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Impeached

On 18 December, President Donald Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives, only the third president in U.S. history to be rebuked in this way. The second stage of impeachment, before the Senate, is unlikely to succeed, but it will run into the beginning of primary season for the November presidential election.

20 Décembre 2019

U.S. politics

U.S. elections

Congress

Greta's Year

It’s been quite a year for Greta Thunberg. As well as leading millions of people in climate protests around the world, the 16-year-old activist has addressed the United Nations, met and harangued world leaders. It’s no wonder that Time Magazine named her its Person of the Year.

19 Décembre 2019

protest

ecology

environment

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The New Face of Congress

A young Latina woman from the Bronx, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shatters our traditional vision of Congressional Representatives. This article explores her life, both private and public, from the Bronx to Washington, D.C. after the recent midterm elections: how can “one of us” sit in Congress at barely 29 and champion the average working class person’s rights? This article comes in 2 versions: B1 and B1+/B2 which enables you to have the whole class work on the same subject, with the same worksheet (making it easier for you to correct the activities with the whole group).

18 Décembre 2019

video

New York

gender equality

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Charlie Chaplin: Music Man

In this A2 article, your students will learn about Charlie Chaplin’s life and films, and about the importance of music in both his life and his art. Although he could not read music, he was able to compose and play the violin by ear, and even direct an orchestra. Most of his films were silent, but music played a major role in them. For those of you who teach in or near Paris, the exhibition at la Philharmonie is well worth a visit.

10 Décembre 2019

video

film

biography

Do Good in December

Do you fancy using an advent calendar in class in December as a cultural reference, but want to avoid the religious connection? How about using this fabulous December Kindness Calendar instead?

02 Décembre 2019

Christmas

calendar

wellbeing

Your Students Have Talent: United Colours of Harlem

We always love to read students' work. Here are some diary entries pupils wrote as their final task in a sequence from Shine Bright 2e: File 1 United Colours of Harlem.

24 Novembre 2019

poetry

New York

Harlem renaissance

5

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Discovering Tolkien’s World

A review of the Tolkien exhibition currently on at the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris is the occasion for pupils to learn more about the author of The Lord of the Rings and the extraordinary universes he created with languages, maps and illustrations.This B2-level article and its B1 satellite columns can be used for two different types of classes: a “Terminale” class within the notion of “Myths and Heroes”, or a “1ère” class within the approach “Fictions and realities”. How do imaginary worlds help us travel and escape reality whilst inviting us to reflect upon the world we live in?

22 Novembre 2019

exhibition

fantasy

British literature

Sélection culturelle

This is England... in Rouen

The This is England short films festival is returning to celebrate British films in Rouen. The expanded version runs from 16 to 24 November. Short films are a brilliant way to introduce British culture to language learners, and special schools screenings and teaching packs are provided to spread the message.

15 Novembre 2019

Brexit

film

festival

Born Almost Free

South Africa’s rugby captain was born one day before the official end of apartheid in 1991. Yet he is truly part of the “born-free generation”.

08 Novembre 2019

sport

rugby

South Africa

Born-Free South Africa

Our article on the South African Springboks' first black captain Siya Kolisi is great addition to Shine Bright 1e File16 "Born-Free South Africa" . It can also be used in conjunction with Shine Bright 2de File 13 "Running for Africa" (South Africa's team spirit).

08 Novembre 2019

sport

rugby

South Africa

Your Students Have Talent: Punk is not Dead

It's always lovely to see students' work. Here are some collages created at the end of a sequence from Shine Bright 1e: SnapFile 10 Punk is not dead.

05 Novembre 2019

art

music

British culture

Vampires from "Dracula" to "Twilight"

The cinema industry has long had a love affair with vampires, most often Dracula, based on Eastern European legends and Bram Stoker’s eponymous book. An exhibition at the Cinémathèque in Paris is a great opportunity to revisit the fascination with the undead across the arts: literature, painting, TV and film.

25 Octobre 2019

exhibition

movies

trailer

3

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Keith Haring Street Art

Tate Liverpool is running an exhibition of Keith Haring's iconic street art, which will then transfer to Bozart in Brussels. We've concocted activities to work with Haring's art at different levels from A2 to B2. It would be interesting to compare Haring with another street artist from a different generation and continent: Banksy, the subject of Shine Bright 2e Snapfile 8: "Will You Get Banksy-ed?".

25 Octobre 2019

art

exhibition

street art

3

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The Dream of Being an Artist

With over a hundred works from different areas and spanning several centuries, the “Dream of Being an Artist” exhibition in Lille’s Palais des Beaux Arts until January questions the way artists have been considered in society and perceive themselves. The subject fits the new syllabus for the seconde : “Axe 6: la création et le rapport aux arts”. In this A2-B1 sequence, students can discover contemporary artists and start a reflection about arts and artists in society.

25 Octobre 2019

art

exhibition

portraits

Sélection culturelle

Two Books for the Booker

The 2019 Booker prize has been awarded to two authors: the established star Margaret Atwood for The Testaments and the first ever black woman winner Bernardine Evaristo for Woman, Girl, Other. Atwood’s long-awaited sequel to A Handmaid’s Tale seemed a shoe-in for the prize (although another literary icon, Salman Rushdie was also on the short-list). The Canadian author had been shortlisted for Handmaid’s and made the shortlist two other times, as well as winning the prize in 2000 for The Blind Assassin. But the judges decided they couldn’t whittle the list down further and broke the competition rules to name joint winners. Bernardine Evaristo has written eight books as well as both radio and theatre drama. In the 1982, she founded the Theatre of Black Women theatre company with two fellow graduates from drama school, to tell stories that weren't being seen on stage. Today, she is Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University London. Like Atwood’s book, Woman, Girl, Other is told through multiple female voices, but set firmly in modern day, multicultural Britain. Evaristo intertwines the stories of 12 characters, mostly black British women. Growing up in 1960s working-class London, one of eight children born to an English mother and Nigerian father, Evaristo was the only non-white pupil in a girls' grammar school. She explained in an essay for BBC Radio 3, "I had grown up mixed-race in a suburb of London with my Nigerian father and English mother, and other than my immediate family, the world I knew was an almost exclusively white one." 'What, then, does it mean to not see yourself reflected in your nation’s stories? This has been the ongoing debate of my professional career as a writer stretching back nearly forty years, and we black British women know, that if we don’t write ourselves into literature, no one else will” Paulette Randall, co-founder of the Theatre for Black Women and today a TV and theatre director commented, “It’s really funny because we had met up not that long ago and I was saying to her, “'Of course I want you to win, but I am a bit tired of us being the first of doing everything. Because it is 2019 and we’re still talking about being the first Black to do this or the first whatever.' Of course, I’m thrilled and over the moon that she’s done it but that just shows you that we’ve still got a lot of work to do."

25 Octobre 2019

literature

Margaret Atwood

literary prize

Pump up Pupils' Language skills

Not enough time in class to work on pupils’ language skills: grammar, vocabulary and phonology? Our Pump it up work books allow pupils to work at their own pace and are perfect for blended learning.

25 Octobre 2019

phonology

Pump it up

grammar

Sélection culturelle

Ken Loach Takes on the Gig Economy

Ken Loach is famous for his socially committed films, and his new film, "Sorry We Missed You", is no exception. Loach brings the kitchen-sink drama bang up to date with this indictment of the gig economy in the UK with a family struggling to survive in the modern world of work.

23 Octobre 2019

film

Ken Loach

social realism

Tolkien's World

Anyone who has read "The Hobbit" or "The Lord of the Rings" knows that JRR Tolkien was a past master at creating astonishing worlds and civilisations. A new exhibition in Paris shows that his published work was merely the tip of the iceberg. Detailed maps, chronologies, and dozens of illustrations give a glimpse of the entire universe Tolkien spent his life inventing.

22 Octobre 2019

exhibition

fantasy

British literature

Rendez-vous

Word of the moment: Impeachment

There has been talk of impeaching President Trump practically from the day he took office in 2017, originally over alleged electoral irregularities. But on 24 September, impeachment proceedings were actually launched in the House of Representatives, although they have little chance of being approved by Congress. What exactly is impeachment?

18 Octobre 2019

U.S. politics

Congress

word of the moment

Your Students Have Talent: War Will Not Tear Us Apart

We always love to read students' work. Here are some poems pupils wrote as their final task in a sequence from Shine Bright LLCER: File 5 War Will Not Tear Us Apart.

10 Octobre 2019

WWI

poetry

WW1

Sélection culturelle

The Jungle Book on Stage

Robert Wilson's new stage adaptation of The Jungle Book will be on in Paris, Aix-en-Provence and Clermont-Ferrand over the next few months. The visually striking production combines dialogues in French and original songs in English. Wilson created the show with Cocorosie, a music group composed of two American sisters based in France. The show follows the "man cub" Mowgli from his arrival in the jungle, where he is accepted into a family of wolves, until he comes of age and has to leave the only place he has known as home to enter the world of humans. https://youtu.be/xo8-i9UV2qk Jungle Book Théâtre de la Ville – 13e Art 30 avenue d'Italie 75013 Paris 6 October to 8 November From age 8 Tickets 10-28 euros Part of the Festival d'automne Grand Théâtre de Provence , Aix en Provence 17 to 22 December La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand 22 to 24 January 2020

30 Septembre 2019

théâtre

music

India

3

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Orange Shirt Day

In Canada, 30 September is marked as Orange Shirt Day, in support of the generations of First Nations children who were separated from their families and sent to Residential Schools where they were banned from speaking their languages or following their cultures. This resource accompanies "Shine Bright 2de" Snapfile 11 First Nations Territories. It includes a website text and the trailer and an extract from the film "Indian Horse".

20 Septembre 2019

film

Canada

indigenous people

4

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Downton Abbey: Masters and Servants

This document aims to allow you to work on the trailer of the upcoming movie "Downton Abbey" at a B1 level. "Downton Abbey" was originally a British historical period drama television series that aired from 2010 to 2015. It was set as a fiction based in a historical landscape between 1912 and 1926, in the post-Edwardian era where historical events had a real influence on the British social hierarchy. The movie takes place after the end of the last season. Fans will definitely recognise the famous characters.

20 Septembre 2019

video

film

Cinéma

Sélection culturelle

Downton is Back

Britain’s favourite aristocratic household is back — this time on the big screen. Downton Abbey is a flurry of activity in preparation for a royal visit.

20 Septembre 2019

video

film

Cinéma

War Horse Play in Paris

One of the biggest successes in British theatre in recent years will be on stage in Paris for the first time in November and December. The National Theatre’s production of War Horse by Michael Morpurgo is an emotional rollercoaster of a story about a teenage boy and his horse during the First World War. The award-winning production will be performed in English.

20 Septembre 2019

play

paris

World War I

Celebrate Scotland in St-Germain-en-Laye

St-Germain-en-Laye in the Yvelines has a long historic connection with Scotland, and is twinned with the Scottish seaside town of Ayr. For the weekend of 21-22 September, St Germain will be taken over by kilts and bagpipes for a Highland Games.

20 Septembre 2019

music

Scotland

St Germain en Laye

Sélection culturelle

Donna Tartt's "The Goldfinch" on Screen

The Goldfinch is a stunning coming-of-age story set in New York, Las Vegas and Amsterdam. Donna Tartt’s 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel has been adapted for the screen.

19 Septembre 2019

film

American literature

novel

Sequel to "The Handmaid’s Tale"

The literary event of the year in the Anglophone world is Margaret Atwood’s sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale 34 years after the original.

19 Septembre 2019

literature

TV series

Canada

Rendez-vous

Word of the Moment: Prorogation

The noun prorogation and the verb prorogue were not part of most British people's vocabulary until August 2019. Now, they're the words on everyone's lips.

13 Septembre 2019

Brexit

word of the moment

Boris Johnson

Sélection culturelle

Women's Voices at Deauville 2019

The 45th Deauville American film festival, taking place from 6 to 15 September, has a particularly feminine slant this year, with a large number of female-directed films, and two women jury presidents, Catherine Deneuve for the competition jury, and Anna Mouglalis for the revelation jury.

04 Septembre 2019

film

Cinéma

festival

Professeurs documentalistes Collège

Impeached

Greta's Year

The New Face of Congress

Charlie Chaplin: Music Man

Do Good in December

Your Students Have Talent: United Colours of Harlem

Discovering Tolkien’s World

This is England... in Rouen

Born Almost Free

Born-Free South Africa

Your Students Have Talent: Punk is not Dead

Vampires from "Dracula" to "Twilight"

Keith Haring Street Art

The Dream of Being an Artist

Two Books for the Booker

Pump up Pupils' Language skills

Ken Loach Takes on the Gig Economy

Tolkien's World

Word of the moment: Impeachment

Your Students Have Talent: War Will Not Tear Us Apart

The Jungle Book on Stage

Orange Shirt Day

Downton Abbey: Masters and Servants

Downton is Back

War Horse Play in Paris

Celebrate Scotland in St-Germain-en-Laye

Donna Tartt's "The Goldfinch" on Screen

Sequel to "The Handmaid’s Tale"

Word of the Moment: Prorogation

Women's Voices at Deauville 2019