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Celebrate Black History Month in Rennes

In honour of Black History Month, the Institut Franco-Américain in Rennes has varied events about African-American culture and history.

24 Janvier 2024

Martin Luther King

civil rights

documentary

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Wallace, Gromit and Chicken Run 2

While the Cartoon Museum in London is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the classic Aardman Animations film The Wrong Trousers, starring the inimitable Wallace and Gromit, a sequel to Chicken Run was released by Netflix on 15 December. A good opportunity for teachers to work on stop-motion animation films and familiar characters.

23 Janvier 2024

animation

Bristol

Shine bright 4e

Rendez-vous

U.S Election: Nikki Haley

As of 21 January, Nikki Haley is the only opponent to Donald Trump in the Republican Presidential primaries. Who is the former South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations?.

22 Janvier 2024

elections

president

Trump

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Chicken Run 2: Dawn of the Nugget

Bristol-based Aardman Animations made their reputation with short films and adverts using plasticine models brought to life with stop-motion animation. In 2000, they released Chicken Run, their first full feature-length film, a gargantuan task and a huge success. Twenty-three years later, they made a sequel!

21 Janvier 2024

animation

Bristol

Shine bright 4e

Poor Things: Frankenstein Revisited

Poor Things, adapted into an award-winning film from the novel by Alasdair Gray, imagines a female Frankenstein's monster who is fundamentally human, and her creator, who much like Dr Frankenstein, is perhaps more monstrous himself.

17 Janvier 2024

film

literature

British culture

Rendez-vous

On the Election Road: U.S.A. 2024

The electoral process for a U.S. President is long, with many candidates declaring their campaigns six or even 12 months before primary season opens in January. But this year, the primaries could lack suspense, with one incumbent candidate, President Joe Biden for the Democrats, and one Republican, Donald Trump dominating that party’s primary process despite not having participated in televised debates with his opponents.

16 Janvier 2024

elections

president

Trump

Rendez-vous

Teen Scientist Wins Award for Soap to Treat Cancer

Heman Bekele, 14, from Virginia, has been named America's Top Young Scientist 2023 for developing a soap that could replace expensive medicines as a treatment for some forms of skin cancer. The ninth-grade student was one of 10 finalists in this year's 3M Young Scientist Challenge.

16 Janvier 2024

video

science

STEM

Videos for Martin Luther King Day

Dr Martin Luther King, Jr was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his leadership of the African American civil-rights movement. The Nobel committee has published a series of videos and a lesson plan for using them in class. Perfect for Martin Luther King Day, 17 January this year.

12 Janvier 2024

holidays

Martin Luther King

video

Rendez-vous

Caucus vs Primary

Traditionally, the U.S. presidential election primary season starts off not with a primary but with a caucus. What's the difference?

05 Janvier 2024

elections

president

Trump

3

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Edgar Allan Poe 21st Century Reboot

The new Netflix TV series The Fall of the House of Usher is inspired by the famous Edgar Allan Poe story but in a pretty tangential way. The horror mini-series keeps the Usher twins Roderick and Madeline but far from being the last members of a dying family they are the heads of a family pharmaceutical dynasty with members aplenty. Until they start dying in mysterious ways… If you are studying it with your LLCER pupils, they might like to compare it to the original for their Portfolio.

04 Janvier 2024

U.S. culture

TV series

short stories

West Side Story on Tour Around France

The West Side Story production that has just finished in Paris will be touring to Bordeaux, Lyons, Rouen and Nantes in February and March. A full stage production, it is in English with French surtitles.

04 Janvier 2024

Shakespeare

théâtre

song

Happy Hogmanay!

Hogmanay is the name for New Year's Eve in Scotland. It was traditionally a much bigger celebration than Christmas in Scotland, and is still a big event. It's associated with many traditions, some which will seem familiar and some specific to Scotland.

29 Décembre 2023

holidays

British culture

Scotland

New Rules Make School Trips to the UK Easier

New rules about identity papers come into force on 28 December that will make taking school groups to the post-Brexit UK a bit easier.

20 Décembre 2023

U.K.

class trip

voyage scolaire

Gertrude Stein Multi-talented

Gertrude Stein is probably best known for her "salon" in Paris where she nurtured artistic talents as diverse as Matisse and Braque, Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and James Joyce. But her experimental, minimalist writing has been highly influential on generations of creatives right up to today, as is shown in the Gertrude Stein and Picasso: Inventing Language exhibition at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris.

15 Décembre 2023

poetry

art

exhibition

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Starting a Revolution with Tea in Boston

On 16 September 1773, an event took place that went on to spark the American Revolution: citizens of Boston, Massachusetts, dumped hundreds of crates of tea into the sea to protest against British "taxation without representation". This December, the city is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.

11 Décembre 2023

U.S. history

colonisation

Native Americans

Dub Poet: Benjamin Zephaniah

We were very sad to hear of the sudden death of Benjamin Zephaniah, one of Britain’s most popular poets. Benjamin Zephaniah said the art of poetry, and of life, is in how you look at things. Perhaps not surprising for a man of many faces: a dyslexic who left school at 13, who became a university professor. A Rasta poet who was by turns fiercely political and a children’s favourite.

08 Décembre 2023

poetry

Jamaica

British literature

Benjamin Zephaniah Interview

After the sudden death of Benjamin Zephaniah, we decided to share the interview we had the great privilege of doing with one of Britain’s most popular poets in 2012. He had just been appointed Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University. He shared some of his very eclectic thoughts with us.

08 Décembre 2023

poetry

Jamaica

British literature

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Analysing Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Parts 6-8

We published the first part of an analysis of the 1993 animated film The Nightmare Before Christmas in July. Here are parts 4 and 5 out of 8. We'll be publishing further parts during the autumn so you can study the film with A2-level pupils in class.

07 Décembre 2023

film

animation

U.S. culture

6

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250 Years of U.S. Democracy: The Boston Tea Party

On 16 December 1773, an event took place that went on to spark the American Revolution: citizens of Boston, Massachusetts, dumped hundreds of crates of tea into the sea to protest against British "taxation without representation". This December, the city is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.

07 Décembre 2023

U.S. history

colonisation

Native Americans

Elliott Erwitt: A Life in Photos in Lyon

We were sad to hear of the death of Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt at the age of 95. He had been taking photos for 80 years. The retrospective exhibition he curated himself at the Musée Maillol in Paris last year is currently on show in Lyon, till 17 March. It is a rich record of his home country of the U.S.A. and all those he visited, the people who fascinated him and a lot of dogs!

07 Décembre 2023

exhibition

documentary

U.S. history

Sélection culturelle

2023 Booker Prize Goes to an Irish Dystopia

The Booker Prize 2023 was awarded to Paul Lynch for his dystopian novel set in his native Ireland, Prophet Song.

06 Décembre 2023

Ireland

literature

dystopia

Words of the Year: 2023

'Tis the season for various dictionaries to reveal their “words of the year”. It has been the word on everyone's lips, so it's not surprising that the UK's Collins Dictionary, as well as Australia's Macquarie Dictionary people's choice was AI. But we came across a few we were unfamiliar with, such as "rizz" and "cozzie livs" and we set out to discover more.

06 Décembre 2023

Australia

language

social media

5

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Wonka

Most pupils will be familiar with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its main character: Willy Wonka. Yet, how much do we know about him? This new film by Paddington director Paul King– starring Timothée Chalamet as Wonka – explores Willy Wonka’s young adult life, his wishes and how he started his chocolate empire with a dream!

06 Décembre 2023

Roald Dahl

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

literature

Celebrate your Language Assistants!

7 December will see the first ever International Day of Language Assistants. We'd love to hear your shout outs to your language assistants. What is the most helpful thing they do for you? What is the most important thing you can do for them?

04 Décembre 2023

competition

language assistant

guide

Short Christmas Film

This three-minute film with no dialogue is a great basis of a discussion about Christmas with your classes. It also fits with the theme of being different, and starts in a boarding school.

01 Décembre 2023

school

video

traditions

Sélection culturelle

Posy Simmonds: Drawing Literature

Posy Simmonds is a British cartoonist and writer. She is best known for her work in the field of comics and graphic novels, particularly her contributions to The Guardian newspaper. She is currently being celebrated at the Bibliothèque Publique d’Information (BPI) at the Centre Pompidou (Paris) in a retrospective exhibition until April 1st, 2024.

01 Décembre 2023

comic book

exhibition

Comics

Black Legends

Black Legends is a musical comedy that traces more than a century of African American music along with landmarks in the civil-rights movement and Black American history. We know some of you took classes when it was on last year. It's back on in Paris until at least the end of January.

30 Novembre 2023

Martin Luther King

civil rights

music

Sélection culturelle

Six Books for the Booker

The Booker Prize shortlist 2023 contains books by two Irish, two American, a Canadian and a British author exploring identity, family dynamics and societal collapse. All of them have been shortlisted for the first time, and two of the books are debut novels. The winner of the U.K.’s most prestigious literary prize will be announced on 26 November.

22 Novembre 2023

U.S.A.

history

Ireland

3

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Bullying Is Never OK

Anti-bullying actions are taking place in November in the United Kingdom, in Australia, and in France too. Anti-Bullying Week 2023 is coordinated in England, Wales and Northern Ireland by the Anti-Bullying Alliance. This year it has the theme “Make A Noise About Bullying” and will take place from Monday 13 to Friday 17 November. The week will be kicked off with Odd Socks Day on Monday 13 November, where adults and children wear two different socks to celebrate what makes us all unique.

09 Novembre 2023

citizenship

video

UK

This is England 2023 films for Young Learners

The This is England short-film festival in Rouen has a specific programme of short films for CM1, CM2 and 6e classes that explore original and age-appropriate ways to tackle difficulties faced by children.

06 Novembre 2023

refugees

film

festival