017

Bob Marley

Jamaica

exhibition

Au-delà de la recherche du document parfait

It's tempting to think that the key to a successful language class is finding THE perfect document. But spending less time searching for this elusive pearl and investing a little time in training pupils to more actively engage in class can result in a far more rewarding learning experience, and save preparation time.

26 Avril 2017

group work

expression

cooperation

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Jamaican Rebel Music

Jamaica is famous for reggae, and in particular Bob Marley. But Jamaican music has a long and complex history, and is much more influential than seems credible for a nation with a population of less than 3 million. In music, as in athletics, Jamaica punches well above its weight. An exhibition at the Philharmonie demonstrates how music participated in, and was influenced by, the struggle against slavery and oppression.

26 Avril 2017

Bob Marley

Jamaica

exhibition

Sélection culturelle

Irish Novelist Colm Toibin in Person and on Stage

Award-winning novelist Colm Tóibín's The Testament of Mary will be adapted for the Théâtre de l'Odéon in May. The Irish author will be at the Irish Cultural Centre on 2 May to read from Testament and from Nora Webster, his latest novel, which, like Brooklyn, is set in his home town of Enniscorthy.

26 Avril 2017

Ireland

literature

théâtre

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Jack Savoretti: Listen Up!

Jack Savoretti is a fabulous singer and songwriter. But more than that, he's an inspiration to young musicians. In the age of the Pop Idol ideal of instant fame, Savoretti has done it the hard way and is convinced that has made him a better musician. HIs new album, "Sleep No More" is out now and he is live in Paris on 2 May. Listen to the interview.

19 Avril 2017

Bob Dylan

music

pop

5

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Jack Savoretti: Interview with a Musician

Listen to or download extracts of our interview with Anglo-Italian singer-songwriter Jack Savoretti for classroom use. The extracts have varied levels and themes as Savoretti discusses the advantages of multicultural schooling, the ups and downs of his musical career, and a Bob Dylan song which is his lucky talisman.

19 Avril 2017

audio

Bob Dylan

music