Centennial of Suffrage

In 1920, almost 150 years after the United States declared that “all men are created equal,” American women got the right to vote… 27 years after women in New Zealand did. American suffragists worked for almost 80 years to obtain that right. And there’s still work to do today.

29 Juillet 2020

WWI

civil rights

feminism

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Quel est le rôle du sénat ?

Que représente le Sénat , chambre haute du Parlement comptant 348 membres élus pour 6 ans au suffrage indirect ?

06 Janvier 2025

citoyenneté

politique

Ve république

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Le secret du vote

Une historienne présente le principe du secret du vote à partir d'une urne en bois, et présente la pratique du vote en 1848.

23 Septembre 2022

démocratie

politique

vote

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Suffragettes Interview

2018 marks the centenary of the 1918 law which gave some British women the right to vote in parliamentary elections for the first time. Dr Helen Pankhurst has particular insight into this subject, not just as an academic but as the great-granddaughter and granddaughter of Emmeline and Sylvia Pankhurst, two of the leaders of the suffrage movement. An audio interview with Dr Pankhurst is the basis of this resource, which allows differentiated teaching with B1 and B2 groups.

19 Novembre 2018

Pankhurst

votes for women

audio

Sélection culturelle

Votes for Women: Helen Pankhurst Lecture in Paris

In 2018, Britain is celebrating the centenary of a major milestone in the suffragette movement's fight to obtain votes for women, which was led by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters Sylvia and Christabel. Emmeline Pankhurst's great-granddaughter, Dr Helen Pankhurst, is giving two talks in Paris: "From 'Votes for Women' to 'Time's Up', Reflections on feminism in Britain, past, present and future".

03 Juillet 2018

votes for women

gender equality

British Council

Rendez-vous

Suffragist Honoured

A hundred years after some British women got the right to vote, there is finally a woman among the statues of political and democratic heroes on Parliament Square outside the Palace of Westminster. London Mayor Sadiq Khan unveiled the statue of Dame Millicent Fawcett on 24 April.

26 Avril 2018

votes for women

gender equality

UK politics

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Celebrating Votes for Women

A hundred years after finally gaining the right to vote in the U.S.A., women today systematically both register and vote more than men. These two resources, one with a more complex article than the other, encourage pupils to discover the long campaign for suffrage, and some of the activists who worked for the 19th Amendment and women who continue to oppose discrimination up to the present day.

09 Octobre 2020

civil rights

feminism

votes for women

Teaching about U.S. Women's Fight for the Vote

In commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of women obtaining the right to vote in the U.S.A. in 1920, these videos and mini-site provide thought-provoking teaching tools.

29 Juillet 2020

video

civil rights

feminism

The Face of Money: U.S. Banknotes Get a New Look

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The Face of Money: U.S. Banknotes Get a New Look

This A2-level article will enable your pupils to understand the historical significance of portraits on American banknotes, and to compare with other currencies. The presentation of new notes featuring Harriet Tubman and other African-American and women’s suffrage activists includes suggestions for an EPI with history.

20 Février 2017

U.S. culture

gender equality

U.S. history

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Princess Suffragette

Everyone has heard of the Suffragettes and their actions, yet, have you heard of Princess Suffragette? This Indian princess, whose father was the last ruler of the Sikh Empire, gave up her socialite life in order to fight for a cause.

05 Avril 2024

video

Pankhurst

votes for women

Le Parlement européen : pouvoirs et fonctionnement

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Le Parlement européen : pouvoirs et fonctionnement

Dans la perspective des élections européennes, ce podcast fait le point sur le rôle des eurodéputés.

19 Mars 2024

démocratie

Union européenne

50/50 Day Film in Class

“50/50: Rethinking the Past, Present, and Future of Women + Power” is a free downloadable film and discussion guide about gender balance that is central to 50/50 Day on 10 May. Here are some suggestions for using the film and other resources for a them on women's rights or gender balance. You can find more information about 50/50 Day in our article. The film can be streamed or downloaded in Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, French, Hindi and Portuguese as well as English, so it could be used as a cross-curricular resource with your colleagues. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zg_8lGAtjI In a language-learning context, it would be difficult to screen the whole 20-minute film (but a French or history-geography colleague might want to screen it in French.) The following extracts are usable individually or together as part of a sequence on gender equality or the representation of different groups in history and our national stories. This fits well into the bac history curriculum: Thème 1 - Le rapport des sociétés à leur passé . The first minute or so of the film is simple to understand from A2 and raises an interesting discussion point. The filmmaker, Tiffany Shlain, tells how surprised she was in a conversation that there had been 50 elected women heads of state around the world. This was much more than she imagined. And she decided it was time to start telling the story of women's contribution rather than just complaining that we don't have equal, 50/50 representation. This segment can be associated with the final part (18:00-19:35), where we see a succession of images of the female heads of state. History Herstory From 2:40 to 5:50, Ms Shlain looks back at prehistory and history, describing how Neolithic times were pretty egalitarian, but that then the power in society shifted towards men. She gives some examples of successful women leaders, many of whom were written out of history by male successors. This fits into a Mythes et héros theme and the cycle Terminale history curriculum and is usable from B1+ . Votes for Women The section from 8:45 to 9:40 is on women's suffrage in the U.S. Shlain points out that social change is slow through the story of the women who signed the Seneca Falls declaration demanding the right to vote in 1848. By the time women finally did get the vote in 1920, only one of the signatories was still alive. And at 92 she was too ill and frail to make it to the polling station. B1 For more resources on women's suffrage, you will also find an A2+ sequence on Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the movement for women's suffrage in the UK, in Speakeasy Activities 4e. And you'll find audio on women's suffrage at B1 level, with accompanying interactive comprehension activities on the Banque de ressources anglais cycle 4 . To see the resources, register or log in now . Then go to: Audios > B1> Rencontres avec d'autres cultures > Interviews > "Votes for Women". A museum curator describes the women's suffrage movement in the UK. Includes suggestions for an EPI on making a presentation about a woman from history. 50/50 — Everyone Wins In the 50/50 film, the 30-second segment from 13:00 gives statistics on inequality, and is followed (13:32-15:45) by a discussion of research showing that equal treatment can improve life for everyone — for example countries which have good gender equality also rank highly on the Global Happiness Index. The small snippet where Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asked why he wanted a gender-balanced cabinet is easy to understand and good for discussion. This part would fit into a l'idée de progrès theme, from B1+ .

05 Mai 2017

politics

history

film

1

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Les institutions européennes

Cette vidéo permet de découvrir et comprendre la composition et les rôles des différentes institutions de l'UE.

30 Mai 2024

construction européenne

démocratie

politique

Rendez-vous

2020: The Year of Women

There may or may not be a woman in the White House in 2016. But there will be a lot more women featured on American banknotes by 2020 after a campaign to get a woman's image on the $20 bill by 2020, the centenary of the year women in the U.S. finally got to vote!

16 Janvier 2017

money

national symbols

Presidents

Visible Woman

Caroline Criado Perez's thought-provoking book Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men does exactly what it says: shows the hundreds of ways in which the needs of women (and anyone who isn't a 1.77m tall, 76kg white male) are ignored in all aspects of our society. The author will be giving a reading in Paris on 16 July.

09 Juillet 2019

women

book

gender equality

Rendez-vous

Make It Fifty Fifty

Fifty-Fifty Day on 10 May is a global event encouraging discussion about a gender-balanced world. What would our lives be like if both genders participated equally in all aspects of it? A free film and discussion guide and online Q&A session aim to spark a conversation.

05 Mai 2017

politics

history

film

Sélection culturelle

Suffragettes on Screen

The Suffragette campaign was one of the major civil-rights movements of 20th century Britain. It's amazing that 100 years after women finally got the vote, there had never been a film made about it!

17 Août 2016

civil rights

feminism

lieux et formes de pouvoir

Happy July Fourth!

On July 4th, the U.S.A. celebrates its independence. And where better to do that than in Philadelphia, home of the Liberty Bell, and where the Declaration of Independence was written?

01 Juillet 2021

U.S. history

women's rights

U.S. traditions

Great Short Videos on African American History

Blackhistoryintwominutes.com is a site devoted to producing two-minute videos on just about any topic you could think of in African American history. For Black History Month, we’ve selected a few that fit well with topics Speakeasy and Shine Bright have covered. The site is financed by African American billionaire philanthropist Robert F. Smith and the video podcasts are hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr, Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. You can find the full list of videos here . Issues School segregation is a topic we have covered several times. Both a historical view, like the Little Rock High School Integration in 1957, or Ruby Bridges , the six-year-old who braved racists in New Orleans. But also a look at how de facto school segregation still exists today. This video could be linked with any of them. https://youtu.be/lN8mXkScxvg This video gives an overview of the wider Civil Rights movement . https://youtu.be/9ppTiyxFSs0 People Leading abolitionist Frederick Douglass is reputed to have been the most photographed American of the 19th Century, which is why he's featured in Shine Bright LLCER File 15 United Selves of America on self-portrayal. https://youtu.be/IqkSEjiBU-s Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, feminist, spy and Underground Railroad conductor is featured in Shine Brigh t 2e File 19 Breaking the chains and several articles and resources on Speakeasy News. https://youtu.be/fn-mKoA4odI This video is about Ida B. Wells’ investigative reporting into Jim Crow era lynchings and could link to to Shine Bright 2e File 19 Breaking the Chain. Billie Holiday’s song “Strange Fruit” was another strong indictment of lynching. Wells was also a leading light of the feminist movement to obtain female suffrage and co-founder of the NAACP . https://youtu.be/pEfLFpLlhqI Jackie Robinson, the first black player in Major League Baseball, is one of the sportspeople featured in "Stand up for Sport" in Speakeasy Files 3e Euro . He inspired Colin Kaepernick ’s take a knee protests featured in Shine Bright AMC File 5 Black Lives Matter. https://youtu.be/v88HBwSL8EA John Lewis led the civil-rights march in Selma and became a Congressman. There is more on Lewis’s life and work in Shine Bright AMC File 5 Black Lives Matter and lots on BLM on Speakeasy News. https://youtu.be/aO99etdxaBI Katherine Johnson was one of the talented mathematicians celebrated in the film Hidden Figures , and broke down barriers of race and gender at NASA during a 33-year career . https://youtu.be/xDaEIWN6lqc Arts This video about the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s would be a good complement to Shine Bright 2e File 1 United colours of Harlem. https://youtu.be/9gboEyrj02g This one on birth of jazz in New Orleans is a great addition to Shine Bright AMC File 27 Colours of Louisiana or S hine Bright 1e File 8 African-American Art. https://youtu.be/1eRNRzyX3ac Moving on to the birth of Hip Hop, this would be a good complement to Shine Bright 1e File 8 African American art. https://youtu.be/10C-Q3NIlzU

04 Février 2023

ségrégation

Harlem renaissance

jazz

Sélection culturelle

Al Gore: Still Saving the Planet

In 2006, the documentary The Inconvenient Truth made Al Gore into the most prominent ecologist on the planet. Gore won a Nobel Prize for its impact on public opinion about climate change. Ten years on, An Inconvenient Sequel shows the positive changes that have been made, and Gore's tireless work in continuing to promote solutions to global warming.

27 Septembre 2017

film

documentary

ecology

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Centennial of Suffrage

Quel est le rôle du sénat ?

Le secret du vote

Suffragettes Interview

Votes for Women: Helen Pankhurst Lecture in Paris

Suffragist Honoured

Celebrating Votes for Women

Teaching about U.S. Women's Fight for the Vote

The Face of Money: U.S. Banknotes Get a New Look

Princess Suffragette

Le Parlement européen : pouvoirs et fonctionnement

50/50 Day Film in Class

Les institutions européennes

2020: The Year of Women

Visible Woman

Make It Fifty Fifty

Suffragettes on Screen

Happy July Fourth!

Great Short Videos on African American History

Al Gore: Still Saving the Planet