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The 91st anniversary of the birth of “The High Priestess of Soul” Nina Simone is a great occasion to consider her role as an activist and civil rights in history. Nina Simone participated in the American Society of African Culture conference in 1961 along with other intellectuals such as Langston Hughes and James Baldwin. This […]

The poet W. S. Merwin once said “What you remember saves you”. The Holocaust Memorial Day helps us to remember what happened and to celebrate those who spent their lives for people in need. GREAT SPEECH (Level B2.2) – Gideon Hauser “In the name of 6 million accusers” Download a lesson from our “Great Inspiration” […]

Mancano una manciata di mesi all’inizio della maturità. Per questo motivo oggi vi presentiamo una lista di possibili collegamenti tra alcune opere letterarie e gli obiettivi dell’agenda 2030. Sia che abbiate già affrontato l’opera sia che la dobbiate ancora spiegare in classe, qui di seguito troverete utili spunti da condividere e percorrere con i vostri […]

Christmas Eve 1914 – It all started with German soldiers singing, shouting Christmas Greetings and putting up Christmas decorations. The British and German trenches were so close that soldiers could see and hear each other. Therefore in some places soldiers had agreed not to fight. That is what we now call the Christmas Truce, an […]

John Fitzgerald Kennedy was sworn in as the 35 th president of the United States on the 20 th of January 1961, he was the youngest person ever to be elected to the post and he was seen to be a symbol of change in the postwar political climate.  He was the first president of […]