Professeurs documentalistes Lycée

Del Toro’s Frankenstein: A Gothic Vision for Netflix

Guillermo del Toro resurrects Mary Shelley’s myth in a gothic and deeply human vision. Premiered at the Venice Film Festival in late summer 2025, Frankenstein marks Guillermo del Toro’s long-awaited return to the themes that define his work: monstrosity, compassion, and creation itself.

Wicked for Good

The famous Wicked musical is now a film. How about embarking your 6e students on a trip to Oz and the Emerald City in order to make them discover the world of Wicked while revising the present simple and learning words about school and wizardry?

Zohran Mamdani, A New Political Era for NYC

On 4 November, Zohran Mamdani won the election to be Mayor of New York City at the age of just 34. Although a Democrat following two Democrats may not seem revolutionary, Mamdani, who describes himself as a Socialist, is far from the current line of the party. His youth delighted the many grassroots supporters who came out to campaign for him. But critics point to his lack of political experience. He will take over running the city and its $115 billion budget on 1 January.

Exposition - Amazonies

Film documentaire - Soundtrack to a coup d'État

Avec Soundtrack to a coup d'État , Johan Grimonprez documente le rôle politique de la musique au Congo pendant la guerre froide.

Eight French Young Women Could Be Ambassadors for a Day

For International Women's Day each year, British Embassies organise a competition in each country for a young woman aged 15-18 to come and discover what it's like to be an ambassador for a day. In 2026 the opportunity will be opened to eight young women. Applications need to be in by 4 January 2026.

Podcast - Le trumpisme est-il un fascisme ?

Peut-on qualifier de « fasciste » la politique de Donald Trump ? La question divise les historiens, les intellectuels et les politistes.

Livre - Cartographia

Françoise Bahoken et Nicolas Lambert racontent comment les humains ont progressivement cartographié l’espace qui les entoure.

Livre - La France comme vous ne l'avez jamais vue

Amateurs d’anecdotes insolites et de géographies improbables, ce livre est fait pour vous ! Saviez-vous par exemple qu’il existe une trentaine de Venise en France, qu’il y a des répliques de la tour Eiffel éparpillées un peu partout dans le monde, ou encore qu’il existe un label « France moche » ?

Margaret Atwood and Stephen King Defend the Freedom to Read

Over the past two years, North America has witnessed a resurgence of book censorship in public and school libraries.

New Reading Guide: Americanah

Many of you asked if we would be producing a Reading Guide on Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, which is now on the  LLCER Terminale curriculum. We are happy to announce that it is now at the printers and will be available in the middle of November.

Halloween for All

A man in Austin, Texas, has made it his personal mission that every child can have a Halloween costume. In 2016, Christopher Waggoner moved into a house rather than an apartment and so trick or treaters came to his door on Halloween. He saw some kids watching the elaborate costumes other kids had ruefully. Now he spends all year collecting Halloween costumes to give away.

Breaking News: Women are Persons

On 18 October each year, Canada celebrates "Persons Day" in memory of the day in 1929 when women were legally recognised as "persons" in Canadian law, giving them access to political and institutional roles.

Mystery House

Tradition says that ghosts have fun at Halloween. But in San Jose, California, they have fun all year in a 160-room eccentric house built for them.

Railway Travel at 200

Taking the train is such a common activity and some of us do it every day, yet, yet passenger rail travel was only introduced 200 years ago. These A2/ A2+ activities focus on the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in September 1825 to carry freight and passengers, a major leap forward in the Industrial Revolution. This breakthrough was a revolution in everyone’s life in Britain, not only on an economic level but also on social and political ones.

Save the Date: British Short Films Festival All Around France

The "This is England" festival of British short films based in Rouen and the surrounding region is back. The 2025 edition  will take place from 15 to 23 November. A team of teachers has put together a special programme of screenings and teaching materials for primary, collège and lycée classes. And this year, it will be possible for teachers anywhere in France to ask a local cinema to organise a showing of one of the schools selections during this school year.

Jane Goodall: Into the Heart of the Wild

On October 1, 2025, the Jane Goodall Institute announced the passing of its founder, Dame Jane Goodall, at the age of 91.  Ethologist, primatologist, and United Nations Messenger of Peace, she devoted more than six decades to studying chimpanzees.

First Australian Art

The rooms of the Tate Modern are filled with the monumental art of Emily Kam Kngwarry, who depicted the life and beliefs of her Indigenous community in Australia's Northern Territory. Kngwarry came late to art and spent the last eight years of her long life producing giant paintings which are now considered the forefront of Australian art.

Commonwealth Young Person of the Year 2025

The Commonwealth Youth Awards honour young people from around the world for their work trying to advance one or more of United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. This year's winner, Stanley Chidubem Anigbogu from Nigeria, founded an organisation to transform waste into solar energy for people who have limited access to energy. The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 56 countries, most of which have a connection to Britain through past colonisation. The Commonwealth Youth Awards are for young activists and social entrepreneurs aged 15-29. Like many people in Nigeria, Stanley Chidubem Anigbogu didn’t have reliable access to electricity when he was growing up. Trying to do homework after dark meant using candles or kerosene lamps, which are the source of many accidents, and air pollution in the case of kerosene. Stanley founded LightEd during the COVID-19 pandemic. With a small team of young people, he has trained 6,000 students and recycled over 20,000 kilograms of plastic and electronic waste. LightEd is doubly good for the environment because it creates clean energy while also getting rid of waste. Their Light for Peace project targets people living in Displaced Persons Camps, who have had to flee their homes because of conflict. LightEd provides them with solar lamps and also builds solar-powered recharging stations by reusing old plastic tiles. These have repurposed over 5 tons of plastic waste, preventing pollution and methane emissions from landfills. Stanley's vision is to expand LightEd’s reach beyond Nigeria, with a goal of impacting 5 million lives across Africa by 2030. “Youth-led climate action is not just about addressing today’s issues; it’s about ensuring a sustainable future for the next generation,” he says. LightEd plans to introduce more Avatar Stations in underserved regions, expand the Light for Peace initiative, and improve recycling processes to make renewable energy solutions even more affordable and accessible. “What drives me most is the belief that sustainable development can only be achieved when we prioritize the needs of marginalized communities, empowering them with the tools and knowledge to solve their own problems," he says Stanley Chidubem Anigbogu describing the LightEd project: https://youtu.be/zK7CiE90HEI The Finalists Meet the four other finalists from four global regions, and discover their varied projects. Europe and Canada: Zubair Junjunia – United Kingdom SDG 4: Quality education At the age of 16, Zubair founded ZNotes, an online learning platform promoting global educational equity. It has been accessed by six million students across more than 190 countries. Pacific: Bethalyn Kelly – Solomon Islands SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production Bethalyn is president of the Resilience Innovation and Social Change Girls Club (RISC-GC), where girls participate in a number of activities, including the removal of plastic waste from the environment and recycling it into strong and durable pavement bricks. Asia: Murad Ansary – Bangladesh SDG 3: Good health and well-being Murad, a clinical psychologist, has founded a digital solution platform for mental health and emotional well-being in a country where many people had no access to help with mental-health problems. Caribbean: Nicholas Kee – Jamaica SDG 14: Life below water Nicholas is co-founder and CEO of Kee Farms, a regenerative ocean farm network focused on growing seaweed, oysters and other organisms to reduce greenhouse gases and increase ocean biodiversity. You could use these examples to add to Shine Bright 3e File 4 Teen entrepreneurs or Snapfile 7 Dive into Barbados about ocean plastic recycling.

Wicked for Good Video

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Celebrate Poetry Day in the Classroom

This year's UK National Poetry Day is on 2 October. A great opportunity to get some poetry into your class, and to explore this year's theme: Play. In any case, every day is Poetry Day!

Dinard British and Irish Film Festival 2025

The Dinard British and Irish Film Festival takes place from 1 to 5 October. There are five films in competition as well as a short-film section, documentaries and lots of special showings.

Continuité territoriale : enjeux et défis

Les ultramarins font face à des frais de transport élevés pour rejoindre l’Hexagone.   Des aides à la mobilité existent mais sont insuffisantes. La France est-elle encore apte à assurer sa continuité territoriale ?

La salle des profs : les idées et projets d'octobre et novembre 2025

Participez aux projets de votre choix, partagez vos idées, échangez avec vos collègues autour de nombreux sujets tels que l’Intelligence Artificielle, les manuels papiers et numériques, les moments de classe ou anecdotes avec vos élèves…

Alain Damasio, Scarlett et Novak

Cette séquence clé en main est présente dans le numéro 674 de la NRP Collège. Avec  Scarlett et Novak , une nouvelle dont la lecture est aisée, Alain Damasio frappe un grand coup. Il dénonce dans un récit aussi bref qu’haletant notre addiction au téléphone et portable dont les écrans nous coupent du réel.

Robert Redford: A Star Among the Stars

Robert Redford died on September 16, 2025, at the age of 89, in his Sundance (Utah) home. A charming actor, Oscar-winning director, and founder of the world’s most important independent film festival, he spanned six decades of American cinema by combining seduction and rigor, star power and political conscience, Hollywood heritage and a desire for independence.

La démocratie française et les pétitions

Le 8 juillet 2025, l’Assemblée nationale votait en faveur de la loi Duplomb prévoyant, entre autres, de réautoriser l'usage agricole de l'acétamipride. Suite aux 1,6 millions de signature de la pétition contre la loi, l’Assemblée nationale s’apprête à réouvrir le débat. Peut-on parler de démocratie participative ?

Exposition - îles

Exposition - Paris-Belém

Coyote

Avec Coyote,  Sylvain Prudhomme donne une voix aux oubliés de la frontière entre le Mexique et les États-Unis.