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Sources. Halloween. Pride and Prejudice. Extraits du film : Guided Readers (Macmillan)Macmillan propose des livres simplifiés(en vente).

Pride and Prejudice

One Stop English propose des worksheets allant avec ce livre simplifié. MIGRATION. Heritage of England.

Christmas

Christmas. Christmas. Gothic. Geography. British manners. Destinos. CULTURE. File 3. History. Celtic. The UK Project by 3E I.C. Octavia a.s.2016/17. Mind maps on Australia: 3E - 2017. The Victorian Period and Industrial Revolution. The Tudors. Halloween. Around the World in Eight Months. School Years around the World. World and News > World Stats and Facts by Mark Hughes Somewhere in the world, right now, students are hard at work in school.

School Years around the World

What Does the World Eat for Breakfast? English speaking countries. Holidays&Celebrations. Saint P. Culture and holidays. Environmental issues in English. Easter. Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving. Christmas Links. Reading, songs & Carols Christmas in Great Britain List of Christmas Words Christmas Project Song: Jingle Bell Rock.

Christmas Links

Christmas lesson plans for ESL/ELT Teachers: eslflow webguide. Christmas crossword. Xmas Traditions. Traditions. Language. Biographies for Kids, Famous Leaders for Young Readers. Shakespeare around the world. Did you know that children in every continent of the world study Shakespeare?

Shakespeare around the world

From pupils in Denmark studying Hamlet, to 15-year-olds in China learning scenes from The Merchant of Venice, millions of students are introduced to his stories every year. Shakespeare’s Globe Shakespeare’s Globe theatre in London welcomes school groups throughout the year to find out more about Shakespeare and why his plays remain so popular. Share Our Pride. Holidays. Medieval Crime and Punishment. Fly Through 17th Century London. M@ Fly Through 17th Century London A group of students at De Montfort University created this fly-through of 17th century London (skip to 0:50 in the video to get to the juicy stuff).

Fly Through 17th Century London

The model focuses on the area around Pudding Lane and the bakery of Thomas Farriner, where the Great Fire of 1666 started. Although most of the buildings are conjectural, the students used a realistic street pattern and even included the hanging signs of genuine inns and businesses mentioned in Samuel Pepys' diary. More information on the source material and processes can be found on the team's blog.

Shakespeare, year 9 – WebEnglish.se. British Life and Culture in the UK - Woodlands Junior School. Teenagers and UK culture. Why bring UK culture to the teen classroom?

Teenagers and UK culture

We can introduce UK culture into the English classroom to help our students improve their English and at the same time learn about values and ways of doing things which may be different to theirs. Learning about life and culture in the UK can be very motivating as it brings the language alive for learners and creates a link between language and real life. See if you agree with these comments from teachers on teaching UK culture to their teenage learners: History of the Union Jack.

The Life of William Shakespeare. The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures. I’ve compiled several “The Best…” lists that sites where you can learn about the geography, data, languages, and holidays of different countries around the world. Those resources are important, but I think it’s like learning the words, but not the music, of a song. So I thought I’d develop a separate list just focused on helping students learn about the cultures of different countries, and would love to hear additional suggestions. Education in countries. Sixth floor museum. The Top 5 John F. Life of John F. Marilyn Monroe BY Rachael Bell. Martin Luther King: I Have a Dream revisited. I Celebrate MLK! Rap - Black History Video For Kids. Lenny Kravitz Black And White America. 10 rare views of NYC from more than a century ago.

Rare film reviews of New York City from more than a century ago were recently posted on the Library of Congress website.

10 rare views of NYC from more than a century ago

They were shot between 1898 and 1903 for the Edison Manufacturing Company and the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, which registered them for copyrights by depositing paper prints of each individual frame. Decades later, they were rephotographed on film. Here are 10 of these 45 fascinating films — two- to three-minute “actualities’’ capturing views of a largely long-gone city that were first shown in nickelodeons and storefront theaters, as well as the LOC’s descriptions: ‘Emigrants Landing at Ellis Island’ (1903) “The film opens with a view of the steam ferryboat William Myers, laden with passengers, approaching a dock at the Ellis Island Immigration Station.

Haka. The Haka, the Silver Fern, and Rugby The first haka in an overseas representative rugby match was performed by the New Zealand Native Team to tour Britain in 1888-89.

Haka

The drawing shown below originally came from Illustrated London News, and depicts the very first haka performed in Britain by a New Zealand rugby team. It is entitled, rather endearingly, "Their war cry before starting play". It isn't clear whether or not it was Ka mate which they performed, but it is probable. At some venues they went to some considerable trouble to impress, bringing out mats and other items onto the field to complement the performance. Nelson Mandela - Biography. What did Nelson Mandela mean to you?

Nelson Mandela - Biography

Share your thoughts! Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, 1918. His father was Hendry Mphakanyiswa of the Tembu Tribe. Mandela himself was educated at University College of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand where he studied law. History - Historic Figures: Nelson Mandela (1918 - ) Nelson Mandela. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (/mænˈdɛlə/;[4] Xhosa pronunciation: [xoˈliːɬaɬa manˈdeːla]; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

Nelson Mandela

He was South Africa's first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid through tackling institutionalised racism, poverty and inequality, and fostering racial reconciliation. Politically an African nationalist and democratic socialist, he served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1991 to 1997. Lovenglish. BBC Learning English - Course: shakespeare / Unit 1 / Session 23 / Activity 1. ALFRED HITCHCOCK. Interview: Alfred Hitchcock and Bryan Forbes (1967) Alfred Hitchock was interviewed at the National Film Theatre in 1967 by Bryan Forbes.

In this interview he discusses the medium of film, theatre and television, violence, and biting the heads off rats. archived from (Bryan Forbes' questions and comments are shown in bold and questions from the audience are shown in italics) It is a great privilege and honour to introduce to you, in the flesh, the director that most other directors would like to emulate, that most actors would like to emulate and that most actors who fancy themselves as directors would like to emulate - Mr Alfred Hitchcock. Cinéma : Hitchcock : un film oublié publié gratuitement en ligne. 20 Free Hitchcock Movies Online. Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense, directed more than 50 feature films during his long career. Today, his work is admired worldwide, and he's considered one of our finest directors. Although many of his landmark films remain copyrighted, some of his important works, particularly his early ones, have slipped into the public domain.

And so we have catalogued 16 Alfred Hitchcock films that you can watch online – for free. All Hitchcock films appear in our big meta collection, 1,150 Free Movies Online: Great Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns, etc.. Alfred Hitchcock’s Seven-Minute Editing Master Class.