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Rockwell, Roosevelt and Freedom

This B1-level article will introduce your pupils to the Rockwell and Roosevelt Four Freedoms Exhibition (Caen Mémorial, June-October 2019). It focuses and expands on a very specific passage from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s State of the Union speech delivered in January 1941 in which he put an emphasis on freedom, or rather freedoms: freedom from fear, from want, freedom of religion and of speech. As the U.S. entered WWII, Rockwell gave shape to these concepts in four paintings that are now world-famous and the subjects of an exhibition in Caen celebrating the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

04 Juin 2019

united nations

human rights

d-day

Save the Date: Exhibitions for September

Self-portraits in Lille and the Golden Age of English Painting in Paris. Get ahead of the crowd by signing up now for class visits for exhibitions opening in September.

04 Juin 2019

art

paris

Romanticism

D-Day in Sound and Poetry

As part of the commemorations of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, the town of Bayeux is hosting an immersive audio performance in English about British war poet and D-Day veteran Keith Douglas. Douglas was a WWII tank commander, who fought in North Africa and participated in the Normandy landings. He was killed three days after D-Day, on 9 June 1944, near Caen, while on a reconnaissance mission. Unicorns, Almost , is a one-man play about his life by Welsh poet and playwright Owen Sheers. It premiered at the Hay-on-Wye book festival last year to great acclaim, and will be presented at this year's Edinburgh Festival. Unicorns, Almost 5 to 9 June 2019 Salle Toulouse-Lautrec 23 rue des Teinturiers 14400 Bayeux Tickets: €5 9am-9pm daily. Audio performances start on the hour and last 60 minutes, but entry can be at any time. The audio is in English. Printed material will be available in French.

03 Juin 2019

war

d-day

landings

Sélection culturelle

Dark Phoenix: back to black

While it may be the last film of the current X-Men movie franchise, Dark Phoenix is also shaping up to be the absolute darkest chapter of the series yet.

29 Mai 2019

comic book

movies

science fiction

Hawaiian Heaven

If you think the ukulele is a gadget, a novelty instrument for children, get ready to be blown away. Hawaiians love the instrument, and Taimane is one of its greatest exponents. Don't miss her in concerts in Paris and Brittany.

24 Mai 2019

music

concert

Oceania

Introducing....

Nous sommes heureux de vous présenter notre nouvelle méthode d’anglais pour le lycée.

23 Mai 2019

culture

lycée

news

Sélection culturelle

A Canine Sergeant

Stubby, a stray dog, became the mascot of an American regiment in World War I and accompanied the soldiers so steadfastly that he was given the rank of Sergeant. A new animated feature brings this true story to life.

23 Mai 2019

film

animals

World War I

Rendez-vous

Australian Election Turnaround

Australia’s Liberal National Coalition has scored a surprise victory in the federal election called by Liberal Party Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

23 Mai 2019

elections

Australia

conservation

Sélection culturelle

Talk in English: World War I Poets

Why did the First World War inspire so many combatants to write poetry? And what effect does the work of poets like Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon or Rupert Brooke have on our vision of that war today? Author Simon Davies will address these questions in a public talk at the British Council Paris on 6 June.

23 Mai 2019

conflict

war

remembrance

Rendez-vous

The Election that wasn’t Supposed to Happen

Voting in the European Parliamentary elections started on 23 May in the Netherlands and the UK — where the elections weren’t supposed to take place at all. One more chapter in the chaos of Brexit.

23 Mai 2019

Brexit

politics

UK

Rendez-vous

Voting in the World’s Biggest Democracy

After six weeks of voting, the results were as rapid as they were clear: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu Nationalist party, BJP, returned to power with a landslide victory in India's elections

23 Mai 2019

election

India

Gandhi

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Indigenous Rap: Young Australian of the Year

This year’s Young Australian of the Year is Danzal Baker, alias Baker Boy, a 22-year-old Indigenous Australian who raps in three languages. As well as achieving success in rap, dance and graffiti, Baker mentors Indigenous youth to help them achieve their dreams.

21 Mai 2019

video

Australia

music

Sélection culturelle

Zombies, Loach, Tarantino and Elton John at Cannes

The subjects covered by the films in the main competition at this year’s Cannes Festival are very varied. The English-language competitors are a case in point, ranging from zombies in small town America to washed-up actors in Hollywood, to an indictment of the gig economy in the UK.

17 Mai 2019

biography

Ken Loach

biopic

Eating Your Greens

National Vegetarian Week is taking place from 13 to 19 May in the UK, encouraging people to move towards a plant-based diet for their health and the planet’s.

10 Mai 2019

videos

food

environment

Going Vegetarian Videos

For National Vegetarian Week, Britain’s Vegetarian Society has created three short videos about going vegetarian, or at least trying to eat less meat and fish. The three 1-minute videos would make a great class group activity, with each group watching a video about eating less meat to help the environment, improve their health, or to support animal rights.

10 Mai 2019

videos

food

environment

Sélection culturelle

To Kill a Mockingbird: Adapting to Film

Adapting a scene from a book as a film scene, or a film scene as prose, is an excellent English-learning exercise. To see how the experts do it, a talk at the American Library in Paris analyses the adaptation of one of America’s classic books into one of its classic films. Judith Merians, Hollywood executive and film professor, will analyse the film adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird , the classic coming-of-age story and examination of race relations in the U.S.A. As well as an overview, she will juxtapose specific scenes from the book with their film versions. Harper Lee won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for fiction with her story set in 1930s, Depression era Alabama. It is told from the point of view of a little girl, Scout Finch, who observes the drama play out when her lawyer father Atticus defends Tom Robinson, a black man, who is accused of raping a white woman. The novel was adapted as a film the following year, directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Gregory Peck as Atticus. The film won four Oscars, including best actor and best screenplay. Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. She retired from public life in 1964. To Kill a Mockingbird was her only published novel until the publication of a follow-up, Go Set a Watchman , in 2015, less than a year before her death. This book was actually written before Mockingbird, a sort of first draft of the classic novel, but the Scout narrator is an adult. To Kill a Mockingbird is widely taught in U.S. schools and universities. It was voted America’s favourite novel in a 2018 competition organised by PBS. A theatre adaptation is currently on Broadway. The photo above shows stars Jeff Daniels and Gbenga Akinnagbe as Atticus Finch and Tom Robinson. A Night at the Movies with Judith Merians: To Kill A Mockingbird Wednesday 22 May at 7.30 p.m. American Library in Paris Free

07 Mai 2019

film

civil rights

American literature

Rendez-vous

It's a Boy!

Britain is celebrating a new royal baby, as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced the birth of their son on 6 May 2019. The British capital decided to have babies welcome the baby.

07 Mai 2019

charity

London

royalty

La semaine des langues 2019

The fourth edition of the Semaine des Langues is taking place from 13 to 18 May. This year’s theme, like last year’s, is “Let’s Share Languages”.

07 Mai 2019

celebrations

cross-curricular

DNL

Who Am I? Competition Winners

Here are the winning quizzes in our A2-level writing competition to write a 10-question “Who Am I?” quiz about a famous English-speaker. As promised, we’ve transformed their questions into “Biobox” videos. Can you guess who they are?

26 Avril 2019

biography

competition

writing

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Becoming Michelle Obama

The release of the former First Lady’s memoir and her accompanying conference tour is a great occasion for pupils to learn more about her biography, and about the role of the First Lady, which Patricia Nixon described as, Patricia Nixon (First Lady from 1969 to 1974) described it as “the hardest unpaid job in the world”. After reading an article, pupils can complete an individual or interactive writing task.

26 Avril 2019

biography

U.S. politics

White House

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Biobox: Queen Elizabeth II

Our bioboxes are short "Who Am I?" quizzes to help introduce pupils to famous figures in the English-speaking world. This one was written by pupils for our "Who Am I?" contest.

26 Avril 2019

British

biography

Royal Family

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Biobox: Sherlock Holmes

Our bioboxes are short "Who Am I?" quizzes to help introduce pupils to famous figures in the English-speaking world. This one was written by pupils for our "Who Am I?" contest.

26 Avril 2019

London

biography

Victorian

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Biobox: Beyoncé

Our bioboxes are short "Who Am I?" quizzes to help introduce pupils to famous figures in the English-speaking world. This one was written by a pupil for our "Who Am I?" contest.

26 Avril 2019

biography

music

pop

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Biobox: Charles Darwin

Our bioboxes are short "Who Am I?" quizzes to help introduce pupils to famous figures in the English-speaking world. This one was written by pupils for our "Who Am I?" contest.

26 Avril 2019

biography

British culture

science

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Biobox: Emma Watson

Our bioboxes are short "Who Am I?" quizzes to help introduce pupils to famous figures in the English-speaking world. This one was written by a pupil for our "Who Am I?" contest.

26 Avril 2019

united nations

feminism

biography

ANZAC Day

While most countries involved in World War I commemorate those who served in that and later wars on 11 November, the date the War ended, in Australia and New Zealand, the main commemoration is ANZAC Day, 25 April, the day in 1915 when their servicemen first saw action, in the disastrous Gallipoli Campaign.

24 Avril 2019

conflict

war

commemoration

Sélection culturelle

This is the end…

The world of Pop culture will remember April 2019 for two things: the release of Avengers: Endgame and the final series of Game of Throne s . Both mark the culmination of tentacular stories with many iconic characters which could die at the really end… or not. As Game of Thrones approaches the midpoint of its final season*, Marvel, after eleven years and 22 movies, reaches a conclusion to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) with "Avengers: Endgame” coming into theaters on April 24. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans) and their fellow superheroes are getting a second shot at Thanos (Josh Brolin) after their brutal Infinity War defeat one year ago. https://youtu.be/TcMBFSGVi1c If you haven't seen all of the MCU movies, it would be a bit hard to go into this one filled with callbacks and meta winks to every movie in the series. So, if you have the time, the main arc to watch or rewatch is the one with these three films : "Captain America: Winter Soldier" (2014), "Captain America: Civil War" (2016) and "Infinity War" (2018). They are all directed by the Russo brothers and written by the same screenwriters, the same team who wrote and directed "Endgame” What is the Marvel Cinematic Universe and why did Marvel start with these characters? The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is composed of 22 films. Each relates its own distinct story but is also connected with other films in the MCU, to tell an overarching tale. It's a technique Marvel Comics pioneer Stan Lee also used in his comics. Some Marvel characters appear in films that don't connect to the MCU because in 2007 Marvel was recovering from bankruptcy and had sold the film rights of some of the company's most popular characters like the X-Men and Spider-Man. Marvel still owned Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor and Captain America who form the core of the Avengers team. Marvel used the early MCU films to introduce these heroes, then brought these characters together for the crossover film Avengers Assemble . This crossover was planned from the very beginning. The MCU is the most successful film franchise of all time, making more than $18.4 billion so far. Here is the complet list of the MCU films. Iron Man (2008) The Incredible Hulk (2008) Iron Man 2 (2010) Thor (2011) Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) The Avengers (2012) Iron Man 3 (2013) Thor: The Dark World (2013) Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014) Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015) Ant-Man (2015) Captain America: Civil War (2016) Doctor Strange (2016) Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) Thor: Ragnarok (2017) Black Panther (2018) Avengers: Infinity War (2018) Ant-Man And The Wasp (2018) Captain Marvel (2019) Avengers: Endgame (2019) *Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen and their allies are set to battle the White Walkers at Winterfell. The April 28 episode stands to be the biggest action sequence in the Emmy-winning drama's history!

24 Avril 2019

comic book

movies

science fiction

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Take Your Students to “An American in Paris”

The Châtelet Theatre in Paris is re-opening in September and returning to its tradition of putting on large-scale musicals, in their original language. The opening offering is George and Ira Gershwin’s An American in Paris. There are special matinée performances for schools on Thursdays 12 and 19 December at 3 p.m.

17 Avril 2019

film

théâtre

high school

Aretha Franklin Honoured with a Pulitzer Prize

Soul singer Aretha Franklin has been posthumously honoured with a Pulitzer Prize. The 2019 winners list revealed on 15 April also included Richard Power’s extraordinary novel The Overstory and The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal for their investigations on President Donald Trump.

17 Avril 2019

U.S. culture

music

U.S. history

Professeurs documentalistes Collège

Rockwell, Roosevelt and Freedom

Save the Date: Exhibitions for September

D-Day in Sound and Poetry

Dark Phoenix: back to black

Hawaiian Heaven

Introducing....

A Canine Sergeant

Australian Election Turnaround

Talk in English: World War I Poets

The Election that wasn’t Supposed to Happen

Voting in the World’s Biggest Democracy

Indigenous Rap: Young Australian of the Year

Zombies, Loach, Tarantino and Elton John at Cannes

Eating Your Greens

Going Vegetarian Videos

To Kill a Mockingbird: Adapting to Film

It's a Boy!

La semaine des langues 2019

Who Am I? Competition Winners

Becoming Michelle Obama

Biobox: Queen Elizabeth II

Biobox: Sherlock Holmes

Biobox: Beyoncé

Biobox: Charles Darwin

Biobox: Emma Watson

ANZAC Day

This is the end…

Oops!

Take Your Students to “An American in Paris”

Aretha Franklin Honoured with a Pulitzer Prize