Professeurs documentalistes Collège

Red, Blue or Purple States: a Colorful Guide to U.S. Elections

All U.S. states are not equal when it comes to time and budget lavished on them by presidential candidates and political parties. Most of the focus is on states which are variously referred to as swing states, battleground states or purple states.

Getting Out the Vote

There has been a lot of interest recently in celebrities endorsing one or other of the tickets. Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Elon Musk’s endorsements of Harris-Walz and Trump-Vance respectively have made headlines.

Festival America 2024: A Transatlantic Literary Dialogue

From September 26 to 29, 2024, the city of Vincennes is set to host the 11th edition of Festival America, a must-attend event for North American literature enthusiasts. This year, the festival distinguishes itself by broadening its horizons to include European voices, creating a true transatlantic dialogue.

We Are Here: Urban Art  

An exhibition at the Petit Palais in Paris till November would be a great way to get pupils thinking about art. Works by street artists from around the world are on display amongst the museum’s more traditional collection. The artists include, from the U.S., Shepard Fairey (famous for his Obama campaign poster) and Swoon, from the U.K. D*Face and Hush and from Ireland Conor Harrington.

Deauville 2024: and the winners are…

The 50th edition of the Deauville American Film Festival concluded on Saturday, September 14, 2024. On this occasion, actress Natalie Portman was honored for her entire career by receiving a Deauville Talent Award just before the announcement of the winners of this festival edition.

Meet the Authors: L'expression orale au collège webinaire replay

Comment permettre à tous les élèves à s'exprimer et à progresser à l'orale en anglais ? Un défi difficile que les enseignants de langue relèvent tous les jours. Notre nouveau guide pratique Mission Prof' : Stimuler l'expression orale propose des activités clé-en-main. Ses auteurs ont partagé leurs expériences et répondu à vos questions lors d'un webinaire le 18 septembre. 

La puissance maritime : un enjeu clé au XXIe siècle

De la navigation à la pêche, les multiples atouts nécessaires pour dominer les mers et s'imposer sur la scène mondiale.

Table-Tennis Teen

A 14-year-old from Brighton, England, has just had a dream summer. Bly Twomey went to her first Paralympics as one of the youngest members of the British team, and went home with two bronze medals, one in singles, one in doubles.

How to Elect a U.S. President

It's not been the most typical U.S. electoral year, with the primaries counting less than usual in the process, and the late withdrawal of Joe Biden as the Democratic candidate. This article explains the basic system of how the U.S. President is elected and focuses on the 2024 candidates now they are finally settled, quickly exploring their careers as well as mapping out the electoral system. It’s an easy B1, usable in older classes in collège as well as lycée.

Des histoires de « Français d’ailleurs » par Valentine Goby

Léon, un livre essentiel

Toni Morrison, Récitatif

Objectif brevet : les subordonnées…

Rendez-vous en direct avec Nicolas Vanier

Le jeudi 3 octobre 2024, Nicolas Vanier a donné rendez-vous à toutes les classes de cycles 3 et 4 dans le cadre d'une webconférence en direct. Explorateur, réalisateur, écrivain, Nicolas Vanier a évoqué à cette occasion ses passions, ses projets - et notamment son nouveau film "C'est le monde à l'envers !" - et ses engagements. Il a également répondu aux questions que les classes pouvaient poser en direct. 

L’énergie renouvelable : notre avenir ?

Les grands projets d'énergies renouvelables dans le monde transforment les enjeux écologiques en défis géopolitiques.

L’A.P.D.E.N.

L’A.P.D.E.N. Association des professeur·es documentalistes de l’Éducation nationale La NRP est un partenaire de longue date pour lequel l’A.P.D.E.N. propose des contributions écrites dans la rubrique « Lire au CDI ». Sont mises en avant des propositions pédagogiques interdisciplinaires alliant littérature, écriture et information-documentation. Ainsi, les numéros de septembre de la NRP Collège et de la NRP Lycée vous proposent de découvrir une séance autour de l’esclavage et un projet sur le polar « Nuits noires lycéennes ». Lire la présentation :  Présentation APDEN

Paralympic Game Changers

Sport has been a hot topic for teachers this year, and we saw in our creative-writing competition how many pupils found parasport particularly inspiring. While we were exchanging with lycée teacher Soazic Turban-Prono about one of her pupils’ winning stories, she told us about a class project around the Paralympics. We wanted to find out more.

Paris 2024 Paralympics

Here’s a quick guide to the 17th Paralympic Games in Paris.

200 Years of Care for Animals

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded in London in 1822, and soon added an R to the SPCA when Queen Victoria made it a royal society. Today the Society helps rehome over 100 pets every day in England and Wales. It has campaigned to introduce many laws to protect animals and make their lives better, whether they are pets, wildlife or farm animals.

Kindness Champion

Orion Jean, 13, has one goal in life: to spread kindness and encourage other people to be kind too. At age nine, he won a competition to write a speech about kindness. He used the prize money to donate toys to a children’s hospital. Then went on to fundraise for 100,000 meals for the hungry and 500,000 books for children. Now he wants people to to perform a million acts of kindness.

Beautiful Britain: Discover the U.K.’s UNESCO sites

This resource focuses on an illustrated map, leaflet and website detailing the 58 sites in the UK which UNESCO has honoured with status Biosphere Reserve, Creative City, Global Geopark or World Heritage Site. This document can be studied from many different points of view and levels. We chose to target A2 students with a dual focus on British geography and sustainable development as defined by UNESCO.

U.S. Election: Tim Walz

On 6 August, Kamala Harris announced her running-mate for the Democratic ticket for the 5 November presidential election. The vice-presidential candidate is Tim Walz, a former school teacher from the Mid-West who has been a Representative for Minnesota and is currently in his second term as the state’s governor. The announcement came somewhat as a surprise since Mr Walz hadn’t featured on the many media lists of potential VP picks such as Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro or Arizona Senator Mark Kelly. Neither his home state of Nebraska or his adopted one of Minnesota are battleground states, with the former being solidly Republican and the latter equally solidly Democrat. But the Harris campaign clearly believes his affable, man-in-the street style and long record in elected office are positives. Mr Average Walz is far from being from a privileged background. His father was a school administrator and army veteran, his mother a homemaker. Walz joined the National Guard as an army reservist at 17, serving for 24 years. He worked in manufacturing jobs before going to university thanks to the G.I. Bill. He was a high-school social-studies teacher and American football coach before becoming a member of Congress for a seat in Minnesota, his wife’s home state. After 12 years in Congress, he was elected Governor of Minnesota. As a Midwesterner, the campaign will hope he appeals to middle America more than Kamala Harris, the child of immigrants brought up in progressive California. But the Trump campaign immediately attacked him as a dangerous left-winger. The Trump campaign also attacked him for being too slow to call in the National Guard to oppose protests after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis during his first term as Governor. In his time as governor, he has brought in gun-control legislation, despite having been formerly endorsed by the National Rifle Association. Minnesota was the first state to safeguard abortion rights after the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v Wade ruling. And Walz championed new paid family leave and sick pay legislation. Harris and Walz now have three months to try to win the election. They immediately started out for battleground states, before preparing for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois starting on 19 August.  

Creating a Sustainable Smart City in Sierra Leone

British actor Idris Elba is hoping to build an eco-friendly "smart city" on an island in Sierra Leone. The Wire, Luther and Mandela star’s father was from the West African country and Elba is working with locals to transform Sherbro Island, creating income through sustainable tourism and bringing wind and solar farms to a region that doesn’t have electricity.

Henry VIII's Six Wives

King Henry VIII is such an overwhelming character in British history that his six wives tend to be reduced to a footnote of history. A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London puts the women in the spotlight.

Hollywood sur Mer

The Deauville American Film Festival will take place from 6 to 15 September in Normandy, giving us a glimpse of some great films to be released over the next few months. The 50th edition of the festival will pay tribute to actor Michael Douglas and present a selection of 50 American films that have changed the way we look at the world, starting in 1916.

U.S. Election: Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris has transformed rapidly from Vice-President to presidential candidate since Joe Biden withdrew from the race to the White House on 28 July.

U.S Election: J.D. Vance

On 15 July, Donald Trump announced his running mate for the 5 November Presidential election: Senator J.D. Vance. The new Republican candidate for Vice-President is a conservative serving his first term in the Senate and a former critic of Trump.

Mission prof': L'expression orale au collège

Notre nouvelle collection de guides pratiques Mission Prof' accueillit son deuxième livre : Stimuler l'expression orale. Une mine d'idées pour aider vos élèves à s’exprimer au collège !

La question du surtourisme

Depuis 50 ans, le monde est entré dans l’ère du tourisme de masse. Aujourd’hui certains espaces connaissent une affluence touristique excessive avec des impacts négatifs. On parle de surtourisme.

Labour Wins a Landslide in the U.K.

The British Labour Party won a landslide victory in the general election on 4 July.  Labour Leader Keir Starmer was named Prime Minister on 5 July, replacing the Conservatives' Rishi Sunak.