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Brexit Update

Britain voted to leave the European Union in the 23 June referendum. Prime Minister Theresa May has said repeatedly that the government will trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, to start the negotiation process to leave, by the end of March. But a legal appeal in front of the Supreme Court could hold up the process. And in the meantime, young people are getting active in citizens' organisations to make their perspective on Brexit heard.

09 Décembre 2016

Brexit

politics

europe

Brontë Anniversaries

Two hundred years on, the three Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, are still some of the best-loved novelists Britain has produced. Their enduring classics Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall conquer new readers in each generation and have inspired many other writers and artists. The bicentenary of their births, from 2016 to 2020 will see many events to celebrate the Brontë family.

09 Décembre 2016

literature

biography

Victorian

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Space Pioneer Dies

John Glenn was both the American to orbit the Earth, and the oldest human to go into space, when he participated in a Space Shuttle mission at the age of 77. He died on 8 December at the venerable age of 95.

09 Décembre 2016

WWII

biography

NASA

Measure for Measure

Comment deux matières comme les mathématiques et l’anglais peuvent-elles se rencontrer ? Hamid Belhadia et Cécile Clavilier, professeurs en 3ème section européenne en ZEP, témoignent de leur expérience. Nous avons mené ce travail commun sur l’année de troisième, en anglais et en mathématiques, la DNL (Discipline Non-Linguistique) pour cette classe. “From Measures to Bridges” s’ancrait sur les notions de mesures pour aboutir aux ponts. Un voyage linguistique et thématique concluait l’année en illustrant notre projet in situ. Rapprochements Un pont est une structure architecturale qui a ses dimensions et caractéristiques propres (longueur, largeur, hauteur, volume, forme) et répond à des lois physiques et mathématiques. Ainsi la notion de mesure lui est intrinsèquement liée. Défini singulièrement par sa location, le pont est également le produit de son époque. A ce titre, son édification s’inspire de l’ingénierie et de l’architecture du moment, ce qui nous permet de le situer dans le temps. Tout en étant concrète, la notion de pont a une portée métaphorique, symbolisant un rapprochement entre deux rives qui, a priori, n’ont pas de raison d’être reliées. Celles-ci peuvent aussi bien représenter les mathématiques et l’anglais que les peuples français et anglais (histoire, culture et civilisation), donc un travail commun et une ouverture vers l’autre. Au-delà, le pont dépasse l’idée de frontière, puisque lorsque vous êtes sur celui-ci, vous n’êtes ni d’un côté, ni de l’autre de la rive. Ainsi, vous n’êtes plus cloisonné dans un seul lieu, mais, plus poétiquement, en un entre-deux, qui rend tout possible en s’émancipant des appellations. De fait, un travail interdisciplinaire est un pont entre plusieurs matières. Il n’est pas circonscrit à l’une d’elles : ce ‘‘no man’s land’’ ouvre de nouvelles perspectives d’approche des connaissances. Séances de travail Après avoir choisi en commun les thèmes que nous allions traiter et l’approche qui nous conduirait des mesures aux ponts, la répartition du travail s’est faite entre les professeurs de mathématiques et d’anglais. Mesures françaises et anglaises – histoire de la mesure Le mètre, « invention » française liée aux bouleversements consécutifs à la Révolution Française, porte en lui les valeurs d’égalité. Il fut défini par le 1/10 000 000 du quart du méridien terrestre ; les astronomes Delambre et Méchain se servirent de la triangulation pour calculer la longueur du méridien. Cette valeur du mètre a été rapidement reconnue à travers l’Europe et, depuis, internationalement – sauf par l’Empire Britannique et certaines de ses anciennes colonies, qui ont conservé les mesures impériales. Gravitation – rappel de ces lois physiques et un historique sur Newton. Des activités pédagogiques propres à ces notions ont suivi sur plusieurs séances. (Utilisation de supports vidéo authentiques – BBC – en mathématiques). Thèmes abordés par le professeur d’anglais The History of Measurement The Greenwich Meridian Cambridge and the Mathematical Bridge Newton The Channel Tunnel Tower Bridge and the Millennium Bridge Activités du professeur de mathématiques Conversions: imperial and metric units (video activities), exercises about proportionality Exercises about triangulation: trigonometry, sine rule Laws of gravity: (video activities), exercises on masses and weights; functions and straight lines Meridian: sphere, latitude and longitude Le voyage, illustration du projet Le séjour s’est organisé autour du projet scientifique en liaison avec le programme d’histoire de troisième : la Deuxième Guerre mondiale ; en anglais, section européenne, Londres, le Blitz et Churchill. Sur place : Visite de la cathédrale St Paul ; Christopher Wren utilisa la géométrie et les mesures pour la construction du dôme de la Cathédrale et de son escalier géométrique. On aborde les bombardements de la Cathédrale sous le Blitz et funérailles de Churchill. Visite du "Churchill’s Britain at War Experience" pas très loin du Millenium Bridge. Une journée à Greenwich : l’observatoire, le méridien et le planétarium. Une journée à Cambridge : Le "Mathematical Bridge" construit, selon la légende, par Newton ; visite guidée des "Colleges" ; Newton a étudié à Trinity College, ses recherches sur la gravitation y sont conservées à la bibliothèque. London Science Museum : le département mathématiques, riche de nombreuses expositions, à exploiter avec le collègue de mathématiques. Les "Hands-on Galleries" : ateliers thématiques permettant de mener une expérience, par exemple : "How to build a bridge". Churchill War Rooms : le Quartier Général (souterrain) du premier ministre pendant la guerre, et un musée qui retrace sa vie. Pendant le séjour et les visites, les élèves devaient remplir un carnet de voyage (questions, interviews, énigmes) à remettre au retour. Bilan Ce voyage a largement dépassé nos attentes en termes scientifiques et culturels. Nous-mêmes avons appris beaucoup. Les élèves ont à plusieurs reprises cherché à prolonger ce qui avait été abordé en cours en posant des questions inattendues aux guides qui nous encadraient. Ce voyage fut aussi un révélateur sur le plan humain. Un soir, des footballeurs ont invité nos élèves, qui les regardaient en attendant leurs familles, à les rejoindre pour une partie improvisée. Il a bien fallu parler anglais ! Ce projet a permis de relier des enseignements à une réalité linguistique, scientifique et historique. Il a su légitimer la nécessité d’un savoir peu visible pour les élèves et permis de dresser des passerelles entre différentes disciplines.

08 Décembre 2016

history

WWII

Britain

Sélection culturelle

Peter Brook: The Valley of Astonishment

Back by popular demand, the legendary director Peter Brook's The Valley of Astonishment in Paris.

07 Décembre 2016

poetry

memory

théâtre

Australia Digital Resources

Australia, with its topsy-turvy seasons and love of sport and the great outdoors, is a rich subject for language and cultural learning. These audio resources with interactive activities are a great starting point.

02 Décembre 2016

video

audio

Australia

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High-School Science Heroes

When they see injustice in the world, some teenagers take to the streets, or social media to demonstrate. And some take to the science lab. A group of high-school students in Australia have just synthesised an essential medical drug that is atthe centre of a pharmaceutical pricing scandal in the U.S.A.

02 Décembre 2016

Australia

teenagers

science

Collaborative Science Online Resources

The recent success of Australian students who have drawn attention to a pharmaceutical price scandal by synthesising an essential medical drug in their high-school lab is a great subject for class discussion, involving science but also ethics and economics, as well as English of course. It can also inspire pupils to get involved in crowd participation science projects, individually or as part of a cross-curricular class project.

02 Décembre 2016

Australia

cross-curricular

teenagers

Débat: Littérature, langues étrangères et éducation positive

Lundi 5 décembre au Salon du livre et de la presse jeunesse à Montreuil, assistez à une table ronde autour de l'éducation positive et la collection Tip Tongue, qui encourage la lecture cursive en partant du français en passant petit à petit en anglais, en espagnol ou en allemand.

01 Décembre 2016

lecture cursive

littérature

éducation positive

Montgomery Bus Boycott: A Victory for Civil Rights

Sixty years ago, on 20 December, 1956, Martin Luther King and his fellow campaigners won a first victory in the long battle for African-American civil rights. The Montgomery Bus Boycott, which had begun when Rosa Parks famously refused to move to the back of the bus, finally ended after 381 days, when the Supreme Court ruled bus segregation illegal. But Rosa Parks wasn't the first African American woman to refuse to give up her seat in a Montgomery bus.

28 Novembre 2016

Martin Luther King

video

civil rights

Pearl Harbor Online Resources

Seventy-five years ago, the surprise Japanese attack on the American naval base of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was the signal for America to join World War II. These videos, sites and slideshows provide useful material for class use, about the attack and U.S. entry into the war, and about the camps where Japanese Americans were hastily moved.

28 Novembre 2016

war

WWII

Pearl Harbor

Win 1500 Euros for a Class Project About Australia

Collège and lycée classes can participate in the Sadlier Stokes Prize about Australia's participation in World War I. The competition is open to all disciplines, and is ideal for an EPI or cross-disciplinary project with history-geography, French or EMC for example.

25 Novembre 2016

war

commemoration

WWI

Sélection culturelle

Shakespeare Lives in Schools Day

Friday 2 December is Shakespeare Lives in Schools Day around the world, part of the commemorations of the 400th anniversary year of the Bard's death. William Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616, at the age of 52, in his native Stratford-upon-Avon. Yet his 37 plays are still played constantly around the world, and have provided the basis for more than 1000 films. Britain had had grandiose plans for celebrating the tercentenary of Shakespeare's death in 1916 before World War One put an end to that. So no effort has been spared to celebrate the 400th anniversary. Approximately half of the world's schoolchildren study a Shakespeare play at some point, so schools have been a big focus for the 400th anniversary celebrations, and particularly the British Council's Shakespeare Lives programme. It aims to show that Shakespeare's concerns and themes are still eminently relevant today. Even if Shakespearean language makes studying the actual plays in an EFL classroom difficult, there are lots of ways to expose learners to "Britain's Number One Cultural Icon". There are lots of ideas for celebrating 2 December in the Shakespeare Lives in Schools Day teaching pack, which includes Shakespeare masks for pupils to cut out and wear, and quotes cards for them to distribute. Contemporary short films in modern language, songs, animations, an interactive film from the reconstructed Shakespeare's Globe theatre and Powerpoint presentations all provide opportunities to discuss Shakespeare with different levels of classes. We've got lots of suggestions in our Webpicks.

25 Novembre 2016

literature

schools

Shakespeare

Shakespeare Lives in Schools Webpicks

The British Council has produced various films to celebrate the anniversary, modern, short versions inspired by elements of Shakespeare's plays. Some are difficult for learners, language-wise, but we've selected these two for class use. Plus an interactive film from Shakespeare's Globe.

25 Novembre 2016

literature

schools

Shakespeare

5

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Civil Rights: The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Sixty years ago, the Montgomery Bus Boycott ended in a victory for Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King on the road to civil rights for African Americans. This B1-level article recapitulates the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement in the U.S.A. It is an opportunity for pupils to understand or review the complexity of the relationships amongst Americans and an excellent topic for an EPI with History.

25 Novembre 2016

Martin Luther King

civil rights

EPI

Sélection culturelle

African-American Artists and Segregation

"The Color Line" exhibition at Quai de Branly in Paris reviews the history of discrimination in the U.S.A. through the eyes of African-American artists. The show is an exploration of 150 years of American history from the end of the Civil War with the abolition of slavery, to segregation, the civil rights movement and the Barack Obama’s historic presidency.

25 Novembre 2016

civil rights

art

USA

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The Attack on Pearl Harbor

Seventy-five years ago, just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes launched a surprise attack on the American naval base of Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. It was the signal for America to join World War II.

25 Novembre 2016

war

WWII

Pearl Harbor

Sélection culturelle

A Photojournalist's View of the Trump Campaign

American photojournalist Christopher Morris followed Donald Trump on the campaign trail. He's giving a talk about the experience at the American Library in Paris.

22 Novembre 2016

Trump

paris

campaign

Sélection culturelle

The Art of Walt Disney Animation Studios – Movement by Nature

From the first animated feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to the recent Frozen, many Disney films have become cinema classics. With a selection of 350 art pieces specially collected together a new exhibition in Paris pays tribute to the art of the Walt Disney Animation Studios.

18 Novembre 2016

animation

exhibition

Walt Disney

Sélection culturelle

A New Harry Potter Franchise Hits Cinemas

The title of the first episode of a new five-film series by Harry Potter author JK Rowling is Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The answer, from 16 November, is: everywhere! The new series will no doubt be as popular with pupils as the originals, and it's set in 1926 New York and features both Segregation and Prohibition. How to slip in some Anglophone culture whilst pupils think they're discussing a fantasy film!

14 Novembre 2016

film

literature

animals

Think – Pair – Share

Training pupils to use cooperative learning strategies multiplies the opportunities for pupils to speak between themselves in class — in English of course. And puts the focus on the meaning of what they say, not just the form it is said in.

14 Novembre 2016

group work

cooperative

collaborative

10

Ressources
complémentaires

President Trump Profile

These articles about the President-elect of the United States will enable students to say what they already know about Donald Trump and the American election and will provide enough new information to trigger interest. They will serve as a basis for speaking and writing activities as well as interaction. There are two articles and corresponding activities, one at A2-level and one at B1.

14 Novembre 2016

president

Trump

citoyenneté

5

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complémentaires

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first episode of a new five-film series by Harry Potter author JK Rowling, is set in 1926 New York and features both Segregation and Prohibition. Our A2 downloadable resource will enable your pupils to find out about the new film and understand the connection with the Harry Potter series, and let you to slip in some Anglophone culture whilst pupils think they're discussing a fantasy film!

14 Novembre 2016

film

literature

animals

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President Trump

Donald J. Trump has been elected the 45th President of the United States of America as part of a Republican landslide that sees the party keep its majority in both Houses of Congress.

09 Novembre 2016

Clinton

Trump

EMC

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Young Brits Speak Out in Parliament

On 11 November, the House of Commons debating chamber will be full as usual. But the elected representatives present will be a lot younger than the usual MPS. It is the annual sitting of the UK Youth Parliament: more than 300 11-18-year-olds will debate five subjects that were chosen in a vote by almost a million teenagers.

08 Novembre 2016

politics

U.K.

EMC

Equal Pay Day

In France, Equal Pay Day 2016 is being marked on 7 November. In the UK it's the 10th. Equal Pay Day is marked on different days in countries but the message is the same: women are paid less than men for equivalent work, and it's time to raise awareness of this gender pay gap.

07 Novembre 2016

gender equality

statistics

jobs

Equal Pay Day Video

A simple video to introduce the topic of the gender pay gap. In France, Equal Pay Day 2016 is being marked on 7 November. In the U.K. it's the 10th. That's the day when women effectively stop earning — they work the rest of the calendar year for free.

07 Novembre 2016

video

gender equality

statistics

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The Race for the White House: Into the Final Straight

This is it. After more than a year of one of the most vicious campaigns in living memory, Americans will finally go to the polls on Tuesday 8 November. Or will they?

07 Novembre 2016

Clinton

Trump

EMC

Sélection culturelle

National Theatre Live

See a play in English... at the cinema! The National Theatre Live brings broadcasts of acclaimed West End productions to cinemas around the world. Coming up in France, performances in Valbonne, Aix en Provence, Strasbourg and Paris.

03 Novembre 2016

British

Cinéma

Shakespeare

No to Bullying

Thursday 3 November is anti-bullying day in French schools (Journée nationale "Non au harcèlement") and 14-18 November is anti-bullying prevention week in the U.K. This selection of sites and videos from across the globe will help you broach this important subject in the classroom.

03 Novembre 2016

citizenship

EPI

videos