Professeurs documentalistes Lycée

Australian Election Called

Australia's Prime Minister, Labor's Anthony Albanese, has called a federal election for 5 May. Labor currently has a slim majority in parliament. Opinion polls put Labor neck and neck with the Liberal-National coalition led by Peter Dutton.

Favoriser le travail des mineurs aux États-Unis ?

Floride : un projet de loi pour assouplir la réglementation du travail des mineurs face à la pénurie de main-d'œuvre.

La filière de la betterave à sucre en France

La filière betterave à sucre française : de la culture aux produits transformés, un secteur agricole aux multiples débouchés.

World Autism Awareness Month

April is World Autism Awareness Month. It aims to raise awareness about the condition. This short video by a British schoolboy with autism is a great introduction for pupils to see how he experiences life and school, and the benefits of help he has received.

Down the Mississippi

The Mississippi is in the spotlight in April at the Institut Franco-Américain in Rennes. A talk and a documentary film explore the river. On 1 April, Hervé Nicolas, recently retired researcher from  l’Institut Agro Rennes-Angers, will give a talk about the effects of climate change on the fourth longest river in the world. On 3 April, there will be a screening of River to the Heart, a documentary following novelist Eddy L. Harris in 2019 as he repeated his own epic journey from thirty years before, kayaking the 2,500 mile length of the Mississippi from northern Minnesota to New Orleans. Harris wrote about the original journey in his first book, Mississippi Solo, and has continued to travel and explore the African-American experience of the country, in the South and in Harlem for example. In May, there will be three screenings of films about the environment and environmental activism. And while you're at the IFA, don't miss the exhibition about Susan B. Anthony , the suffragist campaigner, till the end of April. Mississippi and the Climate talk 1 April 6.30 p.m. Reservations (free) River to the Heart documentary 3 April from 6 p.m., film at 7 p.m. Reservations (free)   This would like well with the documents about the rivier in F File 27 Colours of Louisiana in Shine Bright LLCER AMC.

Threats to the U.S. Department of Education

On March 20, headlines around the world announced that President Donald Trump had dismantled the U.S. Department of Education. What does the Department of Education do, and has it really been closed?

SPÉCIMENS

Les chaînes de valeur au défi des droits de douane

Entre protection nationale et flux mondiaux, les droits de douane redessinent la géographie des échanges commerciaux.

Innovation für den Klimaschutz

Kühlschränke waren einst eine revolutionäre Erfindung. Aber sie produzieren auch viele Treibhausgase. Ein junges deutsches Unternehmen aus Darmstadt hat ein neues, nachhaltigeres System erfunden, um unsere Lebensmittel kühl zu halten.

Civil Rights Map

What about a Civil Rights Trail Map to commemorate and remember this decade-long fight to reach equality? The map and website studied here offer a geographical exploration of the period rather than a more common and historical one, a good means for your B1-B2 students to see the Civil Rights movement from a different perspective.

Canada on the Brink of an Election

When Justin Trudeau resigned as Canadian Prime Minister on 6 January, he was hoping to give the Liberal Party a chance of winning the election that had to be held by 20 October. But since Donald Trump's inauguration, the Liberal Party has leapt up in opinion polls. Now the newly chosen Prime Minster Mark Carney is expected to hold a snap election to try to benefit from that new popularity.

Kids Take Over Parliament

On 28 February, the average age in the House of Commons debating chamber was a lot younger than normal. Instead of the usual MPs, the chamber hosted the annual sitting of the UK Youth Parliament: more than 300 11-18-year-olds elected by their peers. 

L’administration Trump attaque la science

Comment les décisions budgétaires de l'administration Trump transforment-elles l'avenir de la recherche américaine ?

Nouveaux programmes 2026 en Collège et Lycée

Du changement s'annonce pour la rentrée 2026, en cycle 4 (Français et Maths) et EMC 6e et 3e; ainsi que pour le Lycée (Langues Vivantes et Maths). Retrouvez ici tout ce qu'il y a à savoir sur les nouveaux programmes annoncés.

Red Nose Day is Celebrating a Big Birthday

Red Nose Day is back on Friday 21 March in the UK.  And this is incredibly the charity Comic Relief's 40th birthday. They've been encouraging people to don a clown's red nose and "do something funny for money" since 1988. 

L'Atelier des profs de lettres - BAC 1re

L’Allemagne et la fin du frein à l’endettement

L'Allemagne s'apprête à réviser sa règle d'or budgétaire : Friedrich Merz veut lever le frein à l'endettement pour réarmer le pays.

Well-targeted responses to Trump’s tariff measures

As Trump imposes tariffs on foreign imports, other countries are retaliating with their own tariffs designed to hurt his voter base.

Wes Anderson Exhibition at the Cinémathèque

Wes Anderson is one of those film directors who has such a personal style that you can instantly recognise one of his films, whether it's live action or animation. An exhibition at the Cinémathèque recreates the singular vision of the director of Moonrise Kingdom, Fantastic Mr Fox and The Grand Budapest Hotel. Wes Anderson was born in Texas in 1969 and started making Super 8 films when he was a teenager. He met actor Owen Wilson while he was at college and together they made a short film, Bottle Rocket, that was a success at the Sundance festival and they made into a feature film. Anderson co-wrote his next couple of films with Wilson, Rushmore (1998) and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). The themes of eccentric teenagers and dysfunctional families recur in The Darjeeling Limited (2004), The Life Aquatic (2007) and Moonrise Kingdom (2012). Meantime, Anderson turned to stop-motion animation with his adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's book Fantastic Mr Fox (2009) (image at the top of the page). His love affair with Dahl would bring him his first personal Oscar after many nominations, in 2024 for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar , the first of his short-to-medium film adaptations of Dahl's short stories for adults for Netflix. He would return to stop-motion with Isle of Dogs (2018). 2014's The Grand Budapest Hotel is probably Anderson's best-known film, and it garnered him three more Oscar nominations as well as 4 wins in different categories. Anderson credits Austrian novelist Stephan Zweig for inspiring the film, set in a a fictional Eastern European city. The miscellaneous staff and guests of a luxury hotel face a time of conflict and tyranny with humour and resilience. The film stars Ralph Fiennes and Saoirse Ronan as well as Anderson regulars Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe and Tilda Swinton. https://youtu.be/KVyf-fzv-mA Anderson continued his love for visiting a perhaps more stylish past with The French Dispatch (2021), set in 1960s France, and Asteroid City, and the height of Hollywood glamour with Asteroid City (2023),  complete with a Marilyn-Monroe starlet played by Scarlett Johansson. Look out later in the year for Anderson's latest film, a spy thriller called The Phoenician Scheme starring many of the stable of actors who recur in his films, such as Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson and Benedict Cumberbatch. Wes Anderson Cinémathèque Paris 19 March-27 July 2025 The exhibition will then move to London's Design Museum before going on a world tour. It is possible to book guided visits for classes 4e level and up (in French). They will last 90 minutes and cost 145 € per class, up to 30 pupils et 6.50 € for each extra pupil up to a maximum of 34). Check out the teachers' page for contact details.

Your Students Have Talent! Matilda

In our series "Your Students Have Talent", check out these sketchnote pages created as a cross-curricular task by pupils using our Reading Guide Matilda.

Conseil ciné : « Méandres ou la rivière inventée »

Une aventure fluviale où l'humain et la nature se confrontent, se découvrent et tentent de se réconcilier.

Time for the Semaine des Langues

What are you planning for la Semaine des langues? This year’s edition is from 18 to 23 March and is on the theme of « L’important, c’est de communiquer ! », which we would happily adopt as our motto here at Speakeasy News. The event makes special reference to the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer in France: a multi-lingual, cross-cultural event like no other! Lots of schools have events planned. Here’s a selection of initiatives and ideas.

L'or, valeur refuge ?

Le cours de l'or a atteint des niveaux records en mars 2025, propulsé par l'instabilité économique et géopolitique des derniers mois.

La « frontière » et l’expansionnisme américain

De Turner à Trump : comment le mythe de la « frontière », pilier de l'identité américaine depuis 1893, justifie encore l'expansionnisme.

Trump et les cryptomonnaies

Le président américain octroie une « réserve stratégique de cryptomonnaies » aux États-Unis, valorisée à 200 000 bitcoins.

La négation et l’interrogation dans Le Menteur de Corneille

Cette fiche permet aux élèves de réviser la négation et l’interrogation, en s’appuyant sur Le Menteur de Corneille. Elle inclut un court rappel des différentes formes de négations et d’interrogations, ainsi que des exercices d’entraînement.

La question foncière en Afrique du Sud

L'héritage foncier de l'apartheid ravive les tensions en Afrique du Sud, où une nouvelle loi d'expropriation divise.

Une terre et des hommes - Anthologie

Téléchargez  gratuitement le livret pédagogique de l'anthologie Une terre et des hommes pour accompagner vos élèves dans l’étude de ces textes engagés.

Illuminations - Arthur Rimbaud

Téléchargez  gratuitement le livret pédagogique d' Illuminations d' Arthur Rimbaud pour accompagner vos élèves dans l’étude de ce chef-d’œuvre.

L'Encyclopédie - Anthologie

Téléchargez  gratuitement le livret pédagogique de l'anthologie L’Encyclopédie de Diderot et d’Alembert  pour accompagner vos élèves dans l’étude de cet ouvrage essentiel.