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Dorothea Lange Winners Collège and Seconde

We had so many fabulous entries to our Dorothea Lange creative writing contest that we've chosen 30 winners instead of 10. Here are the winning texts from collège and Seconde pupils, in alphabetical order except where we've regrouped texts about a single photo.

29 Janvier 2019

exhibition

documentary

creative writing

Dorothea Lange Winners Première

We had so many fabulous entries to our Dorothea Lange creative writing contest that we've chosen 30 winners instead of 10. Here are the winning texts from Première pupils, in alphabetical order except where we've regrouped texts about a single photo.

29 Janvier 2019

exhibition

documentary

creative writing

Dorothea Lange Winners Première LVA and Terminale

We had so many fabulous entries to our Dorothea Lange creative writing contest that we've chosen 30 winners instead of 10. Here are the winning texts from Première LVA and Terminale pupils, in alphabetical order except where we've regrouped texts about a single photo.

29 Janvier 2019

exhibition

documentary

creative writing

Sélection culturelle

On the Road with the Green Book

"Green Book" — winner of the 2019 Best Picture Oscar —is a road movie about friendship and race relations in the 1960s American South.

29 Janvier 2019

film

civil rights

biography

Sélection culturelle

Myth and Hero

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has had quite a year. The Supreme Court Justice has been the focus of a biopic and a documentary, which has been nominated for an Oscar. At 85, and despite frail health, Bader Ginsburg seems to have reached greater influence than she ever imagined.

29 Janvier 2019

film

feminism

biography

Teaching with Film: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The biopic about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is excellent for discussing gender issues in this class. This short clip should really get students talking.

29 Janvier 2019

film

feminism

biography

Dorothea Lange Creative Writing Winners

We asked your pupils to write a story based on one of Dorothea Lange’s photos and were overwhelmed by the response, not just in quantity but in quality, both of their imagination and their language skills. We’ve painfully whittled them down to 30 winners.

28 Janvier 2019

exhibition

documentary

creative writing

Rendez-vous

The Union: What a State

It’s a January fixture in the U.S. calendar: the President’s State of the Union speech, delivered to the joint houses of Congress, and broadcast directly to the nation. This year’s was scheduled for 29 January but has been postponed because of the federal shutdown resulting from the struggle between President Trump and Congress over the federal budget.

25 Janvier 2019

president

speech

U.S. politics

Teaching about Brexit: Web Resources

Brexit is a complex topic to tackle in class. We've scoured the web for the simplest videos we can find.

17 Janvier 2019

video

Brexit

UK

Rendez-vous

Brexit Chaos

Britain’s Conservative government suffered a historic defeat on 15 January as Parliament massively voted against the deal for Brexit negotiated with the EU. As the clock ticks relentlessly towards the 29 March deadline for leaving, there seems no clear way forward.

16 Janvier 2019

Brexit

politics

UK

5

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complémentaires

Oscar Wilde: The Happy Prince

The new biopic about Oscar Wilde’s final years after leaving prison takes its ironic title from one of the children’s stories he wrote for his sons. The film, written, directed and starring Rupert Everett has a wonderful supporting cast (Colin Firth, Colin Morgan, Emily Watson.) This B2 downloadable resource includes work on an article about the film and the trailer.

21 Décembre 2018

Ireland

film

literature

5

Ressources
complémentaires

Musicals

This A2 article about musicals and the tradition of high school performances in the USA should be of particular interest to those among your students who may have seen the exhibition in Paris, but also to any student with a taste for films or music. As usual, the document is but a starting point for personal expression and should lead students to formulate their own ideas and opinions.

21 Décembre 2018

film

théâtre

high school

Carousel and Rainbow Working: Ideas from Britain

In this second article, Aurélie Watts, a French teacher working in the UK, explains some of the techniques commonly used there to facilitate group work at different levels, helping you get the most out of this popular way of working in class

18 Décembre 2018

Britain

group work

collaborative work

Sélection culturelle

One-Man Show

Grayson Perry is one of the best-known contemporary artists in the U.K, a documentary filmmaker and often a walking work of art. His exhibition “Vanity, Identity, Sexuality” at the Monnaie de Paris gives an overview of his art, which questions British society and politics. As well as his original speciality, ceramics, it features tapestries, and the extraordinary dresses he wears when he appears as his alter-ego Claire.

18 Décembre 2018

Brexit

politics

art

Rendez-vous

Word of the Year: Single-Use

Language is constantly changing and every year British dictionary publishers Collins likes to look back and see which words have dominated the national conversation. Not necessarily new words, but ones that have come to the fore. The Word of the Year 2018 is... "single-use".

12 Décembre 2018

sport

Brexit

politics

It's Christmas Jumper Day!

Christmas Jumper Day has been a big charity event in the UK for several years. The U.S. is catching up with Ugly Christmas Sweater Day. Either way, it’s a great way to get in the Christmas spirit and make a donation to a children’s charity.

12 Décembre 2018

video

UK

charity

Rendez-vous

Fighting for Women’s Rights

On 10 December, the Nobel Committee is presenting the 2018 Nobel Prize for Peace to a woman and a man fighting against the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.

10 Décembre 2018

united nations

video

gender equality

A Gift for Christmas

Sometimes a simple idea can have an enormous effect. A suggestion from a group of British teenagers could brighten Christmas for hundreds of thousands of families living on the breadline.

06 Décembre 2018

citizenship

UK

poverty

Rendez-vous

Running Dry

Australian water activist Mina Guli has undertaken a gruelling physical challenge to draw attention to the growing global water crisis. From November till February she is attempting to run 100 marathons in 100 days.

06 Décembre 2018

Australia

ecology

environment

Pupils' Portrait Winners

Back in at the beginning of the school year, we launched three pupil competitions. The A1+ level competition was to write a text about a special image, like "The People's Portrait" we featured in September. And the winners are...

06 Décembre 2018

art

Queen

biography

6

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The Grinch Who Stole Christmas

This A1+ level article is an opportunity to introduce Christmas from the perspective of the up-coming release of the new version of “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas!”, one of the much-loved books by The Cat in the Hat author Dr Seuss.

06 Décembre 2018

Christmas

émotions

The Grinch

Sélection culturelle

Michael Jackson: On the Wall

It’s become a cliché to describe a celebrity as an iconic figure but a new exhibition about Michael Jackson takes the word “iconic” in a more literal sense. Michael Jackson: On the Wall looks at how the visual artists depicted and idolised one of the biggest music stars of his, or any, time.

06 Décembre 2018

art

exhibition

Michael Jackson

Sélection culturelle

Michael Morpurgo at Shakespeare and Co

The War Horse author is one of Britain's most popular children's literature writers, although his books are far from lightweight, tackling difficult emotional themes. Michael Morpurgo will host an evening at the legendary English-language bookstore Shakespeare & Co on Tuesday 18 December. The veteran author, now 75, has written more than 150 books for children and teens. He was honoured with an exhibition at the Museum of Childhood in London earlier this year. Morpurgo's latest books have a rather French flavour. He has published a new translation of The Little Prince by Antoine de St Exupéry, which he considers "one of the greatest stories ever written." In Flamingo Boy , he returns to two of his recurrent themes: human relationships with animals, and war. It is set in the Camargue in France, during World War II. A young autistic boy lives on a farm and has a talent for healing animals and the titular flamingos. But the German invasion will change his life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUZ_1xiCPqY And In the Mouth of the Wolf is again set against a backdrop of war, but is intensely personal as it tells the story of Morpurgo's uncles Francis and Pieter. Francis was a pacifist, but when his brother, an RAF pilot, was killed, he felt compelled to sign up. He was later honoured for his service, including helping the French Resistance. The book is illustrated by French illustrator Barroux. An Evening with Michael Morpurgo Shakespeare & Co, Paris Tuesday 18 December, 7 p.m.

06 Décembre 2018

WWI

WWII

animals

Food Banks Videos

A suggestion from a group of British teenagers is helping food banks serving people who live on the breadline. These two videos are good for discussing the social phenomenon in class.

06 Décembre 2018

citizenship

UK

Ken Loach

Go Scottish for St Andrews

St Andrew's Day, 30 November, is the Scottish national day. It's a time to wear some tartan, listen to some bagpipes playing "Oh Flower of Scotland", dance a Highland fling and eat some haggis and shortbread with a wee glass of malt whisky!

25 Novembre 2018

holidays

November

British culture

5

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complémentaires

Suffragettes Interview

2018 marks the centenary of the 1918 law which gave some British women the right to vote in parliamentary elections for the first time. Dr Helen Pankhurst has particular insight into this subject, not just as an academic but as the great-granddaughter and granddaughter of Emmeline and Sylvia Pankhurst, two of the leaders of the suffrage movement. An audio interview with Dr Pankhurst is the basis of this resource, which allows differentiated teaching with B1 and B2 groups.

19 Novembre 2018

Pankhurst

votes for women

audio

Working on Articulation

A few words are often more than enough to identify someone who has English as their mother tongue. But what is it exactly that makes someone sound like a native speaker – or otherwise?

19 Novembre 2018

pronunciation

phonologie

linguistics

Uluru to Close to Public

Uluru, the giant rock formation in the Australian desert is often used as a symbol of the country. To its Aboriginal traditional owners, it is sacred. After years of asking tourists to respect their beliefs and refrain from climbing the rock, it is to be closed in October 2019. The local people hope tourists will engage with their traditions instead of seeing a visit to the rock as a physical challenge.

19 Novembre 2018

Australia

sustainable development

Uluru

Rendez-vous

Marvel Superheroes Creator Stan Lee Dies

The Marvel-verse of superheroes are orphans. The man who created some of the most enduring characters in popular culture has died at age 95. Stan Lee created Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, Daredevil and the Fantastic Four: superheroes with a good dose of human frailty.

14 Novembre 2018

video

comic book

superhero

Talking about Superheroes

If you're working on the theme of heroes, why not take some advice from the late Stan Lee, co-creator of a dizzying number of superheroes for Marvel Comics from Spider-man to the Black Panther and The Fantastic Four.

14 Novembre 2018

video

comic book

Marvel