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A la demande de Nathan, voici le formidable calendrier utilisé en classe chaque jour… pour celles et ceux souhaitant aller plus loin et voir plus de vidéos!

Ce magnifique travail a été réalisé par Mme Haquet. (acad de Rouen)

Plantu, Castelbajac, Louison. (twitter)

What’s happening in the French city of Nice? (http://www.bbc.co.uk)

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France will hold a minute’s silence today in memory of those killed in Nice (http://www.firstnews.co.uk)

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• It only takes 47 seconds to get to the top of the WTC but during this journey up to the observatory deck, (on the 102nd floor) visitors will watch a beautiful time-lapse film. This video was shared by the NY Times and reveals 515 years of history.
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• Read more about this experience on Channel One News, or 911 Memorial.org.

 ARTICLES:

• Here is an article from Metro.co.uk
• Here is the first photo (with a funny picture from Metro.co.uk) Vocab: Nappy
• Here is an article from express.co.uk about the name (George Alexander Louis)

PICTURES:

• UK Newspaper Front Pages on July, 24th (les unes des journaux brittaniques du jour)
• In pictures (BBC)
  

Prince William is the son of  Princess Diana and Prince Charles and he is the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II. In 2011 he got married to Kate Middleton, who is now expecting a baby.

* Here are some news about the royal baby (Firstnews, June 2013)

* Pregnant Kate is in hospital! (Firstnews, Monday, 22 July 2013 )

* Listen to Jenny: William and Kate are going to have a baby!

 * Waiting for a delivery (Metro.co.uk) Aides pour comprendre le texte:

• The Ashes Test: cricket matches between England and Australia. 
• A delivery: un accouchement. (délivrance, et ici libération puisque la reine va partir en vacances et souhaite que le bébé naisse avant!)

* Live! (the Guardian) Kate was admitted to hospital this morning (July, 22nd)

And you? Can you guess the name of the baby?

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You’ve certainly heard about Nelson Mandela on the TV news.He has died, aged 95. (Dec, 5th 2013)

Read more on BBC news , FirstNews, Time for Kids,(easy),  the Guardian (niv 3ème)

Video: Channel One News’ Daily Show.

Nelson Mandela in pictures (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)

Quiz about Madiba. (BBC)

He was called Madiba by South Africans. He was President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 and the first black president in the first democratic election of the country. He fought against apartheid (segregation, separation and discrimination against black people) and was sent to prison for 27 years! (from 1963 to 1990)

Today, he is one of the most respected people in the world.

• Mandela Day:  (http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com)
  The United Nations General Assembly has created a special day to celebrate Nelson Mandela. July 18th, Mandela’s birthday, is now officially Nelson Mandela International Day. The UN said it decided to create this occasion to say thank you to a “great man”. The day celebrates Mandela’s “promotion of a culture of peace throughout the world”. It also recognises Mandela’s contributions towards improving race relations and human rights. The president of the U.N. General Assembly Ali Treki stated the day highlighted how Mandela suffered to create a better world. Mr Treki said Nelson Mandela played a « leading role in and support for Africa’s struggle for liberation…and [made an] outstanding contribution to the creation of a non-racial, non-sexist democratic South Africa.”
  

• Read more about Mandela Day here.
  
• Timeline (BBC)
• Mandela condition gets worse (Firstnews, Friday, 28 June) He is now 94 years old and was taken to hospital.

• Today is Independance Day in the USA, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independance, written on July 4th, 1776. That’s when the 13 original British colonies became the United States of America.

• WATCH! 

*The 4th of July across NYC in pictures.(The New York Times)

* A video about the history of this American day. (watchmojo.com)

• LISTEN! Frank talks about the way he celebrates US Independence Day on July 4th.

• VIDEO AND GAMES: Watch the video and click on the 3 games under it.

•  America the Beautiful: Musician Keb Mo visited the White House earlier this year and performed a rendition of « America the Beautiful ». Enjoy some great scenes of America and the President set to this classic song – in celebration of Independence Day

• If you want to know more about the USA, and play a quizz about its history, you can click here!

Have fun!

• PS: Pour les 3èmes qui m’ont demandé plus d’articles traitant de l’actualité, voici un article du NY Times. (03/07/12) Il s’agit des célébrations du 4 juillet qui seront annulées dans plusieurs villes américaines à cause de la crise économique d’une part mais aussi à cause des nombreux incendies qui ravagent en ce moment plusieurs villes du Colorado. Bonne lecture! Les 5èmes peuvent comprendre beaucoup de mots sur le sujet étudié cette année.

Pour info, cancel = annuler. Si vous avez besoin de traduction, oubliez Google, allez ici.

• Voici aussi The Famous International Hot Dog-Eating, qui a lieu chaque 4 juillet depuis 1916, et qui malheureusement ne montre pas l’indépendance des américains à la surconsommation et à la malbouffe… La compétition consiste à voir qui est capable de manger le plus de hot dogs en dix minutes…

Joey Chestnut ate 69 hotdogs this year! (The Guardian, 04/07/13)

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• Voici un article sur la nouvelle tour de NYC, qui mesure 1776 ft (541m) en référence à ce jour d’indépendance.

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