Professeurs documentalistes Lycée

New Reading Guide: Pride and Prejudice

As promised, our latest Reading Guide for Terminale LLCER, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, is at the printers and will be available in the middle of November.

Inondations à Valence : une catastrophe prévisible

Urbanisation excessive et alertes tardives : les raisons d'une catastrophe historique dans la région de Valence en Espagne.

Le Mercosur inquiète les agriculteurs européens

Face à la colère des agriculteurs, le Parlement français s'oppose au traité de libre-échange UE-Mercosur.

Staging Emotions: Hamlet

This short video is a great way to have pupils study how actors express emotions when they speak a text on stage, even something as short as Hamlet's classic line "To be or not to be".

VW – ein deutscher Mythos in der Krise

Im letzten Oktober kündigte VW Kündigungen und Werksschließungen an. Doch ist VW nur ein Konzern wie andere? Oder sind er und seine …

Deutsch-Land der Innovation

Feststoffbatterien gelten als die Batterien der Zukunft, als Ersatz der aktuellen Lithium-Ionen-Batterien. Ein deutsches Start-up arbeitet gerade an …

Ab in die Schweiz!

Ein einzigartiges Land, dessen Geschichte, Kultur und Legenden oft nicht richtig bekannt sind, wenn sie nicht sogar missverstanden werden. Diese zwei …

Back to the White House

We had got used to election results that took days or weeks to arrive. Not this time. It came clear in the night after polling stations closed that Donald Trump would be returning to the White House, this time as the 47th President of the U.S.A. 

Les élections américaines

Le paradoxe électoral américain : comment gagner la présidence sans la majorité des voix ? Explication.

Les Hauts-de-France : une nouvelle région viticole

Des terrils aux plaines, les Hauts-de-France se transforment en terre viticole face au changement climatique.

La DMZ, une frontière complexe

La DMZ, frontière entre les deux Corées, est un paradoxe : zone de tension militaire extrême, elle attire pourtant les touristes.

Clint Eastwood's 'Juror No. 2': A Final Dilemma

At 94, Clint Eastwood returns with Juror No. 2, a legal thriller that could mark the end of his prolific career. This 40th film explores the moral dilemmas of a juror who discovers his possible involvement in a crime.

La puissance des États-Unis

Une présentation de la puissance américaine à la veille de la présidence Trump. 

The Other Bennet Sister

If you are working on Pride or Prejudice with your LLCER pupils, or if you're just a Jane Austen fan, look out for a new BBC series about the middle Bennet sister, Mary, coming next year. And coming much sooner, our Reading Guide to accompany your students will be available on 21 November.

Biblio Manuels

Migrations légales et transferts d'argent

« On migre par nécessité, pas pour le plaisir » : au Mexique, l'exil saisonnier est devenu vital.

Le médicament : un secteur stratégique

La vente d'une filiale de Sanofi soulève des questions sur les enjeux de la relocalisation industrielle du médicament.

Pourquoi l’agrivoltaïsme fait-il débat ?

L'agrivoltaïsme gagne du terrain : entre opportunité économique et menace pour l'agriculture française.

Zombies Exhibition

Zombies have been a favourite of films and TV for a century but a new exhibition asks us to forget The Night of the Living Dead and examine a phenomenon born from the unique mix of cultures in Haiti. Zombies. Death is Not the End? is at the Musée du quai Branly till 16 February 2025.

America, America Photography Exhibition in Lyon

America, America is an exhibition of photos by esteemed American photojournalists and street photographers such as Lewis Hine, Gordon Parks and Helen Levitt. They are all part of the Marin Karmitz collection and are on show at the Lumière Institute till 5 January.

Watch the Short List for the 2024 Booker Prize

The winner of the U.K.’s most prestigious literary prize, the Booker, will be announced on 12 November. The six authors on shortlist in the running for the prize are from the U.K., Australia, Canada, the U.S.A. and, for the first time, the Netherlands. Also for the first time, five out of six are women. Get a taste of the shortlisted books with these short films created for the competition.

Political Icons: The Donkey and the Elephant

The donkey and elephant are the famous symbols of the Democratic and Republican Parties in the U.S. But how did these two animals become linked to the parties? Here’s the story of how it all happened.

Put Some Meaning in Your Halloweening

It's one of the best known charity fundraisers in the U.S.A. Since 1948, kids have been adding a civic element to their Halloween trick or treating by collecting donations for Unicef, the United Nations' children's fund. Trick-or-treaters used to carry a little cardboard collecting box. The iconic box disappeared during COVID in favour of online donations but this year it's making a comeback. Unicef has lots of teaching resources about the campaign.

Pop Art Forever

A new exhibition in Paris celebrates the Pop Art movement and in particular American artist Tom Wesselmann, one of its pioneers. Less well known in Europe than Andy Warhol or Roy Lichtenstein, he worked with many of the same themes of advertising, collages, comic strips and mass media. As well as 150 of his work, there are 75 by other pop artists, including contemporary ones such as Jeff Koons and Ai Weiwei. Till 24 February 2025

Save the Date: British Short Films Festival in Normandy

The "This is England" festival of British short films based in Rouen and the surrounding region is back. he 2024 edition  will take place from  16 to 24 November. A team of teachers has put together a special programme of screenings and teaching materials for primary, collège and lycée classes. 

Exposition : Chaque vie est une histoire

Chaque vie est une histoire dévoile 200 regards inédits sur l'immigration à travers un parcours artistique et intime.

The Wild Robot

In this new animated film by Dreamworks, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island after a shipwreck. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose. Friendship with animals is always an appealing topic with young pupils, which is one of the reasons this trailer will be studied at an A1+ level. As there is no dialogue, there are no understanding difficulties, so that the dominant activity will be oral production.

Exposition : Empreinte carbone !

L'empreinte carbone, concept-clé du changement climatique, s'expose au musée des Arts et Métiers. Découvrez ses enjeux.

Bas salaires et exonérations de charges

Le système d'allègement des charges patronales favorise-t-il les bas salaires ? Un rapport choc le remet en question.

The 2024 Nobel in economics and institutions

Nobel winners reveal how colonial past shapes nations' wealth: institutions key to prosperity.