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LA GUERRE / WAR


(Liens vérifiés le 21/06/2010)


 

 

 

Vocabulary :

  • The Military - Les mots s'affichent quand on passe la souris sur les images. - avec son (languageguide.org)




 

  • Military English - Peacekeepers (British Council)
    - Our magazine section provides articles on a wide range of military topics.
    - Activities : Use these exercises to improve your communication skills in military English.
    - Check up on your grammar with explanations and games.
    - Ideas and materials

 

Pictures :

 

 


 

 

Abbreviations :

 

 

Facts :

  • Seven Sci-Fi Weapons from Tomorrow Are Here Today
    "A number of weapons and weapons systems now on active duty or in the prototype stage seem to have been ripped straight out of the overwrought imagination of a sci-fi writer.  Here’s a trip back to the future to look at some of the latest military and law enforcement hardware."
    (technewsdaily.com)

  • South Korea deploys robot capable of killing intruders along border with North
    "South Korea has deployed sentry robots capable of detecting and killing intruders along the heavily-fortified border with North Korea...
    Two robots with surveillance, tracking, firing and voice recognition systems were integrated into a single unit...
    The robot uses heat and motion detectors to sense possible threats, and alerts command centres "
    (telegraph.co.uk)

 

  • The United States Cyber Command
    "is a United States armed forces sub-unified command  subordinate to United States Strategic Command." 
    MISSION :
    "USCYBERCOM plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts activities to: direct the operations and defense of specified Department of Defense information networks and; prepare to, and when directed, conduct full spectrum military cyberspace operations in order to enable actions in all domains, ensure US/Allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to our adversaries."
    (Wikipedia)

 

 

 

 

  • Listen up, 007, we call it the Puffin
    "THE American space agency, Nasa, is to unveil a prototype of a personal flying machine capable of propelling soldiers behind enemy lines.
    The mini aircraft, which can soar 50 miles through the clouds or under radar, has been named the Puffin, after the small waterbird famed for being able to land on impossible terrain. "
    (technology.timesonline.co.uk)

    A puffin
    (Wikipedia)

 

  • What is a war crime ? (BBC)

  • Young Blood : Children of War
    Country dossiers - Causes - Impacts - Solutions - Media
    "Over 300,000 child soldiers exist in the world today...
    Find out which countries currently have child soldiers and find out details about the country's situation... "
    (library.thinkquest.org)

 

 

Proverbs, Idioms and Sayings :

  • Wise sayings (wiseoldsayings.com) :
    War is sweet to those who haven't experienced it. - Latin (on war and peace)
    We learn little from victory, much from defeat. - Japanese (on success and failure)
    When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. - African Proverb
    Who is mighty? He who makes an enemy into a friend. - Hebrew (on friends and foes)

 

Listening :

  • The Military - Les mots s'affichent quand on passe la souris sur les images. - avec son (languageguide.org)

 

 

Conversation questions :

 

INTERACTIVE exercises :

 

 

  • Military English - Peacekeepers (British Council)
    - Our magazine section provides articles on a wide range of military topics.
    - Activities : Use these exercises to improve your communication skills in military English.
    - Check up on your grammar with explanations and games.
    - Ideas and materials

 

Exercises TO PRINT :

  • U.S.Wars Matchup (eduplace.com)
    - "Write the name of each war next to the time when it took place."

Lesson plans :

 

  • Disarmament
    "refers to a country or organisation giving up its weapons and/or armies."
    24-30 October = Disarmament Week
    Magazine article - Word game - Story - Cartoon - Trivia - Links
    (British Council)

 

  • "Travail transdisciplinaire anglais/histoire-géographie/B2I qui s'inscrit parfaitement dans la sensibilisation à la DNL qui sera ensuite enseignée
    en lycée. Le but de cette séquence est d'étudier quelques temps forts de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, vus du côté américain et d'étudier la propagande à travers des affiches de guerre. Le lien avec les contenus culturels du programme du palier 2 " l'ici et l'ailleurs " est clair :
    une histoire partagée ici et là-bas, des deux côtés de l'Atlantique (WWII). Objectif : considérer cet événement historique du point de vue
    de l'autre, percevoir les caractéristiques culturelles d'un peuple au travers d'un événement vécu conjointement, mesurer ainsi les différences,
    les ressemblances, les singularités des uns et des autres. La tâche finale se déclinera en deux temps : en premier lieu, chaque binôme créera son propre diaporama (à partir d'une affiche de son choix), lequel lui servira de support pour son exposé oral. En second lieu, le binôme rédigera
    un texte complet du diaporama afin que ce dernier soit publié sur le site du collège.    "
    Nombre de séances : 5 - Classe : 3ème
    (Emilangues)

 

  • How good is your nose? - a lesson plan : Intermediate - Upper-Intermediate - (english-to-go.com)
    - about dogs and drugs / land mines

 

Games TO PRINT :

 

Songs :

  • Protest Song by Hugh Laurie :
    "Well, the winds of war are blowin', and the tide is comin' in...
    Everybody's dyin'..."
    (lyrics007.com)
    - the VIDEO (YouTube)
  • What's Going On by Marvin Gaye :
    "There's far too many of you dying...
    You see, war is not the answer
    For only love can conquer hate"
    (stlyrics.com)

 

  • I Want Love sung by Jehro (greatsong.net)
    "They told me I'm joining a family
    But here I ain't nobody's son
    My brothers are right here beside me
    We share our hunger and we share our gun

    Tomorrow we start the offensive
    Been drinking palm wine all day
    Grigrimen can keep us from bullets
    But hash won't keep hunger at bay..."

    - the VIDEO (YouTube)

 

  • CRANBERRIES - "ZOMBIE"

    • Zombie (song)
      "Zombie" is a protest song by the Irish band The Cranberries from the 1994 album No Need to Argue.
      It is about the conflicts in Northern Ireland known as "The Troubles", with references to the Easter Rising of 1916."
      (Wikipedia)

      VIDEO
      (YouTube)

 

 

 

  • Children's Crusade by Sting :
    "The children of England would never be slaves
    They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves
    The flower of England face down in the mud
    And stained in the blood of a whole generation"
  • G.I. Blues by Elvis Presley
    "We'd like to be heroes,
    but all we do here is march"
  • In the Army Now by Status Quo
    "Hand grenades flying over your head
    Missiles flying over your head
    If you want to survive get out of bed"
  • Mother by Pink Floyd :
    "Mother, do you think they'll drop the bomb?..."
  • 'Music' by Steven Seagal (lyrics on the CD : Songs from the Crystal Cave)
    "Desperation, abomination, disintegration, degradation
    Poverty, treachery...
    .. the music will set us free"
    (YouTube)
  • No bravery by James Blunt - with the video clip with English subtitles (YouTube)
    "Houses burnt beyond repair.
    The smell of death is in the air.
    A woman weeping in despair says,
    He has been here..."

 

  • One by Metallica :
    "Now That the War Is Through with Me
    I'm Waking up I Can Not See
    That There Is Not Much Left of Me
    Nothing Is Real but Pain Now..."
  • 'War' by Steven Seagal (lyrics on the CD : Songs from the Crystal Cave)
  • Where is the love? by Black Eyed Peas
    - Avec le clip vidéo ou Avec la bande son -
    exercices interactifs
    (Ac. Paris)


Posters :

  • What is it good for ? (Le site n'existe plus)


  • Poster Art from World War II : "I want YOU for the US Army - Enlist Now" (archives.gov)

 

 

Stories :

 

Poems :

 

Cartoons : (Si le lien est inaccessible, enregistrer l'image pour obtenir la taille normale.)


Weapons
of Mass Destruction
(wittyworld.com)

 

Is that a silencer?
(cagle.com)


Sir Render
(cartoonstock.com)

 


Let's Play Peace!
(cagle.com)

 

 

Medals
(cagle.com)

 

Conflict in Gaza
- Cartoons
(cagle.com)

 

It's only a camel!
(people.pwf.cam.ac.uk)

 


A little game
(cagle.com)

 

 

 

Animations Flash :

 

  • Toni & Maria - animations FLASH by Bruno Bozzetto (koreus.com)
    - War
    - Far West

 

  • Look at the little movie, then tell the story
    Activity created by: Renée Maufroid
    "Un petit film en flash qui permet de faire travailler le récit avec prolongements possibles bien sûr:
    imaginer la conversation entre le père et la fille,
    imaginer la fin,
    faire raconter l'histoire par la petite fille, etc"

 

 

Videos :

  • George Bush Art by Phil Hansen - with a video
    "This picture of President George W. Bush was made with the names of Coalition soldiers that died in the Iraq war."

 

  • Pearl Harbor - A video (National Geographic)
    "Multimedia Map and Time Line:
    Photos, footage, firsthand accounts, and narration bring the attack on Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii, to life moment by moment, target by target."

  • Pink Floyd : Goodbye Blue Sky - excerpt from 'The Wall' (youtube.com)
    - with the lyrics :
    "Did-did-did-did-you see the frightened ones?
    Did-did-did-did-you hear the falling bombs?
    The flames are all long gone, but the pain lingers on."