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The Doors Singer Morrison Remembered

Fifty years after his death, Jim Morrison is still remembered for his poetry, lyrics and sometimes outrageous performances with The Doors. His grave in Paris is a shrine to the American singer.

06 Juillet 2021

U.S. culture

music

rock

Sélection culturelle

Cannes is Back!

Yes, that is legendary American director Spike Lee peering out of the poster for the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. He is also the president of the jury for the 74th festival. Two months later than usual, and with cinema releases having been largely suspended for a year, it will be an unusual edition.

06 Juillet 2021

documentary

Cannes

film festival

Shine Bright AMC File 13 Land of the Free

In our series of author videos presenting different chapters of Shine Bright AMC, here is File 13 Land of the Free, presented by its author Rebecca Oudin-Shannon.

05 Juillet 2021

U.S. culture

freedom

liberty

Aboriginalities

If you find yourself close to Belgium this summer, it’s worth heading to Brussels for the Aboriginalités exhibition: more than 250 paintings by First Australian artists who innovate using traditional techniques and subject matter and modern materials.

05 Juillet 2021

art

Australia

Give Me Five 4e

What's Inside? Reading Guide: Jane Eyre

In our series of author videos presenting our Reading Guides, here's Jane Eyre presented by its author Lynda Itouchène.

05 Juillet 2021

Jane Eyre

British literature

Charlotte Brontë

What's Inside? Reading Guide: To Kill a Mockingbird

In our series of author videos presenting our Reading Guides, here's To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee presented by its author Lynda Itouchène.

05 Juillet 2021

civil rights

ségrégation

American literature

Sélection culturelle

Quais du Polar Lyon 2021

Calling all detective fiction fans: Lyon's Quais du Polar festival is back from 2-4 July with the cream of crime-fiction authors from around the globe in genres from adult to kids' fiction, comic books and more. A couple of Anglophone authors who caught our eye are David Vann from the U.S.A. and R.J. Ellory from the U.K. Alaskan author David Vann now teaches at the University of Warwick in England. His first novel, Legend of a Suicide ( Sukkwan Island) (2008) won the Prix Médicis étranger. His latest novel ( Komodo ) is only available in a preview French edition (Editions Gallmeister) (the English will follow). It is a family drama set, like so many of Vann's novels, by the sea, this time on Komodo Island in Indonesia where Californian Tracy has come to learn to dive with her brother. David Vann will be signing books on all three days, and participating in three panel discussions: Paradis noirs on 3/7 at 10.30 a.m. ; Ce qu'on est prêt à faire et défaire quand on est mère on 3/7 at 2.30 p.m. ; Le linge noir en famille on 4/7 at 11.30 a.m. Prolific author R.J. Ellory was born in Birmingham, England, and spent much of his childhood in orphanages. As well as writing, he's an accomplished blues musician, and his fascination with American culture means that most of his books are set in the U.S. His first novel, Candlemouth , was published in 2003 and he won the prix Nouvel Obs/BibliObs in 2009 for A Quiet Belief in Angels ( Seul le silence .) His latest novel, Three Bullets , published in French as Le jour où Kennedy n'est pas mort , is an alternative history tale, imagining that JFK was shot in November 1963, but didn't die. Two translators will "joust" over their translations of an R.J. Ellory text on 3/7 at 2.30 p.m. Ellory himself will take part in two panel discussion: Rural noir on 4/7 at 11.30 a.m. and Polar à fleur de pop on 4/7 at 3.30 p.m. Quais du Polar 2-4 July 2021 In real life and online

02 Juillet 2021

literature

festival

Lyon

Happy July Fourth!

On July 4th, the U.S.A. celebrates its independence. And where better to do that than in Philadelphia, home of the Liberty Bell, and where the Declaration of Independence was written?

01 Juillet 2021

U.S. history

women's rights

U.S. traditions

Sélection culturelle

The Leprechauns and the Crock of Gold

Multi-national, multi-lingual theatre company Footsbarn will be playing a few dates of their new show Crock of Gold in the Allier and Paris before setting off for a summer tour of Ireland.

29 Juin 2021

Shakespeare

théâtre

music

Time for Tennis at Wimbledon

For two weeks every summer, London is the world capital of tennis. Wimbledon is more than just a tennis tournament. It's a national institution with some typically British eccentricities. This year's tournament begins on 3 July.

28 Juin 2021

sport

UK

London

Wimbledon 2021 Videos

The summer holidays are approaching, and it's time for tennis with the Wimbledon tournament. These short videos will make an entertaining end-of-term activity.

28 Juin 2021

sport

UK

London

What's the Score?

Tennis has a very idiosyncratic scoring system, and no one is sure why.

28 Juin 2021

sport

UK

London

Rendez-vous

Marcus Rashford: Football Against Food Poverty

England’s football players have been taking the knee at Euro 2020 to protest against racism but one in particular has been standing up for Britain’s poorest children.

25 Juin 2021

U.K.

poverty

protest

Sélection culturelle

Musical New York Taken to New Heights

A musical about Latino communities in New York – it’s not Steven Spielberg's long-awaited remake of West Side Story but In the Heights – by Hamilton creator Lin Manuel Miranda. It’s all singing, rapping and dancing and screams “summer”!

24 Juin 2021

théâtre

U.S. culture

musicals

8

Ressources
complémentaires

The Secret Garden

We’ve been promising you a resource on Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic story about an orphan girl who discovers a hidden garden and decides it will help cure her sickly cousin. It’s perfect for coming-of-age stories in LLCER, but we also wanted younger students to be able to enjoy it, so we’ve provided three different resources for A2, A2+-B1 and B2.

24 Juin 2021

literature

children's books

coming-of-age

Rendez-vous

Juneteenth Becomes a Federal Holiday

Juneteenth (19 June) marks the day when the most distant part of the United States received news of the end of slavery. On 19 June 1865, the enslaved people of Galveston, Texas finally discovered that Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation had actually freed them two-and-a-half years earlier. As of 17 June 2021, it will be a federal holiday in the U.S. The Juneteenth National Independence Day Act passed through Congress with almost unanimous support and bestows official recognition on a date that has long been celebrated in Texas, and by African-Americans more and more widely. From now on, federal offices will be closed on 19 June and federal employees benefit from a holiday. The Act was introduced by four Democratic Congresspeople (Senators Ed Markey (Massachusetts), Tina Smith (Minnesota), Cory Booker (New Jersey) and Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas), and one Republican Texan Senator, John Cornyn. A Vocal Activist One of the people present at the White House as President Biden signed the Act was Opal Lee, 94. She has spent decades campaigning to have Juneteenth declared a federal holiday, since her family home in Texas was burned down on Juneteenth when she was 12. This short video would be a fabulous way to introduce the topic to your pupils, it's very straightforward and could be used from A2. https://twitter.com/i/status/1406326358993743876 For lots more on Juneteenth, its origins and celebrations, check out our article and our webpicks .

17 Juin 2021

civil rights

U.S. history

African American

Rendez-vous

Mount Recyclemore

This giant sculpture has been installed as a message to the G7 leaders meeting for a summit in Cornwall, England. It's made entirely of electronic waste and is designed to draw attention to the environmental problems caused by the 53 million tonnes of phones, tablets, computers and other electronic devices discarded every year.

11 Juin 2021

video

UK

art

3

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complémentaires

Nomadland: On the Road for the 21st Century

Nomadland, the multi-Oscar-winning film by Chloé Zhao, makes an excellent extension to Shine Bright LLCER File 7 On the Road for 1ère, or File 19 Modern Western for Terminale. It could also be interesting to use with Shine Bright AMC File 13 Land of the Free in connection with Freedom from Want. The story of modern-day nomads living in camper vans and trying to pick up short-term work to supplement minimal pensions echoes with Kerouac's hobos and the families fleeing the Dustbowl in John Steinbeck's novels, as short video clips from the film show.

11 Juin 2021

video

film

Frances McDormand

Euro 2020 in Six Questions

A quick rundown on Euro 2020 in six essential questions.

10 Juin 2021

sport

video

geography

James Joyce and Bloomsday

Ireland has a rich literary heritage and is fond of honouring it. On 16 June every year, it is author James Joyce who is remembered, as Joyce fans all over Ireland and the world celebrate Bloomsday in honour of his novel "Ulysses".

09 Juin 2021

Ireland

festival

paris

Sélection culturelle

On the Road: Nomadland

Nomadland is a fascinating insight to a largely invisible U.S. community: modern-day nomads not so far removed from the Depression-era migrant workers from John Steinbeck’s novels.

09 Juin 2021

film

Frances McDormand

western

Trooping the Colour

Among many other special qualities, Queen Elizabeth II has two birthdays every year: the real on on 21 April (she was 95) and her official one on the second Saturday in June. That is marked by one of the great moments of British pageantry: the Trooping the Colour ceremony.

09 Juin 2021

Britain

royalty

Queen

Raise the Flag

14 June every year is Flag Day in the United States. It commemorates the date in 1777 when the United States approved the design for its first national flag, a version of the familiar red, white and blue “Stars and Stripes” that survives today.

09 Juin 2021

celebrations

U.S. history

U.S. traditions

Memory Tricks: Their, There and They're

We stumbled across this simple visualisation to help pupils remember the spellings of the homophones their, there and they're. We couldn't resist sharing.

03 Juin 2021

memory

infographic

spelling

Collective Storywriting: Well Done!

As part of the Semaine des langues 2021, schools in the Académie de Nice took part in a collaborative writing project, Histoires communes in English, German, Italian and Spanish. Stories written collectively, often remotely, and across languages and/or across borders.

Escape Games Webinar

Thank you for all your interest in our new Escape Games pack for collège. Now it's time to find out more as two of its authors invite you to a free webinar so they can present the concept and answer your questions.

28 Mai 2021

WWII

British history

Spanish

Death of Eric Carle, Enchanter of Childhoods

Author and illustrator Eric Carle passed away on 23 May at the age of 91. He had enchanted children the world over with his colourful picture books, and especially the best selling The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

28 Mai 2021

children's books

U.S. culture

illustrations

Acquérir et retenir du vocabulaire

Il est indéniable que, bien souvent, l’autonomie langagière et la capacité à communiquer se mesurent davantage à l’étendue et à la richesse du lexique qu’à la correction grammaticale même si cela peut sembler contre-intuitif dans un pays où les progressions pédagogiques en cours de langue ont longtemps été déterminées par « les points de grammaire » à faire acquérir.

25 Mai 2021

memorisation

games

vocabulary

La mémorisation en présentiel en langues vivantes grâce aux roues numériques

Le travail de mémorisation en présentiel n’est malheureusement pas assez pratiqué dans les cours de langues. Est-ce par manque de temps ? Pourtant, les sciences cognitives préconisent un effort conséquent en tout début d’apprentissage pour une meilleure rétention des notions. Cet apprentissage, rebutant pour certains élèves, peut, en réalité, se faire de manière ludique grâce à l’utilisation d’une roue numérique.

25 Mai 2021

memorisation

games

vocabulary

Five Eyes

The Five Eyes Alliance is a very discreet intelligence-gathering agreement between five major Anglophone countries: the U.S., the U.K., Australia, Canada and New Zealand. It was created during the Cold War with the former Soviet Union. But it is currently in turmoil over the five nations’ relations with China.

25 Mai 2021

video

UK

USA

Professeurs documentalistes Lycée

The Doors Singer Morrison Remembered

Cannes is Back!

Shine Bright AMC File 13 Land of the Free

Aboriginalities

What's Inside? Reading Guide: Jane Eyre

What's Inside? Reading Guide: To Kill a Mockingbird

Quais du Polar Lyon 2021

Happy July Fourth!

The Leprechauns and the Crock of Gold

Time for Tennis at Wimbledon

Wimbledon 2021 Videos

What's the Score?

Marcus Rashford: Football Against Food Poverty

Musical New York Taken to New Heights

The Secret Garden

Juneteenth Becomes a Federal Holiday

Mount Recyclemore

Nomadland: On the Road for the 21st Century

Euro 2020 in Six Questions

James Joyce and Bloomsday

On the Road: Nomadland

Trooping the Colour

Raise the Flag

Memory Tricks: Their, There and They're

Collective Storywriting: Well Done!

Escape Games Webinar

Death of Eric Carle, Enchanter of Childhoods

Acquérir et retenir du vocabulaire

La mémorisation en présentiel en langues vivantes grâce aux roues numériques

Five Eyes