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• WWI : Sting's Children's Crusade

  11 septembre 2014 ( #children's crusade, #Sting, #war, #WWI )

  1985: Sting sort son premier album solo, "The Dream of The Blue Turtles", avec plusieurs chansons contre la guerre, dont Russians et Children's Crusade . Children's Crusade : 2 générations perdues, celle de la Grande Guerre, mais aussi une autre...plus...

• The cost of a Big Mac

  13 août 2014 ( #consumerism, #environment, #food waste, #poverty )

  The Guardian Liberty Voice: You are eating 1,000 cows Hidden costs series Here’s an eye-opening series of videos produced by InsuranceQuotes.com. From the site, “The purpose of insurance is risk management. What about the risks we confront everyday —...

• 'Boarding school at an early age is child abuse' – video

  11 mars 2015 ( #boarding, #early, #school, #– )

  VIDEO http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/video/2015/feb/11/boarding-school-early-age-child-abuse-video ARTICLE: CHURCHILL sent to boarding school at eight. http://www.historyinanhour.com/2013/01/24/churchill-school-education/ An extract from: My...

• BBC NEWS : Shooting "Suffragette"

  12 avril 2014 ( #film, #movie, #rights, #suffragettes )

  Parliament opens its doors for the first time to allow the shooting of a film starring Meryl Streep as Emmeline Pankhurst " Parliament opens its doors for Suffragette film" here + other videos on suffragettes on the same page + BBC article here ------------------------------------...

• JACK THE RIPPER

  22 octobre 2014 ( #history, #Jack the Ripper, #London, #mystery )

  The long-running Jack the Ripper mystery is 'solved' http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-29119092 http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/ripper_jack_the.shtml A long and detailed article: the Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2746321/Jack-Ripper-unmasked-How-amateur-sleuth-used-DNA-breakthrough-identify-Britains-notorious-criminal-126-years-string-terrible-murders.html...

• Post TV: Reverend James Reeb's life and death/Selma

  07 mars 2015 ( #James Reeb, #march, #MLK, #Selma )

  THE WASHINGTON POST TV http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/national/a-dc-reverends-life-and-legacy-left-in-selma/2015/03/06/c8982ce4-c447-11e4-a188-8e4971d37a8d_video.html MAGNIFIQUE REPORTAGE PHOTOS DU WASHINGTON POST THE ROAD TO MONTGOMERY http://...

• Alexis Voyer a disparu depuis près de 3 mois

  14 juillet 2016 ( #alexis, #disparition, #disparu, #voyer )

  Alexis Voyer, un adolescent de 16 ans a quitté le domicile de ses parents le 21 avril 2016 et n'a plus donné de nouvelles. Prenez quelques minutes pour consulter la page facebook faite par ses proches. N'hésitez pas à diffuser le lien le plus largement...

• Film: Blinded by the Light by Gurinder Chadha

  20 août 2019 ( #blinded, #film, #light )

  http://www.speakeasy-news.com/bend-it-like-bruce/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/08/17/how-blinded-by-light-finds-common-ground-between-bruce-springsteen-pakistani-british-teenager/ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/aug/11...

• Peonies by Mary Oliver / Spring Flowers by American impressionist William Merritt Chase

  13 mai 2018 ( #oliver, #peonies, #poem )

  ‘Peonies’ by Mary Oliver This morning the green fists of the peonies are getting ready to break my heart as the sun rises, as the sun strokes them with his old, buttery fingers and they open — pools of lace, white and pink — and all day the black ants...

• TICE et PUCES: vieil article importé de mon autre blog (juin 2013)

  21 juin 2014 ( #outils, #PUCES, #TICE )

  Awesome tools /ideas and and sites ! Mise à jour mai/juin 2014: Une bonne idée : "production écrite et correction enregistrée" About rhinospike Rhinospike -------------------------------------------------------- Ticedulangues 18 Ticedulangues 19 Ticedulangues...

• How to write a speech

  24 février 2018 ( #how, #speech, #write )

  http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/speech/ Plato's appeals of ethos, pathos, and logos come in handy here. Persuade your audience to agree by gaining credibility (ethos) or by using others' (when you think of Hanes, do you think of quality underwear...

• NESSIE

  30 janvier 2015 ( #lessons, #nessie, #video )

  VIDEO LESSONS http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/word-street/loch-ness-scene-1 http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/word-street/loch-ness-scene-2 ------------------------------------------------- http://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=nessie http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19815457...

• THE THAMES (projet)

  08 février 2015 ( #London, #port, #The Thames )

  http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/ http://www.bookdrum.com/books/a-tale-of-two-cities/9780141199702/setting.html http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Scott_001.jpg http://www.londoncanals.uk/rivers/flt00.html The Thames in Sherlock Holmes:...

• AUDIOLINGUA

  06 septembre 2014 ( #audio, #school, #uniform )

  SCHOOL AND UNIFORMS http://www.audio-lingua.eu/spip.php?page=recherche&recherche=comprehensive+school&id_rubrique=2&id_mot=12&debut_articles=10#pagination_articleshttp://www.audio-lingua.eu/spip.php?page=recherche&recherche=comprehensive+school&id_rubrique=2&id_mot=12&debut_articles=10#pagination_articles...

• Fractured or twisted fairy tales: collège / lycée

  20 juin 2015 ( #contes détournés, #fairy tales, #twisted fairy tales )

  Un site qui faite le point, avec des conseils : http://www.marilynkinsella.org/Workshop%20papers/Fractured_Fairy_Tales.htm En 6ème, cela permet de travailler avec le professeur de français http://education.francetv.fr/litterature/sixieme/dossier/detournements-de-contes...

• BEST FRIENDS : PLAY THE GAME IN CLASS

  13 août 2014 ( #friendship, #game, #group work )

  A friend should bear his friend's infirmities. (Julius Caesar 4.3.85), Cassius to Brutus DEFINITION OF A BEST FRIEND BY DAFFY DUCK SING THE SONG : I LIKE / YOU LIKE Alternative TASK : Imagine Shakespeare and his best friend are playing the game in front...

• World Cup: US falls in love with football

  27 juin 2014 ( #football, #soccer )

  BBC NEWS: The US Falls in Love with Football - sorry, soccer! BBC NEWS : President Obama congratulates TEAM AMERICA on CBS NEWS With World Cup in Headlines, a Debate Continues on What ... 18 juin 2014 - Up in Arms Over 'Soccer' vs. 'Football'. With World...

• Two songs from the musical "Hairspray" 2007 (segregation)

  13 mars 2014 ( #Hairspray, #musical )

  1962 : the action takes place in Baltimore where Friday is "negro day" on dance floors... SYNOPSIS excerpt 1: "Run and tell that!" Excerpt2 : "I know where I've been" (The main character on the right takes part in a demonstration against segregation and...

• American culture

  27 juillet 2014 ( #American culture, #American festival )

  Une mine de ressources sur la culture des Etats-Unis : Le site de l'ambassade des Etats-Unis http://france.usembassy.gov/eteachers.html Toutes les fêtes, des oeuvres et des chansons, ici : Pour les chansons, il y a le mp3 + les paroles +..... http://americanenglish.state.gov/resources/sing-out-loud-traditional-songs...

• THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY

  02 janvier 2015 ( #have fun, #shakespeare )

  LOTS OF FUN! http://www.reducedshakespeare.com/2014/12/we-made-it-were-in-american-theatre-magazine/ http://www.americantheatre.org/2014/11/26/the-reduced-shakespeare-companys-comic-condensation-formula/ FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY http://www.reducedshakespeare.com/2010/08/episode-191-folger-shakespeare-library/...

• OUT DAMN SPOT REMOVER AD (MACBETH)+ many other things...

  14 janvier 2014 ( #Macbeth, #Much Ado About Nothing )

  more seriously, a link to teaching resources on Macbeth; many clips (scenes from Macbeth)from their DVD and a booklet with worksheets http://thisismacbeth.com/teacher-materials/lesson-plans.shtml Reçu aujourd'hui la newsletter de Newstandpoints sur Shakespeare:...

• The real thing: The Coke Bottle at 100

  15 mai 2015 ( #advert, #advertisement, #advertising, #anniversary, #coca cola, #coke, #commercial, #consumer society, #drink, #posters )

  BBC CULTURE http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150514-the-real-thing-the-coke-bottle

• HDA / ENVIRONMENT : BANKSY "SHOW ME THE MONET"

  17 mai 2015 ( #art, #banksy, #buying, #consumer society, #environment, #hda, #monet, #money, #painting, #show )

  SUBVERSION DES NYMPHEAS DE CLAUDE MONET ET ATTAQUE CONTRE LA SOCIETE DE CONSOMMATION ( JEU DE MOT "money" / Monet) https://denfar.wordpress.com/358-2/ http://data0.eklablog.com/myreadingdream/perso/le%20je%20et%20le%20jeu/bansky0001.pdf

• LADY SUSAN BY JANE AUSTEN

  28 décembre 2014 ( #Jane Austen, #lady susan )

  FULL TEXT HERE http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/946 AUDIO ON LIBRIVOX + LINKS https://librivox.org/lady-susan-by-jane-austen/ OR HERE OTHER JUVENALIA RECORDED HERE https://librivox.org/jane-austens-juvenilia-by-jane-austen/ BBC 4 : epistolary literature...

• FOOD WASTE IN THE US AND THE UK

  08 avril 2014 ( #food waste )

  CNN Sudent news April,8 (starts at 3'45) FOOD WASTE IN THE US.pdf FOOD WASTE IN THE UK A new word : "bogof" = "buy one get one free" From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Buy one, get one free", or "Buy one, get one" is a common form of sales promotion....