The Victorian Era
Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 01 June 2020 > Webpicks
Learn more about the Victorian Era that Oscar Wilde lived in with this short slideshow.
Nice posters for best social distancing practices
Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 25 May 2020 > Webpicks
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the National Park System (NPS) has closed or limited the public’s access to a majority of park sites in the U.S. But, while some nationals parks remain closed, several of the most visited are beginning to reopen. What about social distancing practices? On April 22, the Trump administration announced that it … Continue reading “Nice posters for best social distancing practices”
Daily Routine with Rockwell
Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 06 May 2020 > Webpicks
As we have said many times, teachers are finding amazing creative ways to keep providing their pupils with motivating, and feasible, work to do during lockdown. This sequence found on the Académie de Grenoble’s English site can be done entirely in distance learning. It mixes culture and language in a class for 6e about daily … Continue reading “Daily Routine with Rockwell”
International Fact-Checking Day
Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 01 April 2020 > Shine Bright Lycée Webpicks
International Fact-Checking Day is on 2 April – the day after the annual feast of benign fake news stories and hoaxes that is April Fool’s Day. It promotes fact-checking to combat malicious fake news around the world. The day is organised by the International Fact-Checking Network, a team of journalists around the world coordinated by … Continue reading “International Fact-Checking Day”
Caremongering: positive news video
Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 23 March 2020 > Webpicks
This video is a positive news story your pupils can study during the current quarantine. This report from Canadian CTV News gives examples of the trend for “caremongering”: using social media to organise, or ask for help during the Covid-19 quarantine. It’s just two minutes long and can be used from B1 by pupils at … Continue reading “Caremongering: positive news video”
Sport Relief Teaching Materials
Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 24 February 2020 > Webpicks
Sport Relief is from 9 to 13 March in the UK. Like its twin, Red Nose Day, it has always had a big educational element. Schools participate massively in fundraising, but the charity also provides lots of teaching materials so classes can learn about the problems Sport Relief funds are helping to tackle. The schools’ … Continue reading “Sport Relief Teaching Materials”
Greta’s Speech
Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 20 December 2019 > Shine Bright Lycée Webpicks
The speech young climate activist Greta Thunberg made to the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019 is a great example of a speech for students. It can be added to work on several Shine Bright 1e themes. Greta Thunberg would also be interesting to study in connection with the LLCER literature curriculum The Curious … Continue reading “Greta’s Speech”
Going Vegetarian Videos
Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 10 May 2019 > Webpicks
For National Vegetarian Week, Britain’s Vegetarian Society has created three short videos about going vegetarian, or at least trying to eat less meat and fish. The three 1-minute videos would make a great class group activity, with each group watching a video about eating less meat to help the environment, improve their health, or to … Continue reading “Going Vegetarian Videos”
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Posted by Speakeasy News > Tuesday 23 April 2019 > Webpicks
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Oceania Through Videos
Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 08 April 2019 > Shine Bright Lycée Webpicks
The Oceania exhibition that is now on at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris originated at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. The RA has a number of videos in English online in connection with the exhibition that are excellent for class work on the topic. It would work well with Shine Bright … Continue reading “Oceania Through Videos”