Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 19 June 2025 > Celebrate Shine Bright Lycée
If Juneteenth (19 June) became a federal holiday in the U.S.A., it was partly in thanks to a remarkable retired schoolteacher and activist, Opal Lee, who is now 98. She petitioned Congress and the White House for five years to achieve her goal. Juneteenth marks the day when the most distant part of the United … Continue reading “The Grandmother of Juneteenth”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 12 June 2025 > Shine Bright Lycée What's On
Richard Avedon was a famous fashion photographer, producing many Vogue covers. But between 1979 and 1984, he took a road trip through the Reagan-era American West to produce a series of portraits of the people he found there. Far from the stereotypes, Avedon photographed workers, some very young, and all sorts of interesting characters. The … Continue reading “In the American West”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 02 June 2025 > Pedagogy Shine Bright Collège
Le deuxième tome de la collection Bubble Up!, des BDs pour l’apprentissage de la langue anglaise, met en scène des moments clés de l’histoire des États-Unis pour des élèves à partir d’un niveau A2. Les collégiens du premier tome, Panic in London, commencent une nouvelle année scolaire, que leur enseignant compte consacrer à la culture … Continue reading “Panic in U.S. History!: A Comic Strip for English Teaching”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 11 April 2025 > Celebrate
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is considered the quintessential depiction of the Roaring Twenties and a definite contender for the title of great American novel. On the 100th anniversary of its publication, readers return to the classic, and writers imagine new stories for its characters. Published on 10 April 1925, it was Fitzgerald’s third … Continue reading “The Great Gatsby Turns 100”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 21 March 2025 > Ready to Use Shine Bright Collège Shine Bright Lycée
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. Vocabulary … Continue reading “Civil Rights Map”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Tuesday 14 January 2025 > Celebrate
On Monday, 20 January, Donald Trump will become the 47th President of the United States at his second Inauguration in Washington D.C. What does the Inauguration involve, who participates, and what does it cost? The first Inauguration was George Washington’s in New York in 1789. The newly independent United States hadn’t built its new federal … Continue reading “Everything You Need to Know About: U.S. Presidential Inaugurations”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 10 January 2025 > Celebrate
Jimmy Carter served just one term as the 39th President of the U.S.A., but his public service started long before his White House stay and continued to the end of his long life. He has died aged 100. Jimmy Carter often described himself as a Georgia peanut farmer. He was born in 1924 on the … Continue reading “A President Passes”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Tuesday 22 October 2024 > What's On
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. The forty works on display span the 20th century, starting chronologically with … Continue reading “America, America Photography Exhibition in Lyon”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 19 July 2024 > In the News
On 15 July, Donald Trump announced his running mate for the 5 November presidential election: Senator J.D. Vance. The new Republican candidate for Vice-President is a conservative serving his first term in the Senate and a former critic of Trump. James David Vance grew up poor in the mid-west, in Ohio, although his family roots … Continue reading “U.S Election: J.D. Vance”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 01 July 2024 > Celebrate
Independence Day is a celebration for all Americans, but for some it has special significance. It’s a traditional day for holding naturalisation ceremonies, welcoming new citizens to the U.S.A. A total of 878,500 people obtained U.S. citizenship through naturalisation in 2023. Ceremonies take place all year round, but a lot take place in honour of … Continue reading “Becoming American on the Fourth of July”
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